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If Impeachment Articles Are Not Delivered, Did Impeachment Happen?

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It’s hard to believe the Speaker’s latest stunt will go on for very long. In the Senate this morning, the Democrats’ minority leader, Senator Chuck Schumer, renewed his demands about trial procedures, discovery, and witness testimony. There was no discernible hint of doubt that the House would soon deliver its impeachment articles, such as they are.

(Andrew C. McCarthy – National Review)  I’ll confess: Last night, when I was first told that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was toying with the idea of not delivering the two articles of impeachment voted by the House against President Trump, I assumed it was a joke. Continue reading →

Southern Baptists, Calvary Chapel Supporting Ministry That Tells Women How to Have an Abortion

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“In a page on the ministry’s website titled Choosing an Abortion Provider: 12 Considerations, Stanton instructs women on how to seek an abortion provider once they’ve made the decision to do so. Giving them a list of “considerations,” some of the advice they give includes…”

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)   As Christians, we are to look at abortion as murder — the unjust taking of innocent life — and a non-option not only for believers but society as a whole. It is not something that we look at as a last resort after we’ve sought exhaustively all other options…. Continue reading →

McConnell Rips Apart Democrats’ ‘Partisan Crusade’ on the Floor of the Senate

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By voting to impeach Trump on Wednesday, “Speaker Pelosi’s House just gave in to a temptation that every other House in our history has managed to resist,” moving to “impeach a president whom they do not even allege to have committed a crime” because they “disagree with a presidential act and question the motive behind it.”

(Tyler O’Neil – PJ Media)  On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned Democrats’ “partisan crusade” of impeachment, warning that Nancy Pelosi’s House of Representatives crossed a political “Rubicon” and “opened the Pandora’s box of subjective political impeachments,” a move that no previous House has done in American history…. Continue reading →

Why did Francis Chan and Mike Bickle promote the contemplative Henri Nouwen?

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“Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God.” – Henri Nouwen (heretic)

(John Lanagan – The Word Like Fire) In The Way of the Heart, Henri Nouwen explains contemplative prayer:

The quiet repetition of a single word can help us descend with the mind into the heart. …a word or sentence repeated frequently can help us to concentrate, to move to the center, to create an inner stillness and thus listen to the voice of God. (pg.81) Continue reading →

Toddler Death at Bethel Reveals the True Damage from NAR Theology

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“Since I know few will say it, I must. You cannot expect miracles when your base is actively working against God. The bible says that we are either gathering people to Christ or scattering them away. Which do you think Kris Vallotton does? What about ecumenicalist Darlene Zschech? Rich Wilkerson? Really?” 

(Anthony Wade – 828 Ministries) When practicing discernment regarding false theologies we often here the lament, “what’s the big deal?” Joel Osteen has encouraged millions of people, leave him alone. Joyce Meyer has helped countless women, don’t pick on her! In defending Bill Johnson and Bethel Church, Dr. Michael Brown once told me, “You do not know them, they love Jesus.”…. Continue reading →

Lauren Daigle Preaches False Gospel to Max Security Prisoners, Says God Doesn’t ‘Point the Finger at Them’

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“God “sitting with you” in the “middle of you being the worst of who you are” is not the gospel — it’s a false gospel.” 

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)  Recently, Lauren Daigle visited a maximum-security prison in Louisiana and told a stadium filled with 6300 prisoners that God “sits with them” and “doesn’t point the finger” at them or “give them shame.”

Daigle — who says she doesn’t know if homosexuality is sinful or not — is known for touring the world and giving a watered-down message that is devoid of the biblical gospel…. Continue reading →

12-Year-Old Boy Being Groomed To ‘Give Birth’ Via Corpse Womb Transplant

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“Every single cell in the human body is coded male or female. This is why the transgender movement is simple rebellion against the authority of God in creation that codes the 37 trillion cells in your body as male or female. It is a social, sinful, emotional rebellious construct. Transgender people are simply actors in the theater of the absurd. Gender is unchangeable.”  —  Pastor Scott Brown

(Pulpit & Pen) In August, Pulpit & Pen reported that ‘transgender women’ (aka men) are demanding womb-transplants from corpses in order to shove a baby in their abdomen and carry it until it has to be cut out of them. Because of the law in Great Britain granting ‘transgender’ people the same medical treatment, they are entitled to this grotesque procedure as ‘fertility treatment’ because they’re legally recognized as women…. Continue reading →

A Half-Learned Christ…Makes You Gullible

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“We constantly need to be reminded of the fulness of Christ in order for us to turn our eyes away from any and all counterfeits and put them onto the Lord Jesus Christ. If the divine, cosmic, redemptive, and mediatorial glory of Christ was the solution to the problem of counterfeit gospels, religions, philosophies, and spiritual practices in the early days of the New Testament church, how much more necessary is it for us in a day when false ideologies stream into our living rooms by means of the television and internet!”

(Nicholas Batzig – Feeding On Christ)  In a day in which we are inundated with counterfeit gospels, counterfeit spirituality, counterfeit religions, and counterfeit devotional practices it is important for us to keep in mind that believers are ever in danger of falling into what older theologians called, “a half-learned Christ.”…. Continue reading →

Chick-Fil-A Works To Get The Gay Lobby Off Its Back

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“Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A opposed same-sex marriage, stood up for traditional marriage and was attacked. Grassroots supporters turned out to support the company, and Chick-fil-A profited. Rather than follow up on that victory, Chick-fil-A chickened out and surrendered to the Same-Sex Marriage Agenda.” 

(Allan Wall – News With Views)  What does a chicken sandwich have to do with the Homosexual Lobby?

Quite a lot, if you’re referring to Chick-fil-A. Continue reading →

The FBI didn’t commit ‘errors and omissions.’ It abused its power

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“There are sins of omission and sins of commission. The FBI didn’t just fail to do right here. The agents involved in this investigation did evil. They used their power as law enforcement agents in pursuit of a perceived political enemy.”

(Washington Examiner)  The FBI sought a warrant to wiretap a U.S. citizen and, in effect, a U.S. presidential campaign, based on a shoddy Democrat-funded pile of conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier. The dossier’s allegations against then-candidate Donald Trump were based on “multiple layers of hearsay upon hearsay,” and the document also took seriously comments made in jest. Continue reading →

Title IX Trouble For Fuller Seminary

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“Sadly, Christian institutions will likely respond to the Fuller case by moving into defensive mode, crying “First Amendment!” and putting lawyers on speed-dial. If that is all that happens, then that reaction in itself will speak eloquently of the moral tenor of such places. For the first reaction should be one of serious and prolonged institutional heart-searching and, where necessary, of true repentance and change.”

(Carl Trueman – First Things)  Fuller Theological Seminary is facing a Title IX lawsuit from a former student, whom Fuller had expelled for entering into a civil same-sex marriage. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex at any institution of higher education receiving federal funding…. Continue reading →

A Bethel Redding School Masquerading as an Assemblies of God Bible Institute?

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“It is the brainchild of leaders at Bethel Church, working in partnership with some AG pastors and officials in the AG Northern California and Nevada District who have close personal ties to Bethel Church. And these individuals have, from the beginning, intentionally modeled BSSD after Bethel’s BSSM. This is a deep-seated connection, and Bethel plays an ongoing and important role in all aspects of the school.”

(Holly Pivec – Spirit of Error)  You’ve probably heard of a single church being taken over by an individual or group from within. But have you ever heard of an entire network of churches within a denomination being taken over? As unprecedented as that may sound, that is exactly what appears to be happening now in the Assemblies of God (AG) denomination in Northern California and Nevada. Continue reading →

Is Trump the Only Adult in the Room?

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“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference to announce plans to proceed with articles of impeachment. But she would not say which particular charges would be brought against the president.”

(Victor Davis Hanson)  Donald Trump certainly is mercurial at times. He can be uncouth.

But then again, no president in modern memory has been on the receiving end of such overwhelmingly negative media coverage and a three-year effort to abort his presidency, beginning the day after his election. Continue reading →

Al Mohler Defends Firing of Professor With Biblical Views On Same-sex Attraction

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“Albert Mohler did not say of word in defense of either Tom Ascol or John MacArthur in recent weeks when they were attacked by rabid feminists.”

By this point, almost everyone knows that Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, free from the conservatism of Paige Patterson and newly staffed by an army of Social Justice drones from Albert Mohler’s Southern Seminary, fired Dr. Robert Lopez because he kept preaching that God would change the desires of homosexuals if they’re born again. Continue reading →

Returning the Future to Individuals: What the UK Election Has to Say About the 21st Century

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“Orwell was wrong. The future does not consist of a boot stamping on a human face forever. The boot has rotted away, dissolved by the impact of the unforeseeable, by the furnace of creation.”

(Richard Fernandez – PJ Media)The decisive defeat of the British Labour party strongly suggests that a fundamental shift in the politics of the world has taken place — that the non-ideological wave of unrest sweeping the world really has deeper roots than Donald Trump or Fox News. Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, the founders of Fusion GPS, tried to blame the fall of Labour on Putin. Continue reading →

Cultural Marxism – the Seedbed of the New Homosexual Christian

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“Cultural Marxism has provided the seedbed for the current sexual-identity crisis in the PCA.  Side B Homosexuals have declared themselves to be victims, and this has been empowered by Cultural Marxism.  The environment of Cultural Marxism has given them the boldness to fight what they consider the good fight of faith.  Thus, we see the reason for the crisis in the PCA and also for what is brewing in the SBC.”

(Larry E. Ball)  The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is in the fight for its life.  I am inclined to think that the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is too.  The Side B homosexual-identity movement is spreading so fast that there is little hope in stopping it now…. Continue reading →

The GOP’s Four-Point Defense Of Trump Is Devastating

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“These four basic points will make up the core of the Republican defense of Trump on abuse of power charges. The White House should be very happy.”

(David Marcus – The Federalist)  During Thursday’s mark up of the articles of impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee, Republicans unveiled a four-point defense of President Trump that is stunning in its simplicity and blows massive holes in the Democrats allegations of abuse of power…. Continue reading →

What is God’s Purpose in Allowing False Teachers to Flourish?

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One thing you will notice with false teachers is that they always want to downplay the importance that Scripture places on warning against false teachers. You may hear defenses like “The Bible doesn’t say a whole lot about false teachers, so we really shouldn’t be too concerned with it,” or “Christians need to stop bickering and judging each other, and just be more loving and Christ-like.” 

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)  Have you ever slummed through a sermon by a preacher like Steven Furtick or Andy Stanley?…. Continue reading →

Don’t Feed The Trolls

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As I have said often before, if someone seems open, teachable, humble, and eager to learn, I am happy to spend a lot of time with them, answer their questions, and deal with any objections or criticisms they might have. But we must have discernment here.

(Bill Muehlenberg) Yes there are folks who love to argue and pick fights. This is how we should deal with them:

Consider this article to be sort of a public service announcement, a bit of free advice, and/or some hopefully wise counsel. It is directed mainly to other Christians, and if you are a regular reader here you will know that I have discussed this issue in the past. Continue reading →

Has the New Apostolic Reformation ‘hijacked’ the White House?

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It’s interesting to note that it was Vice-President Mike Pence, a conservative evangelical, who appeared with the gathering of ‘worship leaders’, a man who describes himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.”

(Churchwatch Central)  When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, Church Watch Central predicted that the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Apostles and Prophets would try to gain access to this ‘Christian’ President. Lance Wallnau and other ‘prophets and apostles’ have since labelled Trump as ‘Gods Chaos candidate’, proving the obvious nature and motivation of the NAR. What no one could have predicted was President Trump’s recent appointment of the self-proclaimed NARpostle (and notorious scam artist) Paula White to be his aide and ‘spiritual advisor’! Continue reading →

Here’s Why SWBTS/ERLC Teamed Up to Fire Professor over Conservative LGBTQ Views

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The following was written by Dr. Robert Gagnon, a Presbyterian pastor and professor of New Testament Theology at Houston Baptist University, and former associate professor of the New Testament at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The article from Religion News that Gagnon references is titled Evangelical leader Russell Moore denounces ex-gay therapy and can be read at this link. This was originally posted on Dr. Gagnon’s Facebook page. — Jeff Maples, Reformation Charlotte

This may have some bearing on the termination of Robert Lopez from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. According to a Religion News Service article from Oct. 28, 2014, the President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission denounced reparative therapy as “severely counterproductive,” despite the fact that many, and possibly most or nearly all, reparative therapists are Christians applying Christian principles…. Continue reading →

Hallmark Channel Now Airing Lesbian Wedding Commercials

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Several of Hallmark’s viewers were upset and reached out to a pro-family advocacy group, One Million Moms, with their complaints.

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte) Last week, Reformation Charlotte reported that Hallmark — the famous Christmas romance movie channel — was “open” to producing and running LGBTQ movies. Bill Abbott, the CEO of Crown Media, Hallmark’s parent company, made the comments during an interview with Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading →

The Comey FBI’s 17 Biggest Failures Contained in the Russia FISA Report

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Journalist John Solomon reveals some of the stunning failures, omissions, and mistakes made by James Comey’s FBI in obtaining FISA warrants against top Trump associates during the 2016 election. He writes:

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz identified 17 serious omissions, inaccuracies and failures involving the FBI’s conduct in the Russia collusion investigation and its pursuit of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant targeting the Trump campaign. Continue reading →