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Why Disgraced Pastor James MacDonald Keeps Gatekeeping Christianity
Today, let me show you how James MacDonald attacked one of his critics, Julie Roys, with the time-honored evangelical tactic of gatekeeping.
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How my faith in biblical literalism died (1st-Century Fridays #1)
We’re about to start a new topic that I expect to last a while: 1st-century writers. First, though, let me show you why this topic is so important to me. See, these 1st-century writers’ utter silence about one particular subject rattled my faith in Christianity in a way that I would never recover.
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How Dante Revolutionized Hell Beliefs (Journey Into Hell #12)
Out of every Christian I can think of (yes, even including John Milton), Dante may well represent the biggest influence on Christians’ Hell-beliefs.
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QAnon: Ed Litton Wants Southern Baptists to Stop Listening to ‘Fables’
Today, let’s explore Ed Litton and his strange opinion of QAnon, and then let’s see why he’s dead wrong.
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Refining Hell in the Middle Ages (Journey Into Hell #11)
Early medieval philosophers and theologians continued to refine the concepts involved with Hell.
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Yahweh as an Anunnaki: The Trouble With Imaginary Beings (LSP #197)
Hi and welcome back! I had a laugh earlier today looking at something online that was written by a very worried-sounding Christian conspiracy theorist: Oh gosh, y’all, what if Yahweh himself is really one of the Anunnaki? See, that’s the biggest Read more
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ANOM: The Conflict Escalation of Privacy Continues
Today, let me show you the increasing lengths some folks will go to for privacy — and how it can be destroyed.
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How Augustine Changed the Hell Game (Journey Into Hell #10)
Hi and welcome back! Lately, we’ve been talking about how the idea of Hell began and how it changed in early Christianity. We’re now up to the momentous 4th century, when Christianity underwent a whole lot of big shifts. Today, let me Read more
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#SBC21: Meet Randy Adams, the FOURTH SBC Candidate
I’m sure Randy Adams thought the SBC’s election this week would run along similar lines — or at least give him a chance to publicize his accusations against the main leaders of his denomination. Make no mistake: he’s got a lot of those accusations.
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Hell in the 4th Century: Things get unreal (Journey Into Hell #9)
Hi and welcome back! Last time we visited Hell, we checked out what the second wave of Christians (2nd – very early 4th century) thought of the idea. And we saw these Christians slowly embellishing and extending the initial ‘lake Read more