Christianity

How John MacArthur exploited his power to uphold abuse — On a Sunday evening in August 2002, conservative evangelical powerhouse John MacArthur rose to address his 8000-member congregation at Grace Community from his lofty pulpit. As men began distributing the elements for communion, a stern-faced MacArthur launched into a tirade about a woman in the church who was apparently living…

“God” slaughters more than you might think — When people talk religion, a script often plays out. An atheist says that religions kill people, and Christians reply that atheists kill more than anyone. We see this argument made in the media, and in real life. Atheists talk about the Crusades, etc., and Christians reply that 20th century dictators—Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.—were more deadly.

No one misses him — I’ve never seen a famous person’s death celebrated as much as Pat Robertson’s death has been celebrated. He died on June 8th of this year. People are claiming that it’s a gift to all LGBTQ+ people for Pride month and that the world is a better place without him. If…

Exposing the church’s outdated views on women’s roles — Steam was coming out of my ears, and I was having trouble reigning in my anger. I ranted and raved, ready to eviscerate the one who offended me, my verbal knife poised to disembowel the idiot who had the effrontery, the sheer nerve(!) to make such a ridiculous statement. My…

Proverbs 31 is about this God-fearing wife that every man should strive to marry. She supports him, never wearies of doing good, and helps those in need. What can this mean for the single woman, though? Singleness is all too often an overlooked and underrated blessing. Scripture is very clear…

Unraveling the hoopla and culture wars in light of authentic Christianity — Throughout my 30s, I spent my summers on the traveling music festival, Vans Warped Tour, working for a nonprofit. As one of a handful of Christians on the tour, there was quite a lot of stigma to overcome. To the dismay of many — Christian and non-Christian alike — I…

When There Is Nothing But The Darkness — In his book, Disappointment with God, Philipp Yancey writes about a man who decided he no longer believes in God. The young man was a writer, a student in a theological school. He initially reached out to Philip for help with his manuscript. The book was good enough to earn…

Who needs religion when you can have orgasms instead? — Obviously I’m just horny, so horny in fact that I’d rather go to hell than resist any of my horniness. I heard about this “Jesus” and his love and threw it all away. I don’t want love, I want sex. I want dirty, raunchy fornicating. I want upside-down adultery. I…

One wonderful night, the Holy Spirit came to me like a cool breeze and made me observe my roommate while I was still an undergrad on campus. My roomie stays in the room and prays for as long as 5 hours or more. …