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MLMs Are Acting More and More Like Affinity Scams Lately
Today, I want to show you something called an affinity scam, and then draw some comparisons between those cons and what’s happening in the MLM world.
Analyzing Christianity
The power struggles in TRUE CHRISTIAN™ churches (explain a lot)
If you ever found yourself teetering on the fence about this religion, then this post is for you–because that problem and Thom Rainer’s solutions to it represent exactly why many thousands of people every day reject it, and also why they should.
Analyzing Christianity
The Problems and Pitfalls of Church Revitalization
This type of business, church revitalization, might well be one of post-Christian America’s most lucrative cottage industries. Today, I’ll show you what revitalization is–and why it’ll fail just like everything else Christians do to try to regain their onetime cultural dominance.
Analyzing Christianity
A Muddling of Angels in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #98; Ch.5)
Here, we continue our examination of Frank Peretti’s somehow-bestselling fantasy novel This Present Darkness. In Chapter 5, we discover some startling facts about angels. Today, Lord Snow Presides over an ethnography that Christian culture warriors never forgot.
Analyzing Christianity
Thom Rainer: His new gig (won’t help his religion)
Thom Rainer just retired from LifeWay. Immediately afterward, he plunged full-time into his new old hustle. That hustle will benefit exactly one person: himself. I’ll show you what he’s up to and why it won’t help Christianity at all–and why he probably won’t care either way.
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Roll to Disbelieve Summer Fun Super Special! (#10)
Hi! Today, I thought it’d be fun to take a day to look back at the blog’s history. Please enjoy this curated selection of posts from the blog’s past–and if you celebrate the 4th of July, then please have a Read more
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The Hypocrisy of TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Employers Matters
A funny-weird, rather than a funny-haha experience provoked today’s post. It sent me on a wild ride through the profoundly-hypocritical world of authoritarian Christian leaders. Today, let me show you what’s so hypocritical about them–and why that hypocrisy matters so much.
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The Sad Decline of Ashton in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #97)
We’ve talked about all kinds of stuff about the novel and its historical context. Today, we examine the book’s setting: the tiny town of Ashton. As with the book’s other elements, Peretti chose this one–and then set it in undeniable decline–for a reason. And we can tell what that reason was.
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Complementarianism: The Fight For Their Life
The SBC’s leaders deployed two main strategies: pretending to care about the abuse scandal that’s engulfed their denomination, and promising their core fanbase that they won’t make any substantial changes to the SBC’s operating ideology to address that abuse. Today, I want to show you why they absolutely must maintain the course on the doctrine that defines their denomination–and their way of life.
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#SBC2019: Where Man-Pain Substituted for Change
These SBC leaders settled on a strategy long familiar to secular women: they acted very, very sorry about hearing all these accusations, and let that sorrow substitute for action. I’ll show you how that act operates, and also how well it worked on the women attending #SBC2019.