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October 2021

October 31, 2021

Dreaming the Impossible Dream of Marriage (An Evangelical Horror Story)

What these men want in marriage isn't completely unreasonable. So (I wondered) why can't they...

August 2021

August 10, 2021

Kent Hovind: Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges

Hi and welcome back! The other day, we took an introductory look at a relic...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

The Marriage Dilemma for Single Evangelicals

Not long ago, we reviewed a Christian book called Where Have All the Good Men Gone?...

November 11, 2020

Rod Dreher: Fretting About Evangelical Men’s Boners — er, Civilization’s Future

Today, the ever-hilarious Rod Dreher clutches his pearls over young women's lack of interest in...

July 2020

July 21, 2020

No, ‘The Church’ Can’t Save Marriage, Mark Regnerus

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I ran across an article in Christianity Today that dovetails nicely with...

July 05, 2020

Frank Keating: An(other) Evangelical Mascot Turned Out to Be A Total Failure

Today, I'll show you what Frank Keating did, how his effort failed, and how nobody...

May 2020

May 10, 2020

Captain Cassidy and the Case of the Mother’s Day Geraniums

Whether those connections are bound to us by blood or by choice, they're what matter...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

Christian Leaders and the Non-Solutions They Love

There's an insidious side to these streams of unreasonable demands. Today, I'll show you what authoritarians'...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

More Terrible Christian Marriage Advice in the Unequally Yoked Club

Years ago, I started a long blog series called The Unequally Yoked Club. It aimed to...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

The Sacrifice of the Marriage Lamb: An Evangelical Horror Story

Today, we travel the horrifying route between what evangelical leaders teach about marriage, and what...

July 2019

July 25, 2019

Respect: The Song And Dance That Makes Complementarians Content

Respect is such an important concept to understand when one discusses this ultra-authoritarian, misogynistic flavor...

July 23, 2019

Complementarians Are Angry About Wives Who Don’t Change Their Names

Today, I want to show you a doozy: a Christian guy who lost his top...

April 2019

April 06, 2019

If Only Gary Smalley’s Fans Knew (What a Hypocrite He Was)

As I read this book, I began noticing a lot of problems with it. The...

March 2019

March 16, 2019

If Only He Knew: The Huckster Fleecing These Sheep

Over the next week, I'll show you just why Christian marriage advice is so pathetically...

March 14, 2019

Everything You Ever Wondered About Spiritual Warfare

The notion of spiritual warfare isn't new at all in fundagelicalism. In fact, it's a go-to...

March 07, 2019

Keeping Up Appearances in the Cult of Family

Lately, we've been talking about authoritarian Christians' new marketing push: the Cult of Family. Only these...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Relax, Everyone: This Christian Knows All About Compatibility (UYC)

As you'll be overjoyed to learn, this Christian has totally figured out how people can...

August 09, 2018

The Worst Advice Biff Got from Christians About Marriage

If there's one thing ex-Christians in the Unequally Yoked Club know, it's that our Christian...

August 05, 2018

The UYC: Hope in the Middle of Christian Hypocrisy About Marriage

The other day I was telling y'all that Christians increasingly pretend to be listening to...

July 2018

July 09, 2018

The UYC: How Marital Compatibility is (Mis)Defined (LSP #50)

In toxic Christianity, couples determine compatibility in a totally different way than most other folks...

July 07, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: Terrible Christian Marriage Advice, Graded

Last time we met up, we talked about why Christians have such a bizarrely-regressive view...

July 05, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: How Marriage Became a Cult in Toxic Christianity

Today, we're going to look at why Christian leaders push so hard to get their...

June 2018

June 09, 2018

Complementarianism: Examining the First Claim

Christians who buy in to complementarianism make a lot of claims about this doctrine. Today,...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar of 1986

I wanted to show you the roots of that cultural shift today, as we move...

November 14, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Mark Driscoll’s Bad Advice About Marriage. (#18)

Mark Driscoll's blog has been a treasure trove lately, as he struggles to resolve one...

October 2017

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 25, 2017

CBMW: Why Complementarianism Fails So Dramatically.

Today we'll examine the CBMW's central conceit, complementarianism, since it informs both of their culture...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Preston Sprinkle Still Doesn’t Get It

So Preston Sprinkle went into the overflowing hopper of Christians Who Think They're Saying Something...

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 12, 2017

Christian Dating Hits a New Low: “It Takes a Church.”

I've written before about how bad it is in Christian churches for single people seeking...