2026-01-16T06:07:15-05:00

Left Behind gives us an arch-villain with a dastardly plan to destroy the world. It also gives us a scrappy band of heroes who .. also eagerly want to see the world destroyed. Read more

2026-01-15T16:07:24-05:00

Love Is All Around. Plus: You can learn a lot about a guy from how he talks about his ex(es). Read more

2026-01-14T16:56:18-05:00

If you swear an oath while placing your hand on the Bible, you're swearing an oath on a book that forbids you to do that. That's blasphemy. And really, really dumb. Read more

2026-01-13T15:58:52-05:00

The "evangelical definition wars" are, in part, a debate between "lumpers" and "splitters." This gets awkward -- and personal -- because the gatekeepers are also out here trying to be splitters. Read more

2026-01-11T15:52:20-05:00

Take time to listen to Heather Cox Richardson, Thomas Paine, Rebecca Solnit, David M. Perry, Roald Dahl, Sarah Jeong, and Elizabeth N. Saunders. Read more

2026-01-09T17:09:56-05:00

Readers are willing to suspend disbelief when asked to imagine the unimaginable, the fantastical and outlandish. But they won't play along when writers get normal, ordinary life completely wrong. Read more

2026-01-08T16:35:06-05:00

It is 2026 and I am 57 years old and I am listening to a new song by Amy Grant and it is a good song. Read more

2026-01-07T15:54:07-05:00

We have always been at war with ... Greenland? This was never the Proper Christian Stance enforced by white evangelical leaders, but the Proper Christian Stance is always changing. Read more

2026-01-06T13:28:15-05:00

Every year here, on January 6, we talk about Jesus, Job, and Jodie Foster. Read more

2026-01-05T16:56:01-05:00

Two years ago, the idea of the U.S. sending it's military to conquer Greenland was recognized by everyone as an absurd, ugly joke. But now the absurd, ugly joke is in charge. Read more

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