John B. Carpenter

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  Jun 19, 2023

  7 Christian men or movements who helped end slavery in America

  Here’s seven Christian individuals or movements that led to the end of slavery in America.

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  Nov 17, 2022

  4 reasons why Christians should refuse to support Donald Trump's candidacy

  Trump’s gambit of being “strong,” and fighting “like hell” was always a no-win proposition. But he led his troops into that losing battle and Ashli Babbit was literally killed.

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  Sep 10, 2020

  Establishment Evangelicals children’s crusade against Trump

  The whole argument that Trump is unfit for office because his rhetoric sometimes isn’t polite is an idea more rooted in the country clubs of established gentlemen than in what is really needed in a leader.

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  Jul 15, 2020

  A Never Trumper endorses the president

  I rejected the “Flight 93 election” rhetoric in 2016 people used to force me to choose him as the “lesser of two evils.” I no longer reject it.

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  Apr 25, 2019

  How a secular Jew proved Christians ended slavery

  In the debate over social justice and reparations, many claims are being made about slavery. Christians are now debating about how complicit earlier Christians were in slavery.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  Rise of the social justice contras

  On March 6, 2019 a tempest in a conference tea cup broke out at John MacArthur’s popular Shepherd’s Conference (“ShepCon”). The buzz hasn’t died down yet.

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  Dec 9, 2018

  Scholar responds to Eastern Orthodox apologists

  Has Eastern Orthodoxy been drawing many evangelicals into its fold? What is it about Eastern Orthodoxy that draws many evangelicals?

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  Oct 6, 2018

  The Social Justice Statement and the Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience

  John MacArthur and other evangelical leaders issued a statement on "Social Justice and the Gospel." I reached the end and wondered where the rest was, the part where we grieve with those who grieve, where Christians show they're not just about right doctrines but also about right passions and right behavior.

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  Nov 27, 2013

  The True Origins of Thanksgiving

  Tomorrow we celebrate what I sincerely regard as one of our most Christian holidays: Thanksgiving. The Puritans were a group of zealous, committed Christians who sought to make the church what the Bible said it should be; and they gave us Thanksgiving.

• Nov 5, 2013

  Recovering From Strange and Friendly Fire

  I thought it was a bad idea: a conference hosted by one group of Christians to explain how bad another group of Christians is. But the rationale was that since the troubled group wasn't correcting their own troubles, someone had to do the dirty work. Hence was hatched John MacArthur's "Strange Fire" conference.