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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...

December 01, 2021

The ‘Christian Love’ Flows for Deconstruction

I recently ran across an opinion post about deconstruction. Her post was meant to be...

November 2021

November 12, 2021

Toxic Christians’ Substitutionary Atonement for Decency

Toxic Christians have a lot of similar methods of easing their consciences and keeping themselves feeling smugly...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

Christianese 101: Translating Evangelists’ Success Stories

Hi and welcome back! Sometimes, it's fun to reveal the real meaning of all the...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

Beach Reach: Followup as Fake Friendship

Hi and welcome back! We're quickly approaching the end of our Beach Reach training. Now,...

July 20, 2021

Beach Reach: What It’s Really About

Today, we'll check out an overview of Beach Reach to see what it's really about...

May 2021

May 30, 2021

We’re Made Out of Meat (Journey Into Hell #3)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Hell -- as a concept, yes,...

May 22, 2021

Al Mohler and the Subtle Warnings Authoritarians Give

The contents of that speech and its intended audience both matter enormously. They tell us...

May 07, 2021

The New Low Birthrate Moral Panic Evangelicals Are Stirring Up

In the wake of the pandemic, many countries are experiencing a drop in their birthrate....

February 2021

February 17, 2021

‘Million Souls:’ Silencing Dissenters at ALL COSTS

Recently, we talked about a threat Ravi Zacharias used on one of his many victims:...

February 11, 2021

Cognitive Dissonance: Christian Prayer Edition

Recently, we talked about cognitive dissonance -- that unpleasant feeling of tension someone gets when they...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Prophecy: Why Evangelicals Can’t Deal With False Prophets

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about a set of predictions made by Greg...

January 23, 2021

Afterlife: When the Science Spoke At Last to Me

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I noted that I struggled mightily with my belief in...

January 20, 2021

QAnon: The REAL Cabal Was the Friends They Made Along the Way

In organizing like they did, in the violence they constantly created, the hatred they spewed,...

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...

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 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...

December 05, 2020

The Riddle of Steel, for Evangelical Leaders

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about personal evangelism, which is Christianese for the...

December 04, 2020

Rejoice: Ben Jack Has Solved Evangelicals’ Hypocrisy Problem!

Today, let's check out how evangelist Ben Jack sees hypocrisy as a hindrance to sales...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

The Big Problem Here: Singleness Edition (LSP #168)

Seriously. How could I possibly resist the spectacle of an evangelical offering up The Big...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Denial in the Great Husband Hunt: An Evangelical Horror Story

Hi and welcome back! Today, as we've been doing for a while now on Halloween,...

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....

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...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

Frank Peretti’s Prayer Makeover (LSP #148, Ch. 27-28)

Hi and welcome back! It being Monday, we turn our attention now to Frank Peretti's...

June 20, 2020

Unchurched: An Overview of Friendship Evangelism

Today, I'll show you what friendship evangelism is -- and what lies its practitioners tell...

June 18, 2020

Unchurched: Lee Strobel’s Action Plan (Doesn’t Work)

In Unchurched, Lee Strobel sought to teach his tribe about those strange space aliens who weren't part...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Pastoral Restoration: A Beloved Evangelical Farce

Pastoral restoration involves punishing and humiliating a male evangelical leader enough to mollify the flocks. Both...

May 30, 2020

Evangelical Gatekeeping (Makes Their Numbers Look Prettier)

Hi and welcome back! As I look back at the carnage of our recent book...

May 02, 2020

Sean McDowell and the Cruel Dilemma

Though it was mercifully brief, Sean McDowell alluded to one of the nastiest bits of...