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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 03, 2021

Why Jesus-ing Harder Won’t Help Evangelicals At All

Recently, we've been checking out a ten-year prediction from the Internet Monk, Michael Spencer, about...

January 01, 2021

A Review of the Internet Monk’s 10-Year Predictions for Evangelicals

Hi and welcome back! Just over ten years ago, a guy calling himself the Internet...

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....

December 21, 2020

Unca Pat Robertson Tells Donald Trump to Take His L (LSP #171)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over Pat Robertson telling Donald Trump he just needs to accept...

December 17, 2020

Discipling: What It Is and Why It Won’t Save the SBC

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I mentioned that a lot of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)...

December 16, 2020

The Ride or Die Statistic the SBC Can’t Fix

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Isn't that the saying? Well, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)...

December 15, 2020

J.D. Greear Unveils the SBC’s Strategy for 2020/2021

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you the most recent Annual Report of the...

December 13, 2020

The SBC’s 2020 Annual Report: Bad News (Again)

Hi and welcome back! For the past few years, we've made a tradition of checking...

December 10, 2020

Fear and Rage: Evangelicals’ Two Responses to Their Diminishing Power

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you an evangelical's request that his tribe quit...

December 08, 2020

Mark Wingfield Wants Evangelicals to Jesus Harder, Darn It

Today, let's check out an evangelical who wants his tribe to totally change to be...

November 2020

November 27, 2020

Madison Cawthorn: How Evangelism Success Claims Work

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you an interview with a young Republican fundagelical...

November 09, 2020

‘I Don’t Work With Volunteers,’ Sniffs Evangelical Choosy Beggar (LSP #165)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over a guy who clearly does not understand that his religion...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

How Evangelical Leaders Gift-Wrapped Their Flocks for QAnon

Yesterday, I showed you the hilarious story of how evangelical leaders like Ed Stetzer got...

October 23, 2020

Casting the Gospel Spell (And Botching the Roll)

Today, let me show you how evangelicals think 'the gospel' can return them to power...

October 20, 2020

The Fantasy and the Reality of Evangelical Youth Groups

Of late, we've been checking out the hilarious, utterly-lacking-in-self-awareness ramblings of aspiring youth evangelist Greg...

October 19, 2020

I Love Evangelicals’ Predictions About Evangelicalism’s Future (LSP #162)

Today, Lord Snow Presides over what evangelicals' predictions about the future reveal about themselves.

October 18, 2020

The Fantasy Youth Evangelists Sell Pastors (Doesn’t Ever Happen)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about an evangelist named Greg Stier. Like...

October 17, 2020

Where White Evangelicals REALLY Lost Their Way

Richard T. Hughes thinks he has finally nailed exactly what went wrong with white evangelicals....

October 15, 2020

‘Counting the Costs’ is Music to Authoritarian Ears

Before I get into the harm his suggestions do to children, I realized I needed...

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 11, 2020

How Greg Stier Thinks Teens Will Save Christianity

Today, let's examine Greg Stier's first piece of advice to the tribe -- and see...

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...

October 01, 2020

Where Thom Rainer’s ‘Tipping Point’ Changed (and Why)

In his 2018 blog post, he warned his readers that American churches were cruising toward...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

The Autopsy of ‘Autopsy of a Deceased Church’

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we've been checking out Thom Rainer's Autopsy of a Deceased Church:...

September 26, 2020

Autopsy: Thom Rainer’s 12-Step Church Revitalization Plan

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I showed you a 2014 book by Thom Rainer, Autopsy of...

September 25, 2020

Thom Rainer’s ‘Autopsy’ Needs Churches to Totally Change Now Please

In essence, 'Autopsy' demands that evangelical churches become something besides what they are and always...

September 23, 2020

How Gaming Griefers Reveal Broken Systems

Hi and welcome back! Over the years, I've played and administered a whole bunch of...

September 22, 2020

Reducing Christian Churn By Manipulating Parents

Yes, Christians. The shameless hucksters whose livelihoods are directly tied to your contributions would really...

September 20, 2020

Why Evangelicals Love TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Research

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we looked at a pair of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ who were...