I remember watching Full House as a kid. I’m the same age as Jodie Sweetin, the woman who played adorable little Stephanie Tanner. I watched the show in the TGIF programming block on ABC’s Friday night lineup. I watched it every day on syndication. I’ve probably seen every episode a half-dozen times. I would do pretty … Read more
This post should not be confused with the Top Ten SBC Stories of 2015. That post covered the top ten stories, in my subjective opinion, that were conveniently overlooked by the Baptist Press and the amen corner of the blogosphere. This post recalls the top ten posts at Pulpit & Pen in 2015, by views. … Read more
Hey, y’all. I wanted to explain to all of you guys in the Bunker (and those who are still outside the Bunker for some reason) some of my favorite, essential stuff. I’ll try to remember to do this every summer. Think of this as Oprah’s Favorite Things, except with kind of an anti-Oprah vibe. These … Read more
According to the National Fatherhood Initiative and the U.S. Census Bureau, out of 24 million children in America — one out of every three — live in biological father-absent homes. Many of the social issues facing America today can be traced back to children growing up without a father. Just look at these astonishing statistics: … Read more
Why do we buy books like Radical? I believe the reason is that we secretly seek significance and we feel we should be doing way more than we are. We feel that to be “radical” for Christ means we have to sell all we have and move to the desert. We at times struggle with … Read more
“That’s OK.” – Random lost person, when granting their form of forgiveness PREFACE So you think pedophilia is OK? So you think molesting your sisters is OK? So you think incest is OK? So you think child pornography is OK? Those are the questions we’ve received this week after Cameron’s post, The Gospel is for … Read more
Mark Driscoll has certainly kept himself busy since his resignation from Mars Hill Church. He’s appeared at several conferences, marketed his sermons while his former church drastically declined, and he even started a new website, MarkDriscoll.org, and ironically he calls himself Pastor Mark Driscoll on the site even though he’s not overseeing a flock at a local church … Read more
The news of Josh Duggar’s past has gone viral. Josh was the subject of a police investigation for allegedly sexually molesting five girls, some of whom are his sisters. Josh in his own words states… “Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I … Read more
Andy Stanley is at it again. An article published by Raw Story tells of Andy Stanley’s recent comments in regards to Christian businesses baking cakes for gay weddings. Andy claims, “Serving people we don’t see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity…Jesus died for a world with which he didn’t see eye to eye. If … Read more
Nicola Menzi is a writer working for the Christian Post. Regurgitating most of the information from Christianity Today‘s article regarding the blacklist of books for future special order requests (which was written by Bob Smietana – who less than one month before was the senior writer for a Lifeway publication), Menzi adds really only a single caveat not … Read more
“Hush, hush; Keep it down now. Voices carry.” – Aimee Man Clark Pinnock is a deceased biblical scholar, theologian, and apologist. For a time, he was a member of the faculty of a Southern Baptist seminary. During his career he was a proponent of open theism and was supportive of annihilationism. With regards to the eternal … Read more
**UPDATED** Scroll to the bottom of the article and you will not BELIEVE what we’ve discovered about the journalistic practices of Christianity Today and Lifeway*** A man referred to as a “blogger” by Christianity Today (who has a pretty respectable job in the real world) named Cameron Dobbins released a list of books sent to (at … Read more
I have a horrible admission to make. It isn’t easy for me. This has been eating me up inside for weeks. I just can’t keep the cover-up going. All of the blogging about Ergun Caner, the audio clips, the YouTube videos – it’s all been highly coordinated and orchestrated. You see, it has all been … Read more
