Helen Andelin says incompetence is a real turn-on. Young Life: Still awful. Would stricter voter ID laws have prevented Dinesh D'Souza from committing campaign fraud? A bad review. Sr. Lucia quotes Jesus and Peter Pumpkinhead. Oh, and also IHOP does not love some people -- a lot. RIP Pete Seeger. Read more
Texas Monthly describes Off the Kuff as "a fun read and a smart read and, increasingly, a gotta-read." And that's true even if you're not from Texas. Read more
They can't get rid of the whole Great Tribulation battle against the Antichrist, because that just sounds so cool. Sure, the Tribulation is seven years of wrath, death and suffering, and it's also a dispensationalist construct that's otherwise incompatible with the End Times framework promoted by the NAR. But if there's no Tribulation, then there's no Tribulation Force and no chance to fantasize about being a brave and heroic champion of that elite God squad. Read more
The second confusing thing about these categories of pre- and post-millennialism has to do with the awkward way those chronological prefixes are applied in those terms. The details of those differing chronologies aren't as important as the implications of them. That's the key thing: Premillennialism is pessimistic. Postmillennialism is optimistic. Read more
"Sometimes a lie can be so obvious that it's almost honest." One way to tell the powerful are worried they're losing control. Food pantries overwhelmed after food stamp cuts. Satanic Panic still goin' strong in Pennsyltucky. Chesterton's bogeymen and "abstinence-only" sex education. Read more
So what does it mean when, instead of praying for God to redeem and preserve the world, you devote your life to praying that God will conquer and destroy it. Well, the Trappists gave us Thomas Merton. IHOP gave us Tyler Deaton. Read more
Proven liar Todd Starnes tweeted that "The Grammys mock God, marginalize the Bible" at the very moment that Mary Lambert was belting words written by the Apostle Paul. "Macklemore launches a hate-filled, bigoted, intolerant diatribe against Christians," Starnes tweeted. "Love is patient, love is kind," Lambert sang. It doesn't get much more traditional than having someone read 1 Corinthians 13 at a wedding. Read more
John Corvino on clobber-texters. A prayer request for the Two Friars and a Fool Kickstarter project. The Fraudbuster busted for fraud. Wildlife and wildlings. New Jersey passes statewide protection for pregnant workers. Dietrich Bonhoeffer exlains why religious people got on his nerves. Read more
"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings." Read more
The miracle-or-bust approach of reckless heroes with no plans doesn't necessarily make for a bad story. And thus the little Tsion's Escape From Zion subplot in these chapters of "Nicolae" didn't necessarily have to be so awful. So let's look at some of the ingredients of a successful leap-of-faith story, so that later we can see how the lack of these ingredients accounts for the awfulness of Buck Williams' little adventure. Read more
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