Barnabas Piper, son of John Piper and Lifeway employee (does anyone know what he does there, other than serving as celebrity-son-in-residency?) threw this suggestion out on June 18. It appears that Lifeway employees – along with no shortage of Southern Baptist leaders – are busy conspiring to blame an innate sin problem on a flag. Rush … Read more
Civil Disobedience or Cerebral Damage? I’ve been wanting, wishing, waiting and praying for my white brothers & sisters in Christ to respond biblically and come out of their fear closets regarding the racial tensions that have been fanned and flamed by the liberal media and the race-baiters, whose agenda is to unequivocally create further chaos … Read more
Steven Furtick recently preached a message to his congregation, stating that he had doubts in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Furthermore, he claimed that no one in the congregation fully believed these things. You can watch the video, with commentary and explanation provided below. When discussing the “Sinner’s Prayer” given at the end … Read more
Perry Noble has put out a video in support of Mark Driscoll, using the account of Barnabas’ “restoration” of John Mark to ministry (which is an interesting retelling). In the clip, Noble compares himself and Driscoll to Barnabas and Mark. Other claims include… Yes, Driscoll did some bad things “back in 2002” but you probably … Read more
Barnabas Piper, the celebrity pastor’s troubled son-turned-blogger-turned Lifeway employee, hosts a podcast brought to you by “Lifeway Leadership.” Lifeway is a Southern Baptist owned entity, widely known for the grossly unhealthy selection of scandalous Word-Faith, anti-Trinitarian, Prosperity Gospel, Omen Interpretation, Astrology and Mysticism books at their retail chains. Pulpit & Pen has produced audio evidence … Read more
John Piper, who dug-in yesterday with another anti-gun tweet, also surprised many in evangelicalism with a tweet in seeming support of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is an international organization advocating against violence done toward blacks by non-blacks (they’ve been virtually silent on black-on-black violence, which constitues 93% of homicides in the black community). … Read more
Christians should strive to avoid what the Bible calls “filthy lucre” (1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Peter 5:2). Filthy lucre, as the King James calls it (or shameful gain as the ESV has it) amounts to financial increase, money or payment that has come through less-than-godly means. The nationwide Powerball lottery could reach as high as … Read more
This was posted this evening on the page of Karen Swallow Prior… Karen Swallow Prior, a self-pronounced “evangelical feminist” (link) and animal rights activist (end factory farms even if “the economy of our country be damned”) and “calling abortion murder is unchristlike” (link) research fellow for the ERLC… Barnabas Piper, employee of Lifeway, best known … Read more
In the seeker-sensitive church movement, one of the prevailing streams of thought are the idea that doubt is a good thing. In other words, doubt is viewed as a positive that can be used to develop one’s faith in Jesus. In the video below, Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, quotes “the opposite … Read more
Who is the worst Christian of 2022? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his perfect son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer struggles with sin every day and will continue to do … Read more
For years, Roy Blankenship and his late wife Nancy worked at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock. Nancy handled records while her husband served on Johnny Hunt’s senior staff as the Counseling Pastor. After two decades of being on staff at FBC Woodstock, Roy transitioned to becoming the full-time chairman and CEO of the HopeQuest … Read more
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In our day of political correctness, it is not surprising that polemics is disparaged. Whenever a bold voice emerges to uphold God’s standards or to defend the gospel, and especially to call out heretics, one can be sure that in the quick response-ability that the internet affords, someone will be citing 1 Corinthians 13:1: “Though … Read more
Introduction [BLOG & MABLOG] Mohler released a report on Southern Seminary with an accompanying letter. That letter (which has a link to the report itself) can be found here. And then also, if you want to read about the inevitable consequences of this, the utterly predictable howls of “that’s not nearly good enough, although cash might be good … Read more
Something eventually happens to everyone who calls themselves a Charismatic Calvinist;” they eventually become all of one thing and none of the other. Like with Mark Driscoll, the charismatic side of the Charismatic Calvinist grows and grows more wildly out of control as claims of dubious supernatural manifestations grow so pervasive that it strangles out … Read more
