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March 2021

March 12, 2021

All About That So-Called “Christian Love”

Today, let me show you how 'Christian love' works and why so many Christians reach...

March 10, 2021

Megachurches: Not Actually the Cause of Christian Scandals

Many Christians also think that the megachurch model is causing their scandals and overall decline....

January 2021

January 07, 2021

Matt Chandler Needs Everyone to Redefine Love His Way

Recently, an evangelical megachurch pastor and abuser-for-Jesus, Matt Chandler, whined to an evangelical audience that...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

‘Christian Love’ as a Tool for Gaslighting

Hi and welcome back! We've got a quick little segue ahead of us. A recent...

September 2020

September 08, 2020

‘Christian Love’ Flows As Jen Hatmaker Divorces

Hi and welcome back! I know nobody's surprised when we talk about evangelical hypocrisy. They're...

June 2020

June 05, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Many Lies About ‘Unchurched Harry and Mary’

Hi and welcome back! Recently, one of our dear friends, Kevin, presented us a list...

October 2019

October 03, 2019

The Question Christians Vastly Prefer (to Ask)

Recently, we discussed a question Christians really don't like. Today, I'll show you one they...

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 22, 2019

The Time We Have Is Now (LSP #100!)

I find my thoughts turning to another subject: one of love, grief, and ultimately hope. Today,...

May 2019

May 14, 2019

The Biggest Broken Promise Christians Make

Call it a sterling example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon if you like, and to be...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

More (Terrible) Reasons to Believe in Christianity’s God

Truly, there is nothing new under the sun! Recently, I showed you Billy Graham's big...

February 2019

February 12, 2019

Abuse of Faith: J.D. Greear is SO BROKEN, Y’ALL!

This investigative report has revealed that the SBC power structure allows abuse, protects abusers, and...

January 2019

January 18, 2019

Authoritarians, Designated Adults, and Control of Language

Authoritarian Christians try hard to police how people share information and how they share it. Today,...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

About That “Dear Facebook Friend” Image Going Around Lately

I'm not a fan of the open-letter format of social media posting or blog post....

November 2017

November 30, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar: (Not) Making Friends and Influencing People

Today I'll show you what they mean by friendship itself: what a friend is and...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Conditional Acceptance and Bigotry-for-Jesus

Christians use something called conditional acceptance to try to maintain control over a culture that...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Pick a Gear: Selling Contradictions

The marketers in broken systems have this unfortunate tendency to sell two different and diametrically...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Thom Rainer and the Impertence of Communicationizing

Thom Rainer's blog post "Seven Areas Where Pastors Have Failed at Reading Minds" is worth...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

“God’s Club” Shows Us the Disconnect Between Christian-Land and Reality-Land.

I'd be hard-pressed to point to a more glaring illustration of that discrepancy than the...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Elevating the Meaningless Blather–I Mean, the Dialogue

Christians' bigotry has cost them countless adherents as well--adherents who take with them when they...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

The Reason for the Season

There is a "reason for the season." It's just not the one that Christians imagine.

December 18, 2015

Because That’s Where the Money’s Kept: Why They Treat Us Like Toddlers

In the same exact way, when Christians treat non-believers like children, they are showing us...

September 2015

September 12, 2015

Condoning Sin: The New Way to Judge Without Sounding Judgey

The drumbeat of hypocritical defenses of bigots-for-Jesus for their fellow bigots-for-Jesus continues as Christians continue...

May 2015

May 24, 2015

Josh Duggar: Excusing the Inexcusable

The scandal around Josh Duggar has had a few days to ferment. News sites that...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers’ Abuse–er, Love.

You'll never, ever see Christian love like you will when his most fervent adherents discover...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

A Choose Your Own Adventure About What “Free Speech” Actually Means.

Free speech is the new favorite rallying cry used by Christians whenever they are not...

October 22, 2014

The Most Misunderstood Word (Isn’t Kingdom, Sorry)

Christians like to talk about misunderstood words in their religion. But they tend to be...

October 10, 2014

What to Expect When You’re Deconverting (Life After Deconversion)

What you might be able to expect as you leave Christianity.

October 06, 2014

Persecution Complexity

Hi! I hope your weekend's going well so far. Today I want to talk about...

September 2014

September 20, 2014

Shane Hayes, Part 2: Dorkness and Lies

Last time we talked about the author Shane Hayes and his new book, The End...