Campolo: Opposition to women preachers evidence of demonic influence – (BP) “The intemperance and unkindness of his tone pale in comparison to the gravity of his characterization as “evil” and “sinful” those who take what they believe to be a biblical position on the issue of female pastors. I presume that to his mind, the majority of Christians of all Continue Reading

from the aformentioned Ethics Daily.com Welcome to Ethics Daily.com! The New York Times ran a front-page photo of Vice President Dick Cheney standing behind a lectern that had multicolored panels forming an image that some are convinced is a Christian cross. To Cheney’s right is a smaller lectern, in which contrasting colored patterns more clearly intersect in a cross-like pattern. Continue Reading

In my looking at peace related Church resources, I came across this article at Ethics Daily, about a pair of blood brothers, one in the Southern Baptist Convnetion and one on the CBF. Interesting, but given my aim today, a nd looking for the alarmingly few Church related Peace web resources, I find it difficult to be so positive about Continue Reading

focusing on the two twin demonic evils of the Left in the viewpoint of the religious right: Abortion and Homesexuality. Totally missing are concerns (of which they- the Religous Right— have NONE) about ALL OTHER issues of some social impact and significance, like poverty, environment, war, and democracy itself, which is being sold out from under all of us, and Continue Reading

Al wonders why they’ve been so ineffective at “winning/reaching” the homesexual: Why is it that we have been so ineffective in reaching persons trapped in this particular pattern of sin? The Gospel is for sinners–and for homosexual sinners just as much as for heterosexual sinners. As Paul explained to the Corinthian church, “Such were some of you; but you were Continue Reading

Mohler drones on about Issues of Doctrine and Homosexuality as a Danger to “Marriage in America”. In the process, he slips further and further into irrelevance, in this day when the number one pressing issues on the minds of many Christians have to do with the war on Iraq and the economy. Mohler solidifies the notion in many “liberals” minds Continue Reading

Religious liberals conveniently force all evangelicals into their concept of fundamentalism, and then warn the nation of a horde of unwashed conservatives seeking to force an extreme vision on the nation. The scare tactics aren’t working. Unless you count how Mohler himself is wholly compliant in carrying out the campaign of absolute theological bigotry that led to the ouster of Continue Reading

Mohler reacts in typical fashion to the concerns voiced in the media about the religious right. In, “Why the Religious Right is Wrong,” Fitzgerald aims a broadside attack on the political involvement of conservative Christians. Fitzgerald, we might note, does not mince words. He identifies all evangelicals as fundamentalists, and charges that “belief in the inerrancy of Scripture saps God Continue Reading

I read Mohler’s weblog fairly regularly, although I have done very little specific reading there lately. This one caught my eye “Why Doctrine Matters”, and after reading it, and Mohler’s version of what doctrine is, I am further convinced that the decline in the “doctrinal knowledge” that he becries is because of the utter lack of relevance of just that Continue Reading

Mohler outlines his “essentials” of the faith; what he calls “first order truths” in his article on Friday. Among them, of course, is the Biblical infallibility deal: The truthfulness and authority of the Holy Scriptures must also rank as a first-order doctrine, for without an affirmation of the Bible as the very Word of God, we are left without any Continue Reading

One of the biggest problems Southern Baptists have is thinking like Mohler’s. This “President” of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now focusing on “Women in the military” as a major factor in the ongoing scandalous revelations coming out of Ameirca’s Iraqi POW centers. Mohler lays it out on the line here: Christian moral teaching holds that military service is for Continue Reading

Al Mohler, of all people, is complaining about academic diversity and freedom. he , who is the SBC planted “conservative replacement” for the previous Southern Baptist Theological Seminary presidents, Duke McCall and Roy Honeycutt. Basically, all the professors that I had when I was there are gone. If they’re not retired, they’re teaching somewhere else. Mohler has the blindness and Continue Reading

As if he has any clue (which he does not), Richard Land says on the Frontline special last night that “the left doesn’t think God has a side on these issues”….and I said aloud to the TV screen: “Yeah they do, it’s just that they think you’re on the wrong side”…..which is true for just about every social policy issue Continue Reading

Continuing with the theme of the previous post where Al Mohler is complaining, or attempting to poke fun at whathe perceives as “hypoctrisy” at Duke in their representation of “Conservatives” on their faculty: Robert Brandon, chair of the philosophy department, observes: “Conservatives are about indoctrination, not education”. That’s sort of my take on it as well, although there are conservatives Continue Reading