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July 2021

July 07, 2021

The Truth About Sermons That Evangelicals Can’t Face

Sermon fatigue is very real for evangelical pastors, and it happens for such an important...

July 06, 2021

Pastoral Plagiarism: Why Pastors Do It — And Why Evangelicals THINK They Do

Today, let me show you evangelicals' guesses about why pastoral plagiarism happens, the reasons for...

June 2021

June 27, 2021

James MacDonald and His Breathtaking Misogyny

Could it be that what irks James MacDonald most about Julie Roys is that she...

January 2021

January 14, 2021

Just Jesus Harder: The Perennial Big Solution to Evangelicals’ Big Question

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I brought up what I saw as evangelicals' Big Question: how...

January 13, 2021

Ed Stetzer Asks the Big Question About Evangelicals’ Trumpism

They've been asking this Big Question for years. However, now that Trumpism has become so...

January 08, 2021

The Evangelical Reckoning That Will Never Happen

After Donald Trump supporters attacked the nation's Capitol Building on Wednesday, I noticed some evangelical...

December 2020

December 26, 2020

Jerry Root Offers Up the Worst Evangelism Advice I’ve Seen Lately

Hi and welcome back! We find today's story in a recent Christmastime post from Christianity Today....

October 2020

October 29, 2020

How QAnon Got Personal For Ed Stetzer

Evangelicals have glommed right onto QAnon, and no wonder: its creators target them specifically with...

October 27, 2020

Evangelical Leaders Have Finally Noticed QAnon

Recently, I've seen a number of evangelical leaders frantically trying to squash QAnon conspiracy theories...

October 14, 2020

Greg Stier: Mobilizing a Child Army For Jesus

Evangelicals don't ever catch this essential disconnect between their fetishization of innocence and their ruthless...

October 10, 2020

Greg Stier, Teen-Ministry Huckster, Thinks Teens Will TOTALLY Save Christianity

Hi and welcome back! The self-serving pandering of toxic Christians will never, ever stop amusing...

July 2020

July 18, 2020

Ed Stetzer: A ‘New Normal’ That Reveals WAY Too Much About Christianity’s Decline

Today, let me show you Ed Stetzer showing us exactly why evangelicals are in decline --...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

Soulwinners: Score More Jesus Sales In This Pandemic!

Hard times really separate good people from bad apples. That rule applies double with Christians,...

October 2019

October 12, 2019

How Elizabeth Warren Made Christian Culture Warriors Lose Their Minds (This Time)

Culture warriors are losing their poor little minds lately over something Senator Elizabeth Warren said yesterday in...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Ed Stetzer’s Curious Ties To James MacDonald (Are Hurting Their Religion)

Since we've been talking about the SBC's decline generally lately, it fits in quite well....

May 2019

May 23, 2019

What Thom Rainer Teaches Pastors About Anonymous Complaints

Today, I offer up a recent blog post from none other than Thom Rainer, one...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

Abuse of Faith: The SBC Continues to Circle the Wagons

Generally speaking, he and the entirety of the SBC's top leadership knew. They simply avoided...

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...

January 27, 2019

Ed Stetzer Wants Evangelicals to Just Calm Down Here

Ed Stetzer wrote a recent post seeking to reassure his tribe, the Southern Baptist Convention...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Evangelicals: Nope, Still in Denial Over Their Decline

Recently, some irresponsible folks over at Newsweek let him and a pal blather at length about how...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

Ed Stetzer Wants Christians To Be Super-Creepy This Holiday Season (LSP #69)

We've been talking this year about Christians' push for increased evangelism. In that vein, today I...

October 2018

October 13, 2018

Dare 2 Share and the Sabotage of the Young

WELL. The best-laid plans and all that! I found something to lead us up to...

October 02, 2018

Harold Camping’s Legacy: The Rapture Might Be Going Out of Fashion

Harold Camping's legacy has been obliterated. It might sound laughable--and it is, really, for a number...

September 2018

September 01, 2018

Ed Stetzer Has Been Thrown Into a Season of Deep Lament, Y’All

Let me show you why Ed Stetzer feels very sad lately--and what his big sadness...

August 2018

August 02, 2018

Intentional Evangelism: Yay, ANOTHER Doomed Attempt to Save Christianity

Today, I'll show you what this trendy phrase means, and why Christian leaders have latched...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Lord Snow Presides Over A Sign of the Christian Times (LSP #52)

Christianity continues to decline with a loud, wet FLUMP. As it does, Christians leap on...

July 17, 2018

What Ed Stetzer Thinks He Knows About Platforms (Is Wrong, As Usual)

Today, we look at yet another Christian who shows us exactly why his religion is...

October 2017

October 01, 2017

The Non-Christian’s Guide to Soulwinning

I'll show you what this all-important task is, how effective it is, and why it's...

September 2017

September 22, 2017

The September 23rd Endtimes Scare and the Problem with Wingnuts

This Endtimes scare has gotten quite a lot of pushback from actual astronomers--and from some...

June 2017

June 01, 2017

Church Planting Amid Iron Chariots.

This ancient story is way too potent of a reminder to Christians that their omnipotent...