The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) looms close, but we haven’t heard much out of the denomination’s leaders about it. We’ve heard nothing about last year’s metrics, for instance, nor much about this year’s SBC President nominees. But we have heard about one thing: The big Read more…
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.
Whenever we encounter any evangelical who is criticizing Christianity at all, especially if it’s really good news for Team Secularism, watch for their own potential self-interest to show — and be very careful indeed in taking their criticisms as the truth. Today, I’ll show you how evangelical self-interest governs those criticisms — and the solutions that accompany them.
I ran across a list that was downright hilarious. In it, a relic from decades ago, Hal Lindsey, offers a listicle of reasons for churches to “teach Bible prophecy.” It made for an interesting example of a few different ideas we’ve been exploring lately. Today, we’ll run through his list–and see what it shows us about Christianity.