CNN recently published quite an interesting article about contemporary Christian music. As a pastor and long-time worship director, a secular news station turning its eye toward the Christian music industry like a woke Sauron had all the trappings of a read I enjoy. It certainly didn’t disappoint. The article can be summarized as CNN’s lame attempt…
1 Timothy 5:23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. Small church ministry is a blessing in so many ways. I love the context in which the Lord has called me to serve. However, it does come with challenges. Among them is the fact…
(The following short fiction is an analogous story comparing how western religions come to the conclusions they do about Scripture) There was once a man named Francis. Francis really loved birds, especially cardinals. He decided to organize a community event to go bird-watching at the national park nearby, all in the hopes of finding a…
Cage-Stage Calvinism The last of Steven Anderson’s reasons for hating Calvinism is Calvinism’s effervescent debate culture. Apparently, Calvinists love to debate. I largely agree that this is an accurate stereotype, and I do agree that it can become toxic. Calvinists have a word that describes the phase that many go through shortly after becoming a Calvinist. They…
Calvinism Encourages Evangelism Anderson’s first problem with Calvinism is that Calvinism does not cause Calvinists to evangelize, or what he calls “soul-winning.” He admits Calvinists claim they should evangelize, but that they are all bark and no bite. He blames God’s choosing of men for salvation as the culprit for this negligence. This is ironic….
Apologetics Where You’re At While it is the endeavor of all Christian apologists to be able to sufficiently defend the faith against “every thought that raises itself against God” we also must recognize that we are finite, time-bound beings. This is why I have tried to orient my apologetics most heavily to where I am….
Steven Anderson is a pastor you likely have heard of, as he has become a bit of a religious celebrity through his wild antics and radically uncharitable behavior. Anderson, though holds to intensely unbiblical theology, is most known for being an extreme King James Onlyist, praying that Barak Obama die, and regularly screaming, while kicking and…
Avengers: Endgame broke the box office these last couple weeks, becoming one of the highest grossing films of all time. Given its massive popularity, I felt the need to write this review. However, I am going to address this movie differently than I have reviewed the other Marvel movies. I am partly doing this because…
The New York Times is no bastion of conservative, Christian journalism, and they set out to reinforce that Easter 2019. Nicholas Kristof published an opinion article interviewing Serene Jones about the resurrection of Jesus. Below I walk through the interview point-by-point, but in case you don’t have the patience for that, I decided to front…
Facts don’t care about your feelings. That is the tagline made popular by Ben Shapiro, a well-known political analyst. He is Jewish (religiously and ethnically), and is very conservative politically. Shapiro heads up The Daily Wire, an organization filled with helpful political commentary from a conservative perspective. One of his more recent hires was an already…