In a study released on Wednesday by Pew Research, 30 percent of Southern Baptists believe homosexuality should be accepted by society. The typical “liberal” mainline denominations like American Baptists, Episcopalians, ELCA, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, and Presbyterian Church (USA) have the highest number of congregants who thought so. Denominations with a smaller … Read more
SBC Voices posted an article from William Thornton, with his picks for the Top 10 SBC News Stories of 2015. Such a list is subjective, obviously, but it was interesting to see a blog colloquially known in the Pulpit Bunker as SBC Echoes – the preeminent SBC peanut gallery – suggest their pics for “top stories” in … Read more
This was posted this evening on the page of Karen Swallow Prior… Karen Swallow Prior, a self-pronounced “evangelical feminist” (link) and animal rights activist (end factory farms even if “the economy of our country be damned”) and “calling abortion murder is unchristlike” (link) research fellow for the ERLC… Barnabas Piper, employee of Lifeway, best known … Read more
Gay celibacy is not the Gospel-centered answer for those struggling with the sin of Same-Sex Attraction (SSA). And yet for many evangelicals, celibacy for those with SSA seems to be answer-of-the-moment. And that answer is a relatively new answer that is finding prominence in our newly “post-Obergfell world.” Celibacy, in fact, is being ardently defended … Read more
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks here at Theology Mix and in the social media realm. During that time I have written a post calling on Focus on the Family to remove a pamphlet that, in my view (and the view of many), supported the Abortion Pill. I also made the decision to bring … Read more
It’s become very apparent in recent months that the Evangelical Intelligentsia (EI) has chosen their candidate in the 2015 Republican primary, and it’s not an evangelical. We wrote about this earlier in the week in a previous post. There are a number of reasons why the EI does not care for the most conservative evangelical … Read more
By now, anyone who’s familiar with Pulpit and Pen knows that ERLC Research Fellow, and Liberty University Professor, Karen Swallow Prior, has been the subject of interest (or disinterest) for quite some time. Her ideological views and influences within the Southern Baptist Convention are far and wide, ranging from the affirmation of gays (despite her … Read more
This is an article I never thought I would have to write. And yet, my love for Spurgeon compels me to save our bearded hero from being kidnapped by a Shakespeare-quoting self-pronounced feminist and her legion of gay fans, shoving him gagged and bound into an animal rights pigeon hole. In an article originally entitled, … Read more
Eric Teetsel is no fan of Pulpit & Pen, and was one of the first among the evangelical intelligentsia to take aim at us in social media during the early days of #the15. Since then, we’ve kept a relatively close eye on Teetsel, who is the director of the ecumenist Manhattan Declaration. We’ve written numerous articles … Read more
Pulpit & Pen was the first to report on the capitulation of the evangelical community to LGBTs by their participation in Level Ground’s film festival event which seeks to find common ground between homosexuals and Christians, and ultimately normalize homosexual behavior within the church. Pulpit & Pen received quite a bit of backlash on social … Read more
**Editor’s note: As we’ve reported on a number of times, Level Ground is a gay-affirming organization that puts on events in which it purports to have a conversation with Christians about homosexuality. This event, in which well-known ERLC research fellow, Karen Swallow Prior, is closely associated with is touted as an LGBT film festival. It … Read more
According to medical sources, a shift in posture is often caused by a necessary adjustment to relieve the stress put upon the backbone. If that’s the case, Russell Moore and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC has certainly shifted in posture). Simply put, the ERLC has been caving under the stress of cultural pressure, and … Read more
The SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission will be revealing the Evangelical Statement on Responsible Care for Animals in conjunction with the Ethics and Public Policy Center and Clapham Group. The statement, which the ERLC calls a “unifying document,” will be joined with the Every Living Thing Campaign. The statement can be found already at … Read more
Señor Ramon: There is no flavor. There are no spices. Where are the chips? Nacho: Somebody stole them. Señor Ramon: Did you not tell them that they were the Lord’s chips? Nacho: I was trying to! Doritos is now partnering with the LGBT campaign, It Gets Better, to produce rainbow-colored Doritos in support of the … Read more
When I was kid a popular animated movie called All Dogs Go to Heaven was released. The protagonist of the story is a German Shepherd named Charlie who runs a riverboat Casino with his partner, a bulldog named Carface. At the beginning of the film, Carface murders Charlie in order to gain full control of … Read more
