Over at his blog, Tim Challies has an interesting piece about the folly of the attractional church model megapastor Ed Young consistently uses to fill Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas. This month, Young’s attractional strategy is manifesting in the form of WWE Superstars Rick Flair, Sting, the Undertaker, and Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. His … Read more
According to Kyle J. Howard, who earned a place at the head table with Russell Moore and Beth Moore at the MLK50 event, he has fought a long, hard battle against white privilege and understands the black struggle. Howard claims to have faced underprivilege, underrepresentation, explicit and implicit racism and had to claw his way … Read more
There are untold myriads of homosexuals in Southern Baptist churches. Of that, there is little doubt and of no surprise. Many homosexuals have taken the path of Jonathan Merritt, the homosexual son of former SBC president, James Merritt, and live a lifestyle of ambiguous sexuality. Some are emboldened toward a trend in once-conservative evangelicalism that … Read more
In 1854, Charles Spurgeon preached this Christmas Eve message based on Scripture from the bible. He preached from Isaiah 7:14 & 15. While this message is over a one hundred and sixty years old, it is as powerful today as it was back when Spurgeon first preached it. The words “God with us” is more than just … Read more
Lifeway “Christian” Resources is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention. For articles about how truly terrible Lifeway is and how it has turned the Southern Baptist Convention into the world’s largest retailer of false doctrine, click here. Usually, Lifeway’s really bad theology is peddled through it’s retail outlets – Catholic mysticism, New Age, … Read more
What you’re about to see is a brief video from Christalignment’s own YouTube page; (here’s the original uncensored version… which was removed the same day as this article). Their description says this: “Every evening the team offer drumming/dancing free workshops which are so much fun and have plenty of good vibes. We believe this is an important expression of … Read more
[Editor’s Note: This story was originally written and published by Christian News Network] EL PASO, Texas — An evangelist was arrested and jailed on Wednesday after those unhappy with his message called the police as he was preaching outside of a “holiday” event in Texas called “A Drag Queen Christmas: The Naughty Tour.” Those watching his … Read more
In our first post in this series, we explained the Second Commandment and gave a historical survey of Christian thought on the topic of icons – or images – of God the Son. In the second post, we discussed the opinion of early church pastor and historian, Eusebius. In our third post, we gave the opinion of John Calvin … Read more
This video was posted to YouTube by ILMFeed.com, a website which seeks to promote, “Positive stories about Islam & Muslims, inspiring articles, Islamic history and more.” They included the description, “Muslim schoolgirls sing ‘Insha Allah’ song at St. Pauls Cathedral at a memorial service for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the … Read more
Legalism, in theological parlance, is either (A) making up laws where they do not already exist in the Bible or (B) believing one is saved by following Biblical laws. For example, demanding that cullotes be the Biblical standard of modesty (when other garments are also modest) is legalism. Calling adultery a sin, on the other … Read more
For the first several hundred years after Christ, images of any person of the Godhood (Jesus included) were strikingly absent from the church. By “strikingly absent” I mean, absolutely, completely lacking in any presence. Not rare, mind you – absent. Usebius, the pastor-historian, gave us insight into the church’s views on icons (images) when he … Read more
Eusebius of Caesarea is one of my favorite early church leaders. He was a historian, Biblical scholar, and polemicist. He became a pastor in Caesarea in about 314AD. He produced works like Demonstrations of the Gospel, Preparations for the Gospel, and On Discrepancies between the Gospels, all of them brilliant studies of the Biblical text. Eusebius is known … 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
If you like the Christmas baby Jesus best, your home might be littered with Nativity sets. Is this a good or Biblical practice? I was once preaching outside the Catedral da Sé de São Paulo in Brazil, exhorting the worshippers to forsake their graven images and believe the Gospel. I went into a nearby icon shop to … Read more
