At some point you have to stop blaming the liberal establishment for all the crappy stuff that dominates popular Christianity. When Ken Ham is your scientist, David Barton is your historian, and Bill Gothard is your pastor of spiritual formation the problem isn\u2019t the liberal academic establishment, it\u2019s you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Francis Beckwith, in a comment at the Gospel Coalition blog<\/a>. HT Joel Watts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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