The Holman Christian Standard Bible The creation of the Holman Christian Standard Bible was funded by the Southern Baptist Convention entity, Lifeway Christian Resources. After the death of the HCSB’s braintrust (and former editor of the New King James Version), Arthur Farstad, the project continued under different leadership and a slightly changed direction (and translation source). … Read more
Recently, The Gospel Coalition (TGC) site posted a blog entry entitled – “Lent Is About Jesus: A Free Devotional Guide.” No, I did not make that up. You can read the whole thing here. As I read the post and thought about it a bit, I concluded I would like to respond to it. So, … Read more
“Based on his hipster beard, Jeff Durbin could be your local barista.” Lulz. That was the first line of the video from the New York Post. Spot-on. Dirty, rotten hipsters. In fact, it was the title “Extreme Hipster Wants to Execute Women Who Have an Abortion” that got my attention in the first place. While … Read more
A group of Southern Baptist “traditionalists”* are taking part in an upcoming conference and have invited a speaker who falls far, far short of Christian orthodoxy. Leighton Flowers, who hosts the anti-Calvinism podcast, Soteriology 101, is organizing the event. It will take place August 11 through August 12, and is called “The Great Commission Summit.” … Read more
There are two primary engines driving the popularity of Social Justice into the heart of quasi-conservative evangelicalism. Once bulwarks for a solid Biblical worldview and stalwart defenders of the Gospel, both organizations have experienced serious mission drift in recent years. Both organizations have developed a penchant for terminology from the social progressive lexicon, like “racial … Read more
With Russell Moore’s ecumenism in full view (the former Democratic staffer has led interfaith prayers with Sikhs and Muslims at the Becket Fund’s Interfaith gathering), it was no surprise when the social progressive leader of the Southern Baptist’s ERLC supported an amicus brief (put together by the Becket Fund) asking the federal government to force a … Read more
Warning: This post includes citations of mild coarse language. Last week we brought to you the news that quasi-Reformed rapper, Sho Baracka, liked to smoke the dope in the post, Christian Hip-Hop Artist, Sho Baraka, Endorses Recreational Marijuana. This week we report to you that Lifeway “Christian” Resources has dropped Sho Baraka from their … Read more
DEFINITION The Evangelical Intelligentsia are those who purport to be smarter or more distinguished academically than most local church leaders. Typically, the Evangelical Intelligentsia consists of those not in exclusive ministry to local churches, serving instead academic institutions or parachurch ministries. HISTORY Peter Berger coined that phrase in The Emerging Evangelical Intelligentsia Research Project done for … Read more
This term, “Dissection of a Downgrade,” refers to the way in which Downgrade ordinarily happens within popular evangelicalism. The term was first coined in a 2013 article in the Reformation Montana Journal. As written in the Journal, which explains the phenomenon of Downgrade (the definition is linked above)…. Much Down Grade, Spurgeon argues in his … Read more
DEFINITION What is a Single-Issue Discerner? A single-issue discerner is one who discerns right from wrong in only one particular area of theology but may be blind toward problems in other areas. EXAMPLES A Calvinist may be a single-issue discerner when it comes to Calvinism, believing that “Calvinist = good” and “Arminian = bad.” The single-issue … Read more
Sadly, the greatest defenders of Russell Moore today tend to be those who hold the mantle, “Reformed.” For many, a mere association with Albert Mohler is enough to buy all sorts of accusational immunity. For others, who haven’t noticed The Gospel Coalition turning into The Social Gospel Coalition over the last couple years, Russell’s association … Read more
Marco Rubio was far and above the favorite candidate of the Evangelical Intelligentsia in this election cycle. We were told by evangelical leaders like Russell Moore, Eric Teetsel, Wayne Grudem, Denny Burk and Greg Laurie that Rubio – who said he was “fully theologically and doctrinally aligned with the Roman Catholic Church” – was a … Read more
**Editor’s Note: The following was written entirely by a Dallas Police Officer that reached out to me. With the exception of minor formatting, no modification was done to this letter. I’m a Dallas police officer. For reasons related to the safety of my family, I must withhold my name. I knew Sgt. Mike Smith who … Read more
He taught me more about respect than anyone I can think of. – Thabiti Anyabwile, speaking of his brother, Victor. Ron Burns chose the name for himself, Thabiti Anyabwile, because of his black nationalist identity. Today, he still goes by that name, and is a contributor to evangelical organizations like 9 Marks, Desiring God, and … Read more
SBC Voices is a place for regurgitated ideas, unoriginal thoughts, Southern Baptist scuttlebutt in the form of pumped sunshine, and a nearly endless droning on of denomination optimism, oblivious to the doctrinal downgrade and corruption that’s common place in America’s largest evangelical denomination. With material from well-meaning guest posters like this polemicist’s own big brother (link) … Read more
