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December 2017

December 06, 2017

Introduction to the Post-Christian Marketplace (at Fundagelical U)

Today I'll show you how Christians could adapt to the changing reality of a post-Christian...

December 04, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over a “Love Quiz” that Mark Driscoll Fails Miserably. (#21)

I just can't stop laughing today over Mark Driscoll's current post. It's about a Love...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

Joe Barton and Cargo Cult Excuses in the Broken System

I'll show you what Joe Barton's excuse is and how it illustrates his cargo-cult understanding...

November 15, 2017

A “Second Glance” at the Subculture That Produced Roy Moore.

When the accusations began flowing against bigot-for-Jesus Roy Moore, that movie showed us exactly why...

November 10, 2017

Another Day, Another TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Hypocrite

In the lifetime of this blog, we've talked often about how hypocritical the most fervent...

November 03, 2017

Jerry Falwell Jr. Thinks Evangelicals are Forgotten People

Sometimes I see something a fundagelical wrote and just laugh, because it's either that or...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #16: Mark Driscoll Can’t Stop the Signal.

Having suitably--he thinks at least--absolved himself of responsibility for Mars Hill's disintegration and his own...

October 29, 2017

The Dirtiest Word in the Whole Wide Christian World

Christian leaders push this redefinition onto their flocks for a reason--and to reach a goal...

October 24, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #15: Demons, Demons Everywhere

We're now at day 21 of Mark Driscoll's arrival to Patheos and the novelty hasn't...

October 09, 2017

LSP #13: Mark Driscoll is the Very Model of a Modern Evangelical

Last week, Mark Driscoll arrived to the Evangelical channel. And he's clearly hoping everyone has...

September 2017

September 10, 2017

A Celestial Extortionist and His Sycophants

Even I couldn't have predicted the extent of that opportunism, however--though I could easily have...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Why #EmptyThePews Is Important

Recently someone started a Twitter hashtag called #EmptyThePews to encourage Christians to let the horrifying...

August 20, 2017

The Day My Prayers Changed

One day I realized that my prayers had changed without my even noticing. But they...

July 2017

July 23, 2017

The Different Types of Christian Ghosting

Today I'll show you the two kinds of Christian ghosting, how prevalent ghosting has become...

July 19, 2017

Where the Blame Roosts: Gay Catholic Orgies Edition.

The response of Christians to this news isn't surprising, but it is very telling. In...

July 01, 2017

Good Apples, Bad Apples, and Broccoli

Christianity is supposed to be the religious equivalent of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Its...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

A Safe Guess for Anona United Methodist Church

If my blog were a sort of News of the Weird of Christianity--and I suppose...

June 16, 2017

Monster Trucks in the Nightlife: The Ballad of the Bad Christians

Here, then, is the brutal truth about both evangelicalism and Bad Christians.

April 2017

April 22, 2017

The Tell-Tale Heart of #ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear

I was even more interested in the responses to the stuff women are sharing on...

April 16, 2017

Ed Stetzer’s Written an Easter Post and It’s Amazingly Bad

In the grand tradition of glurge, his post not only fails spectacularly to persuade those...

April 11, 2017

The Luv Guv and the Broken System.

Robert Bentley's case reminds us anew that once someone in a broken system gets a...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

When the Question Isn’t “Are They Hateful?” But Rather “Are They Hateful ENOUGH?”

Russell Moore, one of the current presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is discovering...

March 01, 2017

And Oh! They Cry Out, “Fix Me, Fix Me!”

Another Christian has a bunch of ideas that he thinks will totally fix Christianity. Unfortunately,...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Ken Ham’s Bubble Maintenance

Creationist charlatan and serial liar-for-Jesus Ken Ham did a little bubble maintenance this week, and...

February 19, 2017

Sorry, Bible. Christians Just Aren’t That Into You

I recently ran across this gobsmackingly self-deluded blog post from fundagelical group The Gospel Coalition...

February 08, 2017

Jermaine Simmons: Clearly This Hypocritical Pastor’s Jesus Aura Was on Point

Today we're going to take a brief segue before we plunge into the murky world...

February 05, 2017

The Comfort of the Failed Sales Pitch

There's always a reason, in religion, for the stuff we see religious people doing. It...

February 03, 2017

Why They’re Not Ambassadors

Last time we met up, we were talking about the differences between ambassadors and salespeople--and...

February 01, 2017

Why They Are Failed Ambassadors.

I'm a child of the 80s, which means that I've pretty much memorized Top Gun....

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Medicine vs. Exorcism: The Real Miracle

One of the biggest markers of modern Christianity--and one of the reasons it is eventually...