Recently, some social scientists studied evangelicalism and came to some interesting conclusions: Its future won’t look particularly Jesusy, at least by current evangelicals’ definitions! Embracing that truth might just stem some of their ongoing decline. But since when did evangelicals Read more
Every single time something big happens to make evangelicals look terrible, a bunch of them start fretting about Bad Christians. So it’s not surprising that with the 2024 elections upon us, they’re starting to write opinion posts trying to sway Read more
Recently, folks in the Discord uncovered this recent post from J.D. Greear. It’s a response to Megan Basham, who just published a book called Shepherds for Sale. This book claims that right-wing leaders like J.D. Greear are totally secretly taking bribes Read more
My voice has been absolutely shot for a couple of days now and I feel awful, so I can’t do a recording for Friday. Instead of just not doing any post, I thought I’d list some past popular posts that Read more
Not long ago, evangelical big name Tim Challies wrote about his lifelong problems with insomnia. After some exploration of this problem, he ended up punting to mystery: Since he has no idea what might have caused his insomnia, he assumes Read more
Last time we met up, I showed you an interview Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader Philip Robertson did with some evangelical dude on YouTube. Last year, Robertson became the Chairman of the SBC’s top-ranked Executive Committee (EC). Alas for him, Read more
Last week, Christa Brown knocked it out of the park again with a post about a self-serving comment from Philip Robertson about the systemic abuse problem in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He’s the new Chair of the SBC’s top-ranked Read more
Christian publishers, it seems, are facing a downturn. Christianity is simply so entrenched in American society that I haven’t thought much about the implosion of this formerly-humongous industry. But after decades of fantastic sales, Christian publishers face a decline that Read more
When it comes to landmark freedom-of-religion cases, Kitzmiller et al v Dover Area School District et al (nicknamed Kitzmiller v Dover) might be one of the most powerful recent ones. Almost 20 years ago, this decision stopped evangelicals from sneaking Read more
Now that Gen Z people are reaching adulthood in great numbers and Gen Alpha is poised to enter it, evangelicals are starting to panic. And I mean really panic. For years, their largely-Boomer leaders have panicked about Millennials. Then, they Read more