Years ago, I noticed that quite a few younger evangelicals strive mightily to practice what I’ve come to call Weird Christianity. It’s equal parts oneupsmanship, Original Christianity, and yearning for something genuine and real in their religion full of false Read more
Evangelicals recently celebrated the emergence of what they have come to call the Asbury Revival. Outsiders to their culture might not understand the sheer significance of this event, nor understand why they go to such lengths to participate in it Read more
Rock of ages, cleft for me, still rolling, rock n rolling! It’s Ray Comfort vs the Rock: Who will win their second round?
A ringside seat to a bunch of Doctrinal Yardstick arguments about Ray Comfort.
The evangelical money train still has a few stops to make and a few sheep yet to fleece, and nowhere can we see that fact illustrated by the fact that Ray Comfort still has a career.
It’s not PROOF YES PROOF of the divine or supernatural, no, but the Jesus Revolution is still a fascinating evangelical movement.
He Gets Us is now a billion-dollar advertising campaign, funded and supported by hard-right evangelical culture warriors with strong ties to hate groups. But here they are, trying to make Jesus sound like the ultimate good guy.
What gives?
Oh wait, this is just going to be another feel-good, do-nothing initiative that justifies its own existence by making Christians feel better about their utter inability to impact anything important in any meaningful way. Whoops! My bad. Amazing how similar those two things look.
Prophecy fulfills a very important role in evangelical culture, one that they can’t bear to lose even if it means countless failures and humiliations. They’d rather keep prophesying than stop and miss out on those many benefits.
This guy’s hilarious. Does he really think nobody can tell what he’s doing?