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Ray Comfort and the Doctrinal Yardstick
A ringside seat to a bunch of Doctrinal Yardstick arguments about Ray Comfort.
Analyzing Christianity
The STILL-untold story of the Jesus Revolution
It’s not PROOF YES PROOF of the divine or supernatural, no, but the Jesus Revolution is still a fascinating evangelical movement.
Analyzing Christianity
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.
Analyzing Christianity
‘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?
Gaming
From gamer to ‘gamer girl’ to gamer again
Many years ago, more than half a lifetime by now, I took my first steps into gamer girl territory. Except I didn’t really see it as being a gamer girl. To me, I was simply a gamer, full stop. Now that we’re nearly at the 40-year anniversary of the classic Read more
Gaming
The rise of the casual MMORPG player
Nowadays, these games studiously court players who might only have a few minutes a day or a couple of days a week that they can spend ingame.
Analyzing Christianity
When Christian ‘evidence’ isn’t evidence at all
Last week, we talked about the Christians who do their best to avoid their rightful burden of proof. In a way, though, that strategy might be better than the one we’re talking about today. When Christians actually try to pony up support for their claims, we can see just how Read more
Gaming
The heartbreak of nerfing in games
Excessive nerfing can lead to an erosion of trust in the playerbase. It hits at the heart of our sense of fairness. And perhaps more than anything else, gamers want games to be fair—or at least skewed in their favor.
Analyzing Christianity
How a deconstruction goes wrong in ‘Before You Lose Your Faith’
This book’s second chapter perfectly illustrates what happens when a deconstruction fails to go far enough.
Analyzing Christianity
Hocus Pocus 2: Why Christians are getting hung up on the Satanic Panic again
Last week, a Texas mother named Jamie Gooch tried to beat the Satanic Panic drum over a silly movie called Hocus Pocus 2. In a now-iconic interview, she told her Troy, Texas news affiliate KWTX all about it: “A worst case scenario is: you unleash hell on your kids and Read more