Analyzing Christianity
Authenticity, and how TRUE CHRISTIANITY™ destroys it
We’re going to look at how Christians market themselves as the only place to find authenticity, and then we’ll see how their tribe tramples it to the ground.
Analyzing Christianity
The Southern Baptist Convention still seems quite reluctant to discuss their 2022 Annual Report
Something was nibbling away at me over the past couple of weeks, ever since I wrote about this topic originally, but it’s really come to a head lately. And it has to do with the 2022 Annual Report of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Why did the denomination’s leaders seem Read more
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Eliminating pastors’ excuses about boosting church attendance
Thom Rainer has come out with yet another blog post trying to staunch the hemorrhaging blood from evangelical churches. This time around, he’s attacking Christian pastors who make excuses about boosting church attendance.
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The Southern Baptist 2022 Annual Report is finally here
Thanks to the folks at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), we FINALLY have the SBC’s 2022 Annual Report.
Analyzing Christianity
Prayer: Why Christians always ‘forget to pray’
If prayer worked even in the bastardized way that Southern Baptists think it works, nobody’d ever need reminding to do it.
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Matt Chandler, yet another hardline evangelical, has fallen like so many others
Well, well, well. The leader of The Village Church (TVC), Matt Chandler, has finally gotten caught doing something off-limits enough to his church board that he had to take a leave of absence. I’m sure the stories about it vastly minimize what actually happened, but nobody will be shocked to Read more
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Just Christian Things: Confusing wisdom with self-discipline, then failing to offer a roadmap for cultivating either quality
Technology has nothing to do with evangelicals’ lack of wisdom or their disobedience. We can lay both of those problems at the feet of evangelicalism itself.
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How evangelicals get love wrong, as usual
A long time ago, I talked about the way that evangelicals redefine common words. Their redefinition of love figured prominently on that list. That was nearly ten years ago. And today, I see that they’re still redefining that word.
SBC Watching
Southern Baptist extremists seem to be fomenting schism (again)
As the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) continues to decline, two factions have taken to the field of battle. They both want to rule this massive money-making engine. But only one can win the crown. The faction that’s been losing nowadays seems to have focused on another tactic: deliberately fomenting schism
Analyzing Christianity
Jesus sure changes people: Ted Haggard Edition
When I hear about evangelical sex scandals, I’m usually just relieved if everyone involved is of-age. But that’s about to change with this Ted Haggard story.