Where do we go from here? If you’re new to #the15, these two posts explain both the origins of #the15 and who, specifically, #the15 are (here and here). In the mean time, here are a few facts. 1) We NEED to be more than what one well-meaning fellow called “reactionary tweeters.” Don’t get me wrong. … Read more
“Under deep conviction by the Holy Spirit…I must do something as a Christian, a pastor, and as the current President of the Southern Baptist Convention, this past Wednesday, I conducted a conference call with four of our SBC African American pastors and two Anglo pastors…The conversation we had on this conference call led to this … Read more
The premier episode of the P&P Contributor Hour has just been released. The Pulpit & Program will return soon as a twice-weekly program, with one of the weekly episodes being the Contributor Hour and the other a traditional P&PP with JD only. Until JD returns with conventional episodes, you can still hear him and the … Read more
“’…and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” – Jesus As is obvious to anyone who keeps up with … Read more
The following article was written and was originally posted HERE, by Bryan Fischer, and is being reposted in its entirety, with permission Dr. Albert Mohler is a prominent Southern Baptist, serving as the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has always, in my experience, been an uncompromising advocate for the authority of Scripture on … Read more
In many Churches and sundry corners of the Evangelical Corporate Machine, it has become very popular [and occasionally profitable] to castigate, abuse, ridicule, and give warnings about “discernment bloggers” involved in Online Discernment Ministries. This is not always done by pastors and popular teachers who broach the issue unsettled and irked after finding themselves to be the … Read more
Michael Gerson, an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post and former speech-writer for President George W Bush is credited with coining the phrase, “The soft bigotry of low expectations.” Gerson, who also is a member of the “evangelical intelligentsia” – an elitist group of evangelical Christians who excel in various fields of academia – designed … Read more
The religion of the Baptist is an inward, spiritual religion, that of the Campbellite an external, formal, mechanical religion. Between them there is the difference of the poles. People sometimes say that Baptists and Campbellites are so near together that they ought to unite. As a matter of fact, there are no two denominations on … Read more
In early January 2013, the National Post reported that “divorce has attained an increasingly celebratory edge of late…High-profile divorce parties are being held in fancy hotel ballrooms usually reserved for nuptials.” The story from the National Post includes a quote from professional divorce party planner, Christine Gallagher. Gallagher, author of the book How to Throw … Read more
Southern Baptists break bread with gay community. Baptists strike new tone on homosexuality. Some praised the Southern Baptist Convention for softening its tone and message when discussing homosexuals. [The conference] made waves in the religious and gay communities. A shift was taking place. It feels like a new era. These are all characterizations of a … Read more
More than one million people — including First Lady, Michelle Obama — have tweeted the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. But whether they’re helping the roughly 250 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria or hopping on some kind of first-world digital bandwagon depends, frankly, on whom you ask. These stinging words are from a May 8 article in the Washington … Read more
Al Mohler’s theology is stellar. Al Mohler’s character is beyond reproach. And yet, I said in Monday’s episode of the Pulpit & Pen Program that if Al Mohler launches first thing Monday morning with a rebuke to Danny Cortez of the New Heart Community Church that I’ll have to put him in the Daily Downgrade … Read more
Monday – Program Summary: In this episode, JD briefly discusses Tim Rogers’ continued use of alleged child molestation to discredit those calling for Caner’s repentance, then moves on to exegete Acts 2:38 to address baptismal regeneration and why we are baptized BECAUSE we’ve been forgiven and not in order to be forgiven. For the Daily … Read more
Monday: Program Summary – In Monday’s program, JD intended to talk about a number of #DOWNGRADE issues in the SBC, but didn’t get much further than the first topic, as he discusses Ergun Caner’s selection of Peter Lumpkins as the Vice President of Miscommunication at Brewton Parker College, and also discusses it further with a … Read more
Is the doctrine of the Trinity something worth standing resolute on anymore in the Southern Baptist Convention? The question, seemingly obvious among the people who turned back the liberal tide and fought for the inerrancy of Scripture 35 years ago, must be asked in the early days of 2014 when one looks at the schedule … Read more
