The following was published in the Reformation Montana Journal, written by JD Hall and posted with permission. Dissection of a Downgrade compares some of the issues that we are currently seeing, in relation to the Downgrade of Spurgeon’s day. To order the Reformation Montana journal, click here. “We have said, with deep grief that we … Read more
Part 1 HERE The days passed and the months came. The dissapointments had taken a spiritual toll on me and I began to withdraw myself from Church functions and other ecclesial events. I had become a youth leader at the Church I was attending. Whereas initially I had been outwardly enthusiastic and committed, inside my … Read more
Justin Peters, in talking about the lack of discernment applied to deciding what books to stock in a Christian book store, says that there is no more dangerous place for a Christian than most “Christian” book stores. The title of this post sums up his assessment of that threat. I’ve been in several discussions these … Read more
The Southern Baptist Convention recently voted to adopt a resolution to “reaffirm the sufficiency of biblical revelation over subjective experiential explanations to guide one’s understand of the truth about heaven and hell.” Oddly, a resolution to keep Lifeway from peddling Heaven is For Real went nowhere, affirming the old adage that “Your money’s where your … Read more
Tylor Standley, a progressive liberal writer who blogs at http://tylorstandley.com , recently posted an article on Relevant Magazine entitled “6 Heretics Who Should Be Banned From Evangelicalism.” In the article, which has been shared almost 9700 times on Facebook, he seeks to answer the question: “Can you be an evangelical Christian and believe… …in evolution? …that Hell is … Read more
We have good reason to believe that discernment is floating dead atop the surface of the wide stream of American evangelicalism like a bloated corpse drifting with the current. As far as that goes, discernment may not be dead in America’s largest denomination, but it is certainly dying. An example for your consideration… Dr. Steve … Read more
Unless you’ve been sitting under the digital equivalent of a rock for the last couple of weeks, then you’ve most likely heard the news that popular megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll, of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA, has been accused of allegedly plagiarizing the work of several other authors in his most recent book … Read more
A few days ago Desiring God Ministries released the poem “The Calvinist” by John Piper. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/80146031] You can check out the source page for the words to it. The words are simple, but the message is weighty and deep. [Posted by Dustin Germain]
What happens to infants or young children who die before becoming cognizant of sin and salvation? Gerald Harris (of the Christian Index) poses that question to the Southern Baptist ‘Calvinism Advisory Committee’ in an editorial entitled “A New Kind of Calvinism” (and linked to on Peter Lumpkins’ blog, Synergism Tomorrow). The Calvinism Advisory Committee, lead … Read more
