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December 2018

December 15, 2018

When Evangelists Play Deceptive Games

Last time we met up, we covered a book about evangelism called Soul-Winning Made Easy, by...

December 13, 2018

I Bet You Had No Idea Soulwinning Was This Easy

A couple of months ago, I came into two books by a minister that tickled...

December 10, 2018

Leaving A God on Read (LSP #72)

Christians now have a whole new bad idea to torment people with. See, their god's totally...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

John Allen Chau and the Priorities of a Soulwinner

Already, Christians herald John Allen Chau as a martyr to their holy cause. And he...

November 20, 2018

Finding Meaning in This “Vale of Tears”

As we approach Thanksgiving here in America, I reflect upon the idea of finding meaning...

November 19, 2018

Ed Stetzer Wants Christians To Be Super-Creepy This Holiday Season (LSP #69)

We've been talking this year about Christians' push for increased evangelism. In that vein, today I...

November 08, 2018

THROWDOWN: Ex-Atheist Testimonies vs. Ex-Satanist Testimonies

Today, I'll show you the shared features of these two popular testimony styles, and which...

November 06, 2018

Captain Cassidy’s Help for Hurting Christian Hearts

Not long ago, I noticed that post had received triple the amount of social media...

November 01, 2018

Why Christians Need Satan to Be An Idiot

When I was a Christian, every single Christian I knew had two completely contradictory opinions...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

J.D. Greear’s Grand Plan: “An Evangelism Ethos”

Last week, we covered Dare 2 Share's efforts to whip up the enthusiasm of young...

October 11, 2018

J.D. Greear Wants Southern Baptists to Become Even Creepier

Last week I mentioned offhandedly that Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president J.D. Greear has a...

October 04, 2018

Hal Lindsey (a Prophecy Huckster) Thinks Prophecy is Very Important

I ran across a list that was downright hilarious. In it, a relic from decades...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Andy Stanley Has Found Five Reasons Why Nobody Leaves the Church

Andy Stanley illustrates some potent takeaways in his essay. Today, let's walk together through "Five...

September 20, 2018

The SBC is Motivating the Flocks To SELL Lately

When we talked about the 2018 Annual Report of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), I mentioned...

September 18, 2018

Blaming All the Wrong People

For dysfunctional people and groups, that first step proves to be an insurmountable task. Once...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

2018 SBC Annual Report: Downsizing Amid the Ruins of Decline

As you might suspect, the report reveals that the SBC's decline hasn't slowed at all....

August 14, 2018

The Tell-Tale Sermon in the 2018 SBC Annual Report

One of the report's sermons in particular seems like a very fitting summary of the...

August 02, 2018

Intentional Evangelism: Yay, ANOTHER Doomed Attempt to Save Christianity

Today, I'll show you what this trendy phrase means, and why Christian leaders have latched...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

What Ed Stetzer Thinks He Knows About Platforms (Is Wrong, As Usual)

Today, we look at yet another Christian who shows us exactly why his religion is...

July 14, 2018

Evangelism, Catcalling, and Abusing Retail Workers: The Common Thread

Their behavior might seem just bizarre, but it all makes perfect sense when we understand...

July 12, 2018

The Last Ideology Standing (Still Won’t Win)

Christians seeking to sell their religion to others rely on two main methods. They can...

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....

June 16, 2018

Yay, Another Innovative Christian Non-Solution

Another day, another non-solution for life's universal daily struggles. This particular non-solution comes to us...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

Stan Gudmundson: A Christian Culture Warrior Embodies Its Underbelly

Hemant Mehta recently found what he's calling "the worst attempt at converting atheists [he's] ever...

May 15, 2018

No, Christians Never “Earn the Right to Speak”

We couldn't hope to find a more Christianese phrase than the odious earning the right to...

May 08, 2018

How Would-Be Christian Evangelists Are Set Up To Fail (And Why)

If a Christian wants to successfully recruit new people to join Christianity, they quickly discover...

May 01, 2018

An Introduction to “Jesus Aura” Evangelism (And How it Fails)

We've been talking this past week about evangelism in Christianity and how it fails. Christian...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

How Confrontational Evangelism is Failing Christians, and Why It Doesn’t Matter.

Christian evangelists act, in a very real sense, as salespeople of their ideology. And they...

April 16, 2018

Lord Snow Presides Over the Newest Evangelism Failure (LSP #38)

The recent incursion of Christian trolls we've seen around here highlights the failure of evangelism...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Rapture, Tribulation, and the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

The type of Christians who go in for the Rapture also tend to suffer from...