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Criticizing Critics and Judging Judgers

[Note: You may have to click photos to enlarge them] Since Ergun Caner has become the newly elected President of Brewton-Parker College, the Marketplace of Ideas (in the 21st Century this is called social media and the Internet) has become aflame with legitimate disbelief and outrage. The sheer magnitude of righteous indignation has been astounding, … Read more

Does Christianity Need a Chris Rosebrough?

No. Christianity does not need Chris Rosebrough. God is self-sufficient, Gospel is complete, and Jesus needs nothing and no one. So, please forgive the question. Perhaps a better question would be, “Is there a need in the Christian church for Chris Rosebrough and the work of discernment ministries?” Chris is best known for his program, … Read more

Is a Harry Potter Bible Study an Example of Downgrade?

Jared Moore, 2nd VP of the SBC is not happy that I included his Harry Potter Bible study in my previous post, “Finding Theology in the Hunger Games and Harry Potter” [click here for the article]. Moore’s Harry Potter Bible study [click here to see it], according to him, illustrates doctrines of the “trinity, image … Read more

Finding Theology in The Hunger Games and Harry Potter

Christianity Today ran an article this week (November 13, to be exact) explaining the “theology” of the popular novel and movie by the same name, ‘The Hunger Games.’ The article’s author, Laura Snider, draws parallels between the premise of The Hunger Games (which Snider admits “is enough to turn your stomach”) and biblical tenets such … Read more

Affinity Based Churches – A Reproach to the Gospel

You can click the picture above for a bigger image. The ad asks for a pastor to serve the Destiny Cowboy Church in Cabot, AR. The only other  information in the ad is that “This individual must adhere to the Western/cowboy culture.” It’s interesting that most pastor search ads include the phrase “must adhere to … Read more

Why Argue About the Words of a Hymn?

Why argue about the words of hymn? That question was posed by Southern Baptist, Bob Terry, who happens to be the editor of the Alabama Baptist newspaper. Terry was commenting on the recent scandal involving the Presbyterian Church (USA) taking the song “In Christian Alone” out of the new hymnal because the authors would not … Read more

Bob Terry, the SBC, and Rejecting Christian Doctrine

…”We are going downhill at breakneck speed.” That line appeared in the first of the Downgrade articles that appeared in Charles Spurgeon’s ‘Sword and the Trowel’ magazine, which led to the greatest controversy of Spurgeon’s calling and according to some, led to his early death. Under the name ‘The Downgrade,’ Spurgeon’s magazine published several articles … Read more

Pastor Benny Tate and Modern Day Simony

Benny Tate is the pastor of Rock Spring Church, a four-campus Congregational Methodist Church based in Milner, Georgia. In addition to pastoring that 8,000 member megachurch, he has also served as the President of the Congregational Methodist Denomination. He most recently made news for being a part of a group of four prominent pastors who … Read more

The Worst Christian of 2021

This entry is part 5 of 11 in the series Worst Christian of the Year

Who is the worst Christian of 2021? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his perfect son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer struggles with sin every day and will continue to do … Read more

Top Ten Pulpit & Pen Posts of 2020

There’s no doubt about it. The Year of Censorship wasn’t kind to the Rolex of Polemics Blogs. After a decade of failed boycotts and blacklists by America’s leftwing of evangelicalism, Facebook managed to do what they could not; mute Pulpit & Pen. And so, our publishing group, The Gideon Knox Group, has been savvily maneuvering … Read more

Casey B. Hough Needs to be Fired from Several Jobs

On December 16, 2016 the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC) published an article entitled “The Diversity in Our Christmas Story.” This week, it was reshared via the ERLC Twitter feed. The article was penned by Casey B. Hough, whose Twitter profile lists him as the following: Disciple, Husband of … Read more