Adapted with permission from a piece by churchwatcher on December 19, 2017 If the people of Bethel actually studied their bibles, they would notice that by the standards of today’s western Christendom Jesus was very judgmental at times. Consider His words to one of the churches in the book of the Revelation: “But I have … Read more
The Twitter engineering team announced that they are ditching an assortment of commonly used terms that they feel are offensive and do ” not reflect our values as a company or represent the people we serve,” replacing them with a host of more inclusive ones. The changes came after one of the engineers, Regynald Augustin, … Read more
It’s no secret that the SBC has been monkeying about with its theological foundations as of late, shrugging off the oppressive mantle of complementarianism in exchange for the more lightweight and flexible windbreaker of soft-complementarianism egalitarianism. This despite the fact that the Baptist Faith and Message (BFM) is definitive on the issue: “While both men and women … Read more
JD Greear, the woefully immature “frat boy” president of the Southern Baptist Convention, took to social media yesterday to brag about receiving a “worst Christian of the year” trophy in the mail, which was sent to him in acknowledgment of receiving the award by Pulpit & Pen. At the time the end-of-the-year award was given, … Read more
Cancel Culture The phenomenon of “cancel culture” has come to the Southern Baptist Convention thanks to leftists in the ‘woke’ Social Gospel movement like JD Greear, Karen Swallow Prior, Russell Moore, and Albert Mohler (whose continual hiring and support of progressive extremists has pushed the SBC to the hard left). Cancel culture occurs when public … Read more
John Calvin celebrated Christmas but did not believe that he or anyone else should be forced to observe the day, which is often associated with pagan traditions of popery. This is Calvin’s response to the issue… “Now, I see here today more people that I am accustomed to having at the sermon. Why is that? … Read more
In your sufferings, “Consider His holiness and justice, showing he wrongs you not; His mercy and goodness, that it is not worse; His sovereignty, that it may silence you: His infinite wisdom and love, that may satisfy you in it.” A Spirit Brought Down to Their Lot Their lot is a low and afflicted one; … Read more
This post is designed to provide an extensive but not comprehensive list of articles from Pulpit & Pen documenting SBC leaders pushing so-called “Social Justice” upon its membership. It is designed to be simple and straight-forward. The Problem: Social Justice is a term invented by South American Roman Catholic Priests and the churches affiliated with … Read more
Jonathan Merritt is the son of former SBC president, James Merritt, and is a close friend and ally of evangelicalism’s left, including Beth Moore, Ed Stetzer, and Russell Moore. He’s also queer as a three dollar bill. Merritt, as we have pointed out many times before, is basically the gay BFF of evangelicalism. And most … Read more
The Southern Baptist’s annual meeting in Birmingham, as predicted, was a sniveling Social Justice fest. Flexing their muscles against conservative Southern Baptists in the pew, SBC leaders – by far, more progressive than the typical church member – signaled their politically correct virtue throughout the event. Snuck through without much noise, many thanks to more … Read more
On Saturday 25 May, the health agency approved an update to its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), a manual used globally to diagnose diseases. The decision to remove transgender identities from the ICD-11’s classification of mental disorders was announced by WHO in June last year. The update has now been approved via a vote held … Read more
Abortion advocates often argue that laws prohibiting abortion will lead to women seeking dangerous black-market abortion services in a “back alley”. Not only will babies still be aborted, they argue, but desperate pre-abortive mothers will be placed at great risk because they are no longer allowed to procure abortions from reputable, licensed, and professional service … Read more
[Steven Ertelt, Micaiah Bilger |LifeSiteNews] Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed a pro-life bill Thursday to ban brutal dismemberment abortions that tear unborn babies limb from limb while their hearts still are beating. State House Bill 1211 passed the Indiana Senate in a 38-10 vote and the state House passed the bill by a strong majority in February. Today … Read more
[Kaylin Jorge | Fox17 News] Tennessee is the latest state to move closer to enacting one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. House lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. The bill is almost guaranteed to face a lawsuit … Read more
This post was written by Thomas Littleton and has been reposted here with permission. Article originally posted at Thirty Pieces of Silver. Southern Baptists and the Social Justice Voter: The Dreadfully Racial Annual SBC Meetings Coming to Birmingham, Alabama in 2019 Pictured above is Albert Mohler at the SBC Dallas 2018 panel discussion on “Removing the Stain … Read more
