Drawing near unto God means having a desire for holiness

7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: 8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. 9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’” Matthew 15:7-9 (NASB) 

What does it mean biblically to draw near to God? Obviously, the Jews our Lord confronted as Matthew recorded in the passage above were not doing so. However Hebrews 10:22 says to those who are truly born again:

22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22 (NASB)

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Dems ‘Don’t Care…They’re Ideological Revolutionaries’- a ‘Reckoning’ Is Coming

It’s “existential. They can’t find food, they can’t fill up their car, they don’t feel safe when they go into a big city, they don’t feel their kids are being educated or they are being propagandized so it’s a 360 -24/7 phenomenon. It’s a totalitarian effort.”

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) “They have a reckoning that terrifies them,” Victor Davis Hanson told Tucker Carlson last night. He was referring to the New Democrat Party. “These people don’t care [about the people]…they’re ideological revolutionaries…” Continue reading

DHS Secretary Admits He Doesn’t Know Whereabouts of 42 Illegal Immigrants on Terror Watch List

“The secretary of Homeland Security does not know the answer to the status of 42 individuals who came to our southern border illegally [who] are on the no-fly list and the terrorist watch list.”

(Randy DeSoto – Western Journal) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that he does not know the status of 42 individuals apprehended at the southwest border who were flagged for being on the federal government’s terror watch or no-fly lists. Continue reading

Why Does the Left Have Such a Difficult Time With the Concept of ‘Free Speech’?

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter. —George Washington

Washington was on to something. There is no more vital safeguard of our liberties than freedom of speech. Without it, we are, as Washington graphically notes, “like sheep led to the slaughter.” Continue reading

Jen Hatmaker Awakens Her Mind to The ‘Mystery’ of ‘The Feminine Divine’

(Protestia) Jen Hatmaker, the popular I’m-pretending-to-be-a-Christian-but-I’m-actually-a-pagan mommy-blogger and podcaster that is quickly climbing the ranks from “Gadfly False Teacher” to “Arch-Heretic,” has continued to out herself as a vessel of inhabitation for shifty-eyed swine who’d rather not go off a cliff, reflecting on her spiritual transition from jewel to Jezebel and as she awakens herself to the mystery of “The Feminine Divine.”

Last time we caught up with her, she was celebrating homosexuality, and being pro-transgender…. Continue reading

Irony: Rick Warren decries hypocrisy, commercialized faith

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Perhaps the most influential pastor in the last thirty years is Rick Warren. This is not because of Rick Warren’s theology or teaching. Rather, Rick Warren is a church growth guru and his Purpose Driven Church has been used as a template for building seeker sensitive churches. In the last few years, Rick Warren has made it abundantly clear that he is a wolf via supporting Branch Covidianismcoming out as egalitarian, and endorsing Bart Barber. On April 28th, Rick Warren took to tweeting these gems back to back: Continue reading

Supporters of Joe Biden are detached from reality

“Joe Biden lives in a dream world, of that I am certain. And part of that construct is looking away from vexing problems. Like chaos at the southern border. Like horrendous violent crime. Like progressive indoctrination of students.”

(Bill O’Reilly) You know them. Some folks are detached from reality and have constructed a fantasy place that provides comfort from the cold world. They hide in plain sight.

Let’s get specific. According to the polls, about 35 percent of Americans still think President Biden is doing a good job…. Continue reading

Children As Young As 13 Are Getting Gender Transforming Surgeries

Father injecting his son with female hormones.

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) The media and politicians have taken sides on the issue of gender-transforming surgeries for teens. They are politicizing the issue without the proper data. They like to say children aren’t getting these surgeries, but they are.

Go Fund Me currently lists 42,000 young people looking for TOP surgery – gender-affirming surgery. Look at their photos on the link. Are they getting the proper care and treatment before making these decisions? Continue reading

Tim Keller Faces Backlash Over Stunning Political Tweet

Warning: Graphic photo.

Read the tweets at the end of the  article.

(Protestia) Tim Keller, founder of The Gospel Coalition and cultural Marxist extraordinaire, has a long history of saying terrible things. For example, when his church called for more same-sex intimacy in churches, he said that if you have white skin, the bible says you’re involved in injustice, he trashed the Social Justice and the Gospel Statement, endorsed the notion of a “gay Christian,” affirmed Christians have “liberty of conscience” to vote for pro-abortion Democrats, and explained that Christians will be purged from government and schools and that they brought it on themselves.

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Bethel Prophetess Says Jesus Walked Into Her Room With A Ring and Asked Her to Marry Him

(The Dissenter) Frankly, Bethel Church in Redding California is no church at all. It is a blasphemous, idolatrous organization run by gospel-distorting men and women who do nothing more than lead people right into the hands of the enemy. From its faux signs and wonders to its rank heretical prosperity gospel, it can safely be concluded that Bethel Church should be marked and avoided at all costs. Continue reading

Worthy of Worship

“Men and women are ready to worship created beings while refusing to worship the living and true God.”

A number of years ago, Anna and I were at a concert to see one of our favorite singer-songwriters perform. During the break in between songs, someone in the crowd shouted, “You’re my hero. I worship you, man!” The performer stopped the show and said, “Don’t say that. You don’t know anything about me.”… Continue reading

Biden Made a Fool of Himself During His Speech Today

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) Biden is securing the label of the worst president in history, and Kamala Harris is terrible in every way imaginable. The Secretary of State and the Generals are inept at best. Biden doesn’t do any work if one watches his daily schedule.

Everything is terrible and getting worse. The progressive Democrats created this calamity and made certain they got this figurehead president in place. Continue reading

Tim Mackie’s (The Bible Project) rejection of key biblical doctrine

(John Lanagan – The Word Like Fire) A well done video about The Bible Project’s Tim Mackie and his views of hell, heaven, and the substitutionary atonement. Yes, The Bible Project has produced many great videos, but churches that use The Bible Project need to examine key areas of Tim Mackie’s teaching.

Please watch the entire jaw-dropping video. The gentleman who produced this did a masterful job, especially concerning the atonement. Below are some of the [transcribed] words of Tim Mackie: Continue reading

Could we be in the midst of God’s wrath of abandonment?

17 “Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him alone. Hosea 4:17 (NKJV) 

Idolatry is the natural state of man. Left to themselves, people will worship or idolize someone or something. On the top of the list of those things we place on pedestals of idolatry is self. Professing Christians are not immune. They idolize Christian leaders, their churches, their doctrine, their liberty, their self-righteousness, their denomination, their particular translation of the Bible, and anything else they can view as something that gives them a sense of religious identity…. Continue reading

Secret Soros-Funded GFI Implements Key Biden Agenda Items

“George Soros operatives work in the White House to help expedite his authoritarian plan for the United States. For example, our open borders scream Soros’s dream of a borderless open society. In hacked emails in 2016, he promotes massive illegal immigration as the quickest means to obtain a permanent electoral majority.”

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) We now know thanks to Fox News Digital and Liberty Daily that a secretive group – Governing for Impact (GFI) – funded heavily by leftist George Soros is working to shape US policy in the Biden administration. At the same time, Soros operatives currently work in the White House…. Continue reading

Joe Biden Has $5.2 Million in ‘Unexplained’ Income. I Wonder Where It Came From?

“The revelation ties the president even closer to Hunter’s overseas business dealings – and makes his previous claims that he never discussed them with his son, even less plausible. Joe was able to pay the bills after earning millions of dollars through his and his wife’s companies after he left office as vice president.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) According to financial records, Joe Biden has $5.2 million in “unexplained income” that (by pure coincidence, of course) was acquired around the same time Hunter Biden was raking in big bucks from foreign business deals and earmarking “10 percent for the Big Guy.” Continue reading

John Durham Springs His Trap After ‘Hillary for America’ Walks Right Into It

“[Durham] is about to get the relevant parties under oath and expose the contradiction. Either they are lying to the FEC in their prior agreement or they are lying in the Sussmann case.”

(Bonchie – Red State) Last Tuesday, RedState reported on two desperate filings put forth by Hillary for America and Fusion GPS. They attempted to assert attorney-client privilege over materials that John Durham’s prosecution of Michael Sussmann is seeking to get its hands on. Continue reading

Tim Keller Promotes Gay Revoice Pastor’s Book That Teaches Christianity Doesn’t Change Homosexual Desires

“Tim Keller sees fit to promote Greg Johnson’s book which essentially teaches that homosexuality [same-sex attraction] is an affliction that one must live with for the rest of their life.” 

(The Dissenter) Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) — that is, from the “conservative” denomination, not the completely apostate PCUSA denomination — has been drawing a lot of controversy over the last few years for its promotion of homosexuality and LGBTQ issues…. Continue reading

How Left-wing Covid Narratives INFILTRATED Churches

The federal government used Christian evangelical leaders to spread Covid propaganda. Be sure to watch Megan Basham’s video at the bottom of the page to hear her explain how our government manipulated progressive evangelical leaders to spread the word.

For those who would prefer reading about how the government operates, we’re re-posting an article we published on February 23 by Megan Basham:

Excerpt: Ed Stetzer, CT, and The Gospel Coalition [along with Tim Keller, Rick Warren, Russell Moore, N.T. Wright] were hardly alone in uncritically lending their sway over rank-and-file evangelicals to Collins. The list of Christian leaders who passed the NIH director their mics to preach messages about getting jabs, wearing masks, and accepting the official line on Covid is as long as it is esteemed.” Continue reading

Julie Roys Strikes Out!

“No doubt there are people near Grace Community Church, Grace to You, or The Master’s Seminary who have been hurt. These ministries (like all ministries) are full of sinners. At P&P and Protestia, we have taken issue with them when we believed they were in error. We will continue to do so because we love them as brothers and sisters in Christ and Christians are charged with holding one another accountable.”

(David Morrill) How long will people continue to take Julie Roys seriously? How many more obvious, manifest lies will she have to publish before she is marginalized into obscurity? Continue reading

FBI Warns of Ransomware Attacks on Food Processing Plants

“This all took place during and after Joe Biden warned of impending food shortages. He didn’t mention the ransomware attacks. When the ransomware attacks occurred against energy supplies in 2021, Russia blamed the CIA. The CIA said Russia did it.”

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) The FBI published a notice on April 20th about targeted Ransomware attacks on food processing plants. The notice pointed to ransomware attacks…against six grain cooperatives during the fall 2021 harvest and two attacks in early 2022 that could impact the planting season by disrupting the supply of seeds and fertilizer. Continue reading

Conservative Baptist Network Under Fire for Inviting Robert Jeffress to Speak at Bible Conference

“It seems that Jeffress, instead of warning others about the dangers of these false teachers and the doctrines of demons they profess, has instead fed his sheep to these people…” 

(The Dissenter) The Conservative Baptist Network (CBN) formed as a subnetwork within the Southern Baptist Convention as a means to unify against the onslaught of liberal drift in the denomination and to fight against social justice and the influx of Critical Race Theory as well as certain elements of feminism and egalitarianism. The CBN is headed up by big names such as Voddie Baucham, Tom Ascol, and Rod Martin, all fine, conservative Bible-believing leaders…. Continue reading

Karen Swallow Prior shared document at center of blackmail attempt

“Now that SEBTS has made clear that Karen Swallow Prior shared the document, it is imperative that SEBTS force Karen Swallow Prior to reveal the names of all who received the document from her.”

(Capstone Report) Professor Karen Swallow Prior shared the rough draft at the center of the attempt to blackmail Tom and Jennifer Buck with potential publishers, according to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS). Tom and Jennifer Buck claim that Karen Swallow Prior did not have their permission to share the rough draft. And in fact, the Bucks say there is evidence against her having shared it. Continue reading