Tony Waller’s story illustrates an overarching trend and a deeper problem in the religion: Christianity is failing its young people. To understand how someone like this could end up in a church ministry involving children, we have to dig deep into what evangelical churches think about youth ministry–and how someone unqualified could end up with a church’s most precious and finite treasure in his hands.
Yet another wide-eyed, disingenuous Christian takes a shot at why people become atheists. The results are, well, sadly predictable. I’m just surprised he didn’t also make some guesses about the number of teeth and ribs atheists have.
“Mother” is a serious word to me, one that encompasses care, love, sacrifice, courage, hard work, dedication, support, and so much more. When I hear about terrible mothers, about abusive mothers, about cold and uncaring mothers, part of me wants to shower these women’s children with my own mother. I’d certainly be on safe ground if I did.
There really are two types of Christian in this world, and one of them hates the other with every fiber of its hate- and rage-filled little body.
There really are two types of Christian in this world, and one of them hates the other with every fiber of its hate- and rage-filled little body.
When you present people with anything statistic-related, and you reward that statistic based on its level, then yes, people are going to do anything they can to figure out what the statistic is and manipulate it.
We’ve been talking about the secularization of America lately. Barna’s released a new study that confirms our suspicions and offers even more hope that things may be coming to a head soon; you just have to dig through it a little to find the good stuff.
When Christians say they love movies like “God’s Not Dead,” or stoutly defend dreck like it against all criticism, I wonder if they realize what they’re telling me about themselves?
Another church is closing–part of an overall trend in America. What does it mean?
Prosperity gospel preacher Creflo Dollar recently asked his followers to give him a USD$65 million dollar plane because that is what he thought he needed to spread the gospel (how did people manage before private planes?). In the wake of considerable pushback and criticism, he removed the grifting request, but he’s back and more belligerent than ever–and blaming Satan for all the backlash.
So basically it was just another day in Prosperity Gospel Land.