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A letter writer asked: Were you always socially liberal and progressive “on the inside” or did that develop after deconverting? For example, were you always…

Several years ago, an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) man left a comment on a blog post about his pastor and church — Tony Hutson and Middle…

A regular reader of this blog asked if I would write about my move from Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) theology to Evangelical Calvinism. While I…

The Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) church movement is a subset under the broad banner of Evangelicalism. IFB pastors and congregants tend to be theological, political,…

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let…

I was raised in a dysfunctional Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) family, attended IFB churches throughout my childhood, attended an IFB college, married an IFB preacher’s…

I recently received the following email from a reader named Dan: I wrote before but never received any response. I just had some curious questions…

Dear Lord, I know that I am a sinner. I know that you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead…

I do a lot of writing about preachers who have no business being in the ministry. Way too many preachers are lazy, indolent, predatory, authoritarian,…

Part One Part Two Why are so many Evangelical preachers arrogant and full of themselves? While it would be easy to answer this question simply…