If it’s a day ending in -Y, then we have a new sex abuse scandal erupting out of evangelicalism. This time, it involves Wheaton College—one of the biggest names around in evangelical education—and a former high-ranking admin there named Dennis Massaro. According to various reports, for decades this college protected Read more
Recently, we watched A Thief in the Night. This 1972 movie is one of the original grandmasters of the evangelical Rapture genre. Millions of people have seen it, and many of them were just children. Today, let’s check out its overview and see how hard it pushes fear-based marketing to Read more
Ever since I began tracking evangelicals’ insistence on a Gen Z revival, I’ve noticed how well they avoid any unpleasant jabs from reality about it. But lately, it feels like they’re going overboard in avoiding facts. Something else seems to be going on here besides just yet another evangelical talking Read more
Recently, we talked about the downfall of G3 ministries after trying to drag Tom Ascol into a minor sermon-plagiarism scandal. These days, Tom Ascol is one of the biggest voices in the ultra-hardline Old Guard faction of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). So it’s extremely important for him to model Read more
Al Mohler is a big-name Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader, and he is also the worst kind of bootlicking worm: He moves to place himself right at optimal licking distance by carefully following the boots. He’s not even subtle about it. In a September 2nd article in Baptist Press, we Read more
In the 2010s, Christians began noticing that their religion had entered a period of decline. For a while, the hints of it were subtle enough to ignore, so most of them did just that. But eventually, it got too obvious and protracted to do that anymore. Evangelicals in particular evolved Read more
Over the years, I’ve heard my share of nonsensical and weird evangelism advice to Christians. Effectiveness stopped being a concern ages ago, replaced by just getting out there and trying to evangelize. But one bit of that advice stands out as the worst I’ve ever heard. It stands head and Read more
There’s a new sex abuse database on the block: Protestant Accountability. As the name suggests, it gathers and compiles information about any Protestant minister accused of sex abuse or the shielding of sex abusers. Especially now that the biggest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), has apparently decided to Read more
For years now, evangelicals have not been keeping up appearances with their prophecies. Gone are the exciting days when a big-name pastor could mangle basic astronomy and bellow about the SUPER BLOOD WOLF MOON, or play Bible anagrams to predict the RAPTURE for sure this time. Their predictions for 2025 Read more
Christians nearly universally believe that their god never lies to them. He only tells them the absolute truth. In fact, he’s compelled by his nature to tell only the truth. But if he never lies to them, then they have a lot of hand-waving to do to rationalize away the Read more