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December 2021

December 09, 2021

What Finally Stopped Josh Duggar

Josh Duggar has been found guilty of both counts of possession and receipt of child...

November 2021

November 28, 2021

This Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Told Us Exactly Who He Is (and More)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, the Christ-o-sphere was roiled with yet another scandal. This time,...

October 2021

October 24, 2021

Hypocrisy Reveals Christians’ True Morality

Not only do toxic Christians not live up to their own code of morality, they...

October 15, 2021

Ronnie Floyd Just Quit His Powerful Role With the SBC

Ronnie Floyd, easily one of the most powerful men within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC),...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Abuse of Faith: The SBC Looks as Guilty as Sin Lately

The top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) are haggling as hard as they...

June 2021

June 13, 2021

Russell Moore Wants Authoritarianism, Just Without Scandals

I had not yet learned that authoritarianism itself precludes sincerity or faithfulness in Christianity. Individual...

June 09, 2021

Russell Moore and the Leaked Letters: Who Got Named, When, and Why

Today, let me show you a bit about the leaked letters' provenance, what they cover,...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

‘Abuse of Faith’ Two Years Later: What’s Changed in the SBC

SBC leaders like to talk about their accountability, so today let's see how they've held themselves...

May 18, 2021

Exactly Why Evangelicals Keep Arguing About Women Pastors

There's an extremely good reason why evangelicals are so stuck on this one question. It's not a...

May 06, 2021

The Duggars: Authoritarians Trying to Protect Their Tainted Brand

Last week, the Duggar clown car family hit the headlines again. Unsurprisingly, those headlines centered...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Josh Duggar and His Entirely Unsurprising Child Porn Charges

Hi and welcome back! Last night, we got the news that Josh Duggar -- eldest...

April 29, 2021

And Now Scandal Finds a THIRD Hillsong Church

Hi and welcome back! We had to stop the presses today. My goodness, that Hillsong...

March 2021

March 14, 2021

The Two Factions Forming in the SBC Right Now

Today, let me show you what these two factions are, the major players involved, and...

March 10, 2021

Megachurches: Not Actually the Cause of Christian Scandals

Many Christians also think that the megachurch model is causing their scandals and overall decline....

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Why No One Stopped Ravi Zacharias

Hi and welcome back! A couple of weeks ago, the ministry of Ravi Zacharias released...

February 19, 2021

Sheila Wray Gregoire Doesn’t Realize That Evangelicals Already HAVE a “Jesus-Centered Sexual Ethic”

Lately, evangelicals are understandably much abuzz about their most recent batch of sex scandals. In...

February 14, 2021

‘Millions of Souls’: the Manipulation Tactic Christian Predators Love

Hi and welcome back! Happy Chocolate Day! We are still snowbound here at Casa Cas....

February 13, 2021

Ravi Zacharias and His Strategy of Abuse

Earlier this winter, investigators released their initial report: yes, the accusations were completely credible. Then,...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

The Bryan Loritts Scandal Reveals the Principles of Power

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you the latest scandal hitting evangelicals. In this one, it turns out...

January 07, 2021

Matt Chandler Needs Everyone to Redefine Love His Way

Recently, an evangelical megachurch pastor and abuser-for-Jesus, Matt Chandler, whined to an evangelical audience that...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

How Ravi Zacharias Got Away With Sex Abuse for YEARS

Hi and welcome back! To top off the dumpster fire of 2020 comes a story...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

John Ortberg: The Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Worse

Recently, yet another megapastor lost his cushy gig due to scandal. John Ortberg battled against...

July 03, 2020

Why CaringWell Won’t Help the SBC

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at what the leaders of the Southern Baptist...

June 2020

June 09, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Actual Product: Seeker-Sensitive Churches (#9-12)

Hi and welcome back! I woke up super-late with a migraine and had to take medication...

June 04, 2020

How J.D. Greear’s ‘Evangelism Ethos’ Is Going For the SBC

Hi and welcome back! Today, our presses got stopped cold by some breaking news from...

February 2020

February 05, 2020

Willow Creek: Missing ALL the Red Flags

Last week, yet another sex scandal broke out in right-wing Christianity. But this one erupted...

February 01, 2020

Paige Patterson’s Having a Tough Time, Y’all

A while ago, we looked at Paige Patterson, a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader who...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

Russell Moore Tells Us How to Fool a Monster

Monsters dwell here. One band of them might have a silly-sounding name--eh-van-jellicles. I see you...

July 2019

July 02, 2019

The Hypocrisy of TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Employers Matters

A funny-weird, rather than a funny-haha experience provoked today's post. It sent me on a...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

Complementarianism: The Fight For Their Life

The SBC's leaders deployed two main strategies: pretending to care about the abuse scandal that's...