Video: David Miller on Dumbing Down the Gospel
David Miller is a fiery old preacher, and God bless him. Listen to him discuss Decisional Regeneration and the dumbing down of the Gospel.
David Miller is a fiery old preacher, and God bless him. Listen to him discuss Decisional Regeneration and the dumbing down of the Gospel.
The Apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans: “So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. The Righteous Shall Live by Faith For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew … Read more
David Platt’s tenure at the International Mission Board certainly hasn’t been without controversy. Soon after taking office it was revealed that the IMB mismanaged hundreds of millions of dollars and Platt was left with the unfortunate clean-up duty of relieving a thousand missionaries of their overseas positions. One of Platt’s first actions was to allow … Read more
David Platt is an academic prodigy. After graduating from the University of Georgia with two bachelor’s degrees, he earned an MDiv, a ThM, and a PhD from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; he completed his education in his early 20s, becoming one of the youngest students, if not the youngest student, to ever earn a terminal … Read more
David Platt is the President of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is widely regarded as being a highly intelligent, deeply passionate, seriously committed follower of Christ whose credentials as a pastor and leader are unquestionable. Indeed, David Platt seems to be one of the good guys. There are some problems … Read more
Oral Roberts University had a very good men’s basketball team in 1972. According to Wikipedia, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles led the nation in scoring that year, averaging 105.1 points per game. That’s no small feat for any college, especially a private religious institution that had started with only 300 students just seven years prior. … Read more
As reported by the Baptist and Reflector, the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s state newspaper, David Platt issued an apology related to the International Mission Board’s (IMB) 2016 support of an amicus brief supporting the construction of a New Jersey mosque. (For more on the mosque issue, see HERE.) According to the report, Platt, President of the … Read more
Not too long ago, an argument broke out on a thread in the BTWN facebook group where Sam Shamoun, Anti-Muslim apologist at Answering-Islam.org, was arguing against a few people on the issue of Particular Redemption (Limited Atonement). When pressed on why he believed it, one person claimed they believed it because they believe in Substitutionary Atonement. Shamoun challenged this person to … Read more
I’d like to commend Dr. David Platt for his long track-record of personal integrity, passion and zealousness for the truth. I certainly don’t hope this brief article hurts his reputation in any way. Platt certainly seems like one of the good guys, with the exception of letting ecstatic babblers serve as missionaries and occasionally repeating … Read more
https://youtu.be/LWORpv-wmpc The concluding line from the Charisma News article that reported on the erroneous announcement of wolf Joyce Meyer’s death is itself a perfect example of rhetorical touche. “And please remember, not everything you see on the Internet is true!” (Insert melodic drumroll of ignominy here while pondering exactly how much on Charisma News can actually … Read more
I doubt seriously that, though the acronym fits, it’s a duly inspired move of God. But we’re seeing just enough in the SBC of late to wonder if “Slowly Becoming Charismatic” hasn’t been a spot-on, if not previously used in critical, admonishing jest, preview of denominational things to come. It’s certainly worth pondering, particularly if … Read more
“Christians who won’t vote for Trump, Barton said, need to realize that “maybe God’s got a different standard than what we do. Maybe at a national leadership level, there are people who do good things for the nation who have character flaws … What God calls great leaders wouldn’t fit your litmus test, but maybe … Read more
JD Hall responds to David Wood’s attack on Pulpit & Pen. I awoke and stumbled out of my Sunday afternoon hibernation bunker to a flurry of messages in the combox I share with the Pulpit & Pen guys, and saw that Seth Dunn was being beaten like a red-headed stepchild in social media (sorry for … Read more
I awoke and stumbled out of my Sunday afternoon hibernation bunker to a flurry of messages in the combox I share with the Pulpit & Pen guys, and saw that Seth Dunn was being beaten like a red-headed stepchild in social media (sorry for the lack of colloquialism trigger warning for all you gingers out … Read more
David Uth, FBC Orlando, wishes in Sunday’s sermon that God would “take” his Christian critics because it would make things better. Uth, of course, was speaking of polemicists and discerning Christians who criticized the church for their LGBTQXYZ Unity Event in which they claimed that the gay community was the chief cornerstone, and laid hands on … Read more