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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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Why evangelicals got so excited about the Asbury Revival
Evangelicals recently celebrated the emergence of what they have come to call the Asbury Revival. Outsiders to their culture might not understand the sheer significance of this event, nor understand why they go to such lengths to participate in it and events like it. It helps to know that revival Read more
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Ray Comfort vs The Rock (ft. Poor Reading Comprehension Skills)
Rock of ages, cleft for me, still rolling, rock n rolling! It’s Ray Comfort vs the Rock: Who will win their second round?
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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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Who benefits most from ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ad
He Gets Us is now a billion-dollar advertising campaign, funded and supported by hard-right evangelical culture warriors with strong ties to hate groups. But here they are, trying to make Jesus sound like the ultimate good guy.
What gives?
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With ‘Just Pray NO,’ Christians have finally solved America’s drug problem
Oh wait, this is just going to be another feel-good, do-nothing initiative that justifies its own existence by making Christians feel better about their utter inability to impact anything important in any meaningful way. Whoops! My bad. Amazing how similar those two things look.
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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.