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Malcolm Yarnell

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

Theology for Every Person: bhpublishinggroup.com/theologyforeve…

Texas

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Joined February 2009

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Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Jun 10
Why a SBC motion encouraging our teachers and writers address the deep theological crisis in American evangelicalism? 1. A clear majority of American evangelicals (53%) agree with the heretical statement, “The Holy Spirit is a force but is not a personal  being.”
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Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Mar 18, 2021
Pastor, The Woman before you is not a means to your end. She’s not here to be dominated, used, ignored. She is not a temptation to avoid but a person to respect. Woman bears God’s Image equally with Man. If Women aren’t honored fully in your congregation, then reform your Men.
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Feb 12, 2021
Theology without integrity is idolatry
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Oct 5, 2021
My mother, an abuse survivor, is currently in the hospital with severe throat problems. My father held up the phone so she could hear me. I told her the SBC is now beginning to change. Through the pain, she said, “I am so glad. I am proud of you. We must change for good.” Tears
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Jul 3, 2020
This religious leader believed passionately that Black Lives Matter, well before almost anybody else in the English-speaking world. And he identified evil as evil, even among his fellow Christian ministers. Benjamin Lay, 1737
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Oct 21, 2019
Does Scripture teach all women in general must submit to all men in general? No. Such a view is not merely morally errant but spiritually abhorrent. As an image-bearer, every woman (like every man) owes general submission only to God. All other relations occur only in covenant.
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
May 6, 2020
The greatest challenge facing American evangelicals today doesn’t come from lame media persecution, nor from worn out liberal theology, nor from some imagined conspiracy within. Our greatest challenge remains in our own hearts, in particular how WE value our FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS!
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Jun 15, 2021
“God has not called us to save America politically. He has called us to proclaim the gospel.” (standing ovation) @jdgreear #SBC21
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Aug 10, 2019
Five truths every Christian theologian must embrace: 1. God’s Word is perfect. 2. Our theologies are not. 3. The responsible theologian reads other theologians. 4. The discerning theologian both appreciates and disagrees. 5. The irresponsible theologian denigrates discernment.
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Sep 30, 2021
Three years ago, the sexual abuse crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention seemed to be the crisis of our “day.” But then @BethMooreLPM posted her childhood picture and her story. Immediately, my mother called me to tell me she was proud of me for standing for the abused. 1/
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Jun 18, 2020
Historically, the SBC’s real problem has only rarely been the denial of the Word of God. Instead, the real problem has almost always been the abuse of the Image of God. We really do respect our Bible, and rightly so. Where we struggle is in respecting our Brothers and Sisters.
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Sep 30, 2021
Replying to @MusingsOnChrist
The “blast radius” of sexual abuse in the church, to borrow the language of @juleswoodson11, is not for a day but multi-generational. The SBC must reform itself for the sake of God’s glory, for the sake of the little girls and boys and other victims, and for our integrity. End/
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Feb 12, 2021
Five recommendations for those establishing “Ministries”: 1. Don’t name it after yourself. No Christian ministry is about the minister. A name indicates a purpose. 2. Don’t stack your board of directors with your family and cronies. Enable the board to hold you accountable.
Malcolm Yarnell
@MusingsOnChrist
Apr 1, 2021
Love is not rude