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July 2021

July 15, 2021

George Barna Has a New Fear-Based Marketing Attempt

Yesterday, we checked out the illustrious career of George Barna. He makes a good living...

June 2021

June 19, 2021

How Augustine Changed the Hell Game (Journey Into Hell #10)

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about how the idea of Hell began...

June 02, 2021

How Hell-Believers Deal With Hell-Disbelievers (Journey Into Hell #5)

Today, let's look at how Hell-believers deal with this very potent conflict with their Happy...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Deconversion: No, Actually, We Don’t Need to Try Every Flavor First

Today, let me show you the Christian salesman who insists we must try his product before...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Grading the Real Evidence Christians Offer (With Jessica Walter’s Help)

I can see why they worry at those three bits of pseudo-evidence like activated terriers....

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Evangelical Self-Awareness and Trump’s Literal Golden Calf Idol Statue

Y'all, for a while now I've been referring to Donald Trump as evangelicals' golden calf...

February 05, 2021

Pre-Trib Research Center: Taking Reality Over Fantasy

Yesterday, I showed you the Pre-Trib Research Center. Their three stated reasons for existing all...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Prophecy: Why Evangelicals Can’t Deal With False Prophets

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about a set of predictions made by Greg...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

Fear and Rage: Evangelicals’ Two Responses to Their Diminishing Power

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you an evangelical's request that his tribe quit...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

The Gospel: Meaning and Magic Amid Decline

For years now, evangelical leaders have coped poorly or not at all with their overall...

September 2020

September 26, 2020

Autopsy: Thom Rainer’s 12-Step Church Revitalization Plan

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I showed you a 2014 book by Thom Rainer, Autopsy of...

September 20, 2020

Why Evangelicals Love TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Research

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we looked at a pair of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ who were...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ Asks If God-Belief Is Inevitable

Now we move to Smith's third question: Is god-belief inevitable, something humans will never really...

August 06, 2020

‘American Gospel’ Accused of Being Calvinist Propaganda

Hi and welcome back! Last weekend, we watched American Gospel: Christ Alone. It's a documentary about...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

Hunt for the Red Heifer: Suck-Starting the Apocalypse

Hi and welcome back! Back when I was Pentecostal, most of my denomination obsessed over...

January 2020

January 27, 2020

Jesus Power in the Arcade in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #127, Ch. 15)

In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ invades an evil, Satanic video game arcade. Today, Lord Snow...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

The Sales Pitch of Family Happiness

Today, we begin with how Christian salespeople utilize the Cult of Family as a sales...