Evangelical leaders’ attention was always fated to shift from Millennials to Gen Z. Millennials utterly failed to secure a turnaround in the tribe’s fortunes. So now those leaders look to Gen Z to save their bacon.
Barna Group
Posted inAnalysis, Critical thinking, Culture, Deep Dive, Latest research, Leaving Religion, News, Religion, Religious News, Research, Your World, Your Life
The Cooperative Election Study Won’t Save Christianity
Solid information can only be good to have. If we can’t identify and describe something that’s happening, we’ll have very little chance of predicting outcomes from it or influencing it. That’s why I found Ryan Burge’s recent post on Religion News kinda frustrating.
Posted inReligion
George Barna: Hucksters Can’t Stop Huckstering
About a year ago, we had a good laugh at George Barna and his shrill attempts to sell evangelicals his products through the use of fear and dread. It was a pleasing chaser for the sour scariness of his dystopian world-domination plans. Well, he didn’t learn a thing after evangelicals largely ignored his sales pitches last year. Lately, he’s returned with another attempt to frighten evangelicals into buying his product. Today, we ask why hucksters like George Barna just can’t stop, well, huckstering.
Posted inReligion
Yes, Personal Evangelism Is About Disrespect (And It Always Was)
Today, let’s look at how evangelism functions as a form of disrespect, why it’s always been like that, and why evangelical leaders demand it anyway of their flocks.
Posted inReligion, Science
Why Evangelicals Love TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Research
Hi and welcome back! Recently, we looked at a pair of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ who were complaining about all the Christians who just refuse to Jesus correctly. In their post, these guys mentioned a few recent bits of Christian research that they felt bolstered their claims. However, every one of their sources suffers from a big […]
Posted inReligion
Parents Beware: Toxic Christians Have Officially Targeted Your Children
Hi and welcome back! We’ve been talking lately about Christianese — which abounds in Joe Battaglia’s book Make America Good Again. The past week has been leading us to this exact place. Now, we’re ready to look at exactly how toxic Christians (like Joe Battaglia) plan to regain their former dominance over America. They seek nothing less […]
Posted inReligion
A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition
Hi and welcome back! Earlier, we talked about Joe Battaglia’s book Make America Good Again. As we discovered, it’s chock-full of culture-war talking points disguised in a thick slathering of Christianese. So we spent a few days talking about Christianese. For today’s entry, I’d already planned to discuss this phrase. But then, a Christian leader […]
Posted inReligion
Barna Group Made Some Ten-Year Predictions: Let’s See How Well They Did
Not long ago, I ran across this 2010 post by Barna Group (an evangelical survey house). And well, I can’t help but love evangelicals’ prophecies and predictions, so you can bet I was right there. In their post, Barna’s people drew upon many surveys of theirs to make six ‘megatheme’ observations about where they saw evangelicalism going by 2020. Today, let’s just see how well they did!
Posted inReligion
Chick-Fil-A Meltdown: Evangelicals Are Giving Us the Most Glorious Meltdown EVER!
Before, I thought Mike Huckabee’s 2015 tantrum over rainbow Doritos was the most awesomely funny evangelical meltdown ever. But no, it turns out that that title belongs to the millions of self-appointed Designated Adults in evangelicalism freaking out over their favorite virtue-signaling fast-food seller, Chick-fil-A (CFA), mayyyybe not being quite as bigoted as they used to be.
Posted inReligion
The Crybullies of Christianity (Don’t Understand Themselves)
Last time we met up, I showed you a survey that revealed what evangelicals believe about themselves. Today, I’ll show you how that self-image stacks up against reality.