2019-08-30T18:54:54-04:00

I'm cleaning water from my basement (again), so here's a cool picture of a tree-vine-combo-thing along with some half-formed thoughts inspired by it. Talk amongst yourselves. Read more

2019-08-26T17:13:56-04:00

Don't be an "evangelist" in the workplace. Be a chaplain instead. Read more

2019-08-23T18:59:51-04:00

For LaHaye and Jenkins, a husband is a kind of father to his wife. If that sounds creepily paternalistic, then I'm describing it correctly. Read more

2019-08-22T19:04:40-04:00

Pastor Mark is basically Martin Niemoller circa 1924. He has no gospel, no Bible, no truth that requires him to challenge Nazism, so he doesn't. Read more

2019-08-21T20:29:55-04:00

Distancing yourself from this statement, apologizing to those disrespected, and making it clear that you understand such praise to be ridiculously inaccurate is the bare minimum behavior we would expect from any decent, rational, non-depraved individual. Read more

2019-08-20T20:02:38-04:00

The Lutherans have kind of been on a roll lately. That ought to be bigger news. Plus: Righteous gemstones, irreplaceable mud, and toxic orange muck. Read more

2019-08-15T19:09:22-04:00

Culottes! They're not just the spork of the sartorial world, they're also a very telling signifier for a particular brand of white American fundamentalist Christianity. Read more

2019-08-14T19:51:54-04:00

A white evangelical minister summarizes Trump-loving white evangelicalism after his arrest for battery: "I can say whatever I want, to whoever I want!" Read more

2019-08-13T19:51:45-04:00

Robert Jeffress would really hate "The Hiding Place." Plus: Why breakfast at IHOP is better than the National Prayer Breakfast. Read more

2019-08-12T17:52:43-04:00

Taking the Lord's name in vain isn't about what you say when you stub your toe. It's about piously neglecting "justice and the love of God." Read more


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