HeyJaredTim Whitaker
Former Christian Fundamentalist and Founder of The New Evangelicals
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I Listened to Charlie Kirk in Context. It's WORSE (opens the original)
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Hey friends,I know I've been quiet over the past few weeks but I have a reason. I wanted to answer the question “Was Charlie Kirk hateful?” I know for many of you the answer is an immediate yes. I concur. I’ve been to his events, spoken to him in person and have been following his work for 6 years. But by now you know the common excuses conservative Christians lob at the “woke left” around Kirk. Charlie was taken out of context, critics are misrepresenting him, the media just hated him etc. So I
Why Conservative Christians Worship Charlie Kirk (opens the original)
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READ ME FIRST: Hey friends, shortly after posting my last piece on why Charlie Kirk was not a martyr I experienced the single biggest drop in paid subscribers I ever had. I truly do my best to keep this substack accessible to everyone regardless of subscription status but I also need paid subscribers so I can keep doing this work. If you’re a frequent reader, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription so I can keep writing and making videos like this. -Tim<a class="button primary" href="ht
Dear Evangelicals, Charlie Kirk Was Not a Martyr (opens the original)
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It’s been one year since Charlie Kirk was murdered, and in the year since his death, a particular narrative has taken hold within conservative evangelicalism: Charlie Kirk was a Christian martyr. I’ve seen pastors say it, churches imply it, conservative Christian influencers repeat it, and people I knew from my old church world post tributes to Charlie as though he died defending the Christian faith.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jMLM!,
Thanks, Tim (opens the original)
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Hey friends, A few weeks ago I shared my story about my friend Joey: How a gay atheist I met helped unravel everything I thought I knew about faith, sexuality, and the people outside my evangelical world.So many of you were moved by the story that I asked Joey if he’d be interested in writing a followup piece from his perspective. He was kind enough to do just that. I hope you enjoy. I was in my mid twenties. I had not figured out what I wanted to do with my life. I was in a 7 year
Why Do Conservative Christian Women Stay in Abusive Marriages? (opens the original)
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Why didn’t Mica Francis Miller leave her abusive marriage?It’s a question people ask every time a story like Mica Miller’s becomes public.But I think that question misses something important.You don’t have to explicitly tell a woman, “God wants you to stay with a man who abuses you,” when you’ve spent her entire life teaching her that suffering can be holy, submission is godly, her heart can deceive her, her husband is her leader, divorce is a failure, and being a good wife means putting his nee
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