Really who cares what John MacArthur thinks?
I don’t normally enter white evangelical world dust-ups, there are really too many, and they are often uninteresting. Also, I figure if I give celebrity preachers the time of day, they may actually...
View ArticleThe Seeker King by Gary Tillery–A Review
Gary Tillery’s The Seeker King: A Spiritual Biography of Elvis Presley, published by Quest Books (an imprint of the Theosophical Society), presents the King as a life-long seeker, making a case that...
View ArticleSnake-Handling, Vaccines & Science Denial
Yes, so social media was aglow and more than a little snarky and even downright cruel over the death of Rev. Jaime Coots, a snake-handling pastor from Kentucky. After refusing treatment for yet another...
View ArticleHunting Heresy at Regent University–Part II (Dress Codes)
When I finished my presentation on Dress Codes and Pentecostal Purity Culture in a class at Regent a few weeks ago, I was genuinely worried because my talk was meant to be subversive. It went well,...
View ArticleSanctifying Music, Sex & Death: Remembering Marvin Gaye
April 2 1984, if I remember correctly, was a cool, crisp Spring morning. waiting for school to begin, students regularly waited in the quad area and just outside the athletic fields on benches waiting...
View ArticleHappy No. 5 Patheos
In the midst of grading, writing & prepping for more summer teaching, a quick saludos to the folks at Patheos, whom I have had the pleasure of helping out since they first started! #Patheos5yo I...
View ArticleNothing New Under The (Pew) Sun
A Few (Not So New) Things About the Pew Study: (and its a good study btw, its just not particularly new to us) here it is for your perusal:...
View ArticleThe Confessions of Joyce Meyer
The Confessions of Joyce Meyer So in order to finish this long awaited book, I have immersed myself in the study of Joyce Meyer, I like to call it the Method Acting version of history–reading her...
View ArticleThe (Un) Equally Yoked Marriage/Divorce of Rev. Maria W. Atkinson
Another installment of my look at Pentecostal women looks at a Church of God missionary named Maria W. Atkinson, who, like several other better known Pentecostal women, was a widowed and divorced woman...
View ArticleRe-Scripting Pentecostal Saints: Curious Life of Mother Rosa Horn
This is one in another of my summer series on Pentecostal women, I am off for vacation till August, but in August, I hope to dedicate the next several installments commemorating the 70th anniversary of...
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