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Nadia Bolz-Weber. Salvation on the Small Screen?
Contents
Introduction
The Stranger (Seriously, my Savior would not wear bangs) 5:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Paula White Today (Boosting God’s self-esteem) 5:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. Simul lustus et Peccator
Jesse Duplantis Ministries (Being Charlie in God’s chocolate factory) 6:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer (Am I a victorious, powerful, stomp-on-the-devil’s-head Christian?) 6:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Changing Your World with Dr. Creflo Dollar (Resisting the cherry danish with God’s help) 7:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
John Hagee Today (At the Ethan Allen Middle East Apocalyptic News Desk) 7:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Breakthrough with Rod Parsley (Do the prayer line people have to use stripper names?) 8:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Today with Marilyn and Sarah (I didn’t know stickers could do that) 8:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Believer’s Voice of Victory (“The Secret,” televangelist-style) 9:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Postscript: My Sister Emails in Solidarity
Best of Praise the Lord (Siegfried and Roy go to Burning Man) 9:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Behind the Scenes (Liberals in heaven?) 11:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Paula White Today [again, sigh, see page 11] (Forgetting about kangaroos) 11:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Life Today (In the down-homey log cabin of millionaires) 12:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. The Grassley Six
This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (Catching the mic in one smooth motion) 12:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
The 700 Club (Pentecostal Romper Room) 1:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. What Are People Getting Out of This?
John Hagee [again, yea!] (How is a frozen pizza recall “news,” or “Christian,” or “Christian news”?) 2:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. What Makes Something “Christian”?
Breakthrough with Rod Parsley (I wonder if “Raise eyes to heaven” was on the teleprompter?) 2:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Praise the Lord (PTL) (Don Ho sings the bad theology of your childhood) 3:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. Prayer
Ancient Secrets of the Bible (CorningWare is ruined for me) 5:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Rediscovering the Kingdom with Dr. Myles Munroe (Religion as government) 5:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Behind the Scenes (I think all this anointing has just given me the runs) 6:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. Christology, Pneumatology, and the Absence of Language
The Hal Lindsey Report (Meet my dad) 6:30 p.m
Joel Osteen Ministries (McPreachy’s good-time prosperity piñata) 7:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Ever Increasing Faith (Every word in the Bible is true. We know this because the Bible says it’s true, and, as we already said, every word of the Bible is true.) 7:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Praise the Lord (Heartbreaking, inspiring, limbless day on PTL) 8:00 p.m
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. What Is Really Being Sold on TBN?
Against All Odds (The session in which I pass out) 10:00 p.m
Life Focus (Exploring menopause with my ex-boyfriend) 10:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
The Dream Center with Tommy Barnett (Don’t fake your own kidnapping just because you’re having an affair) 11:00 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn (You can’t go wrong combining gold lamé shoes and a Nehru jacket) 11:30 p.m
THE ROUNDUP
Intermission. REFLECTION ON. THE BLANK SCREEN. Do They Believe It?
Pastor Greg (Sublimated homoeroticism is funny) 12:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
The Ramp (Getting under the glory) 12:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Virtual Memory (Seriously? There’s a Book of Jonah) 1:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Bananas (Christians don’t need beer and the F-word to be funny) 1:30 a.m
Xtreme Life (How would Jesus surf?) 2:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Team Impact (Jesus of Nazareth: Lamb of God, or cagefighter?) 2:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Children’s Heroes of the Bible (I’ve become a monster) 3:00 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
BJ’s Teddy Bear Club (Dancing poultry time!) 3:30 a.m
THE ROUNDUP
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible (Through the rabbit hole) 4:00 a.m
Epilogue: My Unlikely Evangelical Friend
Acknowledgments