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Open Letter to T.D. Jakes

by Brandon Smith on January 25, 2012

This was originally posted at Modern March Bishop Jakes, Let me first commend you on your acceptance to join the furnace that is the Elephant Room. You have taken a lot of heat over the years from pastors and theologians of all ilks, and you have handled it rather gracefully just as you did today. [...]

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I have done this post before, but always enjoy the conversation it brings. Here would be my (current) primary, secondary, and tertiary issues: PRIMARY: Trinity Hypostatic Union Christ’s Resurrection Christ’s Second-Coming Authority and Inerrancy of Scripture The Virgin Birth Subsitutionary Atonement Justification by Faith Alone SECONDARY Calvinism/Arminianism Cessationsim/Continuationism/Charismaticism Believer’s/Infant Baptism Women in Ministry Denomination (usually [...]

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Denny Burk posted an interesting piece on his website about Wayne Grudem’s endorsement of Mitt Romney in 2007. He quotes Grudem: Have we come to the point where evangelicals will only vote for people they consider Christians? I hope not, for nothing in the Bible says that people have to be born again Christians before [...]

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Since the controversy in Texas regarding the Baptist Faith & Message (2000), the Baptist General Convention of Texas has been vilified as the liberals of the state, especially considering the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention formed to affirm the BFM and its support of inerrancy and the roles of women. My question is, is the BGCT as “bad” as advertised by [...]

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“Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated.” – John Owen It seems as though our culture has mastered the art of stepping as closely to the edge of the cliff as possible without falling into the canyon. Inevitably, culture can [...]

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Rick Warren on Rob Bell

by Brandon Smith on September 23, 2011

Rick Warren tweeted this in response to Rob Bell leaving his church: Speaking tours feed the ego=All applause&no responsibility.It’s an unreal world. A church gives accountability& validity Someone then asked him, “Do u think well-known pastors who leave their churches have more or less impact?” His response: Always less.No base 4credibility I think there is some [...]

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I read this article by a former SBC pastor and was greatly disturbed by his exegesis and thought process. I like his spirit of grace and humility toward the LGBT community, but this is just insulting to Scripture: [T]he concept of homosexuality was unknown for centuries after the Bible writers lived. It was not until [...]

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On Calvinism

by Brandon Smith on September 16, 2011

Thank you, Peter Lumpkins. I know, I know… Not a sentence that you will see often. But, in light of a typical shock jock post that he wrote about myself and Voices, I have to give him his due… He reminded me of what a dumb Calvinist I can be at times. Dave Miller wrote a great post on [...]

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