Yesterday evening Democrats in the U.S. Senate pushed through a budget bill to the disappointment of some Republicans. The bill according to The Daily Caller included a loophole that would allow illegal immigrants to acquire welfare benefits. The bill also imposes cuts on retired military members’ pensions. Sen. Jeff Session(Alabama Republican) along with other Republicans … Read more
Unless you’ve been sitting under the digital equivalent of a rock for the last couple of weeks, then you’ve most likely heard the news that popular megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll, of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA, has been accused of allegedly plagiarizing the work of several other authors in his most recent book … Read more
I have a theory on why pastors use the “Message Bible” when preaching and teaching. My contention is that this particular bible words things in a way that the pastor finds compelling and gripping and in which he thinks the congregation will get a kick out of. The congregants go along with that because it … Read more
I have a theory on why pastors use the “Message Bible” when preaching and teaching. My contention is that this particular bible words things in a way that the pastor finds compelling and gripping and in which he thinks the congregation will get a kick out of. The congregants go along with that because it … Read more
No. Christianity does not need Chris Rosebrough. God is self-sufficient, Gospel is complete, and Jesus needs nothing and no one. So, please forgive the question. Perhaps a better question would be, “Is there a need in the Christian church for Chris Rosebrough and the work of discernment ministries?” Chris is best known for his program, … Read more
Jared Moore, 2nd VP of the SBC is not happy that I included his Harry Potter Bible study in my previous post, “Finding Theology in the Hunger Games and Harry Potter” [click here for the article]. Moore’s Harry Potter Bible study [click here to see it], according to him, illustrates doctrines of the “trinity, image … Read more
Christianity Today ran an article this week (November 13, to be exact) explaining the “theology” of the popular novel and movie by the same name, ‘The Hunger Games.’ The article’s author, Laura Snider, draws parallels between the premise of The Hunger Games (which Snider admits “is enough to turn your stomach”) and biblical tenets such … Read more
Peter Lumpkins’ blog, SBC Tomorrow, recently posted an excerpt from my message at the 2013 Reformation Montana Conference. Entitled “Modern Day Downgrade,” I drew the parallels between the doctrinal ‘downgrade’ in Spurgeon’s day to what we are seeing now in American evangelicalism. The excerpt, which was cut and pasted and then re-posted onto Lumpkin’s own … Read more
If you haven’t heard about the pastor and members of the Lighthouse AnaBaptist Church in Springfield, Missouri, you can see a video of the arrest here [click this link]. Before I begin, let me give a few disclaimers. Yes, I know that “AnaBaptists” are not Reformed like I am. Yes, I argued briefly with Pastor … Read more
If you haven’t heard about the pastor and members of the Lighthouse AnaBaptist Church in Springfield, Missouri, you can see a video of the arrest here [click this link]. Before I begin, let me give a few disclaimers. Yes, I know that “AnaBaptists” are not Reformed like I am. Yes, I argued briefly with Pastor … Read more
Jared Moore (who I have no reason to believe is anything but a great guy), Second VP of the Southern Baptist Convention, posted an article today entitled, “Before Criticizing SBC Leaders and SBC Entities, Here are Some Good Questions to Ask.” When one Southern Baptist pastor asked him via Twitter if it was in response … Read more
Purchase my book, “A Baptist Catechism” on Amazon, recently released to the general public. Fellowship Church of Sidney has been using Spurgeon’s version of the Baptist Catechism (slightly revised) since 2010 for its corporate teaching and distribution for family devotion. Included is that catechism, along with the London Baptist Confession of Faith, the Baptist Church … Read more
Purchase my book, “A Baptist Catechism” on Amazon, recently released to the general public. Fellowship Church of Sidney has been using Spurgeon’s version of the Baptist Catechism (slightly revised) since 2010 for its corporate teaching and distribution for family devotion. Included is that catechism, along with the London Baptist Confession of Faith, the Baptist Church … Read more
Tim Rogers, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Indian Trail, North Carolina has posted an article (re-posted at Synergism Today), claiming that Baptists outside of Alabama shouldn’t be commenting on the recent scandal concerning Bob Terry’s article in the Alabama Baptist. Yes, you read that right. North Carolina pastor, Tim Rogers, said you’ve no right … Read more
“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees.” – Apostle Paul, Acts 23:6 I was raised in a Southern Baptist home. My grandfather was a Southern Baptist deacon and my father a Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher. I was baptized in a Southern Baptist Church (although not regenerate, had said the Sinner’s Prayer) and … Read more
