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May 2021

May 14, 2021

Christian Parenting Advice: Deliberately Overflow Your Child’s Faith Pool

Hi and welcome back! As you likely know, Christians these days are quite distressed over how quickly...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

Gospelbound: Reducing Churn Through More Intense Indoctrination

Yesterday, we covered the first prong of Gospelbound's revitalization strategy: forcing compliance through church discipline. Today,...

April 28, 2020

Summit: Apologetics for Teens (And It Won’t Help Either)

Today, let's look at Summit. Let's see what it is, what it offers, and what...

October 2019

October 22, 2019

Natasha Crain’s Horrible Christian Parenting Advice

Natasha Crain occupies one specific niche within that industry, too: apologetics aimed at Christian parents...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

Josh McDowell and the Christian Solutions That Really Aren’t (LSP #67)

As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members, Christian leaders have swung into action with solutions. These...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

The Broken System: Change From Within (Is Impossible)

Through members' own effort, goes the logic, they can return the system to its original...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

An Overlapping Venn Diagram: Christianity and Multi-Level Marketing Schemes

Lately I've been reminded anew about just how big the overlap is between MLMs and...

May 2016

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.

April 2016

April 08, 2016

Churn Rate: When They Are Grown, Apparently They DO Depart From It

Back when I was Christian, there was one Bible verse considered to be the ultimate...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

The Cult of Before Stories: Heather Barwick, Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth

I wish it could shock me anymore, seeing a family ripped apart by religion. It...

March 13, 2015

The Vast Comfort of Literalism

Ever wonder how someone converts into fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity? Here's how I ended up...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

The Handbook: Examining the Evidence

I wasn't stupid, willfully-ignorant, or mentally will when I made the decision to become a...

December 2014

December 07, 2014

There’s No Low Too Low: They’re Trying to Terrorize Parents Now.

Sometimes I find myself simply astonished by the lows to which some Christians will stoop....

January 2014

January 14, 2014

Magical Thinking and Prayer

It's funny to me that Christianity tends to jump with both feet on magic in...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Defining Moments: The First Step

Everybody says their Catholics are the most hardcore, but I'm here to tell you that...