Today, let me show you why nobody will ever convince evangelicals to be less cruel: they’ve found a performative brand of piety that lets them believe their own marketing about themselves without having to do all that tough work that goes along with real self-improvement.
Hi and welcome back! Recently, I mentioned that a lot of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leaders have pushed very hard for discipling as the surefire fix for their denomination’s 50-year-long decline. If conversions amount to the sales end of their evangelism process, then discipling Read more
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Isn’t that the saying? Well, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has long set one statistic above all others. They knew they were in decline long before their membership numbers began to reflect that reality. Today, let me show you their ride-or-die statistic: how they arrive at it, what it means to them, and most importantly what it means to the rest of us.
Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you the most recent Annual Report of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It covered the usual bad news for the huge evangelical denomination. It also contained the SBC’s usual customary address from their Read more
Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another evangelical trying — and failing — to get the tribe to care more about the people they hate.
Hi and welcome back! For the past few years, we’ve made a tradition of checking out the Annual Reports of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Today, I want us to whisk through the main points of this year’s Annual Report. Read more
In the middle of all the horrifying details that have emerged about the case, the father one of those literal Nazis turned out to have a very curious connection to his son’s new interests. Today, I want to show you this connection — and what it means for Christians’ claims about their religion.
Hi and welcome back! Lately, I’ve had evangelicals’ inability to change on my mind. It’s been reminding me powerfully of an episode from my past. See, an evangelical co-worker of mine tried to use his tribe’s strategies for avoiding a Read more
Hi and welcome back! Recently, I showed you an evangelical’s request that his tribe quit thinking so transactionally. Indeed, Mark Wingfield wanted evangelicals to change their approach not just to religion, but also to politics. He thinks evangelicals’ transactional mindset is Read more
Today, I want to show you why his request is impossible for evangelicals to obey. They can no more lose their transactional thinking than they can ever stop stiffing restaurant workers — and for the same basic reasons, too.