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Unemployed Apostates

 Two former "evangelicals" (whatever that means any more) came to mind lately. 

Rob Bell. 

Joshua Harris. 

Both were the hot new things in the late '90s. Today, it's hard to tell what either of them believes or commits allegiance to, except how to make money off of their "religious journey" from faith to, well, openness, deconstruction, exvangelical, apostasy. Both have to keep famous through influencing, social media, writing books. 

Shame on publishers who exploit them. 

Shame on them for not getting real job. 

Even the Apostle Paul had tent-making to fall back on. Not that he was apostate; the point is, despite being one of the most important personages in history, he supported himself and didn't expect a free ride even though he could have. These kind of guys (and there are others, make no mistake) never bothered to get a real marketable skill like accounting or coding.  They have to keep trying to make a living through misleading people. 

I have to wonder about Ravi Zacharias, if he had lived. And Rachel Held Evans (God rest her soul). 

If you don't know these names, don't worry. You can look them up, of course. 

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