Dostoevsky Pwns Your Self-Righteous Face
I’m writing the Old Hat today. So there. Dosto-who? Fyodor Dostoevsky (Daw-stow-yev-skii). A Russian author who died over 200 years ago. You might have been forced to read him in high school (Crime...
View ArticleAnne Rice Leaves Christianity But Not Christ?
A few weeks ago, Anne Rice, a famous author who purportedly converted to Christianity late in life, caused a webosphere stir when she wrote this on Facebook: For those who care, and I understand if you...
View ArticleHow To Be a Sincere Hypocrite
People are always complaining about how Christians are hypocrites. Yes, we are. Always will be. We apologize in advance. Christianity Today recently wrote about Katy Perry, a rising pop star who used...
View ArticleThe New #1 Religion
Breaking News: U.S. has new number one religion! Leading scholars say that Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) has overtaken Christianity as the most common religion in the United States. MTD is best...
View ArticleDepart From Me
I’m getting tired of seeing people use this “by faith alone” stuff as an excuse for laziness and apathy toward their own behavior. I know countless people have been burned by legalism, and others...
View ArticleFrom the Desk of Slothbile
With regards to The Screwtape Letters. Dear Hatewart, I have been hearing of your recent efforts to strip your patient’s dogma. This only shows your ignorance. There is no use trying to convince a man...
View ArticleRethinking Religious Extremism
On Passion and Unrepentant Half-Assery Joan of Arc's Death at the Stake, by Hermann Stilke It bothers me the way people throw around the term “religious extremist.” Naturally, it shows up when someone...
View ArticleThe Pagan View of Religion
“In my mind,” said the pagan in church yesterday, “religion is a group of people who agree, these are our core beliefs, and that’s why we’re hanging out.” I thought, is this what I believe? It’s...
View ArticleHe Who Has Ears
Meet Lee. Lee is a tattooed twenty-something with piercings all over his face. He was too “intimidating” to work in the main area of the bar and grill where I’ve been working this summer, so they...
View ArticleIs Your Grief Godly?
Travis wrote previously about the merits of guilt and shame as gifts from God to turn us back to him. Yet there is also a breed of guilt and shame that is counterproductive. It is not a matter of how...
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