Category Archives: General

The post-Patterson SBC

Regular readers will recall that, a few months back, I devoted several posts to the slow-motion public collapse of SBC biggie Paige Patterson, the president of the denomination’s Southwestern Seminary and a co-leader of the so-called Conservative Resurgence that drove-out … Continue reading

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Tweet for the day

The Donald: Always keeping it classy. Continue reading

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Quote for the day

It sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers — who knows? Continue reading

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Friedrich Nietzsche, b. 1844-Oct-15

I’ve sat through exactly one sermon in my life that I got something worthwhile out of — the sermon when the pastor read out a list of writers whose books no decent, godly person should allow in his home. I … Continue reading

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Dismal theology-related quote for the day

Five years ago, I moved from the Bible Belt to New York City and ran headfirst into an unexpected language barrier. Sure, I could still speak English as well as I always had. But I could no longer “speak God.” … Continue reading

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