This is probably the scariest passage in the Bible. It's probably a lot scarier for some than for others. Read more
This is probably the scariest passage in the Bible. It's probably a lot scarier for some than for others. Read more
You’ve doubtless witnessed the outcry and indignation that ensues when American evangelicals become convinced that someone is threatening to "take the Christ out of Christmas." Yet here LaHaye and Jenkins have completely removed Christ from the gospel of Christ and none of their readers seems to have even noticed. Read more
As Al Mohler walked along, he saw a man poor from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born poor?” Mohler answered, “Both this man and his parents sinned, in unwillingness to work, in bad financial decisions and in broken family structures." Read more
Mapping the locations of Outback Steakhouses and Olive Gardens does not reveal anything Satanic. Mapping the locations of fully funded public schools does -- whether or not we choose to connect the dots. Plus: August Blues, the "Evangeical Paradigm," and "the most momentous sausage-eating act in all of Christian history." Read more
It's a weird, murky account in the way that accounts of conservative ministry implosions often tend to be weird and murky -- lots of dark hints, but no specifics as all involved piously cite scriptural prohibitions against speaking ill of other believers. Their vagueness makes it difficult to know whether these folks kicked out Drollinger out of their church because he's Mark Driscoll or because he's Jerry Sandusky. Read more
CBN calls it a "spiritual awakening," showing that John Fea's terminology of "Court Evangelicals" is spot on. The reference there is an allusion to the court prophets described in 2 Kings 22 -- the fawning suck-ups who curried favor with King Ahab by telling him whatever they thought he wanted to hear. The Zedekiah prancing about in iron horns at the Trump White House is a man named Ralph Drollinger. Read more
Contemporary Canaanites, xenophobic torture porn, a hot reading for John Kelly, abusive cops reading tea leaves, and Sam Brownback failing upwards. Plus one of the songs I'm turning up with the windows down this summer. Read more
All the sounds of the earth are like music. All the sounds of the earth are like music. The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree ... Read more
For the privilege of basking in the presence of this theologically and aesthetically odious "artwork," Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" midway attraction will charge you $40 per person. Fortunately, you have a host of better and far more affordable options nearby. (The Kentucky Department of Travel did not pay to sponsor this post.) $40 per person (plus parking) is a lot of money to spend to ogle half-assed dreck that is not good or beautiful or true. Fortunately, you and your family have plenty of other, far better options close by. Read more
"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire." Read more
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