There is a certain Intelligentsia-class of evangelical leadership in America, the type and kind that wax eloquent their postulations not from local church houses, but from ivory towers of academia and twentieth-floor suites of 501(c)3’s in the Beltway. Our evangelical overlord-types quote Flannery O’Connor more than Jesus, drink Starbucks with their pinkies stuck out and refer … Read more
“In such a time of kaleidoscopic changes, is there anything that remains unchanged? When so many things have proved to be untrustworthy, is there anything we can trust? “One point, at least, is clear – we cannot trust the Church. The visible Church, the Church as it now exists upon this earth, has fallen … Read more
On October 22, 2015 meeting, Ed Stetzer spoke to a group of radical Islamic extremists, being paid to give them Southern Baptist-owned data and explained how they can better reach evangelicals. Yes, that’s right. Stetzer met with radical Islamic extremists and assisted them in brainstorming how to proselytize evangelicals. The Southern Baptist talking head and former Lifeway executive spoke … Read more
Stanford University professor and Hoover Institute Economist Thomas Sowell is well-known for his common-sense, straightforward books and editorials about the shortcomings of the progressive leftist worldview. This worldview, as he explains in his book The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as Basis for Social Policy, is one which posits that a certain “anointed” intelligentsia class … Read more
To repress these very sharp arguments of the laity by force alone, and not to resolve them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and Lifeway the pope to the ridicule of their enemies and to make Christians unhappy. – #90, Martin Luther 95 Theses Martin Luther was incensed that Johan Tetzel, commissioned by … Read more
Remember the large kerfuffle that started last year involving Lifeway, the media retail branch of the Southern Baptist Convention, and their peddling of heretical materials for profit? It all began when Pulpit & Pen confronted Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of Lifeway Research about Lifeway’s promotion of Heaven Tourism books and other heretical materials in their … Read more
The Chuck Colson Center – founded and named after co-author of the ecumenical Evangelicals and Catholics Together – hosted a number of radio programs, including Breakpoint and Breakpoint This Week. The latter is cohosted by Lifeway (a Southern Baptist entity) executive, Ed Stetzer. The announcement for Stetzer’s addition to the highly ecumenical program says, “What happens … Read more
https://twitter.com/edstetzer/status/244786368461541376 Dave Miller at SBC voices, among other sources, has reported that GOP political candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush will be speaking at the upcoming North America Mission Board “SEND North America Missions Conference”. The invitation of the political candidates to the missions conference, especially in the wake of the recent controversy over the invitation extended to politician Ben Carson … Read more
If you haven’t heard of the Lifeway scandal, regarding #the15 by now, I recommend reading this article. The debacle revolves around the Southern Baptist entity, Lifeway Bookstores, who serves as the publishing branch of the convention. Lifeway, as a representative of the SBC has been called out for peddling heretical materials by unsound teachers, as well as Heaven tourism books, for profit, and not responding to criticism for their actions. One particular heretical book Lifeway peddled for years for monetary gain is “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.” The book, though officially co-authored by Alex Malarkey and his Father, was actually a work completely by Alex’s father, that Alex himself never supported. Alex recanted his story publicly, his mother publicly wrote about it, and world class apologist, and former Lifeway trustee, Justin Peters, even informed Lifeway about Alex’s recantation years before the book was finally pulled from the shelves after a massive outcry by #the15, and Alex’s recantation made viral through the Pulpit and Pen website.
Last week Dave Miller, of SBC Voices, published an article entitled Peas in a Pod: The Self-Appointed Prophet/Discernment Enforcer Playbook which attempted to summarize the folly of charismaniacs and discerners in one fell swoop. Sadly, the piece was rife with hypocrisy, mischaracterizations, and broad-brush shaming all in the name of “God’s love”. In fact, I hate to have to … Read more
Mental illness is one of those safe issues that the evangelical intelligentsia have decided to focus upon in the last year or so. Add that to racial reconciliation and sex-trafficking, and you have the talking points. The secular press loves it. It’s not controversial. Nobody could be crucified over it. It’s a win-win. Thanks, in part … Read more
**UPDATED** Scroll to the bottom of the article and you will not BELIEVE what we’ve discovered about the journalistic practices of Christianity Today and Lifeway*** A man referred to as a “blogger” by Christianity Today (who has a pretty respectable job in the real world) named Cameron Dobbins released a list of books sent to (at … Read more
The Baptist Press article about Lifeway pulling Heaven Tourism began with a lie… NASHVILLE (BP) — LifeWay Christian Resources has stopped selling all “experiential testimonies about heaven” following consideration of a 2014 Southern Baptist Convention resolution on “the sufficiency of Scripture regarding the afterlife.” This is not true, and no one believes it. The 2014 … Read more
Alex Malarkey penned his open letter to Lifeway on January 15, nearly a month and a half ago. The letter was soon printed in virtually every major media outlet in the western world (and beyond, as far as the South China Morning Post, in fact). Alex bled his heart out to Thom Rainer and the executives … Read more
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king” Bob Dylan If the Southern Baptist Convention is God’s Country, then Ronnie Floyd is its President. Thom Rainer and Ed Stezer are its secretaries state … Read more
