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December 2017

December 29, 2017

Evangelical Churn: The Real Goal vs. the Stated Goal

In Christianity, we're seeing this situation come into clearer and clearer focus regarding their stated...

December 11, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Liars for Jesus (#22)

Today Lord Snow takes an off-topic day to laugh at the antics of yet another...

November 2017

November 18, 2017

How Christians Lied to Me About Life Without Christianity

I can see why Christians have all sorts of untrue notions about life outside their...

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 31, 2017

Halloween: It’s That Time Again

Halloween is that magical time of year when Christians can dial up to 11 their...

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 20, 2017

The Nashville Statement: A Blueprint for Failure

This re-issuing of already-well-known platforms won't surprise anybody who's been around evangelicals for longer than...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

The Big Miracles, Explained

Come join me as I take you on a Big Miracle Safari today.

June 06, 2017

Ken Ham’s Creationists Know Exactly How to Reverse Evangelical Churn

Ken Ham says that he totally thinks that families that do not already buy into...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

Christian Opportunism in Action

In comments last time we met up, we learned about yet another set of those...

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...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

The Cult of Before Stories: Desperate for Relevance.

Bill Schnoebelen is one such storyteller. Once a popular figure in fundagelical Christianity, his narrative...

October 2016

October 29, 2016

Dark Dungeons: Pre-Mega-Live-Review!

In a few hours I'm firing up Dark Dungeons. Before I do that, I make...

October 28, 2016

Chick Tracts: A Cultural Artifact, Cheap at Twice the Price.

We idealize the stuff we liked, gloss over and forget the stuff we didn't, and...

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 20, 2016

Recasting the Movie: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Edition

Today, we'll look at how a dead German philosopher came into a resurgence of popularity--only...

October 08, 2016

Thom Rainer and His Boxes of Air

Certainly, we shouldn't be surprised that Christians, having finally figured out just how bad the...

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 16, 2016

The Gravitational Center of Evangelicalism is Not Jesus.

With a national Presidential election looming ever closer for Americans, this question of why one...

August 15, 2016

Hallelujah! Pat Robertson Has Heard from Jesus About Another Election!

For a group of people who really hate evolution, fundagelicals sure have evolved on their...

August 02, 2016

Yes, Virginia, There Is An Obi-Wan.

Australia, like most countries do, holds a census every so often to figure out how...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

Praying Away the Gay for People to Be “Loved”

In his book People to Be Loved, Preston Sprinkle presents two-and-a-half options for gay people....

July 14, 2016

Through a Bubble, Darkly: 7 Things I Wish I Could Get Through To Thom Rainer

We've been talking lately about how, when Christians write about non-Christians, they often end up...

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 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 01, 2016

Evangelical Churn and the Chain of Pain

As the religion becomes more and more extremist and polarized, we'll be seeing more and...