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November 2017

November 26, 2017

That Time My Boyfriend Pulled a Sword on My Best Friend During the Christmas Pageant

I wanted to give you the best Christmas present I could--and it's one I've kept...

November 17, 2017

Roy Moore and How His Excuses Fail.

Roy Moore was simply acting out the fantasies of every red-blooded Southern fundagelical man--and now...

November 15, 2017

A “Second Glance” at the Subculture That Produced Roy Moore.

When the accusations began flowing against bigot-for-Jesus Roy Moore, that movie showed us exactly why...

November 12, 2017

Roy Moore and the Real Virtues of a Broken System

Roy Moore is someone who benefits from reaching the top of the ladder of a...

November 10, 2017

Another Day, Another TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Hypocrite

In the lifetime of this blog, we've talked often about how hypocritical the most fervent...

November 05, 2017

Leadership 101 at Fundagelical University

Who here is a first-semester freshman? Raise your hands.... Okay, so almost all of you....

November 03, 2017

Jerry Falwell Jr. Thinks Evangelicals are Forgotten People

Sometimes I see something a fundagelical wrote and just laugh, because it's either that or...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

CBMW: Why Complementarianism Fails So Dramatically.

Today we'll examine the CBMW's central conceit, complementarianism, since it informs both of their culture...

October 24, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #15: Demons, Demons Everywhere

We're now at day 21 of Mark Driscoll's arrival to Patheos and the novelty hasn't...

October 22, 2017

The CBMW and the Hills They Die On

Today I want to look more closely at why the CBMW chose to rally around...

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...

October 14, 2017

What Ketchup Meringue Should Tell Christians About Ken Ham (But Won’t)

His suggestion is hilariously bad, by which I mean that it's so inept and obviously...

October 12, 2017

Testimonies: What They Are, Why They Don’t Work, and Why Christians Can’t Quit Them

Today I'll show you why testimonies always follow one specific form, why they don't work...

October 10, 2017

Dissection of a Soulwinner

One of the funniest Christian screeds I've ever seen was one that I ran across...

October 09, 2017

LSP #13: Mark Driscoll is the Very Model of a Modern Evangelical

Last week, Mark Driscoll arrived to the Evangelical channel. And he's clearly hoping everyone has...

October 07, 2017

ACE Really Is That Bad. (Also Announcing a New Series!)

Jonny Scaramanga has co-written a peer-reviewed paper that examines ACE and finds it wanting in...

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 28, 2017

Satanic Panic: By Far the Most Excruciating Talk My Mom Ever Gave Me

The reason I talk about the Satanic Panic is to remind people of what happens...

September 19, 2017

Another World, Another Time: The Dark Crystal Returns

Join me for a rabbit-hole trip to the land of the Dark Crystal--and a look...

September 06, 2017

Jesus Camp’s Moment in Time, Scattered

It's a chilling look at how young children are preyed upon and brainwashed by the...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

The Dangerous Questions Christians Aren’t Asking

Where "I'm Not Ashamed" went seriously wrong.

August 22, 2017

Darkness at Noon: The Solar Eclipse of 2017

Eclipses are rare occurrences in our world--and even to someone raised in a science-embracing world...

August 11, 2017

“I’m Not Ashamed” Really Should Be. (Pre-Review Bugaloo)

We're going to be reviewing the movie I'm Not Ashamed shortly, so this is our...

July 2017

July 15, 2017

Eugene Peterson: the Christian Right’s Newest Messy Object Lesson

The bizarre spectacle of their vicious, over-the-top response to his statement demonstrates two things. First,...

July 11, 2017

The People are Revolting. (You Said It! They Stink on Ice!)

Typically the response of Christian leaders to the fact that their congregations are abandoning them...

July 01, 2017

Good Apples, Bad Apples, and Broccoli

Christianity is supposed to be the religious equivalent of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Its...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

The Perilous Position of the Sales-Minded Christian

There are a whole bunch of Christians who don't like to evangelize. This reticence drives...

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.

June 11, 2017

The SBC’s Decline Continues (Wanna Hear a Riddle?)

In the immortal words of Cobra Bubbles, things have indeed gone very wrong for them.

June 08, 2017

The Ongoing Crisis in Christianity Continues Apace

I thought it was hilarious that this news comes out now, amid a Gallup poll...