By What Standard? A Founders Cinedoc

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The sons of Isachar lived in tumultuous times. They knew two things. They understood the times and they knew what Israel ought to do. We’re convinced that a coming generation of pastors and Christians need to know the times, and they need to know how to “do the word.” In a phrase, they need to wield the sword.

Founders Ministries is now working on an upcoming film called Wield The Sword: Pastoral Courage In Perilous Times. It is a call to arms. By God’s grace we hope to encourage and equip pastors and Christians to take up the sword of the Spirit and wield it with courage.

It is time for Bible-believing Christians to stand up and say to those who are promoting such agendas, “Whose standard of justice is being followed? God’s, or this world’s? To what authority are we submitting? The Holy Scriptures, or worldly ideologies?”

REVIEWS

Back during the conservative resurgence, a “moderate” friend said we “Fundamentalists” were “using a cannon to kill a mosquito.” Similarly, some denominational leaders told us, “Move on. Nothing to see here” and suggested we were pointlessly divisive, insufficiently enlightened or nuanced, disloyal, or just plain not nice. Today, a new set of “cranks” is sounding the alarm, this time over the concerns raised in this video. Perhaps these new “troublers in Zion” are wrong-headed and/or wrong-spirited, but I’m not persuaded that they are. These issues need a hearing, and I’m grateful to Founders for daring to speak up.

I enjoyed watching this documentary. It presented voices from inside and outside of SBC life on the origins and meaning of critical race theory and intersectionality and how those philosophies have affected our culture and the church. SBC agencies and employers, churches, pastors, and Christians need to understand the concerns related to critical race theory and Intersectionality. This documentary makes a significant contribution to that end.

I watched this documentary yesterday and found it very helpful. For some reason, I expected more ranting and less analysis, but what I got was a balanced, clear and reasonable perspective. Congratulations to Tom Ascol and the team on a job well done!

As long as I can remember, Tom Ascol has been that rare leader who combines an unwavering graciousness with a rock-solid commitment to the truth. The “By What Standard” cindeoc exemplifies this, even more than I’d have hoped. Our SBC needs a lot more Tom Ascols, men who truly love their neighbors but aren’t afraid to shed light on the problems we really have.

In the SBC Conservative Resurgence, Tom Ascol and many other brave men fought to return our commitment to the theological truth of the inerrancy of Scripture. Now another threat has come from within that is an attack of the sufficiency of Scripture. Sadly, many in the SBC are turning to worldly philosophies to shape their thinking and approach to ministry. I am thankful for men like Tom Ascol who have chosen to once again take a stand to call us back to the standard that God has given us to judge all things – Scripture Alone!

CRT/I is coming to a denomination near you. Do you understand it? You need to. Hats off to Tom Ascol, Jared Longshore, Chocolate Knox, Hannah Ascol and Founders Ministries for a well-made, clear, charitable, helpful film.

The SBC is sick and many of the churches have no idea. This film points out major concerns that must be addressed sooner rather than later.

About BY WHAT STANDARD?

In 1979 the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) formally entered into the “Battle for the Bible” that was raging within North American evangelicalism. Over the next 15 years, the SBC was returned to its historic commitments on the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture. Many of those who resisted this conservative resurgence were driven by religiously progressive convictions.

Their advocacy of ideals and positions that developed out of radical feminism and deviant sexualities were exposed and refuted by those holding to orthodox, Protestant and historic Baptist positions on the issues.

Now, 25 years after the clear success of the conservative resurgence, it seems like evangelicals, including Southern Baptists, are in danger of loosening their commitments to those basic, Christian commitments. Dangerous ideologies like Critical Theory and Intersectionality are gaining inroads into the thinking of some leaders, churches and organizations.

These ideologies are even being promoted among some evangelicals as reliable analytical tools that can assist our understandings and efforts in gospel ministry.

The result is that, in the name of social justice, many unbiblical agendas are being advanced under the guise of honoring and protecting women, promoting racial reconciliation, and showing love and compassion to people experiencing sexual dysphoria.

By What Standard? God’s World, God’s Rules is a documentary that presses those questions by showing how godless ideologies are influencing evangelical thought and life.

Founders Ministries is producing this cinedoc to sound an alarm and issue a call for pastors and churches to stand firm against this onslaught by reaffirming the authority and sufficiency of God’s written Word. If we care about true justice—what God has revealed to be just—then we must stand against what is being promoted under social justice. If we care about the true gospel—the gospel revealed in the faith once-for-all-delivered to the saints—we must reject the agendas being promoted by godless ideologies.