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May 2021

May 22, 2021

Al Mohler and the Subtle Warnings Authoritarians Give

The contents of that speech and its intended audience both matter enormously. They tell us...

May 04, 2021

A Star Wars Retrospective: May the Fourth Be With You

Hi and welcome back! It's Star Wars Day! Man, that whole series has some serious staying...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

The Evolving Appeal of Cinderella (LSP #189)

As narratives go, Cinderella has alternated between capturing American women's imaginations to repelling them, then...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

Christians’ Narrative Around Deconversion Isn’t Helping Them

I recently caught an interesting YouTube video by Seth Andrews ('The Thinking Atheist'). It shows...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

The SBC’s Battle Royale Over Critical Race Theory (CRT)

As one might expect, the top leaders of the SBC are dealing with the fallout...

April 2020

April 09, 2020

Evangelistic Success in China Amid the Pandemic

Lately, I've noticed a distinct narrative developing in fundagelicalism. It involves claims of wild evangelism...

April 07, 2020

The New Narrative Lie of Evangelism Success (Amid the Pandemic)

Christian evangelists and dishonesty: it's one of the strongest pairings ever. They'll say anything to score a...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

How Positive Thinking Backfires

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about the cult of positive thinking. That's an...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Reconciling Christian Experiences With Deconversion

When people realize that Christianity's claims aren't true, often they reassess a lot of their...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Why People Rightly Distrust Evangelical Research

In fact, this study demonstrates exactly why we should not trust any studies designed, led, or...

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...

February 2018

February 11, 2018

The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Ex-timonies and Testimonies

As usual, Christians have totally gotten the whole matter wrong about these stories--and they've revealed...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

PostChristian: For Christians, the Solution Is Always to Jesus Harder

Once again, I discover that to a Christian, the solution to every problem is going...

August 2017

August 12, 2017

The False Narrative of Martyrdom in “I’m Not Ashamed”

What angers me most about the horrible Christian movie I'm Not Ashamed is its absolutely...

November 2016

November 20, 2016

The Handbook: Intervention Conventions

We're fast approaching the holiday season, and as fun as holidays are supposed to be,...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

A Little Bit Like Mourning: So Much For Your Happy Ending

Losing one's faith can feel a lot like mourning the passing of a loved one....

March 2016

March 18, 2016

The Happy Christian Illusion (Isn’t Real)

Many Christians buy into a narrative that their religion offers about happiness, not realizing that...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

The Love Narrative in “The Last Unicorn”

Our journey into both love and that happy land of books you really should have...

February 17, 2014

“I love you,” Buttercup Said

Narratives are story-like structures we create in our minds to organize events. They help us...