Rev. Lloyd Plumbar, a Lousiana pastor, is claiming in federal court that a ban on cockfighting in Lousiana is against his religion. We kid you not. We first read about Plumbar’s lawsuit at the Unfriendly Athiest site. This isn’t satire. Plumbar is suing authorities for arresting him on the way to a “spiritual cockfight.” The … Read more
This news article’s headline almost broke our scare-quotes key, which is already over-used from trying to decipher truth from fiction in 21st Century Newspeak. On Sunday, June 14, a man who claims to be a pastor who claims to be a Baptist decided to claim he was a woman who is a homosexual. So he … Read more
We have been deeply moved in recent days by apology letters or public declarations of lament written on behalf of predominately Caucasian Christian organizations to our black friends and neighbors. As Christians in the Baptist tradition, we especially took note of Southern Baptist Convention president, JD Greear, championing the slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’ in his … Read more
President Trump is poised to sign an executive order this morning aimed at social media companies, according to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. The move comes a day after Twitter incurred the President’s unpleasant wrath by affixing a “fact-check” warning on one of the president’s tweets for the first time, which has sparked the latest skirmish. … Read more
For Christians who have a historic and biblical understanding of Communion, nothing should strike more fear in them than being barred from the Lord’s Table. That threat, the ultimate penalty of church discipline, is a metaphoric firing line. It is an allegory of the ecclesiastical death penalty. To be forbidden from observing the Body and … Read more
(Reformation Charlotte) If you haven’t read the ridiculous “Statement of Lament” published by Southern Baptist Convention president, JD Greear’s Summit Church, you can do so at this link. The statement, in the wake of the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, reads, “To our fellow members of The Summit Church: As white American Christians, we offer the … Read more
Kyle J. Howard went on one of the more morally repugnant and biblically faithless rants on social media yesterday, making several cases that can pretty much be summarized as “I’m voting for Biden because he’s not as bad as Trump, and there’s nothing wrong with voting Democrats because they actually want to reduce abortion, and … Read more
Russell Moore is the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), a progressive-liberal social justice organization that lately has been shaming pastors for keeping their churches open. Moore is a communitarian and former Democratic activist who once said he wishes his wife was more like Hillary Clinton. Moore has partnered … Read more
Fellowship Church, the 25,000 member SBC Megachurch helmed by Ed Young Jr, is advertising something different for their Easter service this year. According to Pastor Ed. This Easter at Fellowship Church we’re talking about a subject that’s so timely, that’s so needed during this hour. I’m beginning a series on…creativity! I want to tell you … Read more
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The kind of rights detailed in the Bill of Rights were referred to in the Declaration of Independence as inalienable rights, meaning that they are non-negotiable, inviolable, and sacrosanct. Modern … Read more
A sidewalk counsellor from Oklahoma is reporting that he was purposefully coughed on during a witness encounter between him and a clinic escort. Under normal circumstances that may sound like a very benign headline, as we’ve seen sidewalk counsellors hit, pushed to the ground, have bottles and other objects thrown at their heads, threatened with … Read more
As we have pled with churches not to call their sermon-streaming “online church” or “virtual church” in a desperate warning that the long-term consequences are dire, some have suggested that the church can do everything over the Internet that it does in person. Of course, this is not true. There has never been a “virtual … Read more
Michael Brown, chief enabler of all that is theologically weird and always eager to platform, promote, and advance every crazy-as-a-rat-in-a-coffee-can charismatic leader not named Todd Bentley, has shared some thoughts with us regarding coronavirus prophecies. Titled This is a Great Time to Test Contemporary Prophetic Words, the purpose of the post is to say that … Read more
Rodney Howard Browne, a wildly charismatic faith-healer and prosperity pastor was arrested yesterday by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s department for continuing to hold worship services despite the king’s decree that the Lord’s Day was effectively canceled. With abortion clinics, liquor stores, and pot dispensaries still open in Florida, Browne’s church defiantly continued to meet. Sheriff … Read more
A man of deep and sincere Christian faith, Vice President Mike Pence, is urging Christians to financially support their church through this time of crisis. Pence seems aware that America will not recover merely by the help of the federal government. It will take an entire army of faithful, local churches supporting the “least of … Read more
