Cancelling Alistair Begg
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View ArticleWhy Crosspoint City Church?
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View ArticleStevie Flockhart, 901, and the Next Season: Part 2
This is part 2 of a multipart series on the pastoral career of Stevie Flockhart of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Part 1 can be found here. In 2016, SonCoast Church in Boca Raton, Florida was...
View Articleshepherds for sale and the worst Christians
I’m 65 pages into Megan Basham’s controversial new book Shepherd’s for Sale and I can’t help but notice all the familiar names I’m seeing from the last decade of work we’ve done at Protestia, the...
View Articleit’s a Poll, Not a Pulpit
In every election season, American Christians are pulled in many directions, struggling between pragmatism and principle. As the next presidential election approaches, some wrestle deeply with their...
View ArticleNominees: Worst Christian of 2024
Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ in the year 2023? Using a number of criteria Pulpit & Pen has identified a list of...
View ArticleJimmy Carter, First Southern Baptist President of the United States, Dead at 100
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died today at the age of 100. Carter had been living under home...
View ArticleThe Worst Christian of 2024
Who is the worst Christian of 2024? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his...
View Articleit’s Newspring, Stupid: “pastor” Meredith knox and pentecostal Ron Phillips
I don’t write a lot of blogs anymore: work, raising my kids, coaching my kids’ sports, and recording my podcast that nobody listens to take up almost my time. But people have such a bad read on the...
View ArticleDreaming of a White Lie
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View ArticleOld Testament Laws: Which Still Apply? A Simple Rule of Thumb
When people challenge biblical teaching on sin, they often ask why Christians hold to some Old Testament laws and not others. “If homosexuality is wrong because of the Old Testament, then why don’t you...
View ArticleProphecy: Biblical Truth vs. Pop Culture Fiction
Has “Prophecy” Lost Its Meaning? In today’s world, when people hear the word prophecy, they often think of mystical predictions, chosen ones, and inevitable destinies—thanks to movies like The Matrix,...
View ArticleThe Perpetual Virginity of Mary: An Attack on the Marriage Covenant
When it comes to the subject of Mary, Protestants and Roman Catholics have a oversized plate of controversies. Should we hail her? Was she sinless? How do we feel about the word “theotokos?” Where the...
View ArticleOn the Choice and Freedom of Fasting
Reformed men are known for being very particular about their ash. They are fond of it on the end of a Patriarch Maduro Toro; but spotting it on someone’s forehead will leave them smoking in a different...
View ArticleWhy We Cannot—and Must Not—Unhitch the New Testament from the Old
In recent years, influential pastor Andy Stanley sparked considerable controversy by urging Christians to “unhitch” the New Testament from the Old. His rationale is that he believes the Old Testament...
View Article“Just Asking” Accusations
I miss the days when controversies were nailed to church doors, and I wasn’t even alive back then. Such debates were public, but the filter of localization ensured that only the most critical issues...
View ArticleFrom Roe to Butler
The beginning of this week marked half a year since President-elect Trump escaped a bullet by the skin of his ear, two weeks until his inauguration, and four years since, as some liturgical calendars...
View ArticleThe Earth Worshipers: When Stewardship Becomes Idolatry
From the first pages of Scripture, it is clear that the earth matters to God. He created it, called it “very good” (Genesis 1:31), and entrusted it to mankind to “subdue” and “have dominion over”...
View ArticleRebellion Against the Creator: A Biblical Look at the Modern War on the...
From the beginning, God gave mankind a clear and glorious purpose. In Genesis 1:28, God commands: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea...
View ArticleSaccharine Lyrics: A Response to Kendall Lankford
For thirty years, Biblical churches have been singing “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us.” But that was before Facebook. According to a recent post, there’s one line in the song that has been flying...
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