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SBC, GCB & the De Facto Name Change Charade
As Yogi Berra would say, “This is like deja vu all over again.” Or, as Ronald Reagan quipped to the second-worst President of the modern-era, Jimmy Carter, “There you go again.” At least that’s what came to mind as I began reading the 2012 Pre-Convention Special Issue of SBC Life that I received in the mail on Tuesday of this week. Published by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, this “communication piece” is distributed five times a year “to pastors, ministers of education, ministers of music, full-time denominational workers, chaplains, missionaries, and vocational evangelists of the Southern Baptist Convention.” This slick publication usually has several articles that I find particularly beneficial. I would say that it is a good use of Cooperative Program funds to publish this magazine, but … Read entire article »
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Andy Stanley’s Soft Landing on Homosexuality?
Say it isn’t so, Joe (or, in this case, Andy)! Did my ears hear what I think they heard? Surely not. Was my mind playing tricks on me? It’s happened before, so … Read more »
Southern Baptists & the Homosexual Culture
With the New York State Senate on the verge of taking up an historic bill which would legalize same-sex marriage, the cultural battle over this hot-button issue is not going away anytime soon. … Read more »
Gay Marriage: A Gospel Response
Gay marriage. Regardless of which side of the great divide you find yourself on, when it comes to this white hot cultural issue, one thing is certain – same-sex marriage will be … Read more »
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Blogging From Phoenix: ONLY If the Lord Wills!
This will be my last post before I head to Phoenix on Sunday for the start of the SBC Aspire Pastor's Conference and the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. I'll be … Read more »
Female Pastors & Graceless Responses in Mayberry
After spending Thursday night in the cool-weather environs of Ruidoso, NM, nestled in the Sacramento Mountains, the heat of Alamogordo has perhaps got me in a contrary mood. With limited time on … Read more »
B-ball & Blogging: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Let the madness begin! Well, it already has begun. March Madness, otherwise known as the NCAA Basketball Tournament, started earlier today. With some spare time on my hands this morning, much like … Read more »
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Will the Black Church Rebuke Obama Over Gay Marriage?
That didn’t take long. After Vice President Biden on Sunday opened the floodgates, it was only a matter of time before President Obama publicly expressed what most political observers already knew: that he supports so-called same-sex marriage. Biden, in answering a question posed by Meet the Press’ David Gregory, proudly declared: “The president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction — beyond that.” If the Vice President, a practicing Roman Catholic, doesn’t “see much of a distinction” between traditional … Read entire article »
Andy Stanley’s Perplexing Silence Far From Golden
Silence is golden.” Perhaps Andy Stanley’s defenders (and there are many) would do well to remember the above maxim. It seems that the longer Stanley remains silent in the face of questions regarding his use of a confusing sermon illustration during his April 15, 2012 message, “When Gracie Met Truthy,” (click here and then hit Part 5 of the ”Christian” Series) the more his defenders speak out on his behalf. However, instead of putting this story to bed, the convoluted defenses only raise more questions about how Andy Stanley and North Point approach the issue of homosexuality. In response to my original post, “Andy Stanley’s Soft Landing On Homosexuality,” and in response to subsequent posts by Dr. Albert Mohler (here), President … Read entire article »
Andy Stanley, Homosexuality & the Horns of a Dilemma
A dilemma is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable. One in this position has been traditionally described as “being on the horns of a dilemma“, neither horn being comfortable. This is sometimes more colorfully described as “Finding oneself impaled upon the horns of a dilemma”, referring to the sharp points of a bull’s horns, equally uncomfortable (and dangerous). (Dilemma – Wikipedia) Not a good position to find oneself in, but that is exactly where Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Andy Stanley finds himself in today. After first seeing the story reported last Wednesday on SBC Tomorrow, I wrote a post on April 26 titled, “Andy Stanley’s Soft Landing on Homosexuality?” which critiqued one … Read entire article »
Roseanne Barr & NBC’s Descent Into Madness!
What lunatics are running the asylum formerly known as the Entertainment Division of NBC? Have Oprah’s folks — the one’s responsible for trying to foist Rosie O’Donnell on the few people who watched OWN – somehow infiltrated the Peacock Network in an effort to set back this broadcasting giant even further than Keith Olbermann did? Have the usually talented folks at CBS sent over the mole that was the brainchild behind hiring Janeane Garofalo for the ill-fated Criminal Minds spin-off? It would appear that way. How else to explain NBC’s decision to order pilots for sitcoms starring Roseanne Barr and Sarah Silverman? The Network, which once prided itself on stellar shows like Family Ties and The Cosby Show in the 1980s and Seinfeld and Friends in the 1990s, … Read entire article »