Come on Over to Substack and The Throckmorton Initiative

As previously hinted, I decided to begin blogging at Substack with the address: warrenthrockmorton.substack.com. It costs nothing to subscribe since I have no levels of readership. That may change in the future but for now, all of the content will be available to all readers.

I have two posts there which are not here at the WordPress site. The first one is a satirical piece titled “How to Be an Un-Woke Church,” and the second just went up today titled “Update on a Flawed Study of Homosexuality and Child Abuse.” 

The second piece updates one of my most popular blog posts ever. It concerns the flawed study of homosexuality and abuse by Marie Tomeo and Donald Templer and published in Archives of Sexual Behavior in 2001. There is an important update on the study in the Archives and some background on the role of the blog post to bring some awareness to the problems in the study. I hope you will check it out and comment over there.

What’s Going On?

Regular readers will notice I have not posted since Christmas.

So what’s up?

I am considering moving the blog to Substack or some similar platform and have been reevaluating how I want to use the blog. There are so many possibilities and I am exploring them. With impending retirement from Grove City College, I am rearranging a lot of things and how I conduct my writing is one of them.

Writing this blog has been a huge part of my life. I can’t imagine not doing it, and so I feel like I will continue to do so in some manner. I so appreciate those of you who read and comment.

The title of this brief post reminded me of this great tune on a different but important topic.

What Happened to Eric Metaxas? We May Finally Find Out!

Tomorrow, I will post an interview with former King’s College president Gregory Thornbury. Thornbury who is friends with Eric Metaxas offers a theory about why Metaxas has turned into a Trumpist. Watch:

Come back tomorrow to wthrockmorton.com for the rest of the interview with Greg. We take on Trumpism, Christian celebrity, and court evangelicals. It is a revealing and fascinating interview.

UPDATE: To see the interview, click the link.

You can see all posts about these interviews by clicking this link.

Also subscribe to my Psychvideos Youtube channel where I am posting them.

Happy Blog Anniversary to Me #15

Fifteen years ago tomorrow, I started this blog with these words:

This is a test, nothing but a test. A test of your routine blogcasting network.

I didn’t know what I was doing, but with the encouragement of a former pastor Byron Harvey, I launched into the wild world of blogging. I started out on the old Blogspot platform and then moved to WordPress in 2006. I moved from there to Patheos in 2013, just in time to cover the demise of Mars Hill Church and Gospel for Asia. When Patheos decided I was too hot to handle, I moved really quickly back to this independent format on WordPress. Since 2005, I have written 5,010 posts according to WordPress backroom counter.

To celebrate, tomorrow I start a series of blogcast video interviews with people who are associated with topics I have covered over 15 years. I started out writing about sexual orientation therapy and research. Then the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill became a cause and international story in 2009. I started writing about and debunking David Barton’s and other historical claims in 2011. In late 2013, I took up the demise of Mars Hill Church and followed that until it closed in 2014. In 2015, I started writing about Gospel for Asia. Now I write about evangelical misadventures, debunk fake quotes,  and examine a little bit of anything touching on the topics I have covered from the beginning.

I think some readers will be surprised at some of the people I interview, but they all will be worth tuning in to hear. These will be taped, last about an hour and posted about once a week over the next couple of months. Tomorrow I start with an interview of Michael Coulter, my co-author of Getting Jefferson Right.

I am pretty sure there are some readers who have been here since the beginning. In any case, let me know when you started reading and what topic(s) brought/keep you here.

Happy Anniversary to Me #14

Fourteen years ago today, I started this blog with these words:

This is a test, nothing but a test. A test of your routine blogcasting network.

I didn’t know what I was doing, but with the encouragement of my former pastor Byron Harvey, I launched into the wild world of blogging. I started out on the old Blogspot platform and then moved to WordPress in 2006. I moved from there to Patheos in 2013, just in time to cover the demise of Mars Hill Church and Gospel for Asia. When Patheos decided I was too hot to handle, I moved really quickly back to this independent format on WordPress. Since 2005, I have written 4,865 posts according to WordPress backroom counter.

Maybe when I hit some milestone like 15 years, I’ll throw a party. For now, I noticed the date while looking up some old posts and thought I would quietly remember the occasion. Some readers have been along since near the beginning and some more recently. Perhaps regular readers could indicate when you started following the blog and what story or topic brought you in. I appreciate you, your tips, and feedback.