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 …

The Loneliness Epidemic in the United States. When it Comes to Friendship Is Evangelical Culture Contributing to the Problem?

There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. Changing society and culture have resulted in men having less friendships. David French writes about how its leading to further polarization in creating factional relationships. This is part of the reason why there is sharp political polarization. However, this blog wants to acknowledge about how …

The Lack of Cross Gender Friendships in Evangelicalism and the Problems it Creates

A tweet led to a couple of blog posts that looked at the issue of why evangelicals suffer because of a lack of cross gender friendships. Evangelicals sexualize quite a bit in their culture. And that can't be truer when it comes to friendship. This post encourages people to read two posts about the problems …

Reflecting on Michelle Van Loon’s Thoughts About Friendship and the Evangelical Church

Michelle Van Loon wrote an article the other day that looked at issues with friendship inside evangelicalism. Its about how she realized some people are not friends after all. This is a reflection on her article as I consider my past challenges of friendship inside evangelicalism. While I have two positive examples I was also …

Joni Erickson Tada Writes About Her Friendship with Steve Estes at The Gospel Coalition

At The Gospel Coalition Joni Erickson Tada writes about her diving accident. In the article she writes of her friendship with Steve Estes. Since this blog wrote heavily on the Community Evangelical Free Church scandal this article is one that had to be added to the blog.  “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and …

Why Tyler Chernesky of Christ Community Church in Kansas City Should Do a Blog Post About Tom Hank’s New Movie About Fred Rogers

This week Tom Hanks new movie about Mr Rogers is releasing nationally. When I attended Christ Community Church in Kansas City, Missouri in October of 2018 Tyler Chernesky preached about Fred Rogers. In light of this new movie this blog is hoping that Tyler Chernesky's next article for the Christ Community Church blog can address …