The Advent of the Drive-In Church, Which Was Not at All Ridiculous and Definitely Needed to Be a Thing
Please understand that when I call drive-in theaters one of the worst ideas of all time, I’m speaking from direct experience.
Please understand that when I call drive-in theaters one of the worst ideas of all time, I’m speaking from direct experience.
If you’re wondering how someone can just declare himself pope, keep in mind that things in the church were way less formal back then.
Since I’m not a historian, I’m going to tell you about the weird, possibly legendary, and super awkward stuff this guy did.
Despite the advent of stadium-style seating and auditorium-like worship halls, the simple, ancient pew endures.
The story goes that Hensley wandered out into the wilderness to seek God’s will, which he was pretty sure would involve snakes.
We devote huge amounts of time and energy guilting each other over what we eat.
With multiple popes in play, the people could freely listen to whichever pope was convenient for them at the time, sort of like national church-shopping.
The Crusades began with the medieval equivalent of drunk-texting an ex.
What does it mean when God gives you a dream—and then the dream dies?
The people of Calcata continued to parade through the streets with the prepuce every January 1 almost until Return of the Jedi hit theaters.
It turns out church scandals and culture wars weren’t invented last week.
Communion may be the moment where God and man meet face-to-face, which is cool and all, but yeesh, get on with it, God.
In Münster, there was general agreement they needed to be following the teachings of Christianity — the only problem was, whose version?
Like Oliver Cromwell, people have a tendency to become the things they hate.
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