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
“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.”
(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. 
(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.
(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.
“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, 
“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.”
(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…. 
By Marsha West
“Don Lemon’s hatred of Catholic doctrine is well documented, which alone should stop any college calling itself Catholic from having him come speak. However, it is Don Lemon’s disregard for the First Amendment that makes his invite so egregious.”
(Kathy Athearn – The Washington Stand) After Christian apologist and political influencer Charlie Kirk was tragically assassinated six short months ago, there has been heightened debate among Christians about what our proper role in the public sphere should be: should we seek to improve society through apologetics, college campus discussions, and political involvement as Kirk did, or should we “stand above” the messiness of politics which is of “this world” and instead focus on personal transformation and thereby influence the culture in a less confrontational manner? 
“During the first Trump era especially, Moore emerged as one of the most recognizable voices condemning conservative Christians who supported Donald Trump. The criticism wasn’t occasional or incidental. It was relentless—sermons, social media threads, interviews, conferences. Always the same melody. Trump supporters inside the church had “corrupted” Christianity, traded Jesus for political power, abandoned the gospel.”
(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) After Paul Washer’s sermon at Shepherds Conference on Friday afternoon, a firestorm erupted on social media criticizing one particular aspect of the sermon. Washer detailed his final visit with the late John MacArthur, sharing what he said to MacArthur during his time with him last March. Washer inquired about the condition of MacArthur’s soul and followed up that question by asking about MacArthur’s fellowship with Christ as his life drew near its close.
“Federal law enforcement agencies have already brought criminal cases involving fraudulent health insurance enrollments tied to government subsidy payments. Several investigations focused on agents who created fake accounts or moved consumers to different plans to generate commissions; those cases demonstrated how vulnerable the system can become when large subsidy payments move through private brokers…”
“The opinions on the subject of health have always been diverse and dizzying. Advice changes as time passes. Red meat is bad. Red meat is good. Eggs give you cholesterol. No, eggs are good. In the 1970s we were told that a strict, low-fat, high-carb diet was the way to go. In the 1990s and 2000s, low or no-carb and healthy fat was the best diet. Like the weather, wait a while and it’ll change.”
It won’t matter if the government of Iran falls. The fatwas against Rushdie and others are eternal. The very nature of the fatwas requires the faithful to kill for Islam. The fatwa’s power is that “it is a few sentences read aloud on Radio Tehran, mere breath, that will remain its most successful method of exporting the Islamist revolution, even after the murderous regime it created goes down.”
“…criticizing the removal of the terror regime is off-the-charts lunacy. How many innocent people does Iran have to kill before the Democratic Party begins supporting forced change in Tehran? Is the recent murder of an estimated 30,000 Iranian protesters not enough for Senator Charles Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to get angry? Nope. They apparently despise Trump more than the Mullahs.”
“President Trump understands that you can’t make enemies go away by pretending that they’re not there. Whether it’s the border, the economy or anything else, he knows that change requires going through the crisis, not retreating backward and hoping that it will somehow go away.”
(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) Angels appear frequently throughout Scripture, signaling that God intends His people to understand these spiritual beings and their role within His creation and redemptive purposes. Cultural fascination with angels persists, largely driven by portrayals in entertainment media, yet these popular depictions often bear little resemblance to the biblical witness. In contrast to cinematic or fictional representations, Scripture presents angels as created spiritual servants who exist to glorify God and carry out His will. This article examines the biblical teaching concerning the nature, characteristics, roles, and contemporary relationship of angels to believers. 
As contemplative mysticism becomes the norm within mainstream evangelicalism we’re witnessing more acceptance of hyper-charismaticism.
(The Dissenter) “Yes, Democrats are evil, but Republicans…” I always hear the David French types, the Phil Vischer types, the JD Greear types, attempt to argue that Republicans are some kind of “opposite” evil from Democrats. These center-leftists, for lack of a better term, will often concede that the left has gone too far with its embrace of abortion on demand or LGBTQ ideology. But then they attempt to equalize it by turning it back on conservatives.
(Crystal Rose Wilson) James White offers a critical examination of James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, focusing on his controversial theological and political viewpoints, particularly in relation to the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. – slide the bar to 3:30.
(Don & Joy Veinot – Midwest Christian Outreach) As human beings, we cannot know the heart of another. We certainly do not know someone’s spiritual condition as it relates to the Lord. However, determining whether individual Progressives are Christian is a completely different question than determining if Progressive Christianity is Christian. This is hardly a new issue. In his excellent 1923 book, Christianity and Liberalism, J. Gresham Machen compared and contrasted historic Christian teachings with those of theological liberals. At times he would say liberals are religious but not Christian. He didn’t speak to individual salvation but rather the overall doctrines in essential areas. In the Introduction he commented on why these sorts of questions are important, 
“A “nonbinary” gender identity is neither male nor female, but rather a rejection of the notion that humans are male or female. In other words, it’s a direct rejection of the clear biblical teaching that human beings are male and female.”