Just over ten years ago, big-name apologetics hustlers realized that Christianity was fully and truly in decline. These apologists embarked on a new narrative: That their product, apologetics, would turn the ship around and get Christianity back into cultural dominance. Today, let’s check out their grand visions and predictions—and see Read more
In Alpha Course 15, we learn all about divine healing: Why it happens, how to interpret a lack of healing, and the enormous effect these miracles have on evangelism and one’s own personal faith. But along the way, the hosts accidentally reveal that miracles don’t really happen—and that they’ll do Read more
While I’ve been dealing with health problems behind the scenes, it looks like Republican Senator, warmonger, and hardline Donald Trump supporter Lindsey Graham had far worse ones on his own plate. Mere hours before his death on Saturday night, he sorta-kinda joked with someone that he couldn’t possibly die right Read more
As our AV group watched Alpha Course 14 recently, one thing that went through my mind afterward was happy pagans. That’s a somewhat dated evangelical term from the 2010s describing people who are perfectly content without Christianity. The video kept hammering at how Christians’ “good news” would intrigue others, and Read more
In Alpha Course #14, viewers learn that they should ‘tell others’ about their conversion. That means how to do personal evangelism. But the video accidentally reveals just how poorly Christianity fares as “good news” worth sharing. (This post and its audio ‘cast first went live on Patreon on 7/3/2026. They’re Read more
Evangelicals have no shortage of advice about becoming a good listener. It’s one of their main evangelism strategies, after all! Being a good listener involves a number of soft skills, however, and evangelicals really can’t practice any of them without serious challenges to their beliefs. They find themselves, therefore, in Read more
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) had an interesting theme for this year’s Annual Meeting: ‘Walk Worthy’. By this, they mean that SBC members should be easily identifiable by how wonderfully they treat each other and those around them. Of course, SBC leaders pushed that motto because they hope that they Read more
Personal evangelism abuses social roles and expectations to deliberately manipulate targets. No wonder the flocks hate it!
Recently, Russell Moore wrote an opinion post for Christianity Today. In it, he discussed apologetics as a failed strategy for evangelism—and debates as pointless. Instead, he wants Christians to focus on their experiences and feelings. And in the end, he reveals that experiences and feelings are really all they have. Read more
Faction warfare in the Southern Baptist Convention came to a serious head this past week at their big Annual Convention, nicknamed SBC26. The Old Guard enjoyed some very decisive victories, and the Pretend Progressives got BTFO’d. Today, we’re going to cruise into their mosh pit and see what happened. (This Read more