But sometimes I hit London

Last updated on: November 12, 2019 at 7:55 pm By Fred Clark

Did Wernher von Braun become an evangelical Christian after he stopped being a Nazi? (And did he ever stop being a Nazi?) Read more

Bartender says ‘Is this some kind of joke?’

Last updated on: November 10, 2019 at 7:02 pm By Fred Clark

Taking a clickbait Bible quiz to prove that you know more than "most Christians" is bad for your soul and bad for the internet. Also: Satanic baby-killers! and the utter wrongness of Sam Alito. Read more

I wouldn’t send a knight out on a dog like this

Last updated on: November 9, 2019 at 11:42 am By Fred Clark

• Back when the “YouVersion” Bible app was first released in 2013, I mentioned that the name was an obstacle for me: “YouVersion” just calls to mind that awful “Personal Promise Bible” and the mentality that produced it. If you’re looking for a YouVersion, you’re doing it wrong. The name reminded me of the white evangelical thing where we teach kids to replace “the world” in John 3:16 with their own name: “For God so loved [Your Name Here] that he... Read more

Postcards from the class & culture wars (11.6.19)

Last updated on: November 6, 2019 at 9:44 pm By Fred Clark

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Read more

Hot off the press

Last updated on: November 4, 2019 at 6:39 pm By Fred Clark

I'm less interested in any "definition" of "evangelical" than I am in the way such definitions get used to assert power. And the things that power is used to do. Read more

LBCF, No. 253: ‘Tribulation baggers’

Last updated on: November 1, 2019 at 1:06 pm By Fred Clark

It's pretty awful fiction, of course, but that doesn't matter as long as it whispers to readers that they are right while reality is shouting that they are wrong. Read more

White evangelicals love Kanye’s Carman album

Last updated on: October 29, 2019 at 6:15 pm By Fred Clark

Embracing white evangelical culture wars and white evangelical politics, Kanye West records ... well, basically a Carman album. Read more

LBCF, No. 252: ‘The ever-present absence of absence’

Last updated on: October 25, 2019 at 3:38 pm By Fred Clark

They need characters to behave this way because the End Times check list requires it. But it is impossible and unimaginable. And that means the End Times check list is, itself, impossible and unimaginable. Read more

The rising stars of post-establishment evangelicalism

Last updated on: October 25, 2019 at 1:12 am By Fred Clark

I learned this week that Kylie Jenner has trademarked the phrase “Rise and shine.” TMZ tells us: Kylie Jenner’s no fool … when she sees something that’s hot, she tries to own it, which is what she wants to do with the catch phrase, “Rise and Shine.” Kylie filed legal docs asking the feds for ownership of a slang version of the famous wake-up call … “RIIISE AND SHIIINNEE.” The trademark would cover belts, pants, coats, dresses, footwear, gloves, headbands,... Read more

Rights for me but not for thee

Last updated on: October 23, 2019 at 6:23 pm By Fred Clark

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." Read more

What Jewish festival was being celebrated when the Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost?