Social Justice Archives

Pope Francis, Bishop Strickland and the Limits of Tolerance

by Mark Marshall | Nov 14, 2023 | Academia, Anglicans, Apostasy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Roman Catholics, Social Justice, Theological Liberalism, Totalitarians, Vichycon, Woke Church

When the news came out at the beginning of this past weekend that Pope Francis had arbitrarily removed Joseph Strickland as the Bishop of Tyler, Texas, I was furious. That Pope promotes all sorts of apostates, the apostasy adjacent and other evildoers and stacks the...

Enough For What?

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 5, 2023 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Social Justice, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church

Photo by Samuel McGarrigle on Unsplash I must confess, I wasn’t not particularly enthralled by the lections appointed for today. Some long excoriating passage from Micah, Paul telling the Thessalonians what to do, the Usual Psalm, and then Jesus explaining to...

“There is No ‘On the Other Hand’”

by Mark Marshall | Oct 11, 2023 | Apostasy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, History, Justice, Social Justice, Theological Liberalism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vichycon, Woke Church

It is a good thing I do my dinnertime reading while sitting down. For yesterday evening I found myself agreeing with that old Clinton Democrat Lanny Davis. He wrote an excellent big picture article debunking moral equivalence arguments that equate Israel and Hamas or,...

Wokeness is (Even More) Not Winsome

by Mark Marshall | Jul 6, 2023 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Growth, False Teachers and Their Enablers, LGBTQIetc, Social Justice, Theological Liberalism, Totalitarians, Vichycon, Woke Church

Two summers ago, I wrote here “Wokeness is Not Winsome.” I asserted that the notion that church focus on woke “justice” attracts people is a half-truth at best. Though wokeness attracts some, it drives off and repels core faithful Christians along with any number of...

The Anti-Anti-Woke

by Mark Marshall | Jun 29, 2023 | Anglicans, False Teachers and Their Enablers, LGBTQIetc, Sexuality, Social Justice, Totalitarians, Vichycon, Woke Church

Back during the Cold War, the phenomenon of the Anti-Anti-Communists arose. They did not call themselves that, not that I remember. And they would have been outraged if you suggested they were allies or agents of the Soviet Union. Suggesting they actually were...

#154: Rick Rolling: Pastor Warren, the SBC, and More on Women in Ministry

by Matt Kennedy | Jun 9, 2023 | Anglicans, Baptists, Podcast, Social Justice, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about Rick Warren’s continued fight against the current state of the SBC. They consider his arguments, chew over their implications, and look at some parallels to the ACNA. Need more Stand...