Why studying biology with the anti-science cynics of Wheaton College makes as much sense as studying medicine with the anti-vaxxer Catholic bishops of Kenya. Plus: Devils and aliens in Roswell and in print; what it looks like when you sell your soul; and a wrestling legend runs out of chewing gum for the last time. Read more
"The woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing." Read more
LaHaye and Jenkins paint a disturbingly accurate portrait of a the kind of predatory, exploitative married man that young women would be wise to stay away from, yet they seem to think they're describing the kind of homewrecking young woman that married men ought to stay away from. Read more
The main problem with "sharing our faith" is that faith is not the main thing we should be sharing. It's not the main thing at all. It's not the point, not the focus, and making it our point and our focus in evangelism sends us way off track. Evangelism should be about sharing the greatest of these, the more excellent way. Read more
Two more pieces of evidence in support of our hypothesis; why "Angel" was a thematically necessary spin-off; keeping up with attempts to keep up with the Kardashians; and a call for a panel of New Testament scholars to review the banners at Texas high school football games. Read more
We all know love when we see it. And when we see the genuine article, we're awed by it, regardless of the "theological system" (or absence of any such system) of those who show such genuine love. Read more
They were probably really excited when they came up with the name "Touch 'Em All Ministries." It spells TEAM -- a terrific acronym for a sports-related ministry. It suggests home-run success and conveys their passion for the Great Commission. Alas, being innocent as doves but not wise as serpents, it didn't occur to these good people that the name might also have other connotations. Read more
"35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn’t Listen." And along with their stories come the heartbreaking, horrifying stories from the #emptychair. Also: Dueling currency; the Mansplainingest Mansplainer Who Ever Internetted; and the human right not to be killed for playing the banjo naked. Read more
No spoilers, you guys, because I've just started watching -- but is Christian Slater's character on "Mr. Robot" a hallucination? Also: Mike Huckabee adds to his list of things that are like Hitler; DeGarmo & Key warn of the dangers of the New Age; and Rick Perry has apparently invested all his money in Netflix. Read more
I'm talking about the more fundamental teaching of John Russell Houser's Southern Baptist church -- the paramount religious and ethical teaching of that denomination, which says that women cannot and must not be trusted. Rusty Houser was shaped by a faith tradition that does not abide any question or challenge to its official required stance of legal and political opposition to abortion. His church taught him that women are immoral and untrustworthy, and -- like Paul Hill and Scott Roeder -- he took that teaching to heart. Read more
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