Dwight McKissic is an African American charismatic (and leftist) preacher who – for some reason – is a Southern Baptist. McKissic regularly capitalizes on the color of his skin to obtain for himself notoriety and attention, especially through resolutions presented at the SBC’s annual convention designed to cause racial disunity and controversy. A huge fan … Read more
SBC Today, of which we are not ordinarily fond of because they are on the other side of the soteriological aisle and because their nomenclature of “traditional” is hardly astute, published an article entitled, “Is This the Evangelical Deep State”? Drawing parallels to the “Deep State” – an assortment of entrenched bureaucrats without ties to … Read more
Jared Wilson, who’s a part of the Social Gospel Coalition, but who I don’t think we’ve ever blogged about before, has posted a bizarre reading list on the TSGC website. He explains: Liberty Baptist Church recently launched our Pastoral Training Center, an 18-month residency program for men training for ministry. Currently 13 guys are working through the … Read more
In a Thanksgiving tweet, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention declared what everyone already knew—that it is the bank for George Soros on immigration. The Thanksgiving Day tweet from the ERLC promoted a video from a group connected with the National Immigration Forum. The National Immigration Forum is a … Read more
We like Issues, Etc. Really. They seem like good eggs. They seem like good Protestant and Lutheran eggs. While we at Pulpit & Pen hold to the Second London Baptist Confession, we appreciate our Lutheran friends who would still fight tooth-and-nail for a Sola Fide Gospel. But while we’ve bee thinking about how to best … Read more
Anyone vaguely familiar with Martin Luther King, Jr. has known this for some time, but the newly released JFK files expose MLK as a sexual pervert with actual documentation. It’s time for The Social Gospel Coalition, Russell Moore, and other evangelicals to stop beatifying this man as an evangelical leader to be admired. The Social … Read more
The fact is, in spite of the flurry of Reformation memes on this the 500 anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, the majority of Roman Catholics have never heard a Protestant tell them they’re not a Christian. The majority of Protestants do not know our conviction that the Pope is – at the very least – … Read more
You didn’t eat any forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. It was Adam. It was Eve. It wasn’t you. You didn’t do it. Yet, you are suffering the consequences of the offense of your first parents. The Apostle Paul made this clear in his Epistle to the Romans: “Therefore, just as through one man … Read more
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has become the shallow remnants of what it once was. Now with a former Democrat staffer at the helm, the ERLC has been busy promoting animal rights, racial disharmony, Cultural Marxism, and has followed other liberal mainstream denominations in fighting against immigration law. Russell Moore – who serves on … Read more
Rod Dreher wants conservatives out of the culture wars. Dreher is a “crunchy con,” who holds to economic Marxism while simultaneously – if not inexplicably – holding to more conservative social principles. Dreher is also an Eastern Idolater and has written The Benedict Option, encouraging Christians to retire from political engagement and build “communities” (his … Read more
Frank Page is the CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention (not to be confused with the president of the SBC, who currently is Steve Gaines). Page has served in this capacity for the SBC since 2010, and was president of the SBC itself from 2006 to 2008 and was vice president … Read more
Evangelicals are brave…when they’re in a caravan of circled bandwagons. Several weeks ago, the Nashville Statement was promoted by a group plagued with a troublesome Christology. Nonetheless, it garnered widespread support in a wide breadth of evangelicalism, from fairly liberal to fairly conservative. The document affirmed the sinfulness of homosexual action, but fell short of … Read more
There is no name more synonymous with New Calvinism than Tim Keller. Although several definitions of “New Calvinism” have been given in recent years (most famously by Mark Driscoll), Pulpit & Pen will use the characteristics given by polemicist, JD Hall, at the recent Judge Not Conference. Characteristics of New Calvinism include: A Calvinism devoid … Read more
Don’t Be Quick to Jump On the Bandwagon When the Manhattan Declaration was created, evangelicals widely celebrated as pastors and laymen were eager to sign on to the document designed to defend religious liberty. Trusted Evangelical Intelligentsia leaders – men like Albert Mohler – quickly signed on to the document, and legions followed. Others, like … Read more
Jemar Tisby, a race baiter that writes for the Reformed African American Network, recently penned an inimical piece decrying racial integration in churches, particularly among blacks and whites. In case you haven’t been following, the evangelical world, especially the Southern Baptist Convention, has been campaigning for an end to “racial injustice” in our country, decrying … Read more
