Many years ago, evangelicals wielded apologetics as weapons against their worst enemies: atheists. They lost not only their battles but the entire Keyboard Wars themselves, then retreated into their current walled-garden enclaves on social media. But a community member noticed a video that might just mark the return of those Read more
No matter how hard evangelicals try in their evangelism, they can’t help themselves. Fear will always peek out through their entreaties to convert. Fear is always the endgame for evangelism. It can’t be any other way—not for them, anyway. Today, we check out Taylor Standridge, who really want evangelism to Read more
Tradcaths, a super-vocal, super-conservative branch of Catholicism, have been extra weird since Pope Francis died. I can see why, too: Most of them converted into Catholicism from extremely conservative hardliner evangelical groups, so they expect Catholicism to work like their old faith—just with extra incense and chanting. Nor do they Read more
Authenticity, as a concept, isn’t part of the vocabulary of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). With their latest metrics revealing yet more declines in membership, affiliated churches, and donations, this denomination is bleeding relevance. Today, we’ll cover one big reason why: Zero authenticity within evangelicalism in general. And it’s about Read more
For years now, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has been desperately spin-doctoring and obfuscating their terrible metrics to look better to their flocks. But this year might represent a whole new low for them. Despite a few gains in some metrics, the overall picture couldn’t look more bleak. Today, we’ll Read more
In any dying industry, its leaders obsess about making their irrelevant product feel relevant again. Christianity is no different. To most Americans, its product—membership in specific Christian groups—seems more and more irrelevant. But evangelical leaders in particular can’t retool that product to fit the times. Instead, they employ various strategies Read more
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