Carl Hisle

Slave to Christ: “And falling to the ground, he heard a voice…”

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[Trevor Sheatz @TrevorSheatz]

The two best parts about Heaven:

1. No more sin.
2. Being with Jesus forever.

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

Beautiful in every way.

Either this is an objective and real account of the human good, or else it is, as That Hideous Strength suggests, just “chemical phenomena.”

[Owen Strachan @ostrachan]

I was recently in the Dominican Republic for a ministry trip. During it, I attended Sunday morning church in Santo Domingo. Without exception, it was the most joyful worship experience I've had in a long time. The people sang with their whole heart in a way that can be hard to find in America. There was nothing muted or timid about the corporate worship; it was rich and full and <dare I say!> emotional.

Here's the funny thing: this experience was with men and women who speak a different language than me. In ethnic or linguistic terms, some would emphasize that these weren't "my people." But that's just it: we Christians are not a localized people, ultimately. We are a global family. Christ is our common bond, not anything else (Eph. 2:15).

Don't be misled, believer. Don't be poisoned. Don't be lured away from the goodness of the gospel. The joy of fellowship in the name of Christ is sweeter than anything else on earth--local associations, family gatherings, political conventions, alumni networks, corporate connections, heritage celebrations. You name it; nothing is better than sharing faith in Jesus.

The family of God is our forever family.

[Samuel Sey @SlowToWrite]

What happens in the pulpit on Sunday is more important than what happens at the White House everyday.

Live accordingly.

[Japan Embassy DC🌸 @JapanEmbDC]

Today marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks. In honor of those impacted, the Embassy has lowered its flag to half-staff. Japan continues to stand with the United States as an ally and friend.

[Jon Elder @BlackLabelAdvsr]

Mark Driscoll was my pastor for four years in Seattle. I got duped. I don’t want you to.

Mars Hill was a real spiritual movement. God used a broken man to do real good. That part is true. What is also true is that the movement became a cult of personality, and the damage left behind was not imaginary.

He has been caught plagiarizing. He used sermons that sexualized Scripture. He has platformed and praised men the church should have marked, embraced Christian nationalism, and chased fame harder than repentance.

He is an unrepentant, disqualified pastor who flouted church discipline in Seattle, mismanaged church funds, and left wreckage in his wake. I will never forget what he did to us there.

This is not bitterness. This is memory. A wolf can still preach well. A wolf can still pack a room. A wolf can still make young believers feel like they finally found something alive. That is how I got pulled in. I was young in the faith. It was exciting. He was hip. He even cussed in the pulpit, which looking back should have been a massive red flag.

Do not fall for the reboot in 2026. You will get burned. You will start absorbing a warped view of Scripture without noticing it.

Cross-reference everything he says with the Word of God, then decide. It really is that simple. Stand on the Lord and His Word above all else. Do not let charisma outrank character.

I am embarrassed to say this publicly. I was duped. But if this post keeps one person from walking the same road I walked, it is worth the embarrassment.

Be wise as serpents. Test the fruit.

Remember Seattle.

[Kevin DeYoung @RevKevDeYoung]

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[Carl Hisle @carl_hisle]

@Phil_Johnson_ Praying brother!

[Carl Hisle @carl_hisle]

@Katy_Faust @mastersuniv and @patrickhenrycol as well.

[Protestia @Protestia]

Breaking: The elders @GraceComChurch have unanimously voted to call Nathan Busenitz as the church's permanent senior pastor. Dr. Busenitz has been serving as the interim senior pastor since the passing of @johnmacarthur https://t.co/I6Ni2xyvAi

[Ken Ham @aigkenham]

I can’t believe the so-called “curse of Ham” is back in the news again!

What is this claimed “curse of Ham”? Well, it doesn’t refer to my surname! Rather, it’s a reference to the supposed curse Noah put on his son Ham in Genesis 9, which supposedly meant all of Ham’s descendants—in this view, primarily the people who settled in Africa—are cursed to be slaves.

And this ridiculous idea is back in the news cycle again thanks to a sermon series from an Arizona pastor, Dale Partridge (who is well-known for his disparaging remarks toward various ethnic groups and for his racism).

Apparently, Partridge has been preaching through Genesis 9, spending substantial time on the so-called “curse of Ham”:

“The description of one instalment on his own sermon podcast says the passage reveals God’s design of distinctions among what he calls the ‘three macro-races of humanity’ descended from Noah’s sons, and frames later sermons as testing whether Noah’s words were fulfilled in history.

“Partridge claims ‘the African peoples’ and some people from India are the modern descendants of Ham. He teaches that they have been divinely assigned to be ruled over by, and dependent upon, the supposed descendants of Ham’s brothers Shem and Japheth, whom he identifies as White people, Europeans, Asians, Jews, and Arabs.”

Does the Bible teach “three macro-races of humanity” and a curse of servitude for Ham’s descendants? Let’s start with the Genesis text:
“Then Noah began to be a man of the land and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine and became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took the garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. Then Noah awoke from his wine, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him. So he said,

    ‘Cursed be Canaan;
    A servant of servants
    He shall be to his brothers.’

“And he said,

    ‘Blessed be Yahweh,
    The God of Shem;
    And let Canaan be his servant.
    May God enlarge Japheth,
    And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
    And let Canaan be his servant’” (Genesis 9:20–27).

First, you will note that Ham is not cursed—it’s his son, Noah’s grandson Canaan, who is cursed! And Genesis 10 traces Canaan’s genealogy. He was the father of many of the tribes that the Israelites would eventually expel from the land of Canaan (the promised land). His descendants were incredibly wicked (practicing rampant sexual perversion like at Sodom and Gomorrah) and either were wiped out by the Israelites as God’s judgment on their sin or became Israel’s servants. The “curse of Ham”—which is really the curse of Canaan—had nothing to do with Africa or so-called skin color (we’re all the same basic color—brown—anyway, just different shades).

What about the idea that God was creating three “macro-races” here?

That idea doesn’t come from the text; it’s been read into the text because of preconceived notions or prejudice. If you start with the Bible, there is only one race—the human race. Everyone is descended from Adam and Eve through Noah (and, consequently, through his three sons). And Noah blessing two of his sons and cursing one of his grandchildren (Ham had other sons who were not cursed) does not somehow divide humanity into three races. As Acts 17:26 says:

“And He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth.”

Biblically speaking, there’s only one race. That’s why Jesus, the Last Adam, is the Savior of everyone—He was a member of Adam’s race who died for Adam’s race to redeem Adam’s race. And that includes “a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands” (Revelation 7:9). The Bible never makes some arbitrary distinction between three so-called “races.” To argue otherwise is to read your own ideas into the text.

And the reality of there being only one race has been confirmed by the science of genetics. The genetic differences between any two people anywhere in the world are so minor (a fraction of a percent) that researchers declared there can only be one genetic race of humans.

For someone to say that the people of Africa are all descendants of Ham and therefore subject to a curse of servitude and dependence on the other so-called “macro-races” is: (1) reading ideas into the text (again, the text says nothing about Africa or skin “color” or Ham and all his descendants being cursed) and (2) ignorant of both genetics and human history. There are no genetically distinct “races,” and the descendants of each of Noah’s sons have mixed so much that it’s ridiculous to claim any kind of pure descent from Ham.

Research biologist Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson has shown through his research—which starts with the biblical timescale and the reality of Noah and his family—that we are much more connected and closely related than you might assume. You can read more about that fascinating research in Traced: Human DNA’s Big Surprise.

There is no “curse of Ham.” Those who attend the church of Pastor Dale Partridge should challenge him to show them where the Bible makes any such claims about Ham’s descendants, skin shade, Africa, and the rest of it!

Instead of adding ideas into Scripture, we need to start with God’s Word as our authority. And it’s clear from Genesis 3:15 (the first mention of the gospel) through Revelation that God’s plan for humanity has always been to save the one human race from the curse of sin. When people teach favoritism of some groups of people over others, they are committing the sin of partiality and need to repent.

[Trevor Sheatz @TrevorSheatz]

Christians, do not use the grace of God as an excuse to keep sinning. True grace changes your desires and makes you hate your old life. Holiness is the mark of a true believer.

[Darrell B Harrison @D_B_Harrison]

You know in your heart, dear Christian, whether you truly have a love for God's Word or not (Psalm 1:2). If you find that your love for the Word of God is lacking, pray that God would create in you a sincere and genuine joy for reading and studying His Word (Psalm 119:15-16). 🙏🏾

[Gunner Gundersen @GunnerGundersen]

How can we get more out of our pastors' sermons? @Crossway asked me to share 7 tips:

1. Read the passage beforehand
2. Pray for your pastor
3. Remember who’s speaking
4. Furrow the field
5. Arrive early
6. Soak in the experience
7. Trust and obey
https://t.co/xOPU9yUmfZ

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Carl Hisle @carl_hisle]

@mojojack @FreddyLA7 Yes!! Do that!

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Believers will become more Christlike over time, but never more righteous. Our righteous status is all Christ’s, not the result of our self-improvement.

[Carl Hisle @carl_hisle]

@FreddyLA7 @Clay4MainStreet @SpecEnvTourism @RepClayFuller @ThomasMHern Thanks so much Freddy for sharing your amazing trip through our country. It’s been a great ride for everyone! Safe travels home.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what wrecked me as a Muslim?
The Dead Sea Scrolls. Literally a kill shot.

Once I understood what they proved, I couldn't reconcile them with Islam's claim that the Torah had been corrupted (Which is their foundational claim).

For years I was told the Jews and
Christians changed God's revelation.
Then archaeologists discovered copies of the Hebrew Scriptures hidden centuries before Islam.

And what did they find? The same Torah.
The same prophets. The same promises. The same story.

That mattered because the Quran repeatedly affirms the Torah that existed in Muhammad's day.

So I had to ask:
If the Torah was already corrupted...
Why does the Quran tell people to consult it?

And if the Dead Sea Scrolls show that the Torah we have today substantially matches the one preserved centuries before Muhammad...

When did this corruption actually happen? Why would it have happened?
That line of questioning changed my life.
If the Torah wasn't rewritten, then the prophets still point to the same Messiah they always did.

The Dead Sea Scrolls didn't create my faith. They forced me to reexamine the claims I had inherited. I finally saw the evidence of Christianity.

Sometimes God leaves the receipts in a cave.

That's one of the biggest reasons I could never go back to Islam. Praise God He did!