An Overview of the Scandal Concerning Jerry Falwell Jr’s Inappropriate Picture with his Zipper Down and Liberty University Placing Him on Indefinite Leave

This post is an overview of the scandal that brought down Jerry Falwell Jr at Liberty University. Falwell posed provocatively for a picture that was uploaded on social media and created an uproar. Falwell is placed on indefinite leave. Finally when it comes to scandal in evangelicalism its always sex that will do it. Many other scandals are fine and tolerated, bit in the end its always the sex scandal that causes brings down someone. This us why evangelicalism has systemic issues.

Reaction on Twitter to Jerry Falwell Jr’s Leave of Absence From Liberty University

This blog is working on a post about Jerry Falwell Jr taking a leave of absence from Liberty University. In the meantime I wanted to create a post that captured the reactions and coverage I am seeing on Twitter. 

A Closer Look at the North Coast Church’s Chris Hilken. Questionable Behavior By a Questionable Pastor

Chris Hilken is a teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, California. In an Insatgram account he is known for allegedly bullying, shaming, and shunning people. It also appears as if the EFCA pastor allegedly tried to turn a child against their family in creating devotion to North Coast Church. But this blog would also like to ask another question. Should a pastor who allegedly urinates on his wife to “mark his territory” even be a pastor?

A Look at the Troubling Purity Culture at the EFCA’s North Coast Church in Vista, California

North Coast Church is the largest EFCA church in California. Its in the San Diego area and out  of this church is hemorrhaging some disturbing stories of sexism, sexual predation, abuse, and cult like behavior. This blog which writes about the EFCA is going to begin to look at Larry Osborne’s North Coast Church in close detail. This first post is going to look at the purity culture that exists. For some your daughter’s worth is measured by a stick of used chewing gum.

The Path to Control: Accountability at First Free Wichita as Led by Chris Brunson

First Free Wichita has long had an accountability program led by Christian counselor Chris Brunson. This is a post looking at the issues of accountability in both evangelicalism as well as Josh Black’s First Free Wichita. Many evangelical accountability programs are created in the image of George Orwell and are means to control people and can be warped. 

The American Evangelical Culture Wars…a Foreign Perspective From the British Broadcasting Corporation

In December of 2019 the British Broadcasting Corporation looked at the American culture wars with evangelicals. Its a fascinating listen and it comes from the British perspective. This post is adding this recording to the blog. 

Hemant Mehta’s Ten Reasons Why People are Abandoning Christianity

Hemant Mehta published a video explaining why people are walking away from Christianity. Its a list of ten items that should come as no surprise. Many of these help explain why people have pushed back and walked away from faith. The one that should be on the list that is not is that Christianity does not provide a satisfactory answer to the problem of evil. 

EFCA Pastor Benjamin Vrbicek on Pornography and the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the COVID-19 pandemic some evangelicals are talking about pornography. 9 Marks pastor Garrett Kell has as has EFCA Pastor Benjamin Vrbicek at Community Evangelical Free in Harrisburg. The writer of this blog is a burned out evangelical who is mostly done. This post is some thoughts about evangelicals, pornography and sex. 

How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Going to Reveal the Dark Flaws and Systemic Issues of Evangelical Christianity

The COVID-19 pandemic is going to reveal the dark problems and systemic issues of evangelicalism. In the next couple of years some of the ordinary problems inside evangelicalism are going to be magnified as the system reacts to stress. Narcissism that puts people’s health in jeopardy and obsession with money will be an issue. Also expect to see many church plants be disrupted and closed. In a couple of years I would like to re-visit this post and re-examine some of the claims I am making today.

How Michael Holm a Former NSA Mathmatician Who Works at PicNix Inc. Helped Covenant Eyes Become More Like Oceania

Mike Holm is a mathematician who once worked for the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland. He left the intelligence community and worked for Covenant Eyes in Michigan to help create a far more controlling software program that would have shocked George Orwell. This post is about how Covenant Eyes is becoming more like Oceania and how the sexual purity software is allegedly being used in an abusive way to control and manipulate people as sensitive information is weaponized. While Mike Holm thinks he is serving God the reality is that he is serving the Christian industrial complex.