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🌐 Why I Hate Evangelicals


February 07, 2026

Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith

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I had an interesting experience a few years back. A message was sent to me on social media from a family member asking me, “Why do you hate evangelicals?”

If you follow this website or know me personally, that may seem like a weird question. I’ve spent the vast majority of my life as a Baptist and am now teaching at my third evangelical college. When I got the message, I was sitting in the dining hall of the evangelical college where I was teaching.

I assured this family member that I did not hate evangelicals; I am an evangelical; I grew up as an evangelical (as this person well knew); I attended an evangelical church; I taught at an evangelical university; I was even studying art and religion, not at an evangelical institution, but at an institution where everyone knew I was evangelical....



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