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Discussion on Sharper Iron website with regard to the allegations against recently resigned BJU board member John Lewis: "I can't articulate if these actually happened or not, I am way too far removed. But here is what has been documented and shared with the board. Some of these would not be...

Here is a transcript of Glenn Beck's remarks about the "martyrdom" of Moron founder Joseph Smith, as given at Liberty University on April 25, 2014. "Days before Joseph Smith was martyred he was taken out by the sheriff. They tried to tar and feather him several times. He was taken out by the...

I am willing to be accountable to God for the way I vote. But I am not so sure I want to be accountable to every Christian who wants to judge me on that issue. Over the years, I have been criticized by Christians for being too involved in politics, and for not being involved enough. The...

Here's the latest word on the BJU controversy and John Lewis' departure: "It was unclear how Lewis’ departure would impact Pettit’s decision to resign. . . . As MinistryWatch reported in November and February, Lewis has led the resistance to Pettit, who is accused of being insufficiently...

This article purports to explain Glenn Beck's views on British Israelism: https://www.charismanews.com/opinion/40849-glenn-beck-and-his-10-tribes-of-israel-theory "Recently, popular radio host and sometimes Trilateral-Commission-like conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck taught his listeners that the...

Thanks for setting the record straight, Huk, regarding Jim Bob's current affiliations. Looks like IFBs get to take the credit for the Duggars after all (or take the blame, depending on one's point of view). I may have been misled about the Duggar church affiliation, since one of their weddings...

Herbert Armstrong was a big promoter (not the originator) of the British-Israelite myth, but it has been officially repudiated by the new president of the Worldwide Church of God, Joseph Tkach: "When you start carefully reading Anglo-Israelite literature, you begin to notice how it generally...

I have never watched the Duggar reality show, but the Internet coverage of the Duggars over the years seems to give the impression that they are IFB and/or fundamentalists, and therefore, if you join such a church, you will be expected to obey the same kooky, extreme standards and dress codes as...

According to this article, John Lewis, who has just resigned, was not the lone villain causing the ongoing circus of confusion at BJU - he was representing a majority of the board. So, Lewis' departure may not necessarily, in itself, result in a dramatic turnaround in the direction of the...

One week after winning his dispute with Steve Pettit, BJU Board chairman John Lewis has now resigned. I wonder what that is all about? "There was no reason given for Lewis’ resignation. . . . In the letter, Pettit accused Lewis of, among other things, attempting to delay the university from...

Meet the new boss - same as the old boss. Bob Jones III

Change.org has a petition to bring back Steve Pettit and remove board chairman John Lewis. There are 5700 signatures so far. I am posting this for informational purposes, not necessarily endorsing the petition...

Latest rumor, posted on Sharper Iron, is that the BJU Board may be considering dropping the accreditation of the school. This bears watching - if there is any truth to this, or if BJU students believe that there may be some truth to it, this may result in a mad scramble of students to transfer...

Here is the faculty page for Bob Gray's Independent Baptist Online College. Some of the recognizable names are David Baker (Dave Hyles' pastor at Family Baptist Church in Columbia, Tennessee), also James Beller, S.M. Davis, Wendell Evans, Jeff Owens and Tom Wallace. (I am posting this for...

These graphs, and others, show a significant drop in the USA birth rate around the year 2008. That's gotta leave a mark. By 2025, there will be a shrinking cohort of 17-year-olds who might possibly be in the market for an expensive college education. Some colleges will continue to thrive, but...

I am trying to figure out where the BJU board wants to take the school, now that Pettit has gone. Some comments I have picked up from various places on the Internet: "BJU has always had a reputation of being legalistic. I fear with DR Petit leaving as president, it will soon become the old BJU...

So is this what the fuss is all about? [BJA = Bob Jones Academy] Any man who has a lust problem with this needs to get saved!

According to this source, the main reason for the BJU coup was opposition to allowing women to wear pants (4 minute audio): https://www.fitsnews.com/2023/03/31/bob-jones-university-president-resigns-amid-dysfunction-scandal/ Julie Roys concurs - this whole fuss appears to be, in part, about...

Some background on what may be going on behind the scenes at BJU: "Reading between the lines, though, including the university’s increasingly precarious financial situation, it appears that the 'old guard' had figured out how to bite down on the suicide pill after all. I stand by this (what I...

Here is the text of a letter of support for Pettit dated November 4, 2022: https://www.cbcroch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Open-Letter-to-BJU-Board-from-Ministry-Leaders-with-Final-Signatures.pdf My guess is that there must be some people in positions of control and influence at BJU who...