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Southern Baptists divert approximately four million dollars from missions every year to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Since the inauguration of ERLC president Russell Moore, that four million dollars has given Southern Baptists the return of a strong advocacy for a Mosque to be built in New Jersey, a softening tone on homosexuality, a partnership with … Read more

“There is no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.” E. B. White E.B. White’s observation of the obvious is assuredly the case when looking at the goings-on of The Salvation Army. Things get very complicated when trying to determine exactly what the Army is and … Read more

On Sunday, September 4, 2016, Pope Francis will oversee a papal mass and canonization service for Mother Teresa. Upon completion, she will be known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta to millions of Roman Catholics and affectionate adorers worldwide.  The event falls on the anniversary eve of her death 19 years ago. There can be little … Read more

In my first plenary talk on Sola Fide at the Reformation Saskatchewan Conference last weekend, I gave examples of the Roman Catholic Church’s heresies. I also gave quotations from modern evangelical leaders, including Wayne Grudem, Albert Mohler, Nabeel Qureshi, Greg Laurie, Rick Warren, Kenneth Copeland and James Robison that all suggest Roman Catholics can be … Read more

Unity.  Within the church – and I mean the self-proclaimed “church”, one distinguished by the remarkable volume of tares among the wheat in pews, in pulpits, and, frequently, in the spotlight – the word unity has become nothing less than a discernment-free appeal for moral and social tolerance.  When you hear someone plead for unity, … Read more

  What some viewed as forced political homage at the altar of a foreign god (Russell Moore would probably fall here – but more on that to follow), others saw as an unparalleled opportunity, not only to brush up with the fame and bravado that is Donald Trump, but also a chance to publicly, wholeheartedly, … Read more

Russell Moore, President of the SBC’s Ethics And Religious Liberty Commission, faced a direct question from a messenger at the denomination’s annual meeting regarding his intentional support of Muslims in a lawsuit petitioning for the overturning of a New Jersey township’s ruling denying them a building permit for construction of a mosque.  The First Amendment … Read more

The pop-up ad site known as The Christian Post recently managed to post an article – more correctly a “hit piece” – entitled John MacArthur Claims Hispanic World Doesn’t Know True Gospel amidst the ubiquitous “click here” appeals littering the screen. If you actually read the senseless article, no doubt you, like I, wished you hadn’t … Read more

“Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.  Romans 1:32 Perhaps you haven’t been paying attention, but if you will turn on the news or read your favorite news website, then flip open your Bible (you do read … Read more

I remember watching Full House as a kid. I’m the same age as Jodie Sweetin, the woman who played adorable little Stephanie Tanner. I watched the show in the TGIF programming block on ABC’s Friday night lineup. I watched it every day on syndication. I’ve probably seen every episode a half-dozen times. I would do pretty … 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