HT: The Dissenter Florida pastor @WillyRice says the ERLC has lost the confidence of Southern Baptists. “We need to have some radical changes. The house is on fire. Instead, we’re treated to what is pretty pedestrian PR campaign. So I really do think we have to act.” pic.twitter.com/21anbLxkMv — Center […]
Tag: religious left
Friend or Foe? No Counter To Religious Left In Greensboro
The News and Record was delighted to highlight the fact that College Park Baptist Church– a very liberal church here in Greensboro– staged a town hall. Thom Tillis was invited, but did not show. They placed an empty chair at the church for dramatic effect. Two points rapidly come to […]
US DOJ Drops Investigation Against SBC
The Christian Post has the story. https://t.co/2LjHFES7c5 pic.twitter.com/86BtsevPuF — Tyler (@tyler_austin55) March 14, 2025
SBC Research Fellow Supports Drag Queen Story Hours In Libraries
The Dissenter reports about a Research Fellow at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. The bottom line is that the gentleman expressed support for library drag queen story hours. This type of awfulness will persist within the Convention as long as individual churches refuse to do anything […]
Southern Baptist Convention Allowing Churches With Female Pastors
The details are shared by the Dissenter. Nate Schlomann explains that the Convention rejected the Law Amendment at its national meeting last year. Allowing churches with female pastors is the inevitable consequence of that decision. This is what happens when you have borderline progressive SBC presidents elected over a period […]
When Churches Want Government Money (Or When They Demand It)
There was a fairly striking article within the last couple of days. The Catholic bishops in the United States are suing the Trump Administration because of cuts to funding for services delivered to “refugees”. A few points come to mind. First, with Biden’s massive effort to throw open the borders […]
“The Sin of Empathy”
Pastor Joe Rigney– a theologian at a Christian college– has a new book provocatively called “The Sin of Empathy”. It demonstrates how the attribute of empathy, when misused, can wreak havoc in the church and in politics. Albert Mohler, who leads the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, had a discussion with […]
“Stockholm Syndrome Christianity”
This is when pastors, churches, and/or other Christian institutions of various types begin to identify more with those who oppose Christianity after having been battered by them:
JD Greear On Muslims And Christian “Self-Interest”
HT: Megan Basham According to J.D. Greear, we need to be supporting Muslims’ rights; and when we assert Christianity in the public square, it is “self-interest” rather than being salt and light to serve the common good, Very disappointing from at least a couple of perspectives. But the mere premise […]
New Washington, DC Cardinal To Buck Trump On Deportations
Pope Francis appointed ultraliberal California Cardinal Robert McElroy to become archbishop of Washington, DC this week. This is a clear move to oppose President Trump on the matter of deporting illegal immigrants. McElroy is also an LGBTQ advocate. Of course, Francis and McElroy cannot devise a biblical basis for these […]