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October 2020

October 10, 2020

Greg Stier, Teen-Ministry Huckster, Thinks Teens Will TOTALLY Save Christianity

Hi and welcome back! The self-serving pandering of toxic Christians will never, ever stop amusing...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Self-Interest Above All: The SBC Needs More Sales

This whole situation is a hilarious example of self-interest -- and evangelicals can't even see...

September 26, 2020

Autopsy: Thom Rainer’s 12-Step Church Revitalization Plan

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I showed you a 2014 book by Thom Rainer, Autopsy of...

September 01, 2020

The Actual Product Sold By Christian Smith in ‘Atheist Overreach’

Hi and welcome back, y'all! We recently reviewed a 2019 book by Christian Smith, Atheist Overreach....

August 2020

August 20, 2020

Deconversion: How Reality Drained My Faith Pool

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a Christian book called Atheist Overreach....

August 14, 2020

Avoiding the Burden of Proof in ‘Atheist Overreach’

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been reviewing Christian Smith's 2019 book Atheist Overreach. In it,...

August 01, 2020

How Ray Comfort’s Parachute Analogy Fails

Hi and welcome back! I recently ran across a news article on a Christian site...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

Why Christianity Is So Hard to Practice

Today, let's explore why the practice of Christianity is so gosh-darned hard for Christians.

July 26, 2020

John Stott and the Evangelism Goalpost He Moved

Evangelical leader John Stott gave the flocks permission to move the evangelism goalpost so they...

July 04, 2020

When Lee Strobel Accidentally Illustrated the Nonexistent Power of Prayer

Happy Fourth of July! Today, I want to offer a funny palate cleanser for our...

July 01, 2020

Unchurched: Talking to the Voices in Their Heads

Hi and welcome back! Of late, we've been focusing on Lee Strobel's 1993 book, Inside the...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Unchurched: My Actual ‘Sticking Points’ Don’t Look Like These

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Lee Strobel's 1993 Christian book, Inside the...

June 28, 2020

The ‘Sticking Points’ Lee Strobel Can’t Believe (Unchurched)

Today, let me show you what 'sticking points' are in Strobel-Land, his laughably ineffective and...

June 24, 2020

Unchurched: The Coin Lee Strobel Offers

Hi and welcome back! Let's turn now to an important idea in Lee Strobel's 1993...

June 21, 2020

Unchurched: Friendship Evangelism, Lee Strobel Style

Yesterday, I offered you an overview of the personal-level strategy he suggests, friendship evangelism. Today, I...

June 18, 2020

Unchurched: Lee Strobel’s Action Plan (Doesn’t Work)

In Unchurched, Lee Strobel sought to teach his tribe about those strange space aliens who weren't part...

June 07, 2020

How That Lee Strobel List Indoctrinates Evangelicals (#5-8)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we began examining a book by evangelical apologist and toxic...

June 06, 2020

A Portrait of the Captain in That Lee Strobel List (#1-4)

With his book, Lee Strobel sought to teach evangelicals all about unchurched people -- so they could...

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...

June 03, 2020

How Evangelicals Use ‘the Endtimes’ to Disobey Jesus

As with everything they do, evangelicals embrace the Endtimes for a reason. And that reason...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

The Legacy of ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience’

Now, fifteen years later, let's see how well Ronald J. Sider's suggestions went. How many...

April 2020

April 25, 2020

A Taste of Accountability for Jim Bakker

His sky is falling, and we're here for it. Today, let me show you what happened to...

April 23, 2020

A Sea of Apologetics Conferences in 2020 (Won’t Matter)

As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members and credibility, the apologetics industry continues to gain popularity....

April 16, 2020

Examining Claims of MLM Success Amid the Pandemic

Lately, we've been talking about some recent developments in the world of multi-level marketing schemes...

April 15, 2020

Why MLM Recruiters Lie About Success

Today, I'll show you an MLM that had to deliver a slap to some of...

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...

April 04, 2020

Soulwinners: Score More Jesus Sales In This Pandemic!

Hard times really separate good people from bad apples. That rule applies double with Christians,...

March 2020

March 03, 2020

J.D. Greear Is Back With a Brand Old Rap (About the SBC)

Recently, J.D. Greear, the president of this venerable fundagelical denomination, admitted to that decline being...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Christian Lies: ‘Absolutely Everybody Needs Our Product!’

By now, Christians consider axiomatic the notion that literally everyone on the planet needs their...