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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible”
(CNN) — One of the country’s leading evangelical leaders is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution.
In comments to be aired on his radio show Tuesday, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson criticizes the presumptive Democratic presidential […]
The “Untold Story” about Sally Kern
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Updated May 18, 2008 to correct grammatical problems in my original post.
First Stone Ministries: The Untold Story About Sally Kern
This article by a supposed de-gayification “ministry” is pretty stunning, and frankly shows the scope of Sally Kern’s homophobia and her involvement in so called ex-gay ministries.
. . . In her remarks during the January speech, […]
World Aids Day 2007
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007I got to listen to some of the special coverage on Out Q 109 (on Sirrius Radio) today and was touched in hearing the stories of both those who have survived AIDS and those who did not. Several of the guests on the show said that this is a day to mourn but also […]
From the good ol’ days of Christian Rock
Friday, September 8th, 2006
KillingTheBuddha.com: God and Guitars — Christian rock might not have all the answers, but for one fan and one band, it’s the questions that matter. - by Joel Hartse (thanks to Rivers are Damp for leading me to KTB)
This article really took me back in time, to the mid-late 90’s when for a brief span […]
Mysecret.tv makes it to the NY Times
Friday, September 8th, 2006
NY Times: Intimate Confessions Pour Out on Church’s Web Site
The on-going saga of the discussion and controversy over the OKC megachurch Lifechurch.tv will probably really take off thanks to the NYT story. For the latest discussion on this blog, check out the many comments to my prior blog posts: here and here.
Also, here’s an interesting […]
More discussion on Mysecret.tv
Thursday, August 17th, 2006
I’ve had tons of comments on my previous post about Mysecret.tv (the cyber-confession website of Lifechurch.tv), so I thought I would follow up with what others are saying about it.
The Parish: MySecret.tv or Voyeur Driven Church (also see The Parish: A Better Analysis on Mysecret.tv
I’ve written many, many posts about what happens when marketing language […]
Some thoughts about Bricktown street evangelists
Sunday, August 13th, 2006Over the last few months (it’s hard to believe that I’m now in my 3rd month as a pedicab driver in OKC), I’ve encountered quite a few street evangelists.
The basic approaches I’ve seen are…
1. One old man just walks around with a sign. I’ve talked to him briefly but he doesn’t seem very pushy.
2. One […]
The warped perspective of the American Church when it comes to SIN
Saturday, August 12th, 2006
MySecret.tv
NewsOK: Adults air dirty laundry online (login with Bugmenot.com
. . . These are among the hundreds of secrets being confessed on an adults-only Web site recently launched by Edmond-based Life Church.
The site — www.mysecret.tv — began simply as an online component of a message series started earlier this month by senior pastor Craig Groeschel.
However, church […]
The growing Christian environmental movement
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Newsweek/MSNBC: God’s Green Soldiers — A new call to combat global warming triggers soul-searching and controversy among evangelicals.
Washington Post: The Greening of Evangelicals — Christian Right Turns, Sometimes Warily, to Environmentalism
Very interesting news, and I think is a positive development (much in line with the moves of politically active evangelicals to change their stance in […]
Another wrinkle on the Latham story
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
This is an update to an earlier post: More thoughts about Baptists, some rethinking
I still am not sure what the ethics of discussing situations like the Lonnie Latham story. I feel very sorry for him and his situation, yet there is no doubt that the situation is a matter of public discussion and since law […]