When a group of us watched Alpha Course #10, we weren’t expecting this level of duplicity and evasiveness. The video promised to reveal an answer: ‘How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ But in reality, it spent almost a half hour to give three short instructions. Once I Read more
In Alpha Course #9, we began quite a strange pivot into Charismatic-specific flavors of Christianity. That’s no accident, either. As we’ll see today, the masters of Alpha Course might say it’s ecumenical, but this course really aims for one specific destination in converting viewers. We’ll trace the origins of this Read more
In Alpha Course #9, our presenters change a bit to reflect a serious new direction in the series. Here, we’ll get sales patter and testimonies meant to make us think the Holy Spirit does a bunch of different things. Today, we’ll check out this video, examine its claims, and find Read more
Recently, a gospel singer named Solomon Ray saw his songs climb to the top of the Christian music heap—but there’s a catch! He’s an AI created by right-wing rapper named Topher. More than that, the AI’s music is created in an AI program called Suno. This isn’t even the first Read more
As we’ve been checking out the app ‘Text With Jesus‘, I’ve noticed that right-wing Christians tend to laser-focus on one criticism above all: The presence of ‘Satan’ as part of the lineup of this app’s AI chatbot personalities. Today, let’s check out their consternation and fretting—and see why they’re right Read more
Last time we met up, I showed you ‘Text With Jesus’, an AI chatbot app that lets users text with all kinds of Christian personalities. Over on the Discord, our community had a lot of fun thinking of questions to ask this app’s personalities. Here are some of our questions—along Read more
An app called ‘Text With Jesus’ has been drawing right-wing Christian attention for a couple of years now. They do not like it! And lately, with AI chatbots becoming more and more popular, they’re only getting more vehement in that dislike. Today, let’s examine this app and see why right-wing Read more
Every year’s Annual Report from the Southern Baptists contains a lot of information. But maybe one of the funniest parts of it is always the President’s Address. The previous year’s president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) gives this address to open the Annual Meeting each summer. Usually, it’s a Read more
Last month, the 2025 Annual Report of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) finally dropped. Today, let’s explore the various stories hidden between the lines of it. There’s a lot of missing stuff, some new excuses, and enough rah-rah to keep a Super Bowl halftime show busy! Shall we dance? (This Read more
As I’ve watched evangelicals decline in numbers over this past 10+ years, I’ve been witness to some of the most spectacular cope explosions on the planet. From the very beginning, they’ve been trying their best to spin loss after loss as the prelude to full recovery. Even now, they’re still Read more