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December 2021

December 10, 2021

Evangelical Reform: Who’s Gonna FORCE Accountability on Pastors?

There's one reason that reform will never and can never happen in evangelicalism: nobody can...

December 01, 2021

The ‘Christian Love’ Flows for Deconstruction

I recently ran across an opinion post about deconstruction. Her post was meant to be...

October 2021

October 03, 2021

The Jesus Obsession in ‘The Great Divorce’

Today, let me show you where evangelicals' Jesus obsession may have derived: from The Great...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

The Three Stages of Christians’ COVID Prayers

Christians always go through a distinct progression of prayers in times of stress and sickness,...

August 17, 2021

Belief Has ‘Vanished’ in Ireland — and an Archbishop Reveals Why

Yes yes, Jesus is all great and fun and all, but he won't stop a...

August 07, 2021

Watch for Self-Interest in Evangelicals’ Criticisms of Themselves

Whenever we encounter any evangelical who is criticizing Christianity at all, especially if it's really...

July 2021

July 14, 2021

George Barna: Hucksters Can’t Stop Huckstering

About a year ago, we had a good laugh at George Barna and his shrill...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

Why SBC Leaders Lied for Jesus About the 2021 Annual Report

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we took our first sneak peek at various statistics that...

February 2021

February 19, 2021

Sheila Wray Gregoire Doesn’t Realize That Evangelicals Already HAVE a “Jesus-Centered Sexual Ethic”

Lately, evangelicals are understandably much abuzz about their most recent batch of sex scandals. In...

January 2021

January 15, 2021

Evangelicals’ Fixation on #WINNING (Is Destroying Their Credibility)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we checked out Daniel Bennett's recent essay over at Christianity Today,...

December 2020

December 08, 2020

Mark Wingfield Wants Evangelicals to Jesus Harder, Darn It

Today, let's check out an evangelical who wants his tribe to totally change to be...

December 03, 2020

Ben Jack is Totally ‘Reordering Evangelism,’ Y’all

In a recent Christianity Today, evangelist Ben Jack offers yet another of these attempts to mobilize...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

The Big Problem Here: Singleness Edition (LSP #168)

Seriously. How could I possibly resist the spectacle of an evangelical offering up The Big...

November 24, 2020

Yes, Personal Evangelism Is About Disrespect (And It Always Was)

Today, let's look at how evangelism functions as a form of disrespect, why it's always...

November 11, 2020

Rod Dreher: Fretting About Evangelical Men’s Boners — er, Civilization’s Future

Today, the ever-hilarious Rod Dreher clutches his pearls over young women's lack of interest in...

November 04, 2020

The Love Narrative Fouling Up the Evangelical Husband Hunt

A few days ago, we started talking about a 2008 book, Where Have All the Good...

October 2020

October 17, 2020

Where White Evangelicals REALLY Lost Their Way

Richard T. Hughes thinks he has finally nailed exactly what went wrong with white evangelicals....

October 06, 2020

Long Ago, When Evangelicals Cared About Being ‘Stumbling Blocks’

Today, let me show you why evangelicals can't take health precautions and can't care about other people's health and...

September 2020

September 28, 2020

UYC: Single Christian Man Tells ‘Christian Girls’ Never to Settle (LSP #159)

He's one of many, many thousands of men and women in his end of Christianity...

September 16, 2020

George Barna: His Big World Domination Plan

Hi and welcome back! This past week, we've been talking about toxic Christians' efforts to...

September 15, 2020

The Southern Baptist Convention Still Struggles With Its Tainted Brand

J.D. Greear's swung into action to suggest that the SBC informally adopt a nickname that sounds...

September 12, 2020

A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition

Hi and welcome back! Earlier, we talked about Joe Battaglia's book Make America Good Again....

September 09, 2020

Joe Battaglia: Let’s All Jesus Harder to Fix America!

Yes, we've found ourselves yet another Christian who thinks he's figured out the way to...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Utility vs. Truthfulness in ‘Atheist Overreach’

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

August 03, 2020

American Gospel: Christ Alone (Red-Hot Mega-Review!)

Yesterday, we watched American Gospel: Christ Alone. In this 2018 documentary, Christians bicker and argue about...

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 21, 2020

No, ‘The Church’ Can’t Save Marriage, Mark Regnerus

Hi and welcome back! Recently, I ran across an article in Christianity Today that dovetails nicely with...

June 2020

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 19, 2020

Juneteenth: Why Jesus-ing Harder Won’t Fix Racism

Today, I want to show you how white evangelicals maintain racism as a core belief,...

May 2020

May 22, 2020

Solving Exactly the Wrong Problems in Evangelicalism (Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience)

Recently, we explored a now-classic 2005 book by Ronald J. Sider, The Scandal of the Evangelical...