Liberty University Professor, Karen Swallow Prior, has been under a lot of scrutiny on social media for the last several days regarding her stance on homosexuality. The argument is that she believes homosexuality to be sinful, therefore, she does not affirm it. But do her actions say otherwise? First, let’s define the term affirm. While the Oxford … Read more
A blog we haven’t heard of from a person we haven’t heard of (Chris Bolt), was tweeted to Pulpit & Pen by ecumenist, Eric Teetsel (who we’ve written about here and here) and provided some “explanations” for some of the quotations and citations made in our first piece about Karen Swallow Prior. Currently with more … Read more
“I wish we had 1,000 more Karen Swallow Priors in evangelicalism today. She models convictional kindness. She doesn’t give any ground, but she also doesn’t see people who disagree with her as her enemy.” – Russell Moore (link) Russell Moore thinks we need 1,000 more Karen Swallow Priors in evangelicalism today. He must think so, … Read more
As a teacher at a Christian university, with as much renown as Prior, her opinions are highly sought after. She writes for many publications on a regular basis, and has a clan-like following that would defend her to no end. While being tied up around the issue of homosexual affirmation, some of her other liberal ideologies have been overlooked, but should be given attention. Two important issues that can affect your children; she supports the liberal Common Core education program, and she practices and defends authentic Yoga, a form of Pagan Hindu mysticism.
Two men who are primarily responsible for the Southern Baptist Convention’s leftward drift claim that the SBC is not experiencing a leftward drift. Albert Mohler and Danny Akin, two seminary presidents who are stacking their institutions with as many liberals as is humanly possible, made the assertion that the SBC isn’t going liberal earlier this … Read more
For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions. – 2 Timothy 3:6 If you added all of these women together, their theological credentials wouldn’t cover a napkin. Their accumulative doctrinal teaching has all the stability of a Midol commercial. In a … Read more
Say it were 1937 in Germany and you had the opportunity to vote in an election that pitted a guy who wants to shove all the Jews in Europe into ovens against a guy who runs on a platform that, if the SS wants to shove Jews into ovens, they’ll at least have to do … Read more
Long-time readers of this website may be surprised to learn that I have never read a single article written by David French. Even now, on this leisurely holdiday morning, I could be immersing myself in the current online war of words caused by the evangelical pundit’s support of the so-called Respect for Marriage Act. Instead, … Read more
Rev. Lloyd Plumbar, a Lousiana pastor, is claiming in federal court that a ban on cockfighting in Lousiana is against his religion. We kid you not. We first read about Plumbar’s lawsuit at the Unfriendly Athiest site. This isn’t satire. Plumbar is suing authorities for arresting him on the way to a “spiritual cockfight.” The … Read more
How bad can the Southern Baptist Downgrade get? Defending Steven Furtick, a blogger for Founders Ministries claimed on social media today that Modalism isn’t forbidden by the Baptist Faith and Message, the denomination’s statement of faith. Chris Bolt, an avid defender of the gay-affirming and abortionist-defending Karen Swallow Prior, made the comments on Twitter. Bolt … Read more
Beth Moore is basically the woman that men live on their housetops to avoid (Proverbs 21:9). She’s a dangerous and strange woman (Proverbs 5:3-23). Beth Moore is the silly wives-tale spinning busy-body the Bible warns Christians to avoid (1 Timothy 4:7). The domineering, tongue-rattling, leg-hiking, feminist evangelical icon is apparently trying to undo age-old advice … Read more
Basically, the entire orthodox evangelical world has repudiated the now-infamous Revoice Conference for holding to a rainbow-splattered unbiblical sexual ethic. The conference, which would go on to celebrate “queer culture” has been even repudiated by ‘woke’ leaders like Albert Mohler and even the ERLC. The one hold-out seems to be Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor, … Read more
You might be wondering if Christianity Today has much time left for other things besides campaigning against Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential bid. It turns out, they do. The left-of-center evangelical publication also recently ran an article by a gay man claiming that polyamory is loving and churches should be “affirming” of those who practice it. … Read more
As Evangelical Intelligentsia leftist subversives like Andrew Walker, Karen Swallow Prior, and David French are vigorously trying to convince Christian voters not to vote Republican in 2020, Democrats are vetoing legislation requiring the medical treatment of newborn infants who have survived in-the-womb assassination attempts. Proposing two acts of legislation designed to protect infants, Senate Majority … Read more
In Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, the antagonist “Big Brother” invents a new language because the rulers know that if they control language they can control thoughts. “After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the opposite of some other word? A word contains its opposite in itself. Take ‘good’, for instance. … Read more
