Modern Christians may know that their ideal is having faith without any need for proof, but in their hearts they want good reasons to believe. For evangelicals, that tension is particularly intense: Their version of Christianity involves a very active, involved deity—but our world doesn’t show any signs of that Read more
This past weekend, we had a watch party for the first two videos of Alpha Course. Alpha Course is a venerated onboarding class that newbie Christians take to learn about the basics of evangelicalism. And oh boy is it awful. I knew going into it that it wouldn’t present any Read more
Pseudoarchaeology holds a special place in the hearts of Christians who think the Bible contains real history. After all, this is the one discipline that should attest best to their claims about Jesus and his earliest followers—as well as demonstrate the veracity of the mythic tales contained in the Old Read more