Benjamin Wright

💯 Lots of Warren/Hybels ministry philosophy masquerading these days as a Reformed flex. Warren profiled the guy he wanted to reach: "Saddleback Sam." Fine-tuned church to attract him. Today we see the same strategy, just different packaging. Say, Dominion Dave? Heritage Hank?

@BrandonLansdown "creational"

@ben_wright_ Try reading the rest of the Bible.

Race is not neutral, optional, or a sub-Christian category. It’s a creational reality ordained by God. The Bible does not treat the human race as a homogenized blob where particular peoples and their majorities are irrelevant. Acts 17:26 declares God "made from one man every nation of mankind" and "determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place." Revelation 7:9 and 21:24 envision the redeemed as distinct nations, tribes, and tongues, not a deracinated mass. Pretending race is some alien import "under the hood" of Christianity is a rootless Gnosticism that severs the faith from the actual world God made. Hunter’s position collapses into self-refuting absurdity when applied consistently: Christians should shrug at the demographic erasure of ancient Christian peoples because "race isn't a category." Tell a father he has no business ensuring his own children's inheritance because family isn't a Christian category either. The same logic that dismisses concern for a people's survival also guts 1 Timothy 5:8 — “if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Kinship is not idolatry; it's the ordinary order of creation. Elevating abstract universal dignity while erasing the particular bonds God embedded in history is not piety, it's sentimental disintegration dressed in pietistic jargon. This is a post-1960s evangelical coping mechanism: a hyper-individualistic regenerate-church obsession fused with Civil Rights-era colorblind rhetoric and allergic reaction to anything smelling of Christian nationalism. It requires rewriting history so that Crusaders defending Christendom, colonial founders preserving their stock, and every pre-modern Christian nation-builder were all secretly motivated by un-Christian "under the hood" motives. This framework teaches believers to not resist their own replacement in the name of the gospel, while the faith historically flourishes among rooted peoples and withers when those peoples are dissolved. Caring about preserving your people's majority in your homeland is not racism. It is basic pattern recognition, creational stewardship, and obedience to the God who sets boundaries for nations. Indifference to it is not gospel fidelity, but suicidal universalism. In an age of mass migration, differential birthrates, and deliberate demographic engineering, it functions as pastoral malpractice that leaves Christians spiritually unequipped to love their own or defend the inheritance passed down through blood, soil, and faith. The nations are not accidents. God made them, and His people have every right and duty to endure as distinct peoples within them.

@TheBabylonBee McDonald's must be inside then?

Sneak Peek: A Look At The Features Of Trump's White House Ballroom buff.ly/WEpHurK

@UnitedStandMUFC We'll regret the ones we don't move on more than the ones we do. But the answer is Casemiro.

With Marcus Rashford looking like he could stay at Barcelona permanently and Joshua Zirkzee linked with a move back to Italy, are we about to let too much talent walk out the door? ✈️ We’ve seen players leave OT and suddenly find their world-class form again. Out of everyone rumoured to leave this summer, who do you think we’ll regret selling the most? 🤔 👇

@tomascol Big loser in this analogy is John the Baptist.

Failure to reason like this explains why so many evangelicals think Barak Obama was a better president than Donald Trump.

@jrwhitehead Author is Lifeway staff. Chances World Relief handed him a press release, which he lightly reworked?

Our old friends at the Evangelical Immigration Table are still trying to buy the SBC's voice. EIT-member World Relief just hired Lifeway to conduct a biased survey for SBC consumption, claiming "Protestant pastors" overwhelmingly support open immigration policies. Let's look under the hood. cc: @megbasham baptistpress.com/resource-libra…

We got a group of men up there who don't believe in having a woman in the pulpit taking orders from a woman in the pulpit twisting scripture in front of them, and they applaud. But did you hear about that Bible verse John Piper tweeted?

This isn't what Christian Nationalists from the Reformed crowd want,...right?

Wait is this right??? Genesis 1-2 Creation Genesis 3 sin and judgment Genesis 4-Revelation 19 Jesus Revelation 20 judgment on sin Revelation 21-22 New Creation I mean, it's possible that I judged too hastily. 🤔

Indenting every clause in your exegetical outline one more tab does not, in fact, make your text a chiasm.

Every piece of news I see about the NBA makes me want to watch it less. Unfortunately, that is impossible.

5 tons acceptable, if dropped from a helicopter.

Whew! Caught a break.

@Byzness @ERLC I don't think you're wrong about our expectations. But in hindsight we looked past his political background, his media presence, and his platform-building instincts. I just don't see any of that in Lenow.

@ben_wright_ @ERLC Hmmmm… I feel like people said the same thing when Dr. Moore took over from Dr. Land

This decision by the @erlc search committee reflects a massive shift from political/media presidencies, to a pastoral/theological presidency. And I think that's very wise.

Me: "What? They're not gonna foul? WHAT'S HURLEY THINKI... ...oooohhhh." Also me:

Helpful correction to The Narrative. 10-15% of our church are former Catholics. But I don't know of a single former member or child of a member who's ever converted to Catholicism.

Birth rates among Muslims and practicers of African indigenous religions is one of the most overlooked stories that'll shape the next century.

@dcarlabrams That site is radically different from when I worked down the street 20 years ago. Huge project, long time in the works.