For all the talk in this book about “praying The Prayer,", the authors never really tell us what, exactly, The Prayer is. The book never spells out the spell. That seems like a crucial oversight. Read more
For all the talk in this book about “praying The Prayer,", the authors never really tell us what, exactly, The Prayer is. The book never spells out the spell. That seems like a crucial oversight. Read more
At the Broken Twig blog, "conservative" critics of Moody Bible Institute angrily denounce what they see as the school's "liberal leanings." Their argument is taken -- word-for-word -- from that of white segregationist "Christians" during earlier struggles for civil rights. Read more
Is this the tale of a brave whistleblower fired by corrupt administrators? Or is it the tale of a Fox-addled would-be witch-hunter and defender of white supremacy? Yes. Read more
Whenever someone reminds us that justice requires us all to take responsibility, we get so inspired that we turn around and beg them to take all of the responsibility on our behalf. Read more
Oprah's sermon-speech last night brought the audience to its feet and has been accurately described as "inspirational." Given the current colossal absence of inspiration in American public life, it's not surprising talk quickly turned to speculation of Oprah for president. Read more
"Moses brought their case before the Lord. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 'The daughters of Zelophehad are right.'" Read more
This works. Until it doesn't. The lies and bad-faith arguments presented to reassure listeners not to examine their doubts about the earlier lies and bad-faith arguments might soothe those earlier qualms, but they raise new ones. Read more
And then God Almighty — God who laid the foundation of the earth, who determined its measurements when the morning stars sang together, God who commands the morning and causes the dawn to know its place, God who bound the chains of the Pleiades and loosed the cords of Orion — wept. Read more
Irene and Raymie Steele, and all the other "raptured" believers have passed on. They are no more. They have ceased to be, gone to meet their maker. They’ve shuffled off their mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible. The plumage don’t enter into it. Read more
Tim Gloege writes about the cynically elastic way that "evangelical" boundaries are drawn, such that "Evangelical Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry." Plus: A Mississippi Baptist seems unclear on the concept; Trumpy Bear refuses to give suckers an even break; and James Fallows on the "open secret" of our national crisis. Read more
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