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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 15, 2021

The Anger of Evangelical Women

If a woman's anger gets too close to a man's comfort in that culture, men...

June 2021

June 27, 2021

James MacDonald and His Breathtaking Misogyny

Could it be that what irks James MacDonald most about Julie Roys is that she...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

How and Why Al Mohler Changed His Mind About Women Pastors

Hi and welcome back! We've been talking lately about the re-erupting squabble in evangelicalism about...

May 19, 2021

Back When Al Mohler Supported Women Pastors

Yesterday, I showed you the re-eruption of a decades-old slapfight going on in evangelicalism: whether...

March 2021

March 27, 2021

The Entire Goal of Authoritarianism: Oppression of the Powerless

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday (and the day before, really), we touched on a post by...

March 26, 2021

Losing Slower ≠ WINNING (The New Moved Goalpost for Evangelicals)

For a group as obsessed with winning as evangelicals are, their quirky new redefinition of success seems...

March 13, 2021

Christian Love: Beth Moore Finally Left the SBC

Hi and welcome back! If you want to see what a group is really all about...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. and the Lessons Authoritarians Learn

One long-running interest of mine has been authoritarianism -- and its effects on individuals. We...

November 2020

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...

November 01, 2020

Single Evangelical Women Ask ‘Where Have All the Good Men Gone’

I recently ran across a 2008 book by A.J. Kiesling called 'Where Have All the Good...

September 2020

September 04, 2020

Pew Research Surveyed Christians’ Attitudes Toward Casual Sex

Hi and welcome back! I promised you a palate cleanser yesterday, and here it is!...

September 03, 2020

The Tragic Downside of Bro-Dude Christianity

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at one of the worst subcultures in Christianity: bro-dude...

September 02, 2020

An Introduction to Bro-Dude Christianity

Hello and welcome! A few months ago, we talked about evangelicals' reckoning with mental illness...

March 2020

March 22, 2020

Nobody Signs Up For the UYC (Chat Post #3)

Let me tell you about the very night that my then-husband Biff realized that yes,...

February 2020

February 05, 2020

Willow Creek: Missing ALL the Red Flags

Last week, yet another sex scandal broke out in right-wing Christianity. But this one erupted...

February 01, 2020

Paige Patterson’s Having a Tough Time, Y’all

A while ago, we looked at Paige Patterson, a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader who...

January 2020

January 13, 2020

A Repulsive Urban Legend Retold in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #125, Ch. 14)

Hello and welcome back to our off-topic chat series, Lord Snow Presides! Today, we return...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

I Was a Purple Christian People Pleaser

Maybe it's so easy to switch flavors of Christianity because at heart, most of them...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

HumanGate: Al Mohler’s Emotional and Weak-Minded Amnesia

Poor Al Mohler. I can only imagine that his fragile emotional state, caused by his...

August 2019

August 03, 2019

Why the ‘Christian Love’ Flows After Joshua Harris’ Announcement

Evangelicals' reaction came swiftly and inevitably in the form of their usual 'Christian love.' This...

August 01, 2019

Jesus Told This Complementarian Dude To Marry Me

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been focusing on a doctrine in authoritarian Christianity called complementarianism....

July 2019

July 27, 2019

Bachelorette: Why Luke Crashed Hannah’s Rose Ceremony

Today, let me show you how an authoritarian, complementarian Christian man collided with the concept...

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...

July 20, 2019

Bachelorette: Why Luke Parker Thought Hannah Brown Owed Him Anything

On the reality show The Bachelorette, a Christian man lost his ever-loving mind when a woman he...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

The Not-So-Casual Sexism in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #95, Ch. 1-5)

Written at the height of the Satanic Panic back in the 1980s, this novel provides...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

Oops! Sargon of Akkad Might Be in Big Trouble (LSP #88)

It turns out that one of the worst-of-the-worst alt-right "good little skeptic" personalities, Sargon of...

April 15, 2019

Facing the Giants Mega-Review, Part 2/2! (LSP #86)

We have a treat for you: Lisu has graciously written up part 2 of their...

April 02, 2019

If Only He Knew: This’ll Be On the Quiz

Author Gary Smalley coaches complementarian men in repairing their failing marriages. And as we all...