Category: Op-Ed

Spending God’s Money: Johnny Hunt Lawsuit is Just a Chicken Coming Home to Roost

If you’re reporting on (or learning about) Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the SBC Executive Board, you need to do your research and understand this corruption goes back much further than you might think. It might seem offensive that megachurch millionaire ex-pastor Johnny Hunt went through a secret ‘restoration’ process that

Podcast: Permanently Disqualified

On this episode of the Bully Pew Podcast, David discusses the extrabiblical standards used to mark a pastor as “permanently disqualified” and some of the problems with contemporary church culture that lead to pastors burning out or falling into sin. Subscribe to the Bully Pew Podcast on all major podcast

Op-Ed: What Does the Bible Say About Settler Colonialism in Springfield, Ohio?

“Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours.”– An imprecation to Israel, a punishment for their sin (Deuteronomy 28:43A) In Deuteronomy 28, God promised his covenant people blessings if they would obey him. These blessings would include blessing both urban and

Op-ED: Is Matt Walsh Sinning in ‘Am I a Racist?’

Controlled Opposition is defined as a protest movement covertly led by the entity being protested. The benefits for The Machine™ (the entity being protested) are multi-faceted. First, by controlling the opposition, they can limit how far the protest goes, ensuring it doesn’t go far enough to make a difference. Secondly,

An Imprecatory Prayer on Behalf of Donald Trump

Evangelical Christianity has grown strangely distant from the practice of imprecatory prayer, which is as sad as it is understandable, given the softness of our age. From the soft-handed, limp-wristed pastor in preacher-sneakers to the armchair theologian at Starbucks pounding out Tim Keller tweets with a pumpkin spice latte mustache

Five Reasons Real Christians Don’t Vote Democrat

According to the Pew Research Center, more than 80% of Protestant evangelicals (those who emphasize the importance of a personal conversion to Christ) are supportive of President Donald Trump over a Democratic candidate. This is the largest demographic split between Republicans and Democrats of any sample group, whether blacks (only

How Many “Shepherds for Sale” Were Bought by Docent Research Group?

In an attempt to defend himself from the thesis of Megan Basham’s Shepherds for Sale, JD Greear repeatedly relied on claims of poor memory or inarticulate phrasing. But a deep dive into the Protestia archives reveals something more sinister. It’s highly likely Greear didn’t write his own words and, therefore,

Basham Attacks and Sour Sacks: An Appeal to Mortify Polemicist Pride

While we fully expected the sound of wailing and gnashing teeth coming from the gates of the Evangelical Industrial Complex, a peculiar new kind of critique began to echo among them. It appears that some of those who have been calling out the evangelical progressive drift the longest have positioned

More Pathetic “Fact Checking” of Megan Basham’s Shepherds for Sale

As Rush Limbaugh liked to say, “Liberals cannot survive in an unrigged contest in the arena of ideas.” Leftism succeeds not on its own merits but by masquerading itself and fooling people into supporting policies they don’t actually agree with. It succeeds by convincing people to act contrary to their

Shepherds for Sale: The Definitive Review

The online pushback and downright vitriol directed towards Daily Wire writer and reporter Megan Basham in advance of her book Shepherds for Sale demonstrate one very important reality: There is an entire industry (dare we say “mindustry?”) invested in suppressing the information in her book. It is one thing for