Surely there are few who take the name “Reformed” who do not know the name of John Calvin. This post isn’t about him. It’s about the one who was used by God to help turn John Calvin into the John Calvin we know and love. Guillaume (William) Farel was born in the city of Gap in … Read more
A Dilemma with the Trilemma Jesus of Nazareth has always been a figure of controversy. For over two thousand years people have argued about what he did and who he was. The contentious activity surrounding his origin, activities, and identity grew after he suffered death by crucifixion under the rule of Pontius Pilate[1] but this … Read more
During William Lane Craig’s latest podcast, he provided a belated defense of Andy Stanley over the not-so-recent controversy involving Stanley denying the authority of God’s Word (For more about the Stanley controversy, see this article by Bud Ahlheim; For more on the Podcast, see this article by Seth Dunn or this episode of the Dividing … Read more
Dear Dr. Craig, Do you remember when Gracie met Truthie? I do…but I’ll come back to that later. On your last Reasonable Faith podcast you defended Andy Stanley’s “the Bible Tells me So” sermon remarks, specifically against the written criticism of Dr. Albert Mohler. Before you defended Stanley and provided your analysis of the difference … Read more
DEFINITION The Evangelical Intelligentsia are those who purport to be smarter or more distinguished academically than most local church leaders. Typically, the Evangelical Intelligentsia consists of those not in exclusive ministry to local churches, serving instead academic institutions or parachurch ministries. HISTORY Peter Berger coined that phrase in The Emerging Evangelical Intelligentsia Research Project done for … Read more
Open Theism is a heresy that teaches a false representation of God, asserting that God is not knowing of all that will come to pass. Sometimes called “Free Will Theism,” Open Theism is associated often – but not always – with adherents of Pelagianism. Unique for a heresy, Open Theism is relatively new and contained … Read more
As exceedingly rare heresy, this teaching is named after its founder, Apollinaris of Laodicea. A subset of the wider Arian heresy, this teaching is that Jesus did not have a human mind, denying the hypostatic union and the two-fold nature of Christ as being both completely man and completely God. This teaching was meant to … 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
According to the Azusa website, the Seymour Award “is given to a senior leader in ministry who exhibits the characteristics of the Lord’s humble servant, Bishop William J. Seymour.” This year, the award will be presented to the false teacher and denier of the Trinity, Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter’s House. The Christian Newswire reports, … Read more
To ask the question whether or not Jim Bakker’s dreams could become a reality (that’s about as likely as Bakker paying off the IRS for the crimes he went to prison for), they compare him to notoriously false prophet, overt heretic and cult leader, William Branham. Not kidding. No, seriously. Not kidding. Charisma Mag links … Read more
“The world’s view of Christ, Christianity, and Christians has all come from people that aren’t saved. Most people don’t have a clue, including people that consider themselves Christians; they don’t have a clue who Christ is, they don’t have a clue what it means to be a Christian, and they don’t know that much about … Read more
It seems strange that one should desire to speak at all about Polemic Theology since we are now in an age when folks are more interested in ecumenism and irenics than in polemics. – Roger Nicole, Founders.org A Comparison of Views Roger Nicole, who I have previously written about here, is one of my favorite … Read more
If you have followed Pulpit & Pen for any amount of time, you’ve heard or seen me use the phrase, “Evangelical Intelligentsia.” The first time I used that term was on Twitter in response to Manhattan Declaration director and ecumenist, Eric Teetsel, in response to his defense of Ed Stetzer’s peddling of heresy and his subsequent … Read more
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them you have hanged! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” John Proctor, … Read more
Who is the worst Christian of 2020? 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
