Phil Johnson is feeling a bit testy in recent days, apparently feeling fatigued from having to damage-control the social media circus caused by Grace Community Church’s ping-ponging indecision on whether or not to open for services. And given their very public halting betwixt opinions, his annoyance is certainly understandable, albeit self-induced. First, Grace Community Church … Read more
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” Isaiah 5:20 Abortion is an unjustified killing of a human being; abortion is murder. The medical practitioner who performs an abortion is a murderer and the mother who … Read more
Some months ago, I authored a post about Beth Moore which readers could use to lead their friends out from under the influence of that popular but disturbing author. I did not present a detailed argument about why Beth Moore should be avoided, rather I listed a number of minimal facts which indicated that Beth … Read more
From the beginning, God gave mankind a clear and glorious purpose. In Genesis 1:28, God commands: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” This command, … Read more
Reformed men are known for being very particular about their ash. They are fond of it on the end of a Patriarch Maduro Toro; but spotting it on someone’s forehead will leave them smoking in a different kind of way. What these two scenarios have in common is that they are both instant conversation starters … Read more
I don’t write a lot of blogs anymore: work, raising my kids, coaching my kids’ sports, and recording my podcast that nobody listens to take up almost my time. But people have such a bad read on the Meredith Knox controversy, I just had to crawl out from under my rock and logon to the … Read more
When it comes to the subject of Mary, Protestants and Roman Catholics have a oversized plate of controversies. Should we hail her? Was she sinless? How do we feel about the word “theotokos?” Where the duration of her virginity is concerned, one would think much less is directly at stake. Yet when the conversation circles … Read more
This is part 2 of a multipart series on the pastoral career of Stevie Flockhart of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Part 1 can be found here. In 2016, SonCoast Church in Boca Raton, Florida was looking for a new pastor, a younger one. As an aging church, Soncoast hoped hiring a young pastor would … Read more
“Obey God and Leave the Consequences to Him” Charles Stanley There is probably no greater insult the child of a revered parent can recieve than “The apple has fallen far from the tree.”. As someone born in the early 1980s, I can think of no preacher more revered than Charles Stanley. For decades, Charles Stanley … Read more
Long-time readers of this website may be surprised to learn that I have never read a single article written by David French. Even now, on this leisurely holdiday morning, I could be immersing myself in the current online war of words caused by the evangelical pundit’s support of the so-called Respect for Marriage Act. Instead, … Read more
God hates your worship. He doesn’t want it. Yes, and let me double-down on that. God Almighty absolutely detests, loathes, and abhors your voice. He would rather you remain mute than sing to him. He would rather you shut your mouth than open it in praise. The companionship of dogs and pigs and are more … Read more
I don’t like to get political on this blog. I think doing so can distract from the mission. I want people to focus on Jesus and his church. This is a polemics blog and I don’t use it to polemicize political candidates on either side. Frankly, I think many Christians are more focused on the … Read more
The Gospel Coalition’s Thabiti Anyabwile revealed more of his true feelings and depravity of his heart when engaged in some highly racial, low-brow humor that would have him howling if a white person ever said it. To familiarize yourself with Anyabwile, the pastor has used his social media platforms to lobby for the restriction of Americans’ Second … Read more
We should all be so blessed as to have a son like Kyle Rittenhouse. If only we were all so worthy of young men like him, our land would be richly blessed. That there is pervasive moral unclarity regarding his actions and by some evangelicals, even a maligning of his character, speaks of the failure … Read more
The PCUSA, eternally competing with the ELCA and United Methodist Church to reach the bottom of the Woke Barrel, tweeted out a series of posts over the last week, haranguing members into white-shaming themselves and embracing all the bile the Blackstabbing movement known as Black Lives Matter has to offer. The church tweeted on Wednesday … Read more
