Analyzing Christianity
Prophecies for 2022: How’d evangelicals do last year?
This guy’s hilarious. Does he really think nobody can tell what he’s doing?
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Christianese 101: ‘Kingdom work’
It’s a pity that Lifeway’s Bible studies are so short and perfunctory; I’d love to see them even attempt to explain their whackadoodle reasoning process for any of them, but especially this one.
SBC Watching
How Southern Baptist pastor Heath Lambert is leaving nothing to chance
If I’m right, then it doesn’t matter at all how many people Heath Lambert loses over his demand.
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Trust in pastors is dropping, and Southern Baptists think they know why
Misplaced trust makes Christians say “Oh no, my pastor would never do that!” It grants pastors a shield they do not deserve.
Analyzing Christianity
The Moral Argument: Possibly the worst apologetics argument for Christianity
The Moral Argument is only getting more popular with time. But it’s a terrible argument, and here’s why.
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Dumb apologetics arguments for the ‘soul’
Usually, when we talk about apologetics we’re talking about Christians’ attempts to make the existence of their god seem less ludicrous. But today, we have a rare treat: an evangelical named Thaddeus Williams is going to try to make the existence of a soul sound less ludicrous. And he does Read more
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Orthodoxy: Why lockstep beliefs are so incredibly important to evangelicals
Correct beliefs do not correlate with rule-following, no matter how hard fervent evangelicals insist otherwise.
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An evangelical tries to explain Christianity’s decline, fails completely
Every so often, I get a stunning reminder about exactly why evangelicals’ decline won’t end any time soon. This was one of those times. A recent opinion post by a pastor in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Dave Miller, lays out what he thinks is “wrong with [them].” He says Read more
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‘I prayed about it’: Why Christians use prayer as an excuse
If Jesus himself told them in prayer not to take the assignment, then what kind of Christian would the request-maker be to try to jump that chain of command?
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‘Before You Lose Your Faith’ retrospective: Who’s its intended audience?
Before You Lose Your Faith is a bunch of answers endlessly searching for a question. It’s a bunch of solutions looking for a problem. It’s a bunch of evangelicals chasing the wind.