“By transparently and narcissistically attempting to be the hero for progressive opposition to Shepherds for Sale, Gavin Ortlund (and his laundry list of decidedly un-conservative positional baggage) broke ranks. He violated the cone of silence. He drew unwanted attention to the theological particulars the evangelical left tries so desperately to avoid discussing – the particulars that are at the heart of Basham’s book.”
(Protestia) The cone of silence order had been issued. The Evangelical Intelligentsia was busy pretending Megan Basham’s just-released book Shepherds for Sale didn’t exist. But pastor-turned-professional-Youtuber and “theologian in residence” at daddy’s church, Gavin Ortlund couldn’t help himself.
Noticing his presence in Basham’s chapter on climate change and convinced that he could ride in as fellow “theologian in residence” Russell Moore’s white knight and vanquish the evil journalistic seductress, Ortlund rushed to his office to record a video claiming that he was a victim – not of the same leftist infiltration that has similarly overtaken many evangelical pastors – but of Basham’s lies. Lies that, according to Ortlund, involved Basham labeling him a “shepherd for sale” who made agreement on climate science a marker of Christian faithfulness.
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CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18 such as Gavin Ortland.