Jon Harris (@jonharris1989)

Some have asked me why I can’t recommend certain seminaries. Is it because they’re “woke?” Not necessarily. Here’s why: Before MLK50 and David Platt’s infamous disparities speech at T4G (2018) I didn’t fully know how bad the rot was in evangelicalism, but I knew something was very wrong. Things I heard in secular academia from Marxists I was now hearing from the mouths of my seminary professors and fellow classmates. I don’t see any way to correct the current errors that does not include firing seminary administrators who oversaw social justice infiltration. They were supposed to be both academically knowledgeable and biblically discerning. As a rule, they were neither. Here’s a few things I said publicly: 2014- Defending the American dream against specifically evangelical opposition. https://www.worldviewconversation.com/why-the-american-dream-should-still-matter-to-young-evangelicals/ 2015- Defending our border from unvetted refugees in response to specifically evangelical opposition. https://www.worldviewconversation.com/five-questions-for-christians-who-support-syrian-refugee-immigration/ 2017- Defending our history from specifically evangelicals virtue signaling “anti-racism” talking points in correspondence with BLM. https://www.worldviewconversation.com/evangelicals-with-social-justice-warriors/ https://www.worldviewconversation.com/seminary-professors-should-interpret-exegetically-baptist-seminary-student-says/ 2017- Defending political conservatism against specifically evangelical support for Democrat narratives. https://www.worldviewconversation.com/moore-to-the-point-why-many-evangelical-leaders-are-selling-out/ 2017- Defending the true Gospel against a Marxist-derived “racial reconciliation” gospel pushed specifically by evangelicals. https://www.worldviewconversation.com/racial-reconciliation-salvation-of-a-different-color/ It wasn’t until 2018 that pastors started to say something, but the ones who knew better, who could have served as a first line of defense had already failed. My trust for simple pastors and courageous laymen far exceeds any confidence I have in Christian academia- and that’s probably a very good thing. My advice to seminarians- If you’re looking for a good seminary, find a solid local church first. Don’t move half way across the country assuming you can give your minds to Christian academics who’s interests are generally more political than theological. If they were the other way, we wouldn’t be in this mess.