[Editor’s Note: Polemics Ministries United is indebted to the work of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and its pastor, Mark Dever. Dever, an expert church polity, has helped to restore soundness to ecclesiology in a wide evangelical circle, and Nine Marks isn’t to be repudiated on this issue alone. However, we have become increasingly concerned that … Read more
Part of polemics is understanding what is proper theology and what is not. In fact, that’s most of polemics, and combined with “destroying lofty arguments and every opinion raised against the [true] knowledge of God” (2 Corinthians 10:5), is the whole sum of polemics. Therefore, it would behoove the polemicist to understand basic and commonly … 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
We – “we” representing the “abide in my word,” Spirit-regenerated, authentic disciples of Jesus (John 8:31)– can be quite the intolerant bunch … and that’s a noble descriptor for us. We should strive to keep that adjective. You could say that we inherited our intolerance from our Father. Jesus, the Son of God – the … 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
Recently, Pulpit & Pen interviewed theologian and former Freemason William Guilkey. William’s story provides a sobering reminder of how deeply Freemasonry has infiltrated the visible church. As a former Masonic insider, William provides confirmation that Freemasonry’s many Christian detractors have been wise to sound the alarm about the unbliblical nature of the Craft. William is … Read more
The 2017 church conference circuit is in full swing and with it comes a plethora of unholy alliances. No surprise, Hillsong and Jesus Culture will headline the apostasy this year. In keeping with Paul’s exhortation from Romans 16:17-18, it behooves pastors and Christians to be aware of the sort of tactics that mainstream movements are … Read more
…Has it come to this, that monkery is to be revived in a professedly Protestant Church?…For the love you bear to your Redeemer, be duped no longer, and by your own hatred of monkery and priestcraft, come ye out from among them, be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing –Charles Spurgeon Evangelical Christians have recently … Read more
Check the batteries in your heresy detectors! Sound the Berean warning bells! Let the discernment warning tocsins be sounded! Signal all to take Caution! Caution! Caution! There’s a new Rob Bell book soon to be released. I thought I’d warn you that, soon enough, your social media threads may be fuller than a tick … Read more
The following article by Charles Spurgeon, excerpted in full, was published in The Sword and The Trowel in November 1887. Â By the time of its publication, some half dozen articles related to the Down-Grade had been previously released by the publication during the earlier part of 1887. The Down-Grade Controversy would continue through -and its … Read more
WHAT IS CULTURAL MARXISM The term Cultural Marxism, which is also known as multiculturalism (although the latter term has various meanings and implications), is a philosophy that is perhaps as old as 1919. According to William S. Lind, Cultural Marxism came into thought when the classical Marxist scheme did not work in Western Civilization in … Read more
“It is with a single man that error usually commences; and when such a man has influence or position, it is impossible to estimate the evil that will attend it.” James P. Boyce  “What are you thinking” doesn’t begin to sum up the concern. Is this a practical joke? Is the most respected man … Read more
This Friday, revelers from across the western world will gather with their Irish friends, clad in green, to celebrate the “Patron Saint” of Ireland. Wherever the Irish diaspora can be found, you’ll be able to smell the wafting odor of corned beef, Guinness beer and hear the sound of raucous laughter or perhaps an Irish … Read more
There is a word that used to have no derogatory meaning but has found its permanent place in  the insults of “Christianese.” Its original meaning referred to a man’s position as an expert adherent of God’s law with rabbinical duties to guide others. The word is – Pharisee.  Nowadays, this word is used and thought of in … Read more
This Friday, revelers from across the western world will gather with their Irish friends, clad in green, to celebrate the “Patron Saint” of Ireland. Wherever the Irish diaspora can be found, you’ll be able to smell the wafting odor of corned beef, Guinness beer and hear the sound of raucous laughter or perhaps an Irish … Read more
