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May 2019

May 09, 2019

Harsh Truths For Christian Leaders About Personal Evangelism

Christians really dislike evangelizing. In past posts, we discussed statistics and some reasons for that reluctance. Today,...

May 07, 2019

Why the Flocks Don’t WANNA Evangelize

Today, we'll look at why evangelicals don't want to evangelize. Their reasons--and they have many--play a hand...

May 04, 2019

The Fatally-Flawed 2019 Discipleship Survey

Today, we examine what's wrong with the 2019 Discipleship Pathway Assessment survey. Its flaws tell...

May 02, 2019

Newsflash: Christians Still Don’t Like Evangelizing

This week, the big news in evangelicalism concerns evangelicals, who still don't really like evangelizing....

April 2019

April 30, 2019

What Rekindles Belief (In Christianity)

For a few days now, I've been talking about the three major methods of persuasion...

April 13, 2019

Billy Graham’s #1 Reason to Believe (Fails Hard)

This seasoned veteran of evangelism offered up his A-Number-One Reason to Believe. This answer represents...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Why People Rightly Distrust Evangelical Research

In fact, this study demonstrates exactly why we should not trust any studies designed, led, or...

March 26, 2019

Evangelicals React to Their Newest Bad News

These believers in objective morality can always find a way to turn their frowns upside-down with...

March 25, 2019

A Pastor Cries Out for an End to a Favorite Christian Listicle (LSP #83)

I'll show you what this listicle entails, and why one Christian has cried out for...

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 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...

December 04, 2018

Prosperity Gospel and (the Decline of) Modern Christianity

A whole bunch of Christian leaders love the whole idea of prosperity gospel. Today, let me...

December 01, 2018

The Trainwreck Continues: Christian Responses to That 6,000-10,000 Closings Figure

We've been talking lately about the rash of church closures in America. A figure of...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Wait, HOW Many Churches Close Per Year?

Recently, I mentioned a startling figure making the rounds in Christian-Land: this notion that 6000-10000...

November 26, 2018

Real Estate in the Age of Christianity’s Decline (LSP #70)

One of the most visible signs of Christianity's decline is its rash of abandoned churches....

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...

November 06, 2018

Captain Cassidy’s Help for Hurting Christian Hearts

Not long ago, I noticed that post had received triple the amount of social media...

November 05, 2018

Josh McDowell and the Christian Solutions That Really Aren’t (LSP #67)

As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members, Christian leaders have swung into action with solutions. These...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

J.D. Greear’s Grand Plan: “An Evangelism Ethos”

Last week, we covered Dare 2 Share's efforts to whip up the enthusiasm of young...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Andy Stanley Has Found Five Reasons Why Nobody Leaves the Church

Andy Stanley illustrates some potent takeaways in his essay. Today, let's walk together through "Five...

September 18, 2018

Blaming All the Wrong People

For dysfunctional people and groups, that first step proves to be an insurmountable task. Once...

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 25, 2018

Come Meet the SBC’s EVANGELISM TASK FORCE!

In this report, the SBC introduces us to the people they hope will totally save...

August 23, 2018

The Broken System: Change From Within (Is Impossible)

Through members' own effort, goes the logic, they can return the system to its original...

August 21, 2018

The Broken System: How Predators Keep the Prey in the Fold

Predators gravitate toward these systems because they are a reliable source of the prey they...

August 16, 2018

2018 SBC Annual Report: Downsizing Amid the Ruins of Decline

As you might suspect, the report reveals that the SBC's decline hasn't slowed at all....

August 14, 2018

The Tell-Tale Sermon in the 2018 SBC Annual Report

One of the report's sermons in particular seems like a very fitting summary of the...

August 12, 2018

2018 SBC Annual Report: The Sign of Things to Come

Here are the overarching trends in the SBC right now, how they're responding to criticism...

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...