In an act of self-immolation and self-hatred, messengers gathered at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting voted against resolutions that would have insisted on more financial transparency from Southern Baptist entities, ensuring more dark winters of hidden budgets and unaccounted spending from a leadership class hellbent on keeping their financial practices
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
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
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
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
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
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
Perhaps no single individual has done as much to stunt the spiritual growth of and sear the modern American evangelical conscience than Rick Warren. With his Peter Drucker-mentored corporatization of the church, his Schuller-inspired, man-pleasing “gospel,” and his endless ability to taint every would-be solid minister from John Piper to
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
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
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