Do You Want to Write? I Would like to Build a Diverse Independent Team that Can Write The Wondering Eagle

The Wondering Eagle would like to transition from a one person blog to a team that can write about a number of issues. Those issues include atheism, doubt, Neo-Calvinism, the EFCA, Mark Dever’s Capitol Hill Baptist Church and issues in evangelicalism. I would like to bring on a diverse set of people in time who would have freedom to publish what is on their mind. If you are interested please drop me a note and let’s figure out a way forward. 

Can David Platt Successfully Lead the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board and Simultaneously be the Teaching Pastor of McLean Bible Church?

The Wondering Eagle has a question…can David Platt successfully lead the SBC’s IMB and also be the Teaching Pastor of McLean Bible here in the Washington, D.C. area? This article overlooks the challenges the IMB has dealt with as well as the problems McLean Bible is also going to face by having a celebrity pastor. Plus what is the trajectory for McLean Bible? Is 9 marks next? 

Is McLean Bible in the Process of Joining the Southern Baptist Convention?

An internal email that was sent out from the SBC of Virginia to all SBC churches in the Commonwealth leads to today’s post. It details the growing relationship between McLean Bible and the Southern Baptist Convention. It also discusses the status of David Platt being the current Teaching Pastor at McLean Bible.  

A Look at the San Francisco Bay Area’s Acts 29 Vintage Grace Community’s Statement on What They Are Not

A closer look at a statement of what Acts 29 Vintage Grace Community Church is not. This is a troubled statement that is mostly flawed and helps explain why the Acts 29 network is so flawed. The DNA of Mark Driscoll remains and the problems in Acts 29 are here to stay. 

Cool Community Church on What a “Healthy Member” is in a Neo-Calvinist Church; However Drew Buell Forgot One Aspect as “Sound Doctrine” Means Teaching an Individual Why Rape and Sexual Assault is a Problem in the Military

A look at a post from Drew Buell’s blog on what it means to be a healthy member of a church. This comes from the senior pastor at Cool Community Church in Cool, California and it is indeed quite flawed. I look at the issues with what Drew is teaching and recall a situation of how someone I once knew from a Neo-Calvinist church here in the Washington, D.C. area advocated the same thing from Sovereign Grace, and was a “healthy member” who also taught me why rape and sexual assault is a problem in the military. 

An Open Letter to Andrew Hoffman (Multiplication Catalyst for ECFA’s Western District on Why Its Time to Admit that the Neo-Calvinist Movement Has Failed…)

An open letter to the Multiplication Catalyst of The Western District. Andrew Hoffman who is involved in The Gospel Coalition of the Bay Area gets a frank letter on why the Neo-Calvinist movement is a failure, and why its run its course. From Mark Driscoll talking about the Biblical basis of blowjobs, to C.J. Mahaney’s SGM scandal and allegations of covering up child sex abuse, to D.A. Carson attacking a rape victim; to my brush with Eric Simmons Redeemer Arlington. The days of The Gospel Coalition and the Neo-Calvinist movement are over. Its time to admit that it has failed and move forward. 

Terry Baird from Creekside Community Church in Napa Valley, California on a Very Pastoral View of Psalm 8

A quick post that is inspired by a blog post by the Terry Baird, the Lead Pastor of Creekside Community Church in Napa Valley, California. I have long enjoyed Psalm 8, and when I saw what Terry wrote I put this aside to feature. That Psalm which deals with the majesty of God and the interwoven nature of mankind amazes me.