If Francis Schaeffer was "the single greatest intellectual influence on young evangelicals of the 1960s and '70s," I'd wager those not of the evangelical bent ever have anything to worry about -- not that they ever did.
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A Look Back At My 2016 Article, “Republicans Can’t Be Christians — Sorry!”
President Donald Trump with one of his most ardent evangelical supporters, the sellout Franklin Graham [I published this earlier today on Medium. It's literally the same thing, but better proofed and edited, so it's perhaps 1% better if grammatical mistakes just kill you like they do some. If that's the case, you may wish to …
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Book Review: Bart Ehrman’s Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
Well, unfortunately I'm rather livid at the moment because even though I had written I do not have the time or energy for a proper review due to severely bad health and a late time of night, I had just spent 1.5 hours working on the BEGINNING of a review, presumably saving as I went …
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Some More Book Reviews
Being There by Jerzy Kosiński My rating: 5 of 5 stars Postmodern brilliance. Stunning in what is says in what it doesn't say. I actually prefer Kosinki's The Painted Bird, which is a little more brutal, but I honestly think Being There is the author's best truly "postmodern" work, translated well to the screen, and …
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Book Review: The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest
The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America's Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest by Walter A. McDougall My rating: 2 of 5 stars I didn't like this book. And my criticisms are probably unfair, because the author most likely accomplished what he set out to do. I think I merely misinterpreted or misunderstand the …
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Some Short Book Reviews
I have a ton of books to review, ideally as many as possible before the end of the year. And my health has been extremely bad, so it's hard for me to find the time, energy or inspiration to write any. However, today I got a few knocked out, leaving me with just over 150 …
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A Review of Deconversion: a Journey from Religion to Reason
Deconverted: a Journey from Religion to Reason by Seth Andrews My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic book! Seth Andrews lived my own exact life growing up, and we were both traumatized by the same types of things (the movie, "Thief In The Night!"), and we were both fundies/evangelicals for much of our younger lives …
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Republicans Can’t Be Christians — Sorry!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-like-jesus-disciples_us_583e48d7e4b04fcaa4d5bd72?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-like-jesus-disciples_us_583e48d7e4b04fcaa4d5bd72?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063 Oh, holy shit! If this doesn't discredit ALL CHRISTIANS in everyone's eyes, than what will? Trump a disciple of Jesus? Trump EVERY disciple of Jesus rolled into one? Are the Christians going totally insane now? At this point, with 81% of all white evangelicals having voted for Trump, it's obvious to me that …
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