Ken Silva This Video Is For You!

After critiquing my friend and fellow Campbell University classmate Tripp Fuller as well as my friend John Harrison---I thought I'd send you this video, Ken:



Perhaps it may serve you well!

Christology and Postmodern Philosophy

Catch my friend Tripp's latest podcast: Christology and Postmodern Philosophy with Jan-Olav Henriksen: Homebrewed Christianity 62.

Former Vice President Of The Southern Baptist Convention Praying For Obama's Death

This is a good illustration of the absurdity of bible literalism and why belief in biblical inerrancy is meaningless:

Wiley Drake was interviewed by Alan Colmes. In that interview, Drake admitted without hesitation to wanting Obama to die.

Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying "imprecatory prayer," Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. "The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama," he said.

Later in the interview, Colmes returned to Drake's answer to make sure he heard him right.

"Are you praying for his death?" Colmes asked.

"Yes," Drake replied.

"So you're praying for the death of the president of the United States?"

"Yes."

Source

This is exactly the type of nonsense that comes about from replacing a Christocentric reading of the bible with the false premise of biblical inerrancy.

Here is an atheist's response to this news:

Drake says that imprecatory prayer (praying for the misfortune or death of one's enemies) is found throughout scripture, particularly in the Psalms.

And he's right about that. Here are some of the verses from Psalms that Wiley especially likes.

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. ... Let destruction come upon him at unawares Psalm 35:6-8
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell. Psalm 55:15
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth ... let them be as cut in pieces. ... The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.Psalm 58:6-10
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. ... they make a noise like a dog ... Behold, they belch out with their mouth ... But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. ... The God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. Psalm 59:5-10
Consume them in wrath, consume them ... let them make a noise like a dog. Psalm 59:13-14
But God shall wound the head of his enemies ... That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. Psalm 68:21-23

Read On: Here.

Is it any wonder then that the worst thing to happen to the SBC is when they kicked the Moderates and Liberals out? After all Fundamentalist Christianity is not the same as following Christ as Fundamentalism is a Modernist invention itself. There is no distinct difference between Extremist Fundamentalist Christianity and Extremist Fundamentalist Islam either as both are born out of fear, hatred and a will to violence. However, there are some relatively decent fundamentalists---but can they really be called fundamentalists?

I agree with Chad Crawford over at Homebrewed Christianity in that this makes one embarrassed to claim a Baptist identity. Thankfully, there are Southern Baptists like Wade Burleson who denounce the violent tinged words of Pastor Drake.

See also Big Daddy Weave:

Wiley Drake is an embarassment to all Baptists, an embarrassment to all Christians and an embarassment to all Americans.

Dr. Jonas: Hübmaier Could've Been As Big As Luther And Calvin

Dr. Jonas talks Balthasar Hübmaier with Tripp: Balthasar Hübmaier, Another Flaming Heretic with Dr. Glenn Jonas: Homebrewed Christianity 46 and says that things might have been different if Hübmaier hadn't been executed by burning. Who knows maybe Anabaptist thought would have been more received in Evangelical circles today rather than the blatant love of all things Calvinism---not that there is anything wrong with Calvinism in and of itself---just Fungelicalism approximation that Calvinism equals the Gospel.

Anyways, give a listen to my friend Tripp's Podcast with Dr. J., one of my favorite people and professors while I was at Campbell.

Tripp Interviews Bill Mallonee

Check out: Bill Mallonee of the Vigilantes of Love: Homebrewed Christianity 42.

I am indebted to Tripp for introducing me to both Bill Mallonee's music and Bill Mallonee the person 6 or 7 years ago or so, when we were still at Campbell and I've been a fan ever since. I met Bill both times and showed him some of my writings the second time. Good stuff---anyways, check out my friend's Tripp's Podcast.

Thanks,

Tripp!

Bill Leonard On Politics And Faith

Hear my friend Tripp's podcast with him: here.

Also, check out David P. Gushee's new book, The Future of Faith in American Politics, Wake Forest University and Baptist History: A Matter of Conscience?,

Bill J. Leonard, dean of the divinity school and professor of church history at Wake Forest University said, "what we should have known after twenty years or more of discussing religion in the political square and at political election time: that American religion is very messy, and it doesn't fit all the categories and its very layered; there are many ways to look at it and we all read it in different ways with different glasses."[34]

And see: this.