Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. When a well-known Christian says he has changed his view on hell (or any other major doctrine), the script is almost always the same. He explains that he was taught one thing all his life. He says he simply opened his
Over the past several weeks, a curious narrative has been circulating on X: that 9Marks—Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman, and their network—was never woke. According to defenders, claims to the contrary are slander, exaggerations, or selective memory. They insist that while 9Marks may have expressed some empathy or pastoral sensitivity, they
Doug Wilson’s “No Quarter November” is giving no quarter to reformed teaching on the Lord’s Supper. In “The Challenge of Child Communion,” he argues that baptized toddlers (and possibly infants?) should receive communion. His central line is simple enough: “If the baptized child is genuinely part of the loaf, then
It has been a hot minute since I have theologically examined a Christian song. And so far, I have focused only on songs written for and programmed into corporate worship, many of which, unfortunately, remain uncontroversial in otherwise relatively solid churches. This “review” will be a departure. Not in terms
Gallup’s newest World Poll puts numbers on what anyone with eyes has known for a long time: America is no longer a religious nation. The percentage of adults who say religion is important in their daily lives has fallen from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025—a 17-point nosedive in
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, evangelical beneficiaries of the late Tim Keller’s winsome approach to Christian societal engagement have put out an all-hands-on-deck call to protect the intellectual and spiritual fiefdom known as third-wayism from being torn down by Kirk-inspired pew-sitters. Fresh off of watching a brother martyred
Protestia has been covering J.D. Greear for almost a decade. Long before The Gospel Coalition began regularly publishing his essays and platforming his brand of “above-the-fray” Christianity, we were documenting the pattern that now defines his ministry. Back when this site operated under the Pulpit & Pen banner, Greear’s knack
Pastor Rhett Burns has had enough. In a sharply written essay for the Center for Baptist Leadership, Burns calls for SBC Executive Committee president Jeff Iorg to resign, declaring that “the re-Iorganization of the SBC has failed.” Drawing from a vivid car-wreck analogy—warning lights ignored until the engine seizes—Burns argues
The Daniel Keene case shows how extra-biblical “charges,” opaque processes, and elder overreach corrode Baptist polity. Historic Baptist church discipline is meant to protect the purity of the church and restore sinners through clear, biblical charges and a congregational process (Matt. 18:15–17; 1 Cor. 5). What happened to Texas business
When JD Greear tells pastors to “stay above the fray,” he’s not calling them to holiness. He’s calling them to silence. In his essay, Faithfulness amid the Culture War, published at the hive of scum and villainy known as The Gospel Coalition, Greear argues that pastors occupy a different plane
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