22 June 2019

Purity Culture Revisited: A Distortion Subjected to Distortion


I was both surprised and disappointed to discover this article in the New York Times. The topic is one that should probably stay within Christian circles as the lost will undoubtedly misunderstand the issues and turn to blasphemous mockery. The paper which in the same edition published a piece on how a celebrity Sodomite couple spends their Sundays is a poor forum indeed for a professing Christian to air internal grievance.
The 'Purity' issue has vexed me in the past and continues to do so in the present. Something that was good and well intentioned was turned into a harmful distraction and now a new generation sows seeds of confusion and brings with it a potential for great harm.  
But so it is with Post-War American Evangelicalism. The movement once known as the New Evangelicalism was rooted in error from the beginning and has now spawned many 'new' Evangelicalisms... confusion and I fear apostasy. The fact that the author of the opinion piece is a managing editor of Christianity Today is a rather stunning indictment of that magazine and the Evangelical movement it represents.

13 June 2019

Pompeo, Venezuela's Religious Institutions and Evangelical Exploitation


Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got caught on tape and his comments only confirm what many of us have already known.
In addition to admitting that the CIA was attempting to overthrow Maduro during his tenure as head of the CIA, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo now admits that the CIA has sought to utilise religious institutions.
This should make every Christian shudder.
Unfortunately many Evangelicals will not understand that statement and in fact heartily embrace such collaborations.