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Were the Biblical Prophets Antisemitic?

Apparently I’m antisemitic. I discovered this after making what I thought was a fairly pedestrian...

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Silicon Valley Stole Our Apocalypse

American Christianity got into the End Times business early enough that we should retain the...

September 15, 2026

Dave Ramsey Needs Your Pastor

For several years, when I worked for an evangelistic organization on missionary support, I attended...

September 08, 2026

Noah Was Never About the Animals

Every generation of religious fear merchants eventually climbs into the ark. “The world mocked Noah...

August 2026

August 04, 2026

The Marquee of America’s Biggest Churches

Last time, I ran the numbers on the Bible and found that love came in...

July 2026

July 21, 2026

VBS Is Grooming

For the past few years, a certain slice of American Christianity has had one move....

July 07, 2026

Miracle Mike and the Headless Church

In 1945, a farmer in Colorado tried to butcher a chicken named Mike. He cut...

May 2026

May 19, 2026

The Cloning Problem in Christianity

Scientists recently discovered that repeatedly cloned mice eventually started falling apart. At first, the clones...

April 2026

April 07, 2026

What the Hell, Rob Bell

This isn’t a theory. It’s a timeline. Rob Bell built a career passing off borrowed...

April 02, 2026

Jesus Loves You, Now Shut Up

How Christianity Perfected the Thought-Terminating Cliché Every culture has its slogans. Politicians toss them around...

March 2026

March 24, 2026

You Can’t Shame People Back Into Reality

I’ve called MAGA a cult. Not as a metaphor. I meant it. I’ve watched people...

February 2026

February 10, 2026

Why Christian Nationalism Runs on Grievance, Not Faith

Christian Nationalism is exhausting to argue with because it doesn’t behave like a belief system....

February 03, 2026

John Winebrenner and the Birth of the Evangelical Hustle

You’ve probably never heard of John Winebrenner. There’s a reason for that. He’s not the...

January 2026

January 15, 2026

The Theology That Taught Christians How to Leave

American Christianity didn’t accidentally become obsessed with escape. The fixation on rapture timelines, prophetic spectacle,...

January 13, 2026

John Nelson Darby and the Invention of the Rapture

Most American Christians assume the rapture is ancient doctrine—etched into Scripture, whispered by the early...

December 2025

December 23, 2025

No Monks, More Misogyny

How Evangelicalism’s Hollow Spirituality Bred Patriarchy Other Christian traditions gave the world monasteries—places of prayer,...

December 18, 2025

The Sound That Slipped Through the Walls

I grew up in a house where fear was faith and silence was safety. No...

October 2025

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 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 02, 2025

Baptism as Brand Rehab

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

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...

June 2025

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...

May 2025

May 21, 2025

God’s Plan™ Was Just a Eugenics Manual with Bible Verses

Beth Moore said the quiet part out loud. After years of front-line service in the...

April 2025

April 23, 2025

The Great Awakening (To Our Own Stupidity)

Remember when religious revivals were all the rage? The tent meetings, the sweaty preachers, the...

April 09, 2025

This Is Your Brain on MAGA

Or: How to Turn a Soul into Glass in Three Easy Steps In 79 AD,...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

The Gospel of the Orphan Crushing Machine

The Orphan Crushing Machine isn’t real—but it should be. Or rather, it should be talked...