If these men are advocates of something as insidious and dangerous as social justice, why (friendship and popularity notwithstanding) give them a forum at all? But this question and the debate over its answer can be avoided altogether. Everyone knows that the speakers listed above are able to eloquently speak about a range of theological issues other than social justice (which was not the theme of G3 and is not the theme of Shepcon) no one would expect them to go to G3 or Shepcon and advocate social justice. Nevertheless, “not being a heretic” has not historically been the only demand G3 and Shepcon have had of their conference speakers. īuice, Johnson, and MacArthur have gone out of their way to declare that social justice advocates are not neccessarily heretics. This recent (and surprisingly sudden) detour in quest of “social justice” is, I believe, the most subtle and dangerous threat so far. Over the years, I’ve fought a number of polemical battles against ideas that threaten the gospel. Of this quest, John MacArthur has written: Clearly these men view the quest for social justice in the visible church as a big problem. Notably, none of these men are among the 10,361 signers of the Dallas Statment on Social Justice and the Gospelwhich was recently released by Josh Buice with John MacArthur and Phil Johnson (John MacArthur’s right hand man) as initial signers. The specific speakers who have been variously accused of having social justice sympathies are as follows: The controversy does not concern the theological orthodoxy of these speakers (paedobaptism notwithstanding) but rather their stance on social justice. There is a reasonable amount of controversy surrounding the speakers at the recent G3 Conference in Georgia (associated with Pastor Josh Buice of Prays Mill Baptist Church) and the upcoming 2019 Shepherds’ Conference in California (associated with Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church).
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