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Here’s something that should make your blood run cold: Doctors in Canada are now saying that euthanizing newborn babies with disabilities “may be an appropriate treatment.” Yes, you read that correctly. Kill the baby, call it medicine, and sleep soundly knowing you’ve provided “compassionate care.” This isn’t some fringe opinion from a single physician hav...

The AI Bible, a project by Pray.com with over 2.3 million combined social media followers, claims it’s using artificial intelligence to “glorify God” through “cool, cinematic-looking” Bible stories. What they’re actually doing is turning Scripture into clickbait entertainment that strips away theological depth and biblical context—all while calling it “edu...

Former Wall Street finance veteran Alicia Lee says it was the Lord who gave her the idea to create a LinkedIn-style social media platform for professionals “who serve the Church.” Called Faithly, the platform promises to connect Christian professionals in what Lee describes as a divinely inspired business venture. Look, I get that Christians want professional networks too (nothing wron...

Here’s something that sounds perfectly reasonable if you’ve been raised evangelical: wives should submit to their husbands because that’s what the Bible teaches. It’s presented as God’s loving design for marriage—not oppression, but divine order. Complementarian theologians have spent decades crafting sophisticated arguments about how this actually elevates women by g...

Pastor Joseph Mattera wants you to know he’s not one of those extreme prosperity gospel preachers. In his recent article addressing “9 myths regarding divine healing,” he positions himself as the reasonable voice correcting both skeptics and charlatans. But here’s the problem: even his “balanced” approach to faith healing contains dangerous ideas that can litera...

The Barna Group just dropped a statistic that has evangelical leaders celebrating: Generation Z shows higher church attendance rates than older generations. Headlines are triumphant about this “reversal of long-established patterns.” But before we start the victory lap, let’s dig into what this actually means (and why the celebration might be premature). Here’s the thing ab...

When bullets shattered the peace at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, one mother delivered a message that cut through decades of religious posturing: “Prayers didn’t stop the bullets.” Her daughter had been wounded in the shooting, and she wasn’t about to let politicians and religious leaders retreat into their familiar fantasy that prayer is somehow a substitute...

Look, I get it. Pastor Kyle Worley from Mosaic Church in Texas wants to have an “honest conversation” about THC (because apparently honesty requires scare quotes when it challenges evangelical groupthink). But his recent Christianity Today piece perfectly demonstrates how evangelical leaders dress up personal control as biblical wisdom—and it’s causing real psychological harm. Wo...

The city of Austin, Texas announced this week that they’re ditching their official seal because it contains a cross that “does not promote the City’s distinctive values and mission.” Predictably, Christian media outlets are treating this as another battle in the culture wars (because nothing sells subscriptions like persecution narratives). But here’s what they’...

The Catholic Church is set to canonize Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died of leukemia in 2006, making him the first millennial saint. While the church celebrates his coding skills and religious devotion (earning him the nickname “God’s influencer”), this case highlights a troubling pattern of how faith communities romanticize preventable deaths when they can be spun...

Here we go again. Another “prophet” exposed for exploiting vulnerable believers, and evangelicals are acting shocked (as if this doesn’t happen every few months). This time it’s David Taylor, and while I don’t know the specific details of his latest scandal, the pattern is depressingly familiar: charismatic leader makes bold “prophecies,” desperate people...

George Barna and Arizona Christian University just released new research claiming American Christians are struggling with “basic teachings about sin,” and evangelical leaders are calling this a “body blow” to the faith. But look closer at what they’re actually measuring, and you’ll find something far more troubling than theological confusion—you’ll find a...

Senator Tim Kaine’s recent comments dismissing God-given rights as “very, very troubling” have sparked outrage from religious leaders. But lost in the political theater is a more insidious problem: how evangelical “complementarian” theology—the belief that women must submit to male authority—creates the perfect breeding ground for abuse while appearing perfectly reaso...

Evangelical pastor Greg Laurie’s recent reflection on his surgery recovery perfectly illustrates one of Christianity’s most harmful but normalized practices: the subtle messaging that faithful Christians shouldn’t struggle with mental health issues (because, you know, they’ve got Jesus). In his Christianity Today piece “I came back from surgery. Here is what I learned...

Here’s a story that perfectly captures the subtle cruelty of evangelical culture (and why I keep writing about this stuff): A Christian mother in Kenya spent 14 years praying for her son’s release from a Saudi Arabian death row, ultimately paying $1 million in “blood money” to save his life. The story itself is heartbreaking and complex, involving Islamic law, cultural diff...

Forrest Frank’s recent claim of miraculous healing from fractured vertebrae has become a social media sensation, with millions of followers celebrating his recovery and fellow Christian artists creating content around it. But look past the feel-good vibes, and you’ll see something troubling: how evangelical culture’s increasing embrace of miraculous healing claims is creating rea...

Vice President JD Vance visited victims of last week’s Catholic school shooting in Minnesota, and his response was predictably evangelical: he urged Americans to pray for the survivors. Two children died, several others were injured, and one student is still fighting for her life. Vance’s solution? More prayers. Look, I understand the impulse here (and I’m not heartless). When tr...

The American Bible Society just released another glossy report claiming that frequent Bible readers have a “stronger sense of identity” than everyone else. Their latest “State of the Bible USA” study sounds reassuring—even scientific—but it’s actually a masterpiece of religious manipulation designed to make people feel deficient for not reading enough Scripture. Here&...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is urging public schools across the state to implement “dedicated time for prayer and scripture reading,” specifically recommending the Lord’s Prayer. This sounds reasonable to evangelicals (“just voluntary prayer, what’s the harm?”), but psychological research reveals how these policies create a damaging environment for non-Chr...

Another day, another government building quietly installing the Ten Commandments under the veneer of “historical significance.” This time it’s Collier County, Florida, where commissioners just approved adding the biblical commandments to their display of “historical documents” in government buildings. Because nothing says “separation of church and state” l...

Christian Contemporary Music artist bodie recently shared how the Holy Spirit “convicted” him to abandon secular music for Christian music, describing how he was “scared” to make the switch until receiving this divine message. It’s a heartwarming testimony that sounds deeply spiritual—and represents exactly the kind of manipulative thinking that keeps millions of Chri...

Rhiannon Evangelista’s letter to Christianity Today cuts straight to the heart of evangelical Christianity’s most destructive contradiction. Writing about the gender gap in church attendance (young women leaving at higher rates than men), she asks a simple question that exposes years of subtle psychological manipulation: Why do churches tell young women that Jesus has “redeemed t...

A Christian advice columnist recently tackled a question that perfectly illustrates how evangelical relationship guidance can sound reasonable while creating patterns of isolation and control. The question involved dating boundaries—specifically, whether it’s appropriate for a potential romantic partner to stay overnight at someone’s home during a long-distance courtship visit. The res...

When Grammy-nominated gospel artist Vicki Yohe went public with her shocking allegations against televangelist David E. Taylor, she didn’t just expose one man’s alleged behavior—she pulled back the curtain on a toxic culture that treats female ministry leaders as disposable while protecting predatory men in positions of power. Yohe claims Taylor, recently arrested by federal authoritie...

Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship recently declared his hip replacement surgery “100% successful” and used it to defend prayer’s effectiveness after facing criticism following a deadly school shooting. The timing reveals something deeply troubling about how evangelical leaders manipulate tragedy and coincidence to maintain their theological house of cards. Here&#...