Can You be Friends With an Evangelical Christian? That is a Complicated Question

Can a person outside of evangelical Christianity have a friendship with an evangelical Christian? That is a challenging question as I explore in this post. Many evangelicals operate on a false pretense when it comes to friendships and acquaintances. The goal is often to evangelize and many do so in questionable and dishonest ways. "There …

What I Most Regret About Evangelicalism? The Wasted and Lost Time That was Stolen

After the death of my parents I realized what is perhaps the most disturbing aspect of American evangelicalism. I learned as to all the time and experiences it has stolen from my life. In the process I also learned how shallow evangelical friendships are, especially as I lost many friends in pulling away from evangelicalism. …

How Cru Manipulates People to Become Missionaries Through Emotion

This is a post reflecting on the dishonest ways Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) can manipulate college and grad students into missionary work abroad. An experience at a Christmas Conference in Minneapolis called TCX is the basis for this story. Today it remains one of he most questionable and un-ethical activities I witnessed in …

Cru in Milwaukee Has Their Formal and Celebrates the Wrong Christmas

Milwaukee Metro Cru had their winter formal on December 10, 2022. At the event they most likely showed a Charlie Brown Christmas. But the honest reality is that evangelicals are celebrating the wrong Christmas. The birth of the savior did not happen in Bethleham, instead it happened in Queens, New York. Christmas actually happens in …

Jennifer Rubin Writes About What Motivates the Evangelical Base at The Washington Post. Plus a Column That Reminds Me of the Behavior of My Former Milwaukee Crusade Director Steve Papez

In The Washington Post earlier this week columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote about what motivates and drives the evangelical base. She looked at behavior, belief, anger, media and the culture that drives evangelicals. When I read this column I had different people start to pop in my head from my evangelical past. One of them was …

Why Are Evangelicals So Animated to Stop Abortion by Seizing the Supreme Court; Yet Indifferent to School Shootings That Leave Children Dead? Is That Pro-Life?

I spent a decade and a half inside evangelicalism. When Columbine happened and other mass shootings took place, many evangelicals claimed it was because God has been removed from the school. And that prayer is banned. Many evangelicals are indifferent to school shootings. And yet when it comes to abortion many evangelicals believe that they …