Faith & Culture
Rod on the Deeper Things That Shape UsSocial Justice Is a Threat to Human Rights and the Gospel
by Samuel Sey October 13, 2018 In 1920, a young activist organized a public meeting in a major city. Inside a hall holding hundreds of poor, underprivileged people, he delivered a speech describing how his ethnic people were oppressed and burdened, exploited and...
A Little History of the NFL
by Rod D. Martin September 20, 2018 A little (very recent) history of the NFL: * In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling for each game to pray. They also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his eye-black to avoid glare, and made him take...
Russell Moore and II Chronicles 7:14
by Rod D. Martin August 25, 2018 I was reading today in Jeremiah, and I thought of Russell Moore (and a decent number of his followers). For Fourth of July (of course), Russell tweeted that II Chronicles 7:14 does not apply to America. This point seems to be cheered...
Evangelicalism’s ‘Newfound Obsession’ With Social Justice Is Threat to Gospel, John MacArthur Says
Anthony Bradley Calls Analysis 'a Pile of Ideological Conservative Rubbish' by Leonardo Blair August 15, 2018 Pastor John MacArthur argued that evangelicalism's "newfound obsession" with social justice is a threat to the Gospel. In a Monday blog post on his...
Why Politics Matters
by Rod D. Martin August 2, 2018 An end of day note before I leave my desk for dinner. On this day in 1934, Adolf Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany. He did not achieve this by conquest or coup, by revolution or revolt. Rather, he won an election. And then he used...
Must Everything Be Racialized? Reflections on a Recent Article by John C. Richards
by Tom Ascol July 15, 2018 Yesterday on his blog, The Exchange, hosted by Christianity Today online, Ed Stetzer gave space to his colleague, John C. Richards, to write about the recent SCOTUS nominee. Richards, a “Christian person of color,” serves as the Managing...
Inerrancy Really Was the Issue
by Tom Nettles June 26, 2018 The weeks prior to the recent meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a strange phenomenon that surrounded the controversy over Paige Patterson. Everyone seemed willing to pitch in and pile on. Molly Marshall smelled blood in the...
In the Wake of Mass Shootings, Parents Reconsider Mass Schooling
by Kerry McDonald May 24, 2018 In the wake of recent tragic school shootings, anxious parents are contemplating homeschooling to protect their children. After February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Miami Herald reported that more parents were considering...
The Sorry State of Evangelical Political Theology
by Thomas Bradstreet May 2, 2018 With the election of Donald Trump, the erosion of evangelical unity around shared political goals has accelerated dramatically. Whatever center or core there once was in the evangelical movement, evangelicalism has splintered into...
Boy Scouts Change Called ‘Co-Ed Political Correctness’
by Diana Chandler May 2, 2018 IRVING, Texas (BP) -- Boy Scouts of America is striking gender from its Scouting program titles in 2019, ushering in the change with a "Scout Me In" campaign for Cub Scouts. "Starting this summer, all kids are invited to say, 'Scout Me...
Open Letter: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Strengthen “Securing America’s Future Act”
CONGRESS MUST STRENGTHEN "SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ACT" EVANGELICALS FOR BIBLICAL IMMIGRATION (EBI) with CATHOLICS FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL (C-FAR) March 21, 2018 Chairman Robert Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee 115th Congress of the United States...
NRB Fights Against Censorship
by Tom Strode March 1, 2018 NASHVILLE (BP) -- A new National Religious Broadcasters initiative represents a return to its mid-1940s roots to now protect freedom of religion and speech in a digital age, NRB President Jerry A. Johnson said in his report at Proclaim 18,...
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