Analyzing Christianity
New Catholic Movements: Pope Francis ain’t reforming them before his retirement
For a couple of years now, Francis has taken increasingly-strong steps to rein in the founders of New Catholic Movement groups.
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What do the Dwell/Xenos leaders hate: Accountability
Dwell Community Church (formerly Xenos Christian Fellowship) can’t catch a break! Their leaders keep getting accused of being a cult. I can see why! Dwell/Xenos functions as a dysfunctional authoritarian system.
Analyzing Christianity
Just Jesus harder: Advice that always fails, for a reason
Jesus-ing harder doesn’t fix anything. It just keeps Christians chasing a dragon they can never actually catch, then blaming themselves for never catching it.
Analyzing Christianity
Discernment: The Christian substitute for critical thinking
Today, let me show you what discernment is, and why Christian leaders must teach their followers to use discernment instead of real critical thinking skills.
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Southern Baptists snub Old Guard hard at 2022 Annual Meeting
The Old Guard expressed some very strong feelings about this election. But the meeting’s attendees had other ideas.
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Discernment: The Pope keeps giving Christians this awful advice
Across the length and breadth of Christendom, discernment means the ability to tell if something is divine, earthly, or demonic in nature. As one might expect in an ideology consisting of nothing but false claims, Christian leaders all have their Read more
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Ronnie Floyd got dissed hard by the Southern Baptist Convention Sexual Abuse Task Force
Oh, the task force’s recommendations doesn’t mention him by name. But the stomping happened nonetheless. Today, let me show you what got stomped and more importantly, why it deserves a good stomping.
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‘Use as example’: Southern Baptist self-protection in action
The whole document is horrifying reading. But one line in it particularly caught my eye. It read, “Use as example.” Today, we’ll look at this so-called “example” that the SBC’s leaders wanted to stand out as a perfect example of sexual predators in SBC ministerial ranks. Along the way, maybe we’ll see just why the people behind this document wanted to use this particular person, Perez Blackmon, as their ur-example.
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White evangelical racism: Two bad tastes that taste worse together
How white evangelical racism became such a problem, and why it will remain so for the foreseeable future.
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What you need to know about the Southern Baptist sex abuse report
Today, let me show you some of the key features of this report and its recommendations.