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April 2021

April 15, 2021

Deconversion: Brett McCracken Gets It Completely Wrong

Sure, it might seem like Brett McCracken is just insulting his tribal enemies. And he...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

The Southern Baptist Convention Still Struggles With Its Tainted Brand

J.D. Greear's swung into action to suggest that the SBC informally adopt a nickname that sounds...

July 2020

July 12, 2020

The Exodus of Single Women From Christianity Continues

Hi and welcome back! One of this blog's central concerns remains the decline of Christianity...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Unchurched: An Overview of Friendship Evangelism

Today, I'll show you what friendship evangelism is -- and what lies its practitioners tell...

May 2020

May 08, 2020

Promise and Peril: Lyman Stone’s Galaxy-Brained Solutions to Decline

Yesterday, we examined a big report by conservative culture warrior Lyman Stone on behalf of...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

How Ed Stetzer Created a False Belief in Christianity

Ed Stetzer accidentally created a false belief! And ever since he popularized this idea, it's...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Evangelical Churn: Why Christian Leaders’ Orders Never Change

It took Christian leaders some time to recognize that yes indeed, they were facing not...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

Monster Trucks in the Nightlife: The Ballad of the Bad Christians

Here, then, is the brutal truth about both evangelicalism and Bad Christians.

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Changing Course in a Broken System

Sometimes I see something happening in the real world and compare it to how things...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

A Little Bit Like Mourning: So Much For Your Happy Ending

Losing one's faith can feel a lot like mourning the passing of a loved one....

May 15, 2016

Why Right-Wing Christians Are Shocked About Losing

When we look at the balance of news coming out about Christianity, one fact seems...

May 13, 2016

What The 4-14 Window Tells Us About Christianity’s Future

Even the most optimistic, chirpy Christians have started noticing that something is definitely wrong.

May 01, 2016

Evangelical Churn and the Chain of Pain

As the religion becomes more and more extremist and polarized, we'll be seeing more and...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Defections of the Young

Today we'll be talking about the increasingly-frantic attempts fundagelicals are making to understand and address...

April 27, 2016

Church Churn and Evangelical Idolatry

Unfortunately, they're trying to address it in possibly the worst way they could. And a...

April 23, 2016

Possibly the Worst Reaction Christians Could Have to the Churn in Their Churches

Christianity is a business, and like most businesses nowadays, its leaders are concerned about the...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

Gaming the Stats. (Good News, Everybody!)

When you present people with anything statistic-related, and you reward that statistic based on its...