The tangled web: Rick Joyner, Todd Bentley, Lakeland, Toronto, and more
Some of the major players of the Toronto Blessing—and how they fit together with Todd Bentley, the weirdo that strangely, none of these Christian ‘prophets’ saw coming.
Slowly, I’m working through the posts in our archive library like the Lone Ranger: Riding into town one day, fixing all its problems, and riding back out to the sunset afterward. I’ve got about 2200 posts to fix, and I’ll get to them all in time!
Some of the major players of the Toronto Blessing—and how they fit together with Todd Bentley, the weirdo that strangely, none of these Christian ‘prophets’ saw coming.
Today’s that happy day when Americans celebrate fun, family, and delicious food. Well, theoretically that’s what happens, anyway. If you need to escape, allow me to present you with a bunch of curated posts here today. Find a nice quiet guest bathroom to hunker down in and enjoy these blasts from the past! Let’s get this party started!
In this installment, we examine the Yoda-like superpowers of ancient widow Edith Duster. Along the way, we’ll discover a deep and cherished core of victim-blaming within the tribe. Today, Lord Snow Presides over a doctrine that accidentally reveals a deeply-unpleasant and narcissistic core running through evangelicalism.
In this installment, we encounter a fundagelical trope at least as venerable as its embodiment: the old church lady whose unshakeable faith and rock-solid devotion makes her a church’s tank. I’ll show you what tanks are in gaming and why Christian culture warriors think they need one. Today, Lord Snow Presides over the weakest consolation prize ever!
‘Planting seeds’ nothing less than one of the creepiest concepts in the Christian world.
Hello and welcome to a Roll to Disbelieve Super Special! Goodness, we’re already smack dab in the middle of autumn. I can tell, because every danged foodstuff on the planet has suddenly appeared in Pumpkin Spice flavor. Just looking at it all makes me pumpkin-spiced-out. In honor of the season, I present a small collection Read more
Monsters dwell here. Thankfully, these monsters are very easy to fool. See, one of their leaders, Russell Moore, gave away the game recently. And now we can use his foolishly-spoken words to pass through this blighted land in safety. Come with me. I’ll show you how to fool a monster tonight.
Hi and welcome back! Gosh, the spigot of summer just turned off around here. It is FALL, overnight! And at the turn of seasons, a young blogger’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of SUPER SPECIALS. Enjoy this curated collection of past hits from Roll to Disbelieve. Change, change, change, but not for Christians. Read more
Just in case the back-to-school doldrums are leaving you at loose ends, here are some past posts that can help keep you occupied.
If you ever found yourself teetering on the fence about this religion, then this post is for you—because that problem and Thom Rainer’s solutions to it are both dealbreakers