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January 2017

January 27, 2017

Needs Must When the Culture War Drives

We are in the midst of a vast change in morality that is every bit...

January 04, 2017

Kim Burrell’s Homophobia

Kim Burrell is a gospel singer and minister who wants us all to know that...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

Why Christian Art Sucks: BYU Boogaloo.

We've noted in the past (extensively, really) that Christian media sucks. And their preferences for...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Why Shepherds Really Tend Sheep.

I'd be hard-pressed to name a ministry idea that fails as hard as this one.

November 16, 2016

When Evangelicals Aren’t Very Evangelical

LifeWay Christian Resources has put out an interesting survey called The State of Theology. Alas...

November 13, 2016

How (Not) to Fix Everything: School Prayer Edition

Often we see Christians offer suggestions that don't actually help the problems they see. Those...

November 11, 2016

We’re Already Seeing ‘Christian Love’ in the Wake of the Election

WWJD? Obviously he would insult those who are suffering; malign those who are hurting; laugh...

November 08, 2016

A Tale of Two Arguments

Christians claim that they have one holy book and one god, one truth and one...

November 05, 2016

Evangelicals are Rearranging Their Ship’s Deck Chairs Again (‘Lighting Wars’)

Some readers tipped me off to the latest tempest-in-a-teapot going on in the fundagelical world...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

A Jack Chick Retrospective

In a way, it's more important to understand Jack Chick's role in shaping right-wing Christian...

October 23, 2016

Evangelical Churn: A Coldly-Furnished Table

The other day I ran across this fascinating piece about Donald Trump and it lit...

October 13, 2016

Election 2016: Voting on Pizza or Murder for Dinner.

I don't think anything else that I've seen lately better encapsulates the problem with this...

October 05, 2016

The Real Danger of Being Unequally Yoked

The ironic thing is that out of all the made-up, manufactured terrors that Christians burden...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Why People Don’t Like Christians, According to a Christian (Real or Not Real Edition)

Located on a site called Bible Reasons and called "25 Reasons Why The World Hates...

September 08, 2016

God’s Club: Being Genuinely Helpful vs. Being Christianly Helpful

If we really want to help people, then we need to do something that the...

September 04, 2016

The Oncoming Bus Gambit, and Why It Fails.

This response is something I'm starting to call the Oncoming Bus Gambit. Chances are you've...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

“God’s Club” Shows Us the Disconnect Between Christian-Land and Reality-Land.

I'd be hard-pressed to point to a more glaring illustration of that discrepancy than the...

August 06, 2016

Josh Duggar’s Having a Tough Time These Days.

Last year we covered the scandal erupting around the Duggar family when eldest son Josh...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

I Want Them to Know, From the Bottom of My Heart

Today I'll show you some of the things that particular bunch of Christians do that...

July 13, 2016

The Reframing Game in “People to Be Loved”

Using very positive language to describe a very negative situation or feeling is a tactic...

July 06, 2016

Trading Passion for Glory: Good News in the Trenches of the Christian Culture War

I'm not sure it's ever a great week to be a fundagelical bigot-for-Jesus lately, but...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

A Coffee Date with People to Be “Loved”

Preston Sprinkle is trying to find the same have-it-both-ways middle ground between bigotry and acceptance...

May 2016

May 29, 2016

HB2: An Angry Christian Shows Us What the Real Problem Is Here

Christians these days sure do sound angry. The more right-wing the Christian, the angrier they...

May 22, 2016

The National Day of Prayer: Crank-Calling the Red Bat-Phone to “God”

One of the biggest ways that overzealous Christians reveal that their religious grandstanding is, well,...

May 13, 2016

What The 4-14 Window Tells Us About Christianity’s Future

Even the most optimistic, chirpy Christians have started noticing that something is definitely wrong.

May 10, 2016

Yes, That Video About “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” Is Totally True. Here’s How I Know.

I have a quick aside. With a thankful h/t to Hemant Mehta, enjoy an awesome...

May 07, 2016

How the National Day of Prayer Grew Out of the Red Scare.

As I dug into the history of the National Day of Prayer, I remembered that...

April 2016

April 24, 2016

Tony Waller and the Cruel Dilemma

Do you folks remember Anthony Waller? He's a youth pastor I discussed about a year...

April 13, 2016

Getting Them Where It Hurts: A Huge Porn Site Just Banned NC IP Addresses

The law is called "the bathroom bill" and its repercussions may well strike North Carolina...

April 01, 2016

Because It’s Funny and Sad: the TEN QUESTIONS.

I want to talk about who comes up with these questions and why, because I...