Mark Driscoll, the Acts 29 Network, and Rick Warren

Apprising Ministries reports that the Acts 29 National Resurgence Conference is to feature James MacDonald, Criag Groeschel and Rick Warren, and suggests that it is rather odd that New Calvinists should feature pragmatic synergistic Church Growth leaders like Groeschel and Warren.

Mark Driscoll, Sex & Marriage

Apprising Ministries points you to Tim Challies’ review of Driscoll’s new book on sex. O wait; or is it about marriage? Well, Tim explains in his review and you’ll find the link here.

Acts 29’ VP, Vintage Church Pastor Tyler Jones Terminated After Long-Term Adulterous Affair.

According to Dan Silliman, “In January 2022, then-president Matt Chandler told Christianity Today that Acts 29 was making “a major shift” in its assessment process….[Chandler] had an online relationship with a woman. [Although] the relationship was not sexual…his elders deemed it unguarded, … Continue reading 

SBC’s Thom Rainer lists the 20 most influential evangelicals (Repost)

Eleven years ago, Ken Silva warned about the cult of celebrity in a piece he penned for Apprising Ministries. He revealed that the idol of evangelicalism erected by influential evangelical leaders is really not the Christianity of the New Testament. … Continue reading 

I Got Invited to a Beth Moore Bible Study, Should I Go?

“In today’s world, the better question is, “Have they publicly stood strong against the spirit of the age?” What’s the easiest way to discern this? Watch them, read their tweets, see who they associate with, and see what they champion.” … Continue reading 

New Rule: Evangelicals Who Opposed Trump Don’t Get to Counsel Him

“Meanwhile, this is a prediction: In coming weeks and months, the Evangelical Intelligentsia will lament with great sorrow and at great volume, that Donald Trump has surrounded himself with evangelicals who have sub-standard doctrine. They will, with the weeping and … Continue reading 

Political Antinomians: This Pastor Says Heaven is Full of Pro-Abortion People

“In order for McKissic or other Evangelicals for Harris to have any chance of success in convincing Christians to betray Christ in the ballot box, they have to project themselves as being equally interested in spiritual matters. Which, of course, … Continue reading