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December 2021

December 08, 2021

Why Evangelicals Lean So Hard on Original Christianity

Now more than ever, authoritarian leaders must grab for every source of power they can....

August 2021

August 18, 2021

Bitter: How Evangelical Women Cope With Their Seething Anger

Hi and welcome back! Last week, we talked about anger. Then, a few days ago,...

May 2021

May 05, 2021

Of Hybrid Embryos, Human Rights, and Moral High Grounds

Scientists recently created some surprisingly long-lasting hybrid monkey-human embryos. Today, let me show you this...

May 02, 2021

Gospelbound Embraces the False Myth of Persecution

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a podcast called Gospelbound. It's a...

May 01, 2021

Christian Strategies Reveal Their Disbelief in Their Own Claims

For a bit now, we've been looking at an evangelical podcast called Gospelbound. In the...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

Gospelbound: Reducing Churn Through More Intense Indoctrination

Yesterday, we covered the first prong of Gospelbound's revitalization strategy: forcing compliance through church discipline. Today,...

April 27, 2021

Gospelbound: Authoritarians Think More Control Means Less Churn

The tagline TGC created for Gospelbound claims it offers listeners "firm faith in an anxious...

April 23, 2021

Churches: No Country for Doubters (Gospelbound)

TGC's people think that churches need to step up to be safe harbors for Christians struggling with...

April 22, 2021

Gospelbound Talks (Ineptly) About Deconversion

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we covered a post by Brett McCracken on The Gospel...

April 20, 2021

Last Ideology Standing: The Worst Reason to Slam ‘Bespoke Spirituality’

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about a dumb post that Brett McCracken...

April 16, 2021

Deconversion: No, Actually, We Don’t Need to Try Every Flavor First

Today, let me show you the Christian salesman who insists we must try his product before...

April 15, 2021

Deconversion: Brett McCracken Gets It Completely Wrong

Sure, it might seem like Brett McCracken is just insulting his tribal enemies. And he...

April 11, 2021

How Christians Are (Not) Coping With the Rise in Churchless Believers

Recently, I showed you this new Gallup poll bearing yet more bad news for Christians...

March 2021

March 04, 2021

Overcoming Objections: Evangelism As Predatory Salesmanship

It ought to disturb non-Christians to know about the sheer amount of advice that Christians...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Evangelical Leaders Have Finally Noticed QAnon

Recently, I've seen a number of evangelical leaders frantically trying to squash QAnon conspiracy theories...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

A Complementarian Pastor’s ‘Simple Question’ (Has An Answer He Won’t Like)

As I read his disingenuous post, I got one of those surges of helpfulness that...

August 2019

August 15, 2019

Why So Many Christians Act Mystified About Their Religion’s False Claims

In the settling dust of apostasy, a few common Christian responses swam into focus. One...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Christian Opportunists Love Strange Days (LSP #65)

Halloween comes at us fast. And we all know what that means! Costumes, candy, parties, and--for...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

The UYC: Spectacularly-Terrible Advice from The Gospel Coalition (LSP #54)

Lord Snow Presides over a very telling--and disastrous--list of suggestions from a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ culture...

April 2018

April 03, 2018

Frank Page Shows Us What a Mighty Fine Clean Cup the SBC Has (LSP #36)

Well! Welcome back from Easter and our Prodigal Planet special! I wanted to segue briefly to...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

The Limits of Twitter Glurge-Evangelism: Believe in Yourself Edition. (LSP #34)

It was one of the funniest blowups I've seen on that site lately: a professional...

November 2017

November 05, 2017

Leadership 101 at Fundagelical University

Who here is a first-semester freshman? Raise your hands.... Okay, so almost all of you....

February 2017

February 19, 2017

Sorry, Bible. Christians Just Aren’t That Into You

I recently ran across this gobsmackingly self-deluded blog post from fundagelical group The Gospel Coalition...

September 2016

September 04, 2016

The Oncoming Bus Gambit, and Why It Fails.

This response is something I'm starting to call the Oncoming Bus Gambit. Chances are you've...

September 02, 2016

Persecution Complex: God’s Club and the “Religious Liberty” Scam

The central idea in the Christian movie God's Club, which we reviewed recently and have...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

A Racist TGC Post and the Not-Pology For It

In its scant 140-ish characters, this carefully-crafted, polished tweet manages to check off just about...