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And from these words I sink and fall

• Heath Bradley offers a patient and pastoral response to N.T. Wright’s confused rant on marriage equality: “Why Wright Is Wrong About Same-Sex Marriage (Part 1).”Bradley prefaces his response with an...

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There is no spoon. There are no facts. There is no truth. Here’s what it...

I refer to The Liar Tony Perkins by his full title because, well, Tony Perkins lies — all the time, about everything. David Roberts, however, argues that right-wing bosses like Perkins aren’t quite...

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Stairways circle back to where you’ve been

• Tyndale House, the Christian industry publisher of Left Behind and the also-fictional The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, looks really, really bad in Michelle Dean’s deeper dive into the story of...

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And I’ll just let you guess the rest

• The unbreakable Boze Herrington writes for The Guardian: “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a tender portrayal of cult survivors like me.”• Franklin Graham: still awful. He wouldn’t be spouting such nasty...

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Let’s give top evangelical leaders fancy titles, robes and mitres

I'm starting to think that what white evangelicalism needs these days is more fancy titles, elaborate finery, symbolic vestments, regalia and all the appurtenances of church leadership. I'm talking...

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Donald Trump’s B-list ‘evangelical advisory board’

Donald Trump's list of names is interesting both for who it includes and who it doesn't. I'm not talking about the conservative white evangelicals who have, commendably, been fierce critics of Trump,...

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Needed some sand in my flip-flops

I'm back from an impromptu mini-vacation down the shore -- tan, rested and ready for September (once I go out and buy a new Trapper Keeper). Here's some stuff I came across on my spotty Wildwood wifi,...

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Postcards from the class and culture wars (1.24.18)

"The commandments, are summed up in this word, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law."

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Debunking the misuse of ‘debunk’

Please don't say "debunk" or "rebut" in a headline unless the story involves the conclusive refutation of the facts of the matter. Also: Fox kits at play; another cynical money-grab from Tyndale House;...

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Herrenvolk ‘democracy’ and Herrenvolk religion

The Christian Post extols white evangelicals' ideal model for good, Christian "pro-family" government: Viktor Orban of Hungary.

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