‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Phil Robertson Dead at 79
Phil Robertson, the star of the ‘Duck Dynasty’ and the patriarch of the Robertson clan, passed away this evening from Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 79.
His son Jase shared the news on X:
Likewise their son Willie wrote on Instagram:
Robertson, who says he first became a Christian in the 1970s and has been a church elder for years, was a much-loved character on AE’s breakout show, known for his wisdom and sage quips in a folksy package. Not without controversy, he made world headlines in 2013 after the network gave him an indefinite suspension for repudiating homosexuality in an article for GQ. After he was asked what he considers sinful, Robertson told his interviewer:
Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men. Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.
He also questioned the deranged logic of men who would prefer male body parts to those of women, making comments that The Gospel Coalition once tut-tutted as being “unnecessarily crude.”
It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.
Despite routinely and publicly sharing his faith, Robertson is not without legitimate critics, however, with many pointing to the fact that the long-time church he’s been an elder at, White’s Ferry Road Church, preaches the heresy of baptismal regeneration, with their statement of faith reading:
WE BELIEVE the Holy Spirit co-exist with God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit is a gift given to physically indwell Christians when they are baptized. He is a deposit from God the Father guaranteeing Jesus’ return. His role in our life is to help and guide us in sanctification (holiness).
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I mean, the Bible supports baptismal regeneration. If you’re going to take issue with something A) Jesus did and B) Jesus commanded and then call people who follow it “heretics,” then the problem is with you.
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No, it doesn’t support baptismal regeneration. Baptism is an outward sign to others that we have been regenerated – it has no regenerative power on its own. The Bible clearly and explicitly declares faith to be the only requirement for salvation ( John 3:16, Acts 16:30-31). We are justified by faith (Romans 5:1, Galatians 3) There are many verses in the New Testament that attribute salvation to faith/belief with no other requirement mentioned- If baptism, or anything else, is necessary for salvation, then these verses are wrong, the Bible contains errors and is therefore no longer worthy of our trust. But they aren’t – and so the problem is with you and your interpretation of Scripture.
Show me a single instance where conversion and baptism do not go hand in hand in the New Testament (the criminal on the cross is the exception which proves the rule). If you are a life-long “follower” of Jesus who is not baptized, you (and the persons who helped bring you to Christ) are in disobedience to Christ’s commandment to be baptized and it raises serious questions of your submission to Christ’s lordship. If your response upon conversion is, “Actually, baptism is a work so I don’t have to do that” then discipleship really isn’t your goal. There is no excuse NOT to do what Christ explicitly tells you to do. We’re also told to pray and love others, but hey, wouldn’t want to focus on “works.”
Baptism is a response to conversion – a public testimony after the fact. It does not assist conversion at all. And yes, we are commanded to follow the Lord in baptism to publicly identify with Him – not to help Him save us.
Typical Reformer response. It’s not about “helping God” in our salvation; it is about obedience. Notably, you did not provide a single biblical example of conversion NOT being synonymous with baptism. The two went hand in hand–a person believes and is then baptized. Much like the mystery of God being both one and three, I do not have to understand how conversion and baptism work together for it to be simultaneously true that baptism unto itself doesn’t save a person BUT we are still required to do it as part of our sanctification and indwelling of God’s spirit. The Bible unequivocally teaches the necessity of baptism whether you like it or not.
The quote from the statement of faith above didn’t say you’re not saved until baptism. It said “The Holy Spirit is a gift given to physically indwell Christians when they are baptized” which is what Peter said in Acts 2:38 that when you’re baptized “you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Are you even literate bro?
Good article, sans the “heresy hunting” of baptismal regeneration, which is a disputed doctrine, but held by major reformational churches (Lutheran and Anglican).
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Heresy is heresy. It may be “disputed”, but the heart of the issues is does one believe in the all sufficient death of Christ on the cross for the forgiveness of sin, or do they believe that works must be accomplished to help out the process. Works are fruit and baptism is an outward outward sign of our trusting in Christ as Savior and Lord, not the cause or a helper in the process.
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
So what does it mean that you receive the “gift of the Holy Spirit” when you’re baptized if its not the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? I think all the people calling this “Heresy” just are too lazy to read the book of Acts.
you’re welcome to disagree, but my point was Protestia claims that their writers hold to historic reformation confessions, including the Augsburg (and presumably the 39 articles). both of these allow for baptismal regeneration, so calling it a heresy is to call other staff writers heretics, which is absurd.
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So when Peter says in Acts 2:38 to repent and be baptized “AND you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” what do you think that means, if not that you receive the gift of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit when you’re baptized?
I think the real part that Calvinists object to in the statement of faith quoted above is that the Holy Spirit’s “role in our life is to help and guide us in sanctification (holiness).” Calvinists hate holiness.