Category: Op-Ed

We Will Forgive You When You Go Away

Imagine for a moment the hubris it takes to piously lecture the faithful on forgiveness and grace mere months after tarring us as selfish, un-Christlike grandma killers. To demand under the color of Christian obedience the very grace, humility, and forgiveness denied others as you cozy up to secular power

The Troubling Legacy of Tim Keller

It is not unloving nor hypocritical to say that we are praying for comfort for Tim Keller’s family and church, and at the same time striving for clarity and open discussion regarding his teaching, which will endure in his absence. Those who reflexively claim it is unloving or inappropriate to

Op-Ed: There Is a Way That Seems Right To a Man, But Its End Is The Way To Death

In a September 2019 article, Pulpit and Pen documented the decline of Christian Publishing, as a number of eisegetical self-help books that bore the mark of Christian Publishers and Christianese lingo dominated the ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) top 10 list. While some of the titles that topped the list

The Case For Christian Citizenship

Christian: An term indicating a person or entity’s conformity in word and deed to the tenets of Christianity as defined by the Bible. Nationalism: Loyalty, commitment, and love for one’s neighbors as defined by common geography, culture, and legal status. Christian Nationalism: The practice of nationalism as properly oriented by

Op-Ed: Protecting Your Church Against Mass Violence

It’s another sad day in America. A week ago, a Christian school was shot up, leaving six dead. Yesterday we reported another disturbed trans man was planning to shoot up a church, leaving a terror in his wake. Violence in church is really nothing new. In fact, about 10 percent of

The Season of Bathsheba

It’s that time of year again – March madness! No, not the NCAA Tournament (as unpredictable as it’s proven so far). Instead, it’s the season when every oppressed Karen of both biological genders on social media takes a break from marching in circles around Grace Community Church to once again

The Total Depravity of James Lindsay

A couple of days ago, Protestia published an article noting that, just like the inaugural event last year, the Turning Point USA Faith’s 2023 Pastors Summit will feature James Lindsay as a primary speaker. While Lindsay is at present a committed atheist, his work in identifying, defining, and exposing wokism

“Not Heterosexuality, But Holiness” Is An Unnatural and Unbiblical Compromise

It is still being peddled in seemingly orthodox evangelicalism: “The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality, it’s holiness.” Or plagiarizing pastors sling this line: “Do you know how I know homosexuality doesn’t send you to hell? Because heterosexuality doesn’t send you to heaven!” Consistent with the special exception in modern

Op-Ed: Can Asbury Be A Revival When Its Theology is So Revoicey?

The most recent iteration of the Asbury “Revival” Movement has been used to attack Christian polemics and discernment ministries that call into question the doctrine that undergirds the revivalist movement at Asbury University. Scripture provides believers with a firm foundation for examining both the spirit of a movement and the