Category: Evangelicalism

False Teachers, True Forgiveness

October 11, 2019 /

Last week, Amber Guyger, a former white police officer, was convicted by a diverse jury of murder for shooting Botham Jean, a black man, in his own apartment last year. The case initially made headlines for being a rare conviction of a police officer in an apparently unjustified shooting, but was quickly overshadowed by Botham’s brother’s, Brandt, victim impact statement.

In it her told her, “I forgive you. If you go to God and ask him, he will forgive you…I love you just like everyone else.… Read more

The Burden of the Law: Joshua Harris and God’s Free Grace

July 27, 2019 /

“This is the foundation of a freely bestowed righteousness, when we are stripped of a righteousness of our own.”

John Calvin

Last week, many Christians reacted in shock at popular pastor and author Joshua Harris’ announcement that he and his wife of over 20 years were separating, then, at his subsequent announcement a week later that he had left the Christian faith.

Harris is known for his popular book I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which led to the popularization of courtship and what has been called “purity culture” amongst evangelical Christians.… Read more

Captive by Empty Deceit: The SBC and the Sufficiency of Scripture

June 21, 2019 /

Last week, the SBC adopted a variety of resolutions at their 2019 gathering. Among these was Resolution 9, detailing the Convention’s position on critical race theory (CRT) and intersectionality. Although the Resolution appeared to affirm the sufficiency of Scripture over CRT and intersectionality, an examination of these ideas will show the danger of them and that the Resolution is in fact, a denial of the sufficiency of Scripture, despite its claims to the contrary.

Paul warned the Colossians, “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ” (Col.… Read more

Reparations and the Gospel of Jesus Christ

March 25, 2019 /

Recently, Thabiti Anyabwile, pastor at Anacostia River Church, tweeted out a thread attempting to make his case for reparations for black Americans and why Christians should be in support of them. This is a topic that has seen an increase in discussion recently amongst Christians and deserves serious consideration. As Christians, we know that everything must be examined by the standards of justice given to us by Scripture. Reparations should not be given simply because they will help the poor or make us feel like America has atoned for its past.… Read more

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