What Mozilla Means
The defenestration of Eich by people at Mozilla for dissenting from the new orthodoxy on marriage is just the beginning.
You can bet its not just Mozilla. Now that the bullies have Eich’s head as a trophy on their wall, they will put the heat on every other corporation and major employer. They will pressure them to refuse employment to those who decline to conform their views to the new orthodoxy. And you can also... Continue Reading
Evangelicals Seeing the Fault Lines
This uneasy union of evangelicals has been destined to fall because it is a boundary-less coalition without creed or confession or standards of any kind.
Groups who are not content to let evangelicals remain on the sidelines are forcing them to take sides on all of these issues. Some are capitulating or assimilating, following a hybrid, Borg-like ethic that (in their minds) looks like the old evangelicalism (because it embraces “love”!) but functions like moral libertinism (because it doesn’t know... Continue Reading
Living — And Then Dying — By The Economic Sword
Recent events at World Vision and Mozilla appear to have gripped the American conservative Christian imagination.
Yes, we should lament the moral malaise of society; we should use our freedoms to try to reverse that; but we should also acknowledge that the methods we use to gain influence ourselves are also open to our enemies. And thus we should think twice about crying foul on that particular point when the results... Continue Reading
How to Handle Your Sin
There are the two radically different schools of thought when it comes to dealing with our imperfections.
Do you want true, lasting comfort for your body and your soul? Do you need what you can’t supply? Are too lost to find yourself? Do you want to cope or do you want to be saved? If you have sin (and we all do), and if you are ready to name it for what... Continue Reading
4 Lessons in World Vision’s Flawed Vision
World Vision’s flip-flop on same-sex marriage illustrates a profound danger inherent in mercy ministries that are not built upon a theological foundation
What you think about the kingdom of God matters. It you think that the point of giving/evangelism/church is to advance God’s kingdom by supporting “justice,” then you likely will end up having your money going toward some kingdom-building justice project that is neither advancing the kingdom or the gospel. I don’t mean to sound harsh... Continue Reading
Hey Gay Rights Fascists: In Spite of Your Mozilla Victory, You Will Still Lose
Intimidation, coercion and bullying will not win arguments or silence other points of view
Haven’t you learned anything from history? ‘Advancements’ earned through tyranny never endure. You can only win a debate by suffocating your opposition for so long. Your strategy is doomed for failure, because it has always failed. In the name of ‘fighting for the freedom to love,’ you’ve utilized hate. For the sake of ‘tolerance,’ you’ve... Continue Reading
Gay Rights Groups Force Mozilla CEO to Resign
Brendan Eich stepped down from his post as Mozilla's CEO after gay rights groups lambasted the company for promoting a leader who supports traditional marriage
The company, which created the popular web browser Firefox, promoted Brendan Eich from chief technology officer to its top leadership position on March 24. He’s certainly qualified for the job. Eich co-founded Mozilla and invented JavaScript, one of the web’s most ubiquitous programming languages. But Eich also supports traditional marriage, and that, his detractors say,... Continue Reading
A Response to: “The Israelites Were Not Exclusive Psalmists (Nor Are We)”
Gordon’s position fails to properly relate the historical development of worship, and more specifically of Psalmody, within Israel and on into the New Testament church
We therefore conclude that, although songs other than the canonical Psalms may have been and were sung in Israel, there were no such songs or Psalms sung in the ancient synagogue, and Psalms were sung exclusively in the stated worship of the Temple.[1] One should take care in stating emphatically, “The Israelites were not exclusive... Continue Reading
Some Obvious Yet Drastic Implications of the Current Campaign to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
This is being done with the complicity and coercion of the federal court system of the United States government
There is one, but only one. It is not a political movement although it would affect politics. The answer is simply, but profoundly found only in a Gospel awakening – a Gospel awakening which produces not only the life changing and culture enhancing blessings of redeeming and transforming grace through the saving work of Jesus... Continue Reading
NYC Churches Homeless Again
Circuit court kicks NYC churches out of public schools for the second time
The Bronx Household of Faith sued, saying the policy unfairly targeted religious exercise. A district court granted a preliminary injunction against the policy, but the 2nd Circuit reversed the injunction, kicking churches out of schools. Then the Bronx church filed suit again on different constitutional grounds. The district court granted churches a full injunction, allowing... Continue Reading