In which Phil Vischer defines "the MeToo movement" as a "conservative theological priority" (0:59-0:52 + 1:33-1:50)
Been a while since I've touched Holy Post content. I can only dip in + out every so often or else the smugness overcomes me.
This was a delightfully salty episode where Skye + Phil grouse about wolves losing and shepherds winning in 2021. 😘
"[The Reformers] tended to define the gospel in juxtaposition to the Roman Catholic ideas, not necessarily on an objective reading of the NT...We are always redefining it based on what heresy at the moment we're fighting against."
(Cont'd) Phil, sarcastically delivering a RW self-own: "The gospel is color-blind. So if you are having a conversation about race where you want to divide people up by the color of their skin and say some people have different needs or need more attention, that's anti-gospel."
(Amateur Bible reading tip: 1 Corinthians 12 is not a race essentialism passage)
The Salvation Army got in trouble because it was pursuing "racial justice"
"You get attacked so brutally...'Did you bring up a Kendi book in your church? Are you kidding me?' And there was a whole closet industry of Voddie Bauchams + Neil Shenvis...Anything associated with CRT is now an enemy of the gospel, so Salvation Army has to back down."
(At least they're not just blaming Fox News anymore)
"It used to feel like if you were...egalitarian, you had the burden of proof...This year, because of these books [Barr/DuMez]...if you are going to advocate for a complementarian view...You now have the burden of proof and need to justify that position based on scripture."
"When someone...challenges the conventional white patriarchal conservative view of whatever, the attacks are going to be: it's not biblical enough...they have an agenda, they're feminists, they're woke, and rarely does it actually deal with the substance of the argument."
Literally minutes after accusing Baucham/Shenvi of merely saying "CRT [a term they both deliberately avoid] is a threat to the gospel" to shut down any and all conversation about race.
Zero self-awareness.
Female eldership is as agree-to-disagree as legs on Communion tables
Skye: "What is a future non-essential that doesn't feel important now but you think someday will be?"
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Phil: "What's a future essential that's currently a non-essential...What role can someone from the LGBTQ community play in church?"
Skye on "cultural evangelicals" and their desire for "hegemony":
"Demographics are going to resolve that in time, no matter what. It's just you're seeing the death throes of the one side that can't handle the future."
This one's out of order but I wanted to save it for the end. Skye complains that he's seen as a lib, right before the clips where he rails against "patriarchy," "hegemony," and says egalitarianism has become the default for Christian culture.
"There's no neutral ground anymore."
These are such illuminating thoughts from the id of subverter/wolf culture!
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At the opening of the United Methodist Church's General Conference, attendees are warned to avoid "exclusively male language for God" and to "be conscious of inferred power dynamics."
The next day, this same duo presented their "report card" on the diversity of officers elected to the conference's legislative committees, then scolded attendees to "work a little bit harder on inclusion with language and interpretation."
Fani Willis returned to church to accept an award and deliver a brief sermon on her court hearing.
"The scripture they keep sending me is 'No weapon formed against you shall prosper'...They did not say the weapons will not form, and that's the part I didn't hear until recently."
Atlanta Berean Church, a Seventh-Day Adventist congregation, hosted Willis this Saturday for nearly 20 minutes of adulation, starting with lead pastor Dr. Sherwin Jack declaring, "She is one of us" (1:26).
The church presented Willis with a "Black History Achievement Award," SDA founder Ellen G. White's "Conflict Of The Ages" book series, and more.
"These beautiful flowers are for you, the beautiful person that you are. We love you."
Kelly Rosati, a National Association Of Evangelicals board member, calls pro-life Christians' opposition to state-run welfare "useless," "un-scriptural," and "madness."
Here's wider context: Rosati, an alumnus of Focus On The Family and former member of the March For Life's board of national directors, is speaking at the NAE's "Flourish" conference in October of last year. (1/2)
"I just want to plant a flag and say: Let us be people that never advocate for abortion restrictions without an accompanying paid family leave support." (2/2)