[Jeffrey Walton | Juicy Ecumenism] A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) delegates to the United Methodist General Conference made clear Friday evening that they will not allow the denomination’s governing body to move forward if it becomes apparent that increased clergy accountability measures are poised to pass. Asked if one of three plans … Read more
Jefferson Davis was the first – and only – president of the Confederate States of America. Born in 1808 and serving as president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865, Davis was a member of the Democratic Party and after the end of the Civil War encouraged the defeated South to acccept their loss and … Read more
[Scott Morefield | The Daily Caller] Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of one of the nation’s largest churches and a prominent evangelical supporter of President Donald Trump, criticized so-called “Never Trump” evangelicals as “spineless morons” who “cannot admit that they were wrong.” “Let me say this as charitably as I can,” the First Baptist Dallas pastor … Read more
David Barton is the unofficial historian of American right-wing Christianity. Through his organization, WallBuilders, he regularly hosts groups of pastors in Washington, DC for briefings with Christian congressman and “spiritual heritage tours.” He also travels across the country speaking at local churches about the Christian heritage of the United States. He is the author of numerous … Read more
Editor’s Note: It should come as no surprise that at some point the use of blood would become the latest craze among those seeking to overcome the aging process common to all under the curse of sin…ultimately resulting in physical death. What may have started out with anti-aging skin products using tissue from murdered unborn … Read more
Editor’s Note: On April 3-4, 2018, a joint effort of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and The Gospel Coalition (TGC) hosted the national conference “MLK50: Gospel Reflections from the Mountaintop,” celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What the conference failed to mention was the lack of moral integrity of Martin Luther … Read more
[Townhall] This is the tale of two lectures at Wheaton College, a Christian evangelical college in the suburbs of Chicago. One was given in September 2017 and the other in November 2018. Though only a year apart, the responses to the two presentations were universes apart. The reaction is very telling and tragic for those … Read more
I. Overview of Dr. Bass’ Dismissal Clint Bass served as a professor of church history in the Redford College of Theology and Ministry at Southwest Baptist University from 2009-2018. Prior to November 28, 2018, he never had a negative review nor had disciplinary action ever been taken against him. Early on in his teaching career … Read more
If you don’t think the American Evangelical Intelligentsia would sell their birthright for a bit of peace and prosperity, you don’t know them. They are sniveling, weak, effeminate men without spinal columns, courage, or guts. They are shells of humanity, with the good stuff taken out and replaced with cream puffery. When Pulpit & Pen … Read more
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., a stalwart evangelical defender of President Donald Trump, says in a new interview that it is wrong to base U.S. policy on the teachings of Jesus Christ. “I almost laugh out loud when I hear Democrats saying things like, ‘Jesus said suffer the little children to come unto me’ … Read more
Tom Chantry, son of famed Reformed Baptist, Walter Chantry, is now a disgraced former-pastor who rests behind bars for a string of child molestations. Chantry stood trial in July for five counts of child molestation and three for assault. He was found guilty of two cases of assault (the molestation charges received a mistrial), but … Read more
Steven Anderson, the highly controversial pastor from Tempe – a suburb of Phoenix – is in a heated back-and-forth with Jeff Durbin, a self-styled “hipster pastor” who is best known for booze, tattoos, and Calvinism. Anderson is best known for being tased by the border guards, some pretty insane sermon rants, and being banned from … Read more
Fred Butler was called by Brannon Howse the “Grace to You Mailroom Guy.” Butler is more than that. He’s the unofficial resident blogger at Grace to You, who for some reason heads up GTY’s Senior Citizen volunteer division (or something like that) instead of doing what seems to make far more sense, which is writing … Read more
[WARHORN] Pastor James MacDonald runs a pretty shady operation in Elgin’s Harvest Bible Chapel. The Elephant’s Debt blog and others have documented its financial shenanigans for years. Most recently Julie Roys of World magazine has written an article with stories of expelling kids from the church school when their pastor father refused to sign a noncompete agreement, revising church bylaws to move authority from … Read more
This post was written by Thomas Littleton and has been reposted here with permission. Article originally posted at Thirty Pieces of Silver. Southern Baptists and the Social Justice Voter: The Dreadfully Racial Annual SBC Meetings Coming to Birmingham, Alabama in 2019 Pictured above is Albert Mohler at the SBC Dallas 2018 panel discussion on “Removing the Stain … Read more
