Monthly Archives: January 2017

Shut-up-and-do-as-you’re-told department

Not believing in the sovereign rights of God to manage the details of your future is arrogance. https://t.co/iN8c381Uar — Desiring God (@desiringGod) January 18, 2017 And, besides, y’all are no damn good. What business could you have making decisions about … Continue reading

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Be true to your cult, ctd

We are citizens of heaven before we are earthly patriots, and we will always feel a tension between the two. https://t.co/Hq10FyTNS4 — Ask Pastor John (@Ask_Pastor_John) January 17, 2017 Never forget this: 1st-century Christianity was a cult, and the New … Continue reading

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Death of a con man

Bishop Eddie Long, the acclaimed Pastor of Atlanta’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and a noted pederast, has died. He was 63. Ho-hum. He was just another con artist, though more successful than most, and his passing is noteworthy for … Continue reading

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Dismal theology-related quote for the day

Bruce Gerencser points toward a piece written by a pastor’s daughter that is well-written but painfully oblivious. It ends with this arresting declaration: The narrative of self-fulfillment is an enemy of the gospel. [ … ] Parents, teach your children … Continue reading

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Those ‘fake news’ charges

As the loony right makes haste to dismiss any news report it doesn’t like as ‘fake news’, am I the only person who finds himself snickering at the similarity between the alt-right’s faux indignation at fake news and certain prominent … Continue reading

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