Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Can you see anything?" And the man looked up and said, "I can see people, but they look like trees, walking." Read more
Back in January, I worried that “A Ted Cruz win could further Bartonize ‘mainstream’ white evangelicalism.” Specifically, I worried that folks like John Fea and Warren Throckmorton would be subjected to the marginalizing tactics long practiced by the right-wing gatekeepers of the white evangelical tribe. This is what I was talking about. Dr. Fea’s restrained, temperate discussion of Cruz’s Christian nationalism on Christianity Today’s website — “The Theology of Ted Cruz” — prompted a passive-aggressive wailing from CT editor Stan Guthrie. Guthrie... Read more
I realize we're only four days into the Great Tribulation at this point in the book, but shouldn't we already being seeing some signs of the imminent lawlessness that, the religious right keeps telling us, is bound to erupt at any moment? Without Christians and the conservative political agenda they support, the world is supposed doomed to chaos and cataclysm, so why isn't that happening here? Read more
The Standard Answer is this: "Of course no one is talking about putting women in jail. No one has ever said that's what should be done. We would only punish the abortionists, not the women." That's not intended to provide an answer for the question. It's intended to prevent the answerer from having to think about it. Read more
South Carolina Republicans are pushing a bill that would hold churches criminally and financially liable if any refugees they resettle should ever -- at any point in the future -- be involved in or accused of negligence or violent crime. The S.C. GOP hopes this bill will intimidate churches into turning their backs on refugees. And they're hoping that other states will adopt similar legislation. Read more
Men who don't understand how sex works or what contraception does are now suing the government, taking their case before a bunch of male Supreme Court justices who have no idea how health insurance works or what contraception does. And this group of ridiculously ignorant men would like to rewrite our laws regarding contraception and health insurance. What could go wrong? Read more
The congregation of New Hope Village Church embodies what it means to make evangelism a top priority. After spending a long Sunday gathered together to remind one another that evangelism is the most important thing, they're all fired up to return next week and reaffirm this paramount importance yet again. Read more
"Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth." Read more
"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we are saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love." -- Reinhold Niebuhr Read more
Originally posted January 20, 2006. You can read this entire series, for free, via the convenient Left Behind Index. This post is also part of the ebook collection The Anti-Christ Handbook: Volume 1, available on Amazon for just $2.99. Volume 2 of The Anti-Christ Handbook, completing all the posts on the first Left Behind book, is also now available. Left Behind, pp. 189-190 The Rev. Bruce Barnes is an odd man. He’s twitchy and God-haunted like Hazel Motes in Wise Blood. He says... Read more
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