Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power
When the news broke that the recently elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-La),…
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Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, a Christianity Today podcast hosted by Mike Cosper,…
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#Churchtoo: Apology of Evangelical Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault Shows Why Sorry Isn’t Enough
As the #metoo movement shines a necessary, long overdue light on men in the workplace…
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Dear Timothy Keller: The “Evangelical” Problem isn’t Pollsters
In response to the public identity crisis voiced by some white evangelicals since Donald Trump’s…
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How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support
If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of…
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Christians and Cage Fighting, From “Fight Church” to Mark Driscoll
The pastors who promote MMA describe it as a sport through which to recapture man’s “God given attributes” of “aggressiveness” and “competitiveness.” I couldn’t help but think of Mark Driscoll.
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“Muscular Christianity” Not to Blame For Driscoll: A Response
When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood…
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