If we pretend that progressive evangelicals are not REALLY evangelical, then all evangelicals must be conservatives, and therefore progressive evangelicals cannot really be evangelicals

Last updated on: November 18, 2012 at 9:56 pm By Fred Clark

David French -- a proponent of the failing religious right agenda -- offers his own creative take on the crushing disappointment he suffered Election Day, when his passionate multi-year devotion to Mitt Romney ended in tears. "It's hard to overstate the extent of the progressive failure here," French says of Election Day. Read more

White evangelicals, Republicans and wanting to ‘take our country back’

Last updated on: November 18, 2012 at 11:04 am By Fred Clark

White evangelicals are big fans of ethnic diversity -- just so long as those diverse folks share all the exact same opinions, perspectives and priorities as those of the white evangelical establishment. White evangelicals love the optics of a diverse-looking crowd all pledging unquestioning allegiance to the pure white evangelical agenda in lockstep conformity. Read more

Sunday favorites

Last updated on: November 4, 2012 at 10:49 am By Fred Clark

Proverbs 17:26: "To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity." Read more

Saturday salmagundi

Last updated on: November 17, 2012 at 5:06 pm By Fred Clark

Theologian trading cards; the difference between scrapple and polenta; girl power in Nigeria; Clowns vs. White Supremacists, Round 2; Georgia GOP denounces Nicolae Carpathia; links for help after Sandy; and more 10 Commandments follies from Oklehoma. Read more

As they say in Oklehoma: Remember the Sabbeth to keep it holey

Last updated on: November 17, 2012 at 10:02 am By Fred Clark

A Saterday/Sabbeth collection of links, including: Fundamorphosis is liberation; wise words from dUg Pinnick; don't settle for "crumbs" -- get angry; how End Times mania makes us stupid; more awful Christian T-shirts; The Oatmeal on writing for the Web; and a revolution in pigtails. Read more

NRA: Life during wartime

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 4:44 pm By Fred Clark

"Write what you know," the old adage says, and what Jerry Jenkins knows is business travel as a commercial airline passenger. So that's what he gives us here in Nicolae. As a result, his account of World War III ends up being less exciting, and less eventful, than the average story about routine travel through airports. Read more

Bulgarian town survived Noah’s flood

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 9:09 am By Fred Clark

Even more remarkable than the ancient town's unique fortifications or its "peculiar burial positions and objects found in the graves," of course, is that this settlement was built and occupied by humans centuries before the creation of the universe. And not only did these Neolithic Bulgarians construct huge walls without "the wheel and cart," their community also seems to have survived Noah's flood. Read more

Chick-fil-A Biblical Family of the Day

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 8:43 am By Fred Clark

"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Seducing a virgin. Read more

Songs from other planets

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 6:53 am By Fred Clark

It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week: songs named for other planets -- from Mars, to Venus, to Claire or Chiron Beta Prime. Read more

White evangelicals: Three critiques and a clueless open letter

Last updated on: November 15, 2012 at 4:36 pm By Fred Clark

Chris Hayes says "the sense of persecution and siege that many white Christians feel down to their toes" is driving conservative policy in America. And Michael L. Brown illustrates what Hayes describes with an "Open Letter to Black Evangelicals" that has to be seen to be believed. Read more

What does the name "Elijah" mean?