“Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” —Matthew 25:41
(The Dissenter) The modern American imagination is an idol factory, and it has manufactured a version of Jesus that never existed.
In this version, Jesus is soft-spoken, endlessly agreeable, and almost allergic to confrontation. He floats through the Gospels like a spiritual therapist, nodding gently while people talk about their feelings…. Continue reading
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Galatians 5:16-23 (LSB) Read verses 19-23 on the site.
The clarion call of Emergence Christianity, New Calvinism, the Acts 29 Network, Missional/Dominionism, Seeker Sensitivity, et al is for people to come be part of their group or push and be “transformed.” It is as if the “transforming” is done via their ministry. They have the secret. They have the formula. They have the anointing by God and via their “group salvation” people are also “transformed” as a group. Into what?… Continue reading
(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Tucker Carlson is one of the most controversial men in America and also one of the most influential. Few individuals have driven as many news cycles and conversations as he has. But with all of these things established, there is a pressing concern that Tucker Carlson, in waking up to Jewish influence in American politics, has softened his opposition to Islam. There is an ongoing debate as to whether Christians and Muslims can or should form a political alliance, and Carlson has certainly interviewed people who believe its possible. But where does Tucker Carlson stand on the issue? Continue reading
“You’ve got 250,000 people making 60 million miserable. That’s not a long-term solution either. That’s just in Iran. That’s why you’ve got to take the long view, and the long view here could be just 60 days.”
(Dmitri Bolt – Townhall) Kevin O’Leary blasted the panicans for claiming Operation Epic Fury is set to damage the U.S. economy, urging critics to “chillax” and arguing that key economic indicators aren’t anywhere near danger levels. He also pointed to the upside of a successful operation, saying that success in Iran could not only expand U.S. trade with regional allies but create broader gains for global trading partners, from the Middle East to Asia. Continue reading
(Breitbart) British military officers are embedded with CENTCOM in preparation for a long-term Strait of Hormuz freedom-of-navigation mission, and meetings have already taken place with like-minded allies, including France, Canada, and Japan, a report states.
The United Kingdom will lead a multinational coalition to re-open and then maintain the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as the conditions are right” — likely meaning not while a war is still going on — it is claimed…. Continue reading
18 For the word of the cross to those perishing is senseless, but to us being saved, it is the power of God 19 for it has been written,
‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise ones
and the understanding of the intelligent I will set aside.’ (1 Corinthians 1:18-19 translated from the NA28 Greek text)
Look around at those man-focused, pragmatic, seeker-sensitive “churches” in our time. They may vary in many ways, but there is a commonality that marks them all as products of the spirit of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) rather than the spirit of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13). That commonality is seen in the passage I placed at the top of this post…. Continue reading
“Modern Liberalism is just as heretical as was the theological liberalism of the early 20th century. It is heresy to deny the necessity of sanctification for believers as much as to deny the authority of scripture. To deny that Christ truly transforms his people in this life is as much heresy as it is to deny that he came to save.”
(Aaron Prelock) There’s a new liberalism making its way through our churches and transforming our denominations. No, this liberalism doesn’t deny the virgin birth or the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection. This liberalism is steeped in biblical exegesis and historic-Reformed categories. Today’s liberalism attempts to use the common creeds and confessions we know and love, and it emphasizes the importance of using scripture to defend our ideas…. Continue reading
“Every American should watch that interview, which is posted on BillOReilly.com. But they won’t. The left-wing Trump haters and the right-wing isolationists condemn the military action against Iran. They don’t really care that an evil regime might develop a bomb that could kill millions; they simply believe what they want to believe.”
(Bill O’Reilly) Ninety years is a long time. In 1936, Americans were suffering during the Great Depression, and life was generally hard. My parents were deeply affected by what they saw as teenagers. Vast unemployment, hunger, fear. The United States was in trouble. Continue reading
“Young voters can see the housing crisis, economic strain, their cultural unraveling, soaring crime, and the elite lies. The old slogans are stale.”
(Revolver) It’s finally happening, folks. Europe is actually waking up, thanks to the left’s failed migration experiment.
Europe’s global elites have been selling mass migration as some kind of popular snack food that’s good for your soul. Euros were told it was compassionate, enlightened, and totally necessary to flood their countries with foreigners who refused to assimilate…. Continue reading
These accounts stand in tension with Nichols’ earlier public statement, in which he said that the central issue in the dispute is a reported suspicion of sexual abuse involving his daughter. Nichols has stated that he brought these concerns to church leadership in January 2025 and has emphasized that the allegation lies at the heart of the conflict.
(Protestia) Newly released materials, including bodycam footage, a detailed statement from Saint Andrew’s Chapel, and related correspondence involving a former elder, have added significant new detail to the ongoing dispute surrounding the excommunication of Stephen Nichols and his wife. The new information clarifies key aspects of the timeline while also introducing new points of contradiction between the parties involved. Continue reading
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. John 13:13-17 (LSB)
The heart of Man is deceitful beyond our understanding. I find it incredible that God would desire to save any of us. Even after regeneration there is an element in each of our hearts that falls for the wicked appeal of our enemy to believe those things that have an affinity to our pride and flesh…. Continue reading
“Gary was surprised by the accusation, and maintained he never used Facebook to gather information on attendees for words of knowledge / prophecy. From what we understand, at this point he was removed from the Australian Prophetic Council.”
(Church Watch Central) Mike Winger has done it again, calling out cover-up culture and abuse in the church. This time he has called out Gary Morgan of the Australian Prophetic Council (APC), Morgan being notorious grifting prophet around the Australian landscape. He’s often associated with Apostle Katherine Ruonala of the Glory City cult in Queensland and her APC. However, more recently he has been embroiled in prophetically abusing Casey City Church members, the cult of Larry Sebastian. Continue reading
Repost from 2021. In light of Bethel Redding’s Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton’s cover-up of fakery and abuses and then lying about it, all of which was exposed by Mike Winger, take a moment to let what you’re about to read sink in.
(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) I have groundbreaking news to report. Bethel Church in Redding CA (BCR) has plans to construct an Apostolic Training Center. According to Bill Johnson, who holds the title “Super-Apostle” (which is comparable to holding the high office of cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church) is “partnering with other catalysts from around the world to propel this mission forward, and are believing for an entirely new, state-of-the-art campus where we can continue to pursue God’s decree over our movement.”
I hope you’re sitting down. The new construct will cost roughly 96 million dollars. Continue reading
“At the time of this writing, it remains perfectly plausible that the church acted entirely appropriately, the Nichols acted entirely appropriately, or both parties erred. It is not possible that neither party is at fault, of course (considering the nature of the conflict), and hopefully, forthcoming information will shed light on the situation to maximize clarity and minimize further harm to all involved.”
(Protestia) It now appears that the issues of church discipline, excommunication, and conflict at St. Andrew’s Chapel, Reformation Bible College, and Ligonier Ministries have less to do with theological concerns and more to do with personal conflict over the serious issue of sexual abuse. Continue reading
(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Chuck Norris, the legendary martial artist and action star who embodied American toughness for generations, died Thursday morning at age 86. His family announced the news on Friday in a statement posted to his Instagram account.
“It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the statement reads…. Continue reading
5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is at enmity toward God, for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God. Romans 8:5-8 (LSB)
There are a lot of Christians out there who confuse Justification and Sanctification. They are not the same thing at all. I make statements about God working in us to develop Christ’s very character in us through our Sanctification in which we obey Him, deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Jesus…. Continue reading
“Once you successfully reframe discernment as hostility, you have effectively disarmed the only people in the room who might expose you. The one person willing to say, “That’s not what Scripture teaches,” is no longer seen as faithful—he’s seen as divisive. The one asking questions is no longer careful—he’s dangerous.”
(The Dissenter) There is a peculiar pattern that repeats itself across the sprawling circus of the modern professing church—such as it is—so consistent, so predictable, that once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
A man stands on a stage, confident, polished, completely at ease. The lighting is deliberate. The pacing is practiced. Every pause feels intentional, every inflection calibrated…. Continue reading
(Robb Brurnansky – The Cripplegate) Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who was a practicing medical doctor before the Lord called him into pastoral ministry, wrote, “I find more and more in my pastoral experience, as I am privileged to interview people, and to help them in their personal fight of faith, and in their personal problems, that the essence of the trouble so frequently is that such people have not realized the powers that are set against them. So often I have to deal with people who have been sent to a psychologist, a psychoanalyst, or somebody like that, and whose problem very frequently is simply that they have without realizing it been besieged and attacked by the devil.” He goes on to note the essence of the cure is to help them see the spiritual battle in which they are engaged, and to fight it with spiritual weapons. Continue reading
(Rick Moran – PJ Media) Cesar Chavez, a civil rights icon and Mexican-American saint, had a dark past that many of his contemporaries knew about but refused to act upon.
Chavez liked underage teen girls. He took several of them to his private office about 100 miles outside of Los Angeles, where he would molest and rape them, some as young as 12 years old. He also assaulted and raped adult women.
Everyone who knew kept quiet to avoid tarnishing the icon’s reputation or hurting the cause he fought for. Continue reading
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. John 5:24-25 (LSB)
From January1986 through most of 2004 my conception of genuine Christianity was that it must be wrapped up in and based in decisional regeneration. My concept was that unless a professing Christian “made that decision for Christ then received the free gift of salvation” then he or she could not possibly be a genuine Christian. I had this mindset even through those days of deep depression and anger mixed with a great deal of fleshly backsliding seemingly triggered by the Oklahoma City Federal Center bombing. I was in the blast zone, but physically unharmed though somewhat scarred emotionally. Continue reading
(Amy Spreeman – Berean Research) If you’ve been a Christian for more than a decade, you’ve probably noticed how quickly things have changed in the Church. Ideas that once would have been clearly rejected as unbiblical are now promoted from pulpits, podcasts, and conference stages.
As I prepare to write the next series of articles examining the dangers of Progressive Christianity and its growing influence in the Church, I’m amazed (and grieved) by how much our world — and the visible Church — has shapeshifted in just the past several years. When I first started writing articles in 2010 about the different movements impacting Christians, we were watching the final throes of the Emergent Church movement, with its big tent theology and lack of clear definitions and boundaries. Leaders like Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, and Shane Claiborne were that generation’s TED-Talk-style performers, always offering something “new” and out-of-the-box. Their attack on the authority and sufficiency of Scripture shipwrecked the faith of many. Continue reading
“Political commentator Tucker Carlson, who has fielded intense backlash and accusations of antisemitism in recent months for his unfavorable attitude toward the Israeli government and his vocal opposition to military intervention in Iran, criticized Hegseth’s apparent eschatological views during a monologue last week, and questioned what role they might be playing in U.S. foreign policy.”
(Jon Brown – The Christian Post) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth acknowledged during an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes Overtime” that aired Sunday that the war in Iran has a religious element, a comment that comes amid concerns regarding the role eschatology is playing in the conflict. Continue reading
26 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. 28 And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before Yahweh your God. 29 If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people. Leviticus 23:26-32 (LSB) Read verses 30-32 on the site.
Please carefully read the passage I placed at the top of this post. Do you see the serious emphasis God places on the need for His people’s atonement? What is this atonement? Biblical atonement is the act of God canceling the debt of His people’s sin. Without it God’s wrath against their sin could not be appeased. Continue reading
“Stephen Adams published his charges against Stephen Nichols, but has not yet provided the much needed receipts that would bolster his credibility. Functionally, he went public without actually making anything known to the public.”
(Anthony Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Over the weekend, Saint Andrews Chapel, the former home of RC Sproul, had a letter circulated on the internet detailing the excommunication of Steve and Heidi Nichols on grounds of contumacy without stating what the underlying charges were that brought about the disciplinary process. This further coincides with Nichols’ departure from Reformation Bible College after twelve years as president. Continue reading
(Don & Joy Veinot – Midwest Christian Outreach) It is often surprising how few seem to know why the New Testament epistles, and we would say the Gospel of John as well, were written. In the main, with the exception of Philemon, they were written to expose false teachers, false teachings, and bad behavior – while also laying down correct doctrine and proper behavior. It is not that the Epistles and the Gospel of John cannot be understood without that information but knowing that background makes the text far clearer to the readers and far more useful toward the defense of the Christian faith…. Continue reading