In recent news, the American Bible Society (ABS) released its “State of the Bible” report, which gauges how relevant Christianity is to Americans. ABS tries to paint a rosy picture of recovery from decline, but their data actually points in the opposite direction. This report is a bombshell, revealing a Read more
An evangelical leader named Mike Bickle has been dealing with the consequences of his actions for perhaps the first time in his entire life. Throughout his career, he has escaped accountability by taking advantage of the serious flaws within evangelical culture. Today, we’ll examine those flaws—and see how they allowed Read more
Once again, right-wing Christian leaders are spinning bad news straw into gold, and as always it’s gloriously daffy. With churches emptying and scandals piling up, let’s unpack the bad news they can’t face—and how they’re lying to their flocks about winning the culture wars (This post first went live on Read more
A lot is going down in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). I mean that literally. Their membership hasn’t even yet hit the bottom of its long-haul decline, and now the money train is slowing down. And now, as they gear up for their big Annual Meeting (June 8-11 in Dallas), Read more
For years now, I’ve suspected that Catholic evangelists have been focused on hardline evangelicals. Recently, some hardline evangelicals began noticing that too. Today, let’s explore how Catholics are targeting this mission field—and more importantly, why. (This post first went live on Patreon on 3/28/2025. Its audio ‘cast lives there too Read more
The Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC, has known about their entrenched sex abuse problem for at least a few decades now. Everyone else found out about it in 2019 with ‘Abuse of Faith.’ Since then, however, SBC leaders have done virtually nothing to reform their denomination. The SBC’s biggest names Read more
When it comes to its own decline, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) might be its own worst enemy. A throwaway comment on a recent post of theirs reveals exactly why it’s so hard to evaluate that decline, much less diagnose its cause, much less reverse it. Since their entire image Read more
Last year, we briefly touched on the concept of ‘negative world’ in Christianity. It’s the idea that modern American/Western society now feels hostile toward Christianity rather than neutral or even positive toward it. Of late, though, the concept has gotten attention from some secular news outlets. So today, let’s explore Read more
Accounts differ somewhat regarding exactly what happened with Pope Francis this past month, but everyone close to the situation agrees that he was very sick and is still recovering. He seems to have stabilized somewhat at this point, but his courtiers are still all aflutter. Speculations abound about what’ll happen Read more
Recently, we discussed an ongoing scandal within the UK’s Anglican Church (also called the Church of England). Its highest-ranking clergyman, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, had to resign after everyone discovered he’d egregiously mishandled sex abuse complaints and shielded a particularly-serious abuser from consequences for years. His last day Read more