Daily Archives: Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 16:50

Quote for the day

The annihilation of shame requires two things. First, nerve: Whatever else might be said about Trump, it takes immense brass to lie as frequently and flagrantly as he does without apparently triggering any kind of internal emotional crisis. Ordinary mortals … Continue reading

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More signs of decline

Michael Hamar points toward yet another story that evidences the damage done to the Christian brand by the Evangelical Right. For the first time “No Religion” has topped a survey of Americans’ religious identity, according to a new analysis by … Continue reading

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More pain at SWBTS

Still struggling to recover from the Paige Patterson era, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is laying-off about one-quarter of its faculty. We have been told by multiple sources that Southwestern is letting go of almost 25% of its faculty (25 professors … Continue reading

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The end of deference, ctd

There was nothing very brilliant about foreseeing that the unholy marriage of the Evangelical Right and Donald Trump couldn’t end happily for evangelicals, but even I have sometimes been startled by the frank contempt their unhinged loyalty to Trump has … Continue reading

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