The Pen
April 24, 2015
Theonomy, Christian Reconstruction, and the 1689
Junior over at The Confessing Baptist posted an article a couple...
April 24, 2015
Willy Rice's Sob Story: Ben Carson Sacrificed for the Sake of Unity
If you've been following Southern Baptist news, you know about the uproar that was cast by the SBC inviting Seventh Day Adventist, Dr. Ben Carson, to speak at the 2015 Pastor's Conference. Aside from the serious theological differences that sets Southern Baptists apart from Seventh Day Adventists, it was also widely seen as an endorsement of a political candidate. In the wake of this massive outcry, a follow-up opinion was written at SBC Voices blog by Dave Matthews, basically stating that he disagreed with decision to invite Carson, but since it's already done, for the sake of avoiding bad press, we should just shut up about it, accept it, and have lunch together.
April 23, 2015
Seventh Day Adventist to Speak at SBC2015
“Unity which is not based upon the truth of God...
April 22, 2015
Happy Evangelical Environmentalism Day!
“Earth Day has never been a celebration of the beauty...
April 21, 2015
Ronnie Floyd: One more year as pope of SBC thanks to J.D. Greear
The Baptist Press revealed yesterday that Pastor J.D. Greear of Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, NC, has nominated current pope president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ronnie Floyd, to a second term. This comes as no surprise, as Floyd is adored by the neo-evangelical leadership who have now mainstreamed the denomination. One of the problems with this neo-evangelicalism is that many of them are solid bible teachers, and are solid in their doctrinal beliefs, but outside of the pulpit is where they break down. They see no problem associating with, and promoting emergent leaders such as Rick Warren, and they tend to blindly support each other, as I reported before, without any accountability, in order to re-elect and maintain leadership positions within the SBC. This appears to be the same thing here.
April 20, 2015
Heaven Tourism: The Saga Continues
Editors Note. This article was originally written and posted at...
April 20, 2015
Don’t Forget to Register for Reformation Montana 2015
I want to extend a personal invite to everyone for...
April 20, 2015
Graf-Wellhausen Theory: Practical, Theoretical, Junk!
The Documentary Theory, also known as the Graf-Wellhausen theory, is...
April 19, 2015
Breaking an Addiction to Love: Turning Back to Hymn #1
“You don’t want a love that’s pure You wanna drown...
April 17, 2015
Here I Blog but Who Am I? – Of Mark Lamprecht and “Francis Turretin”
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another...
April 15, 2015
Live Q&A on “Embers of a Dying Fire,” Wilderness Radio this Friday
The Pulpit & Pen Program is teaming up with the...
April 15, 2015
Heaven Tourism: The Saga Continues
In the wake of Alex Malarkey's courageous confession that he lied about his trip to Heaven as a young boy in his book, The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, it appeared as the whole Heaven Tourism issue was beginning to lose ground. The massive outcry by #The15 against Lifeway bookstores, in conjunction with Alex's recantation of his story, prompted Lifeway to remove all Heaven Tourism books from the stores shelves, though they won't admit that's why they did it. The recantation of Alex's story also caused many to doubt Colton Burpo's story as well, regarding his story of visiting Heaven in his book and upcoming movie Heaven is for Real. Burpo then felt he needed to come out and make a statement--one where he unabashedly claimed that he stands by his story. Just when it seems like all of this doubt being cast upon the subject was causing people to rethink their beliefs on these fictional stories, the publicity of a new miracle tale is refueling the old fire.
