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August 2020

August 11, 2020

Why Jerry Falwell Jr. CAN’T ‘Be a Good Boy’

Hi and welcome back! The other day, I heard a quote that sounded for all...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Political Evangelicals Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Today, I'll show you why these excessive political leanings can't stop and won't stop, ever,...

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 29, 2020

Why Christianity Is So Hard to Practice

Today, let's explore why the practice of Christianity is so gosh-darned hard for Christians.

July 20, 2020

False Accusations in Jesus-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #150, Ch. 30)

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

July 18, 2020

Ed Stetzer: A ‘New Normal’ That Reveals WAY Too Much About Christianity’s Decline

Today, let me show you Ed Stetzer showing us exactly why evangelicals are in decline --...

July 10, 2020

SCOTUS Just Helped Christianity Decline Faster

Hi and welcome back! A couple of days ago, the Supreme Court of the United...

July 02, 2020

Russell Moore Reveals the SBC’s ‘Abuse of Faith’ Strategy

Recently, I wondered what they've been up to on that front. What's changed since we...

June 2020

June 21, 2020

Unchurched: Friendship Evangelism, Lee Strobel Style

Yesterday, I offered you an overview of the personal-level strategy he suggests, friendship evangelism. Today, I...

June 14, 2020

Unchurched: Evangelical Endorsements Reveal a Pattern

Lately, we've been examining Lee Strobel's book, Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. In...

June 12, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Martyrbation List (#13-15)

In this last installment, Lee Strobel stops selling evangelicals on seeker-sensitive churches to remind them...

June 10, 2020

The VelociPastor: 1.21 Gigawatt Review!

HI and welcome back! Last post, I put up the pre-movie chatter post. Today, let's...

June 06, 2020

A Portrait of the Captain in That Lee Strobel List (#1-4)

With his book, Lee Strobel sought to teach evangelicals all about unchurched people -- so they could...

June 03, 2020

How Evangelicals Use ‘the Endtimes’ to Disobey Jesus

As with everything they do, evangelicals embrace the Endtimes for a reason. And that reason...

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 29, 2020

The Legacy of ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience’

Now, fifteen years later, let's see how well Ronald J. Sider's suggestions went. How many...

May 28, 2020

The Real Scandal of ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience’

Hello and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a 2005 book by Ronald J....

May 26, 2020

Fixing Evangelicals’ Broken Authoritarianism

Recently, we encountered Ronald J. Sider's 2005 evangelical classic, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience. In...

May 23, 2020

How Hell-Belief Inevitably Leads to Hypocrisy (The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience)

As long as evangelical leaders like Ronald J. Sider push Hell-belief, there's no way believers...

May 22, 2020

Solving Exactly the Wrong Problems in Evangelicalism (Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience)

Recently, we explored a now-classic 2005 book by Ronald J. Sider, The Scandal of the Evangelical...

May 21, 2020

Atrocity Apologetics Must Follow Biblical Literalism (As the Night the Day)

Today, I'll show you how atrocity apologetics follows right along behind this bizarre and grotesque doctrine, and...

May 15, 2020

Measuring Evangelical Hypocrisy in ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience’

Yesterday, I showed you an overview of a classic evangelical book from 2005: The Scandal of...

May 13, 2020

A Pastor’s Apology in Portland (Revealed Way Too Much)

On Sunday, I showed you something that happened to me in my freshly-deconverted days. That...

May 08, 2020

Promise and Peril: Lyman Stone’s Galaxy-Brained Solutions to Decline

Yesterday, we examined a big report by conservative culture warrior Lyman Stone on behalf of...

May 04, 2020

Angels Betting on Zero in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #140, Ch. 21)

In this installment, angels openly shrug about the potential of humans going to hell, while...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

Evangelicals’ Two Biggest Fears Have Collided

Lately, evangelicals' metaphorical death cult seems to be turning into a real live one, thanks...

April 08, 2020

Teen Baptisms Are Down (Still!) in the SBC

The SBC tracks baptisms-by-age-group -- and they're alarmed about just how far teenage baptisms have...

April 04, 2020

Soulwinners: Score More Jesus Sales In This Pandemic!

Hard times really separate good people from bad apples. That rule applies double with Christians,...

April 02, 2020

Atrocity Apologetics Meets the Pandemic

Hi and welcome back! A long time ago, I talked about atrocity apologetics. Christians pull atrocity...