Feb
17
2013

Crickets. Five Sins IFB Preachers Rarely Preach About

This week, I’m going to be posting every day about sins the Bible talk about, but that you rarely hear any Independent Baptists mention. You can find all kinds of Independent Baptist sermons on immodesty, on alcohol, on failure to go soul winning, on worldliness, on abortion and homosexuality (and I’ve preached on all of [...]

Feb
9
2013

Stricter Than God

Last Sunday I preached from Matthew 12, where Jesus and the Pharisees butted heads over their interpretation of the sabbath.  The Pharisees took a much stricter view of it than Jesus did.  Which got me thinking, is it possible to be stricter than God? Many Independent Baptists spend a lot of time arguing and defending [...]

Jan
28
2013

Making Sense in the Noise Machine. (My rules for sharing in blogs and social media)

I’m attempting to write more this year. I’ll be blogging a couple times a week and posting to social media every day. My reasoning for doing this is I am working on a book, and all of the advice I’ve gotten (Platform by Micheal Hyatt, APE by Guy Kawasaki) says that in today’s market, you [...]

Jan
28
2013

Being An Independent Fundamental Baptist

I am an Independent Fundamental Baptist.  Not because of necessity  not because my parents are, not because I went to an IFB school or most of my friends are Independent Fundamental Baptists, but because I want to be and because I believe that the original ideals of Independent Fundamental Baptists are closest to what scripture says [...]

Nov
27
2012

The “Fundamental Flaws” in Fundamental Flaws

Or How Not To Write A Book Critiquing Fundamentalism Last night, I bought and read the book (Epamphlet? Extended rant? Book might be too generous) Fundamental Flaws by Darrell Dow, the blogger/curator behind the unfortunately popular blog stufffundieslike.com. If you’ve never read stufffundieslike, and you couldn’t figure out by the title, it is a website [...]

Oct
15
2012

How Independent Baptists Are Turning Into Roman Catholics.

Independent Baptists are turning into Roman Catholics.  It may be true that for the moment our churches are void of candles, rosaries, confession boxes and nuns, but we are currently making the same two mistakes that led the Catholic church into those errors and which have led most of the Protestant denominations into their current [...]