Reading Time: 4 minutes OnlySky · QUIZ: Are You A Spiritual Narcissist? | Becky Garrison This week, Christianity Today (CT), the evangelical flagship magazine founded by none other than Billy Graham, released a bonus episode of their podcast series The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. This episode, Everything is Still Falling Apart, addresses the dangers of the cult […]
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US Evangelical Group Interferes in UK
Reading Time: 2 minutes Records that have been made available that show that a conservative US evangelical organisation, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), is taking legal action against UK entertainment venues who blocked Franklin Graham from talking due to his homophobia, amongst other things. The Guardian reports: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is suing venues in Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield […]
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The Real Tipping Point of Christian Dominance (Already Came and Went)
Reading Time: 9 minutes Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about Thom Rainer’s assertion in 2018 that American evangelical churches had found themselves at a ‘tipping point.’ He thought that if those churches didn’t get on the stick (and pay him a whopping lot of money for his silly revitalization services), then American Christianity would fade to irrelevance just […]
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Political evangelicals can’t stop, won’t stop
Reading Time: 10 minutes Today, I’ll show you why these excessive political leanings can’t stop and won’t stop, ever, until their tribe is well and truly defeated.
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Dear Preacher, It Isn’t Your Fault (But It Is Still Your Responsibility)
Reading Time: 10 minutes I’d like to say a few things to those entrusted with leading evangelical Christian communities through this racially charged climate. I once considered myself one of those people but, as you can tell from the name of my blog, I changed my mind. I would argue that leaving the fold does not disqualify me from […]
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Evangelistic Success in China Amid the Pandemic
Reading Time: 8 minutes Lately, I’ve noticed a distinct narrative developing in fundagelicalism. It involves claims of wild evangelism success amid the pandemic. So far, nobody’s ponied up numbers supporting these claims (only contradicting them), but this sure wouldn’t be the first time Christians have made claims without evidence. This time around, though, the claims come from quite a venerable source. Today, let me show you someone from Billy Graham’s evangelism business making claims of a revival in China — and why I don’t trust this story.
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The Power of Positive Thinking, Rethought
Reading Time: 11 minutes Today, let me show you what positive thinking looks like when it goes overboard and gets unhealthy — and why so many really awful people love it when positive thinking acts naughty like that.
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Billy Graham’s #1 Reason to Believe (Fails Hard)
Reading Time: 9 minutes This seasoned veteran of evangelism offered up his A-Number-One Reason to Believe. This answer represents his biggest gun, his most powerful evangelistic come-on. And it’s the same reason we hear out of a great many Christians across all flavors of the religion! We’ll look at it, see what it means, and evaluate it as a claim. And then we’ll decide if it’s as compelling as Billy Graham sure thought it was.
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Billy Graham and the Culture-War Model of Evangelicalism
Reading Time: 10 minutes Billy Graham’s work both created a juggernaut of coercive power for his religion–and in turn helped damn it. Here’s how he doomed the faith he claimed to love.
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The Awakening of the Young
Reading Time: 10 minutes Young people are awakening to their own power and agency, and that is very bad news for conservatives in America. Today, in the wake of both the death of one of the architects of toxic Christianity’s entire culture war model and yet another study revealing losses for Christianity, I want to share some truly good news with you.