Michael Brown recently said that Hank Hanegraaff – who left Christianity for the idolatry and heretical doctrines of the Eastern Orthodox Church – still affirmed all the “fundamentals” of the Christian religion. Perhaps being a scholar in Hebrew doesn’t exactly equate to an educated opinion on interfaith apologetics, but Eastern Orthodoxy, in case you didn’t … Read more
What would a New Years season be without the world’s charismatic prophets claiming a new date for the return of Christ? This New Years season is no different, and charismatics are lining up to declare a date in June. If you listen closely, you can hear Jim Bakker preparing the sale fliers for his survival … Read more
The Modern Day Downgrade is rapidly growing in the SBC, and getting worse from year to year. Here are nine of the worst moments in the SBC last year. SBC blog touts lawsuits against SBC entities. It’s one thing for someone who believes they have been wronged to sue some SBC entity. After all, Southern Baptist … Read more
Bethel Church in Redding, California is known as the epicenter of the faith-healing movement in America. Its leader, Bill Johnson, wrote in Charisma Mag that all believers have the same exact power and authority as Jesus to heal illness. Johnson promises that with enough faith, anyone can heal. The worship services of Bethel are full … Read more
With Paula White as Trump’s closest religious adviser, it’s been odd to watch his proximity to the strangest of religious leaders. Donald Trump and America’s craziest charismatics make for strange bed-fellows (a term one has to use cautiously, given the frequency with which Paula White changes literal bed-fellows, from her public affair with already-married Benny … Read more
I am aghast as to how it has become fashionable among so many evangelical leaders to minimize as a voting consideration what is certainly the most radical and fundamental restructuring of society in my lifetime, indeed arguably in the past millennium and beyond: namely, the elimination of both a male-female foundation for sexual ethics and … Read more
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission already siphons more than four million dollars anually from the Southern Baptist Cooperative Program. This means that when Southern Baptist laymen put their tithes and offerings into the local church offering plate, a percentage of their giving (varying from church to church) goes to the coffers of the SBC, … Read more
SBC Today, of which we are not ordinarily fond of because they are on the other side of the soteriological aisle and because their nomenclature of “traditional” is hardly astute, published an article entitled, “Is This the Evangelical Deep State”? Drawing parallels to the “Deep State” – an assortment of entrenched bureaucrats without ties to … Read more
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, who’s budget of over four million dollars of Cooperative Program funds, is regularly employing its time and money to publicize the personal endeavors of its director, even when it has nothing to do with ethics or religious liberty. Having a major multi-media arm paid for by Southern Baptists in … Read more
fun·gi·ble /ˈfənjəbəl/ Adjective LAW adjective: fungible (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) able to replace or be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. “money is fungible—money that is raised for one purpose can easily be used for another” Money is fungible. Planned Parenthood performed 320,000 abortions in 2015. At the same time, Planned Parenthood was … Read more
David Platt is an academic prodigy. After graduating from the University of Georgia with two bachelor’s degrees, he earned an MDiv, a ThM, and a PhD from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; he completed his education in his early 20s, becoming one of the youngest students, if not the youngest student, to ever earn a terminal … Read more
David Platt is the President of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is widely regarded as being a highly intelligent, deeply passionate, seriously committed follower of Christ whose credentials as a pastor and leader are unquestionable. Indeed, David Platt seems to be one of the good guys. There are some problems … Read more
In a Thanksgiving tweet, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention declared what everyone already knew—that it is the bank for George Soros on immigration. The Thanksgiving Day tweet from the ERLC promoted a video from a group connected with the National Immigration Forum. The National Immigration Forum is a … Read more
Okay, Christians. We need to have a talk about Matt Chandler. We like Matt. Who couldn’t like Matt? He’s a great preacher. He’s entertaining as can be. He handled a nearly-terminal brain tumor like a God-glorifying champ. He gets the Gospel. So there’s that. We should applaud him for all those things. But that’s not … Read more
When James White recently did his interfaith non-debate dialogue with not-so-moderate Imam and advertised it as “fellowship,” many people rejected the notion as a clearly biblical departure from explicit instruction of Scriptures. Various “camps” developed in regards to this controversial event. The first camp used the opportunity to bring all of White’s ministry to disrepute, … Read more
