Some people just can’t let bygones be bygones. A few Days ago, Joni Hannigan of the Christian Examiner blog wrote a flimsy piece claiming that Calvinist bloggers bullied Willy Rice into disinviting Carson from the 2015 SBC Pastor’s Conference. It was tacky enough that she barely sourced anything in her article, and those she did … Read more
“It’s too easy to criticize a man when he’s out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else’s mistakes.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace In 1894, a French military officer of Jewish descent named Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason for communicating military secrets to Germany. Unfortunately, for Dreyfus, he was innocent … Read more
With the decision last week by Willy Rice (president of the 2015 SBC Pastor’s Conference) to drop Dr. Ben Carson from the speakers list, there has been some backlash from the evangelical establishment. Even Perry Noble went through an exhausting rant of unbiblical reasons why he was disappointed over the decision (although he’s hardly the establishment). Willy … Read more
On April 30th, Perry Noble, pastor of SBC megachurch NewSpring Church, published a personal reflection in which he expressed his disappointment that Ben Carson will no longer be speaking at the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference. In the course of his reflection, Noble decried the existence of “theological police” who display “pharisaical arrogance”. This … Read more
Last week, we gave our concerns with having Seventh Day Adventist, Dr. Ben Carson, speak at the 2015 Pastor’s Conference. We echoed the rightful concerns first articulated at Baptist Twenty-One. Thankfully, wiser heads prevailed and the Southern Baptist Convention dropped Dr. Carson from the event. This came as welcome news to most, as many shared the same concerns. However, … Read more
Thom Rainer, president of SBC-owned Lifeway Christian Resources, is full of advice. In recent weeks, Rainer has posted advice on ten things pastor’s shouldn’t say, why churches should ditch stand-and-greet time, nine ways to pray for church leaders, and top reasons first time guests don’t return to church. Rainer is really, really good at giving … Read more
A bird pooped on my head as I was coming home today (through an open pickup window, no less). I thought, “how would people of different religious faiths think of such a thing?” Calvinist – that was an act of God’s providence, and so was according to his will. Thank you God; may I have … Read more
Are you familiar with Noah and his story in the Bible? Have you heard about the ark? Also, do you know the first-ever global flood that happened during his time? Perhaps, you know some of these from Bible trivia. However, there are ten other interesting facts you probably don’t know yet. Let’s find out. Who … Read more
Netflix issued a non-apology Thursday after being met with massive backlash on social media for a new film soon to be hitting their platform, apologizing for the promotional material for the film, but not for the film itself. Much of the well-deserved outrage and angst comes from the poster for the film, featured, (which we’ve … Read more
The Center for Medical Progress, the group who broke the story back in the summer of 2015 that Planned Parenthood was selling baby parts in a series of undercover videos, has posted a new video featuring the sworn recorded testimony from Planned Parenthood officials outlying the sales. The move comes even as CMP founder David … Read more
The seventh album in an on-going series documenting faithful churches gathering for Sunday service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. With less than 5% of churches gathering in-person in these dark times, these are the few congregations who are. For previous albums: Album #1 Album #2 Album #3 Album #4 Album #5 Album #6 These churches are using FM transmitters … Read more
Dear Christian Brother or Sister, I’m a Baptist, like you. I want to see God glorified. I want to see the gospel go forth to the nations. I am a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, a school that your church has supported with the money you put in the offering plate. You subsidized … Read more
Londyn Piglowski, a 13-year-old student in the St. Charles County, Missouri, school district was threatened with suspension for wearing a “controversial” t-shirt that was pro-virginity. It simply read, “Virginity Rocks.” According to KMOV, a local news affiliate, the young man received the sweatshirt with the message “Virginity Rocks” across the front from his friend, Davis, … Read more
Jonathan Merritt, a prominent journalist for various Christian publications, called President Donald Trump a “sex offender” in a recent tweet. Jonathan Merritt shares certain communicable attributes with three dollar bills. He lives life with one foot in the closet and the other closet on the fabulously gay red carpet. Merritt, who on a scale from … Read more
Jonathan Eastwood was a top competitor in men’s cycling competition. But now, Eastwood is dominating the women’s competitions. Jonathan goes by the name, “June,” and finished second out of 204 runners at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational” and helped the University of Montana team place seventh. For that feat, Eastwood has been named the “Women’s … Read more
