The Path that Brought One Congregation to Announce It was Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention There is a movement within the church gaining influence in recent decades. This movement has increased power in recent years, and has finally come to a pivot point for the life of Christ’s church within the past dozen or two…… read more »
Category Archives: Faith Debate
Faith Debate: October 25th, 2020
The Path That Brought One Man to Becoming a Southern Baptist Minister Pastor James L. Pittman, Jr. is the lead under shepherd for the congregation of New Hope Community Church in Platine, Illinois. That’s actually Troy’s old stomping grounds, as he grew up in a bunch of towns all around that area of suburban Chicago. …… read more »
Faith Debate: October 18th, 2020
There’s a Whole New Vocabulary “Critical Race Theory”, “White Privilege”, “Systemic Racism”, “Social Justice Warrior”, “Cultural Marxism”, “Intersectionality”, and a whole bunch of new terms have been added to the American pop-culture lexicon this year with the rapid ascendency of the “Black Lives Matter” slogan, organization, and movement. What do these new terms mean, and…… read more »
Faith Debate: October 11th, 2020
White Privilege Perhaps you’ve heard about, or even been subjected to, “training” (at work or in school) that tells everyone that “all White people contribute to what many call ‘racism’” and that all Caucasians must lament their “white privilege”. And even further, all institutions of the Western World are systemically prejudiced… something called “systemic racism”. …… read more »
Faith Debate: October 4th, 2020
The Trump administration has taken a stand against “critical theory”. The Executive Branch says it will cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to promote: anti-American training specifically dealing with any form of “critical race theory” or “white privilege”, or that says the United States is an inherently evil country, or that any race is…… read more »
Faith Debate: September 27th, 2020
Theological controversy brings out the best and the worst in the Church. If handled correctly, controversy sharpens the understanding of the message of Scripture and its application to the contemporary world, so the church can emerge from a period of theological discussion and debate with a much greater clarity on the issue at hand.…… read more »
Faith Debate: September 20th, 2020
Critical Theory Inside the Church This marks the fourth installment of a four-episode arc of shows featuring the same three men on the panel. Each episode has opened with commentary on a political video produced by Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales. Please don’t misunderstand, the show likes Veggie Tales, and likes Pill Vischer.…… read more »
Faith Debate: September 13th, 2020
Awakening to the Dangers of the Woke Movement The past two shows opened with comments about a political video produced by Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales. We started there because when discussing big worldview ideologies that use big fancy philosophical terms it can seem so irrelevant to everyday life, so “out there somewhere”. …… read more »
Faith Debate: September 6th, 2020
Critical Race Theory and the Church One can only wonder why such an army of professing Christians have offered up teachings (represented pretty well by Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, in a viral video) as something delicious for other Christians to gobble up. Consider, for example, that the video does not quote Scripture…… read more »
Faith Debate: August 30th, 2020
Beginning to Understand the “Woke” Church If you like to talk to tomatoes, if a squash can make you smile, if you like to waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle, then you’ve probably seen the 17-minute video posted in mid-June by the creator of Veggie Tales. Phil Vischer’s masterfully crafted presentation of…… read more »