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November 2020

November 28, 2020

Election 2020: Fundagelicals’ Post-Truth Bizarro World

Hi and welcome back! This past week, I read some absolutely astonishing stories about fundagelicals,...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

The Truth About Christianity

Hi and welcome back! As many people do now, I feel disquiet and dread when...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

Angels Betting on Zero in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #140, Ch. 21)

In this installment, angels openly shrug about the potential of humans going to hell, while...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

When the Question Isn’t “Are They Hateful?” But Rather “Are They Hateful ENOUGH?”

Russell Moore, one of the current presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is discovering...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

NOM: When Bad Guys Don’t Want to Be Bad Guys

There's this charming little moment in the 1983 animated masterpiece-of-nuttery Rock & Rule that really...

February 12, 2017

An Idaho Judge Shows Us Exactly Why and How Christian Morality Fails

When Cody Herrera--who is accused of the rape of a 14-year-old girl--came before Judge Randy...

February 10, 2017

Control-Lust, Fear, and False Prophets: The New Morality Is Already Stinking the Place Up

In Christians' prophecies, we can see the shape of the future Christians want--and hopefully, hopefully,...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

What Christians Get Wrong About “Objective Morality.”

I've been noticing for some time that Christians' morality appears to be shifting--very subtly, but...

December 2014

December 21, 2014

Moral Failings

Way too many Christians talk a very big game about having a monopoly on morality....

March 2014

March 14, 2014

It’s Okay If You’re a Christian

Today we're going to talk about how, to toxic Christians, the only moral lie is...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

When Christians Do the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons

I've written before about Christians I think who are kinda getting that whole "love your...