It is always easy to say that all groups have their fringe and we should not pin the blame for the lone wolf on a whole movement. When, however, the movement lives with its lit match right by the fuse, eventually the game of “optics” will blow up in its face.
Read MoreI have already voiced my displeasure with the “Statement on Social Justice” by MacArthur, et al. A very important aspect, however, remains to be addressed. In light of the breadth of the topic of “social justice,” the level of outrage flowing from the Statement, and its stark condemnations, it is startling to notice the scope of the what the document does not say.
Read MoreThis question has been asked by a handful of critics, one of whom mined a quotation from a 2010 article I wrote and behaved as if they had exposed something big: either McDurmon is confused, a hypocrite, has sold out big time, or all three.
Read MoreToday, we have another monument that may help us answer that question. Founders Ministries has combined with others, including MacArthur, to address the evils of so-called “social justice.” The resulting document and campaign has led to requests for comment from me.
While there is much in it that is agreeable, the document has flaws that will produce serious consequences. I will not sign the document for several reasons, among them:
Read MoreWhen I say “social justice” in a positive light, I mean biblical justice according to God’s law. I am referring to doing what is right, biblically, in both the social realm and individual realm. Justice is biblical justice, and biblical justice is inescapably social—between people and God, and between people and people.
Read MoreIn this third presentation at the 2016 Providential History Festival, I expand upon the previous two discussions to discuss how many in America attempted to maintain a racist hegemony through a series of laws designed to enforce segregation and disenfranchisement. These “Jim Crow” laws are rarely given a biblical analysis, and we rarely discuss the input from the clergy in support of them. But out of these moves and the reactions against them has grown a powerful police state, Left and Right, slowly eroding the biblical protections built into our Fourth and Fifth Amendments. Today Christians face increasing tyranny through a variety of administrative laws and courts, including Child Protective Services, as well as the erosion of religious liberty, due largely to our own failures to protect the vital foundations of these throughout church history.
Read MoreGod Almighty owns everything. This is the biblical view: “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it” (Ps. 24:1); God says, “Every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is Mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is Mine, and all it contains (Psa. 50:9-12).
Read MoreSocial Justice and “Social Justice”. A fun little debate has sparked between media personality Glenn Beck and Christian socialist Jim Wallis. I am not a frequent follower of Beck, though I think he has inflicted some damage to the forces of leftism. I do think he is much closer to the truth on this issue than his more propaganda-driven commie opponent. Let’s look at the issue.
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