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October 28, 2025

The Gospel of Failing Up

The Cult of the Overrated America has a strange talent for turning mediocrity into mythology....

October 21, 2025

We Are All Allentown Now

“Every child had a pretty good shot / To get at least as far as...

October 14, 2025

From Travelogue to Apocalypse

The Old Testament is a chaotic road trip—full of divine temper tantrums, bad decisions, and...

October 07, 2025

Why We Can’t Quit the Lie

Sunday morning smells like coffee and false certainty. The lobby hums with “How are yous?”...

October 02, 2025

Charismatics, Psychics, and Charlatans—Oh My!

When your prophetic word sounds suspiciously like a cold reading with extra Jesus. It’s Sunday...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

Survival Tips for Life in the Authoritarian Slow-Cooker

“Hypodermics on the shore, China’s under martial law / Rock and roller, cola wars—I can’t...

September 25, 2025

Ken Ham’s Polemic Problem

Ken Ham built a boat. Well, technically, he built a theme park shaped like a...

September 23, 2025

The Power of Pious PR

When I graduated high school, one of my closest friends left to be a Mormon...

September 16, 2025

How Worship Music Became Our Theological Safe Word

Sunday mornings in our home have a peculiar tradition: we turn on Christian radio—not to...

September 12, 2025

The Twisted Math of American Violence

Every time there’s a mass shooting in America, we’re handed the same buffet of scapegoats:...

September 09, 2025

America’s Feeder Kink

Welcome to the Fetish Economy You’ve seen the memes. You’ve shouted the slogans. Eat the...

September 02, 2025

Baptism as Brand Rehab

It’s been over a month since Hulk Hogan died, and if your algorithm is anything...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

The Parable of the Snark

We’ve reached a point in American Christianity where the name of Jesus gets invoked more...

August 20, 2025

We Are the Horsemen

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren’t waiting in the wings. They’re already here, riding...

August 13, 2025

There Will Be Blood When Capitalism Claims the Cross

Oil, Faith, and the American Dream It always ends in the bowling alley. Two men....

August 06, 2025

The Seven Mountains Mandate is Not a Hill You Want to Die On

American Christianity never met a conspiracy theory it couldn’t baptize. Enter the Seven Mountains Mandate—a...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It

I’ll admit it. It took me a while. But I’ve finally come around. Donald J....

July 23, 2025

The Gospel According to Marvel Studios

Somewhere along the way, Christianity stopped being a faith and became a franchise. You know...

July 17, 2025

The Epsteins of the Southern Baptist Church

The MAGA mob won’t shut up about the “Epstein files.” They want the names—demanding to...

July 15, 2025

Tragedy at Camp Mystic and the Cost of Negligent Faith

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help…” —Psalm...

July 09, 2025

When “Thus Saith the Lord” Becomes a Brand Slogan

It's prophecy season again — and wouldn’t you know it? God’s apparently very concerned with...

July 02, 2025

Why Are Evangelicals So Horny for War?

They say you should never mix religion and politics. But what if your religion is...

June 2025

June 26, 2025

Speaking in Tongues: When Gibberish Becomes God-Talk

Once upon a time—specifically Acts 2—speaking in tongues was a miracle. The apostles were allegedly...

June 24, 2025

Repentance Theater and the Evangelical Closet

Michael Tait is sorry. Or at least, he's sorry enough to make Evangelicalism feel better...

June 18, 2025

Tony Perkins and the Gospel of Punishing the Poor

Tony Perkins is the kind of man who could watch someone drown and offer them...

June 16, 2025

We Are Not Born As We Will Stay

Graduation season just wrapped. Three ceremonies in a matter of weeks—two college, one high school....

June 11, 2025

Blessed Are the White Refugees

Welcome to America, Where Whiteness is a Visa Congratulations, white South Africans — your MAGA...

June 06, 2025

What’s Under the Combover, Sean?

America has questions. Big ones. And no, we’re not talking about the theology behind “worship...

June 04, 2025

Faith Formation as a Rehearsal

Nathan Fielder’s HBO experiment exposes what happens when faith becomes a script: the church rehearses...

May 2025

May 26, 2025

The Gospel According to the Pentagon

America loves its myths. Apple pie. Bootstraps. A flag planted on the moon. But perhaps...