It’s all too easy to point fingers at the bad actors in American churchian life, and when we avoid self-righteousness, having removed the log from our own eye so as to see clearly to remove the specks in others’ eyes, it is actually a good thing to do. Attempts to free people from deception so … Read more
Imagine you and your family on vacation in Aruba. The warm ocean breeze blowing gently in your hair, while the glittering pristine waters sparkle as far as the eye can see. You’re all relaxing under a shady tree when you son decides he wants to cool off. He grabs his inflatable raft, kicks off his … Read more
“Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.” Thomas The Apostle Paul, who was put to death as a result of (or at least partly as a result) his Christian evangelism, wrote to the Ephesian church saying “For to me, to live is Christ, to die is gain.” Paul’s bold attitude, exhibited … Read more
Earlier today, the news broke that the publishing arm of the SBC, LifeWay, and Tyndale House, a major Christian publisher, would stop selling the book “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.” In a statement issued by Mark King, Director of Communications at Lifeway, he confirmed that the stores are pulling the book, stating: LifeWay was … Read more
Last week, Beth Moore of Living Proof Ministries declared that it was “hunting season for heretics” in her blog, where she likened a discerning 22 year old wife of a pastor to a witch hunter, and questioned this young lady’s ability to differentiate truth from error. This young lady sent out a tweet basically calling … Read more
/2016/02/05/beth-moore-predicts-god-will-unite-all-sectors-of-christendom/Beth Moore recently wrote a post at her Living Proof Ministries, apparently fed up and perhaps feeling the heat of being criticized. The precipitating event, according to Moore, was the criticism received from a 22 year-old woman [who happens to be a pastor’s wife and member of #the15] who called her a false teacher. In … Read more
I often hear “Christians” say “God just wants us to enjoy life,” or “Christians don’t have to be so up tight all the time.” Not incidentally, this often comes from those who regularly indulge themselves in worldly things. But sometimes, even the most well meaning, well behaving Christians will express this. But is this … Read more
Every year, right before the SBC Annual Meeting, a two day Pastors’ Conference is held with various Southern Baptist preachers speaking at the event. This year, the 2015 conference will be held June 14th and 15th in Toledo Ohio, and will be immediately followed by the SBC Annual meeting on the 16th and 17th. … Read more
6 months ago I wrote a post titled Joel Osteen Likes God…He just doesn’t like Jesus [A Twitter Survey of @JoelOsteen] It was a post critical of a particular idiosyncrasy that I discovered about Joel, namely his propensity to talk about God a lot, but essentially never, ever, ever mention Jesus. At the time I wrote this: The … Read more
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
**Update: In light of Ed Stetzers recent tweet (seen below) we thought it might be worth reposting this. Who are #the15? People want to know. We want to tell them. Mohandas Ghandi is often attributed with a quotation actually spoken by American union worker, Nicholas Klein in 1918. Both men knew a thing or two … Read more
FBC Jax Watchdog beat us to the punch on this one. But considering that Jax Watchdog is just another angry blogger who should rightly be ignored (totally unlike the Pulpit & Pen), we’ll harp on this, too. When it comes to hateful bloggers typing vitriol with their Cheetos dust-covered fingers from the safety of their … Read more
A federal judge, this week, overruled the will of Montanans and struck down a ban on same-sex “marriage.” Reformation Montana has responded with a number of statements, including this one designed for local churches to use on their own website or local publications to articulate the views of their church on this important topic. Even … Read more
“We rejoice that the Holy Father has captured the world’s attention and so much good will for the Christian faith!…You have written so powerfully, Holy Father, of the importance of a new evangelization within the Church: “An evangelizing community gets involved by word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing … Read more
In a sermon seemingly designed to defend their strip-mined ecclesiology and rebuke whatever number of actual disciples who might be left in the audience of 8 thousand people, David Hughes – pastor of the Southern Baptist, Church by the Glades – calls those in his church who desire to be taught doctrine “the excrement of … Read more
