Recently, Dr. Russell Moore of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has caught flack for the debacle that was his opposition to the candidacy President-elect Donald J. Trump.  Many high-profile Southern Baptists are openly opposing his leadership of the ERLC and some are questioning the need for that organization to exist at all.  For good … Read more
Recently, Pulpit & Pen came across a list of insightful “discernment rules” authored by Chad Bailey at doctrinematters.org.  These rules are republished below with permission: 1. Know the Truth. The only way discernment can be a sustainable practice is to first know what what the Bible teaches.The very meaning of the word discernment (to judge/decide accurately) … Read more
Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. – James 5:20 On giving a false hope to those hopelessly lost in a works-based religion that has no power to save. It was several years ago when Albert Mohler, … Read more
Religious Marketing in a Land of Opportunity Before British journalist Christopher Hitchens would ever become known as one of the “Four Horseman”[1] of the New Atheism movement, he was an award-winning, widely-read, globe-trotting journalist. In a 1997 interview with The Progressive, the well-traveled Hitchens was asked why he chose to make his home in the … Read more
A couple decades ago, the dust began settling on Bibles in the SBC. The denomination had just conquered the battle against encroaching theological liberalism, in which the literalness and the authority of Scripture was being formidably challenged. In a laudable act of “contending for the faith,” the convention moved to affirm the preeminence of Scripture … Read more
Roberta Langella killed herself. Her brother, Steven, reported the news on his blog: “We just received word from the Medical Examiner’s Office on October 30, 2016. All indications are that Roberta committed suicide. There was no evidence of alcohol in her system. However, it has been determined that Roberta took 40 Percocets at once — … Read more
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself … Read more
**Editor’s Note: This Review was written by Bruce W. Davidson, and is being published here with permission. A Review of Formed for the Glory of God: Learning from the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards by Kyle Strobel Bruce W. DAVIDSON Introduction One of the unfortunate results of the current boom of interest in Jonathan Edwards is … Read more
Jerry Falwell, president of the flagship Southern Baptist university, Liberty University, and one of Donald Trump’s loudest evangelical supporters, is now seeking repayment for all of his efforts in helping Trump land the job of the nation’s leader. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Falwell has expressed interest in serving a prominent role in the Education Department … Read more
Jehovah’s Witness “The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1884 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.”[1] It is under the structure of this corporation, as well as a number of affiliated legal entities, that the religious group known as “Jehovah’s Witnesses” carries out its … Read more
One of the biggest heretics of Church History was a scholar in the 200s named Arius. Arius’s heresy was a denial of the divinity of Jesus. He taught that only the Father was God and that Jesus was merely a creation of God. This heresy was clear and is one of the most blatant examples … Read more
“All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.”  Judges 2:10 People forget. No matter what type of scandalous enterprises come to light, there seem to be those people in society who are continually … Read more
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought … Read more
“Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.”  Charles Spurgeon Perhaps not since the apostasy of the Roman Catholic Church, still in full swing after all these centuries, has there been such a soul-damning, Scripture-defying movement as the modern day charismatic movement. Charismania, with its aberrant word-faith/prosperity theology, is unparalleled … Read more
Evangelicals for Life (EFL) is the Southern Baptist counterpart to the largely Roman Catholic March for Life. The March for Life began as a small protest in 1973 in Washington D.C. as a response to the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which ruled in favor of those who support widespread abortion on demand. … Read more
