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How evangelicals rationalize their predatory ‘friendship evangelism’
Most folks don’t like to take social risks. Evangelicals aren’t any exception to that rule. So they seek out ways to cushion those risks as much a they can.
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How diversity can break the back of white evangelicals’ Christian nationalism
Sure, they’ll simper and preen and claim it’s all being done cuz they just wuvvvvv heathens and want to be a goooood wiiiiitnesssss to us. But the damage to our rights, our liberties, and our democracy will look the same as if done by people who want total control over our lives because they despise us.
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George Barna frets anew over ‘extinction’ of ‘biblical worldview’
When you hear any evangelical use the term biblical, you’re hearing an attempt to grab authority.
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Weird Christianity strikes again as a promised cure for the decline
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 claims. So Weird Christianity scratches all kinds of itches in Read more
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Ray Comfort and the Doctrinal Yardstick
A ringside seat to a bunch of Doctrinal Yardstick arguments about Ray Comfort.
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Ray Comfort explains how to get prayers answered—er, heard by Jesus
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.
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The STILL-untold story of the Jesus Revolution
It’s not PROOF YES PROOF of the divine or supernatural, no, but the Jesus Revolution is still a fascinating evangelical movement.
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Why evangelicals love prophecies so much
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.
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Christianese 101: Kingdom work
It’s a pity that Lifeway’s Bible studies are so short and perfunctory; I’d love to see them even attempt to explain their whackadoodle reasoning process for any of them, but especially this one.
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Confirmation bias: Catholic early marriage edition
Confirmation bias is a helluva drug.