The Jesus Revolution?

“Was the Jesus Movement transformational? When a person reads about the Jesus Movement and its people (called Jesus People) transformed lives are not immediately evident. Granted, a new convert does not always change everything overnight. However, there are certain practices that should change relatively quickly.”

(Taigen Joos – G3 Ministries) The worldwide release of a new film entitled Jesus Revolution is set for Friday, February 24. The film is based on a book by the same title written by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA…. Continue reading

Mystery of Godliness

3His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. (2 Peter 1:3-10 ESV) Read verses 8-10 on the site.

In the visible church in our time one of the key terms that we are hearing and seeing everywhere is rooted in the word “transform.” Rick Warren likes to say that his church is responsible for thousands of transformed lives for instance. In the incarnation/missional/dominionistic push right now we are seeing some call their particular flavor of that “transformational.” Continue reading

The Woke Wrecking Machine

“Woke dogma mandates that pollution and poverty are no longer concerns—if they affect the white poor who are stereotyped collectively as privileged victimizers.” 

(Victor Davis Hanson – American Greatness) Almost everything that has followed from the woke mass hysteria gripping the nation since 2020 has proved disastrous.

Wokeism destroys meritocracy in favor of forced equality of result — history’s prescription for civilizational decline. Continue reading

Bombshell: Deadly Weaponization of COVID-19 Medical Research

Dr. Makary said that public health officials and the CDC are proposing “a 12-year-old little girl get 65 vaccines in her lifetime. Based on what? How about we see the data? When did we forget the scientific process altogether?”

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) The House Oversight Committee began hearings on the COVID investigation. Three eminent doctors kicked it off today with bombshell testimony. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford, Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, and Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins testified. Continue reading

Beth Moore Rants Over Women Not Being Allowed To Preach In The SBC On The Podcast Of An Advocate for ‘Gay Christianity’

(The Dissenter) Preston Sprinkle is the founder of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, & Gender, a ministry dedicated to advocating and promoting “Side B” “gay Christianity.” Similar to Revoice, of which he is also an original advisory board member, Sprinkles’ ministry promotes the aberrant belief that one can continue living as an open homosexual so long as they don’t engage in homosexual sex.

And it was to Preston Sprinkles’ podcast that Beth Moore turned to complain about the Southern Baptist Convention’s decision to take a harder stance against women preaching…. Continue reading

Okay, So It Looks as if the Justice Department Probably Has Spies in Catholic Churches

Garland, however, ignored this salient question and plowed on: “It’s appalling. It’s appalling. I’m in complete agreement with you. I understand that the FBI has withdrawn it and it’s now looking into how this could ever have happened.”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) In a heated exchange with Gestapo chief Merrick Garland at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) directly challenged Garland’s viciously corrupt and politicized “Justice” Department, and zeroed in on the once-respected agency’s targeting of traditionalist Roman Catholics…. Continue reading

Be Filled With The Spirit

15 Therefore look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 On account of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians 5:15-18 (LSB) 

As we saw in my post Are You Being Filled With the Spirit or Something Else?, the Apostle Paul was making a very deep contrast in v18 (above) between the people being controlled by evil as they seek ecstatic spiritual experiences in any way other than the only way God has prescribed for His people. That way is to be filled with the Spirit, which is to be controlled by Him in the sense of having one’s life permeated with Him…. Continue reading

The Dominion of Fox News: Revelations in a defamation suit damage the network’s credibility

“We could go on (and on and on), but you get the gist. The Times, the Post, and CNN are part of a cabal of Democrat propagandists. The Leftmedia peddles lies deliberately and always. Fox News was a little too slow to stop one for a few weeks.”

(Nate Jackson – The Patriot Post) The 2020 presidential election was at best tainted. Was it “stolen”? That depends on what you mean. We’ve argued from the beginning that Democrats undermined the integrity of the election with pandemic-justified changes to election law, such as growing Election Day into election season and greatly expanding mail-in voting. Big Tech and Big Media suppressed damning news about Joe Biden’s corruption, censored conservatives, and harangued President Donald Trump. Continue reading

J.K. Rowling Wins Again: ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ One of the Fastest Selling Games Despite Woke Efforts to Cancel It

“The trans crowd isn’t — and I’d put money on this — nearly as big as the rotten woke media would have us believe. Of course, the members of the trans crowd are brainwashed so they actually believe the hype and think they’re a force to be reckoned with.”

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media)  Author J.K. Rowling has been in a very public battle with the alphabet pride woke mob for several years now. Rowling continues to believe in science, which doesn’t go over well with the people who insist that there are 746 genders. Much to its chagrin, the mob has found that Harry Potter has made Rowling cancel-proof. Continue reading

Bible Answer Man, Hank Hanegraaff, Platforms Open Homosexual to Help ‘Save the West’

(The Dissenter) For a man who has dubbed himself the “Bible Answer Man,” he sure doesn’t strike much when it comes to the Bible. You may remember several years ago, I broke the story wide open that Hank Hanegraaff has departed the Christian faith to join the Greek Orthodox Church. That story went viral and I personally took a lot of heat, especially from the Orthodox community, that I was unwilling to label Hanegraaff and the Orthodox Church as true expressions of Christianity. Continue reading

The Greatest Cover-up in Human History

“Herein lies a lesson: A huge number of people have decided that there are a cadre of people who are so vile that any opinion they touch is immediately toxified beyond investigation. Claims are not to be evaluated on their own merits; instead, we can simply determine whether a claim ought to be supported based on those who posit it.”

(Ben Shapiro – Townhall) First, it was supposedly a conspiracy theory.

Then, it was banned.

Finally, it was true. Continue reading

Where is your Blessed Hope?

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good works Titus 2:11-14 (LSB)

The following is a quote from a sermon by John MacArthur titled ‘The Undying Faith of Christians Facing Death’ in the context of Matthew 24. Continue reading

Sixth-Grader Reads to School Board From Gay Sex Book Displayed at His School

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(Catherine Salgado – PJ Media) Middle-school librarians now think homosexual pornography is appropriate reading material for 11-year-old students.

Eleven-year-old sixth grader Knox Zijac got up at a school board meeting to read a page from the book Nick and Charlie, which is about a homosexual couple having sex. This explicit book was a featured novel on a display stand in his middle school library, according to Knox…. Continue reading

Common Artificial Sweetener Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

“Artificial sweeteners are implicated in numerous other undesirable health outcomes such as bladder cancer and brain tumors.”

(Ben Bartee – PJ Media) An artificial sweetener called erythritol  commonly used in processed foods is linked to heart attacks and strokes in a new study.

Via Nature:

Artificial sweeteners are widely used sugar substitutes, but little is known about their long-term effects on cardiometabolic disease risks…. Continue reading

Greg Laurie’s ‘Jesus Revolution’ Presents a False Gospel That Forgoes Real Repentance

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“As with nearly all celebrity Christian luminaries, there comes a time when the message they deliver has become so devoid of any convicting biblical substance that nearly anyone, whether they profess Christ or not, will be lured in by their seductive charisma. Their following essentially becomes a cult of personality, and their notoriety gains them indiscriminate immunity from nearly all criticism.”

(The Dissenter) You’ve probably heard of the recently released Jesus Revolution movie that’s based on Greg Laurie’s book by the same name. The movie is being promoted by several high-profile Evangelicals including former Southern Baptist president, James Merritt and former U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence. Continue reading

False prophets and false prophecy then and now

1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own heart, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh! 3 Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the wickedly foolish prophets who are walking after their own spirit and have seen nothing. 4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among waste places. 5 You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of Yahweh. Ezekiel 13:1-7 (LSB) Read verses 6-7 on the site.

A false prophet is one who claims to teach the truth from God and His Word, but who actually teaches from the counsel of his or her own heart. God is forever unchanging. He is immutable. His ways never change. His standards never change…. Continue reading

After Asbury Revival Leaves Campus for Non-Existent ‘New Location’, Attendance and Interest Collapses

“One Christian group, The Pulse*, wanting to capitalize on the spirit of Asbury, rented out Rupp Arena on Sunday, advertising a revival from 2 pm-11 pm to have a time of “repentance, testimonies, scripture, and worship” that was not in any way officially associated with the university.”

(Protestia) For twelve days, tens of thousands of revival chasers from around the world descended on the small city of Wilmore, KY, to experience firsthand the so-called ‘Asbury Revival.’ Supporters called this the next big thing, claiming it would sweep across America like other historical revivals and set the world on fire as they scrambled to occupy the now iconic Hughes Auditorium. Continue reading

Dr. Fauci blasted over new revelations about COVID lab leak: ‘We need to crack this egg open’

“We crazy right-wing nutjobs keep getting proven to have been correct about, well, everything, when it comes to COVID.” – Stephen Kruiser

(Fox News) New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R) said on ‘Fox & Friends First’ Monday the American people want the truth about the origins of COVID after hearing repeated lies and “misinformation” from Dr. Anthony Fauci and officials. Van Drew, a former Democrat, said American taxpayer money was used to fund the research at a China lab where the virus is suspected to have leaked. Continue reading

Jen Wilkin’s Horrendous Defense of Public Schools

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) The Gospel Coalition has the second season of their so-called “Good Faith Debates” which have largely been characterized as lacking a clear conservative representation, as a good faith debate would necessitate a real debate. And while the public school debate presents an easy opportunity to voice that position, Jen Wilkin’s defense of public schooling your children goes above and beyond what is normally said. She believes that Christians have a moral obligation to utilize public schools if at all possible. Continue reading

Work Out What God Works In

12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 (LSB) 

God is Sovereign. He has not surrendered any of His sovereignty to any of His creatures, and that includes Man. My Pastor has been preaching through the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis for the last several weeks. It is obvious to all that God was in complete control of all of those things that happened to Joseph that culminated in his becoming Prime Minister of Egypt during one of the worst famines to ever hit that area…. Continue reading

The Source of the New Birth

6 That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”John 3:6-8 (LSB) 

I grew up as a Southern Baptist. Much of the memories from my childhood have something to do with being at church each and every Sunday morning and evening. One thing I remember was an annual event in our church called a ‘Revival.’ The Pastor and his staff would plan it for a certain date, put that date in every church bulletin leading up to it, put signs up in front of the church advertising it, and make announcement after announcement from the pulpit to remember the upcoming ‘Revival.’… Continue reading

Are evangelical leaders as courageous as J.K. Rowling?

“…it is surely now time that the flagship evangelical organizations speak out too, using their broad appeal and status to have a real impact on the debate. It would be wonderful if Christianity Today were to run a series of detransition narratives, or Wheaton College host a conference on the damage that trans ideology is doing to children and to families. Such things would help confused parents and pastors.”

(Carl Trueman – World) It is a well-established trope today that evangelical Christians were on the wrong side of cultural debates in the past and that present generations must therefore do public penance, whether the issue is racism or sexism or whatever. That raises the question of what issues the evangelical establishment might be misjudging today that will lead to future disdain towards this generation of evangelical leadership. Here is my suggestion: the issue of transgender ideology. Continue reading

The Groomers Are Winning

“If it was about acceptance and not innate wiring, why is it that only Gen Z and Millennials have seen a rise in LGBTQ+ identification? All the other generations have remained steady percentage wise. Why this sudden jump overall?”

(Emmy Griffin – The Patriot Post) Last Friday, Gallup published an article on a poll it conducted regarding the percentage of the population that identifies as LGBTQ+. There were several interesting trends that it uncovered.

7.2% of the population now identifies as LGBTQ+. Gallup’s polling now includes the identifiers “queer,” “pansexual,” and “asexual,” which broadened the spectrum somewhat. Continue reading

Catholic Cardinal Opens ‘Abrahamic Family House’ With Muslims Praying Prayers Denouncing Jews and Christians

If you’re a pious Muslim who prays the five requisite daily prayers of Islam, you will recite the Fatiha seventeen times in the course of those prayers. The final two verses of the Fatiha ask Allah: “Guide us to the straight path, the path of those whom you have favored [Islam], not of those who have earned your anger, or of those who have gone astray.”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, the Roman Catholic Church’s apostolic nuncio emeritus to Egypt and apostolic delegate emeritus to the Arab League, as well as a past president of the Pontifical Council for Irreligious, er, that is, Interreligious Dialogue, on Sunday represented Pope Francis at the first prayer service in St. Francis of Assisi Church in Abu Dhabi, which is part of the new Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith shrine that comprises not just a church, but also a synagogue and a mosque. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty. Continue reading