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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

Al Mohler’s theology is stellar. Al Mohler’s character is beyond reproach. And yet, I said in Monday’s episode of the Pulpit & Pen Program that if Al Mohler launches first thing Monday morning with a rebuke to Danny Cortez of the New Heart Community Church that I’ll have to put him in the Daily Downgrade … Read more

Tullian Tchividjian has made waves recently amidst what seems to be a coerced departure from the Gospel Coalition. More than just the grandson of celebrated evangelist Billy Graham (I won’t hold that against him), Tchividjian is a celebrated theologian and is considered more than just an up-and-comer, graduating the status of up-and-came several years ago. … Read more

The Pulpit & Pen Program is running a new contest called The Dumbest Defense Award. As Patterson’s sycophants come out of the woodwork to defend his Muslim enrollment at SWBTS with excuses such as… 1. Don’t you love Muslims? 2. What’s wrong with teaching unbelievers how to do Christian ministry? 3. Who says seminary is … Read more

Following on the heels of a public revelation that Johnny Hunt has invited Ergun Caner to speak  to his church (which itself is following on the heels of an email released in which Hunt acknowledges Caner’s career of lies), we now have confirmation that a prominent staff member at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia … Read more

For the motions rejected today by the LBC Executive Committee concerning the undue influence of David Hankins upon the LBC, via the undue influence of David Hankins on the LBC Executive Committee, here you go… Click Here With the vast, vast array of evidence presented in Baptist and secular media over the last five months … Read more

Eric Hankins, son of Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Director David Hankins and author of “A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation (Trads),” has recently been defending his semi-pelagian confession over at SBC Voices. This post is not about the doctrine of the Trads document but about Eric Hankins’ continued … Read more

“Christian love has its claims, and divisions are to be shunned as grievous evils; but how far are we justified in being in confederacy with those who are departing from the truth? It is a difficult question to answer so as to keep the balance of the duties. For the present it behooves believers to … Read more

On March 27, Southwestern Theological Seminary President, Paige Patterson, engaged in an online Q&A session on Twitter, with the hashtag #askdrp. Patterson was the first national figure to promote Ergun Caner and propel him to prominence on the Southern Baptist stage. As Georgia Baptist Christian Index and other outlets have reported, “Patterson has been instrumental … Read more

In the Modern Day Downgrade: A Call for Repentance to Southern Baptists and Other Evangelicals that I delivered at the 2013 Reformation Montana conference, I mentioned what I’ve since come to call ‘Joe Aguillard’s Final Solution.’ In that message in May of last year, I asserted that Joe Aguillard presented a “false flag” of a … Read more

This is an article released and written by Kelly Boggs of the Baptist Message. I am aware that for a long, long time, Louisiana Baptists have been begging Kelly Boggs to run an article highlighting these very issue. Boggs issued this article only after the secular press, in particular the Town Talk, ran (much less … Read more