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
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
Spotted recently: This August 27th think piece in The Economist about how AI is changing religious believers and what religious leaders think of that shift—and how they want to control it. It’s an incredible self-own in a number of ways on their part. They know they can’t defeat it, so 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
Recently, people have been talking about evangelism in crowded spaces with no way to exit—evangelism to captive audiences, in other words. The evangelists in question do it on purpose, of course. They even gloat about how much they love the fact that nobody can leave the venue. But their gloating Read more
We’ve finally arrived at the very end of Alpha Course, the UK-based evangelism series that stands unrivaled as the most popular one of its kind. To cap off their series, our hosts are going to try to make church membership and attendance completely essential to one’s experience of Christianity. But Read more
Just over ten years ago, big-name apologetics hustlers realized that Christianity was fully and truly in decline. These apologists embarked on a new narrative: That their product, apologetics, would turn the ship around and get Christianity back into cultural dominance. Today, let’s check out their grand visions and predictions—and see Read more
Recently, Russell Moore wrote an opinion post for Christianity Today. In it, he discussed apologetics as a failed strategy for evangelism—and debates as pointless. Instead, he wants Christians to focus on their experiences and feelings. And in the end, he reveals that experiences and feelings are really all they have. Read more