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Standards for Ministry Staff

Welcome to our ministry staff! We think you’ll find this a great place to work and won’t it just be lovely to work around Christians all day long instead of having to rub elbows with those worldly people and their terrible language and stories about drinking? Oh, by the way, staff devotions are at 7:00 [...]

Blaming Technology

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Taxonomy

I was walking across a bridge recently. I spied this guy who looked like he was ready to jump off. So, I thought I’d try to stall him until authorities showed up (or at least until I had time to ready my camera). “Don’t jump!” I said. “Why not? Nobody loves me.” “God loves you,” [...]

Finding Sin In The Camp

Once upon an Old Testament time there was a man named Achan who ignored God’s orders and took a five-fingered discount on some bling while plundering and pillaging the city of Jericho. The end result was that a bunch of people died because he had brought sin into the camp. The cry of “there’s sin [...]

Michael & Debi Pearl

Michael and Debi Pearl are the creative force behind No Greater Joy ministries, a source for all the resources discerning fundamentalists needs to end up in jail for beating their children. Who knew that a book called Smack That Child Until She Stops Whimpering could end up having such terrible consequences? Ah, well. those kids [...]

Nepotism

In fundamentalism, ministry is a family business. The preacher’s wife plays the piano. The preacher’s younger son leads the singing while the elder runs the youth group. The preacher’s daughter manages the nursery. Each one ensures that the leader has a tight leash on every department in the organization. Some day when dad is finally [...]

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Hypnotic Speaking Styles

I really wish some enterprising neurologist or psychologist would do some lab research on the effect of certain speech patters on the human consciousness. It would make for a fascinating study to stick someone under an fMRI and make them watch something like this… For more on Evangelist Justin Cooper you can check out his [...]

Friday Challenge: Share Your Soulwinning Stories

Today’s challenge is to tell a fundy soul-winning tale. Did you go door knocking? Did you litter the landscape with tracts and pamphlets? Perhaps you even did a little street preaching? Tell us about your experiences. If you’ve never done any of the above, perhaps you can share the story of when a well-meaning fundamentalist [...]