SBC Watching
Above Reproach: What Jesus Isn’t Telling the SBC
A bunch of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ accidentally revealed that reindeer game recently with a study called Above Reproach. Today, I’m going to show you just how bad this situation looks for them.
Analyzing Christianity
Why the Flocks Don’t WANNA Evangelize
Today, we’ll look at why evangelicals don’t want to evangelize. Their reasons–and they have many–play a hand in the ultimate fate of their religion.
Analyzing Christianity
Thom Rainer Feels Super-Duper-Optimistic About 2019
Today, we’ve got a new essay from Thom Rainer to consider. In it, he expresses his sense of optimism about his religion’s fortunes this year. Let’s see why he feels so optimistic–and see if we can suss out if these are good reasons to feel optimistic.
Analyzing Christianity
Thom Rainer’s Defense of LifeWay’s Failure (LSP #79)
Come join me for a weird ride through Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) politics, infighting, and a strange show of defensiveness from one of their biggest names, Thom Rainer. Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another SBC attempt to make catastrophic failure sound like incoming victories galore.
Analyzing Christianity
Beach Reach: One of the Most Hilarious Evangelism Strategies Ever
Today, I’ll show you what Beach Reach is, some of its history, and why it’s a perfect example of the SBC’s goals and shortcomings.
Analyzing Christianity
Ed Stetzer Has Been Thrown Into a Season of Deep Lament, Y’All
Let me show you why Ed Stetzer feels very sad lately–and what his big sadness means for his end of Christianity.
SBC Watching
Come Meet the SBC’s EVANGELISM TASK FORCE!
In this report, the SBC introduces us to the people they hope will totally save their bacon as a denomination. Let’s meet the EVANGELISM TASK FORCE, and learn what they’ve been doing all year!
Analyzing Christianity
J.D. Greear knows how to solve the SBC’s misogyny problem, too!
Poor J.D. Greear. Dude literally just got elected the Grand High Lord Poobah of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and he’s already stomping on my last nerve. Last time we touched on his solutions to the SBC’s years-long decline. Today, we’ll look at his non-solution to the problem of misogyny in his blighted, embattled denomination–and why it won’t work at all. And then we’ll look at why that’s the point.
SBC Watching
A Tale of Two Non-Solutions: The NEW new plans to fix evangelical churn
While we wait for the big Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) 2018 Annual Report, I thought it’d be fun to look at how their two nominees for the SBC presidency proposed to fix their decline. We can take a lesson from their example–but I don’t think they can.
SBC Watching
Russell Moore: When the Question is ‘Are They Hateful ENOUGH?’
Russell Moore, one of the current presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is discovering what life is like for people who dissent from the tribe’s opinions–and I don’t think he likes it. Today we’ll see that schadenfreude is a dish best served with a side order of birth-control pills.