Straw men cannot save us

A great article in the local paper:
A straw man argument is one that misrepresents an opponent’s position, building instead a “straw man” that is easily attacked and overcome. It sometimes works to convince the uninformed, but a straw man is a pitiful weapon in the hands of those who should know better.
That’s why I was [...]

A Bookmark of Apologetic Resources

Here is a great page to bookmark for a list of Christian apologetic resources. Enjoy!
Truthbomb Apologetics: An Apologetics Arsenal

Mark Driscoll – My Pennyworth; also

I saw this article posted by Lane Chaplin, who said,
“This is a very cordial post offering some concerns about someone who is considered to be in leadership by many. It’s written in a good spirit, yet it still effectively conveys what I believe to be important concerns.”
I agreed with Lane’s comments and thought I’d share [...]

Does Criticism Equate To Truth?

This is Part 4 of a 4 Part series. Here is Part 3: 
For years, the Watchtower cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses have used the argument that because their theology is criticized, it therefore means they are “in the truth.” This is a common logical fallacy often committed when someone would rather have their errors endorsed regardless of truth, rather than test [...]

Ad Hominem (Personal Attack) Over Biblical Defense

This is Part 3 of a 4 Part series. Here is Part 2: 
A short trip around the blogosphere will demonstrate that the guys doing these things are not showing up in the marketplace of ideas with an intellectual argument for using these tactics. They aren’t showing up with a Biblical apologetic for using cultural shock value [...]

Pushing The Line Too Far?

This is Part 2 of a 4 Part series. Here is Part 1:
You see, when Biblical fidelity is set aside and cultural shock is the preferred method of gathering a crowd, one must continue to push the line of shock value higher and higher to keep the gathered crowd. That’s why “Hating Christians,” becomes “Pimpin’ [...]

Silly Wabbit, Tricks Are For Kids! Did Gary Lamb Fix His Biggest Regret?

Slice of Laodicea posted the following video with the statement, “No commentary necessary,” which pretty much sums up, yet another attempt of juvenile pastors attempting to draw crowds with cultural relevance:

However, it was brought to my attention that Ridge Stone Church, the church doing this video, is actually Gary Lamb’s church, [...]

Highlights From Jude, the brother of Jesus Christ:

Dear friends,
Although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, [...]

Filthy Pastor Talk

Phil Johnson Addresses Filthy Pastor Talk at Shepherd’s Conference
Here is a link to the summary of Phil Johnson’s presentation this morning at the Shepherd’s conference going on right now. Thank you, Phil Johnson, for shedding biblical light on the current trend of coarse and vulgar speech by pastors desperately seeking relevance. I praise God for [...]

Memorizing….. hymns?

Here is a neat idea I’ve not thought of before. This is from Covenant Life Church, as they share how they are learning to “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God” (Colossians 3:16).
Here are [...]

You Want These Guys Discipling Your Young Men?

Here is the video.

HT: Really no other comments are necessary, but SliceOfLaodicea has come good ones here, and Reformata has some others here.

‘Sex For Sale’ considered Pimpin’ Jesus?

Well, here we go again! Does this look familiar?

Tim Stevens at Granger Church has sent out 80,000 flyers to his community advertising another “bait-and-switch” gimmick called “Sex For Sale” to trick people into hearing about Jesus.

On his blog he explains:
Sex is complicated. Relationships are tricky. And being sexy? It seems to come easy to some [...]