The Superiority of Christ and the Cost of Discipleship

1 God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, 3 who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:1-4 (LSB)

The Church in the early part of the 21st Century is very sick. This sickness has not happened all at once. Instead, it is the result of centuries of compromise after compromise on the part of Christian leaders and their followers to adapt the Gospel and the Church doctrines to conform to what men want…. Continue reading

Another Jesus: The ‘Jesus’ that is being bandied about has become a poor substitute for the true and glorious Son of God

“If the contemporary church is going to abandon all its theological territory and take a final stand for Jesus Christ, it better be for the real Christ. Be done with this palatable and tamed jesus and introduce the world to the real Lord Jesus Christ: the eternal Son of God sent into the world to save and rule the world, crucified, dead, and buried, but risen and exalted; the One who receives sinners and makes them saints. The Christ who created and sustains all things and will return once again to judge his enemies and make all things new. Any Christ less than this is not worth knowing.”

(Andrew W.G. Matthews – Caldron Pool) “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough!” 2 Corinthians 11:4

As the evangelical Christian church has been pummeled by secular critics for being hateful for her biblical views on ethics, many church leaders have responded by shifting the focus from ethics to “Jesus.” They say that the main thing is “To know Jesus and make him known,” and not get broiled down in controversial ethical issues…. Continue reading

Why the Pro-Life Movement is Compromised, and Why Abortion Abolition is the Only Path Forward

(Protestia) Do you call yourself “Pro-life?” Understand, there is a significant and growing internal conflict among the self-described #Prolife. It is not going away. Some know this and have begun to try to confront it. There are at least three groups within the current Pro-life Movement.

Let’s briefly consider each Pro-life group. This is so important because this modern holocaust 10x that of Hitler’s is ours to steward and legally abolish. Where do you stand? (1) ESTABLISHMENT or BIG PRO-LIFE; (2) CONFLICTED-CONSISTENT; & (3) BLURRY MIDDLE. Continue reading

New Study: New Boosters Don’t Work Any Better

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel} Despite overwhelming data from Pfizer’s Bivalent COVID-19 Booster results of eight dead mice, boosters are mandated in some quarters. A new study is out, and it says the boosters don’t work any better than the original. It complements another study with the same or similar results.

Researchers at Columbia and Harvard University state Bivalent Booster shots failed to raise levels of neutralizing antibodies against the dominant omicron strain any more than the original COVID-19 vaccine…. Continue reading

The Legend of Sleepy Joe

“Happy Halloween, Joe Biden. In the years to come, scary stories will be told about your administration. Young children will tremble in fear upon hearing details of this very strange time.”

(Bill O’Reilly) It is late October, and a seasonal change is in the air; darkness falls earlier, and spirits awaken in anticipation of All Hallows Eve. Children look forward to the spooky time when they go door to door asking for “treats.” If none are forthcoming, the specter of “tricks” may arise. Continue reading

Is Voting Democrat Compatible With Faithfulness to God?

(The Dissenter) After watching parts of the debate last night between Pennsylvania candidates John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, it has become abundantly clear that the Democrat party’s commitment to abortion, LGBTQ, and all of the other items on the progressive agenda far outweigh the desire to be seen as reasonable or live in a functioning society. For the Democrat party, it’s all or nothing. Fetterman, who had a stroke and can hardly put together a coherent statement, had an extremely difficult time making any sense at all during his debate with Oz. But, for Democrats, it’s a ‘Hail Mary” with Fetterman. Continue reading

Mark Driscoll Claims Mars Hills Elders Tried to Oust Him From Church Using False Allegations of Adultery

(Protestia) During his recent Sunday sermon, ‘pastor’ Mark Driscoll released a bombshell, claiming that the reason he resigned from the pastorate at Mars Hill after previously saying he wasn’t going anywhere and would submit to a period of church discipline, is that the Holy Spirit revealed to him a secret plot by the church elders to get him to step down by falsely accusing him of adultery, freeing him to leave.

Driscoll’s Mars Hill Ministry imploded in 2014 after his elders accused him of being arrogant, crude, bullying, harsh, and overbearing…. Continue reading

Google Caught With Its Algorithms Down in Displaying Search Results for GOP Senate Candidates

“For its part, Google looked right into the camera and solemnly swore — no fingers crossed, no fibbing — that they don’t know what happened but it’s impossible for their non-partisan, completely innocent algorithms to be biased against those evil — er, those Republican candidates.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) The Media Research Center is calling on Google to “stop its war on democracy” and “provide algorithmic transparency” after the watchdog organization demonstrated manipulated search results for Republican Senatorial campaign websites. Continue reading

The ‘F’ Word: The Revival of Fundamentalism

“It’s a smear campaign used as a power-grab agenda in order to control the narrative and retain power in specific circles of evangelicalism. To be clear, such a narrative will never win the day. Truth will prevail.”

(Josh Buice – Delivered by Grace) The way in which we use words matters. For instance, when we look at the way words morph in the sense of cultural usage, such etymology is indicative of the difficulty to anchor word meaning and word usage. That’s why it’s essential to study words when studying the Bible to understand how those words were being employed in the specific era and context of that biblical text. Continue reading

NYS Must Rehire All Fired Employees With Backpay

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) The New York State Supreme Court has ordered all employees fired for being unvaccinated to be rehired with back pay. This is by order of the New York State Supreme Court, predominantly Democrat.

There is an appeals process.

The Supreme Court found that being vaccinated “does not” stop the spread of COVID-19. Continue reading

Climate Lunatics Throw Mashed Potatoes on Monet Masterpiece, and It’s Going to Get Worse

“The climate activists wouldn’t be engaging in stunts of this kind if they were rational thinkers who could critically evaluate what they were told and reject the climate propaganda that has been irresponsibly pounded into them since they were toddlers.”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) Just nine days after climate doom fanatics threw tomato soup onto Vincent Van Gogh’s famed Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery in London, the apocalyptically named Last Generation group has struck in a similar way, hurling mashed potatoes at Claude Monet’s Haystacks, which recently sold for $110 million, in the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, before they glued their hands to the wall and settled in for a long day of climate hectoring, mythology, propaganda, and sloganeering. Continue reading

The main COVID symptoms have changed, research shows

“…the symptoms most commonly reported among the three groups, ranked in order of how often they are reported.”

(Addy Bink – The Hill) Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have reported dozens of different symptoms, ranging from cold and flu-like symptoms to more unique ones, including “COVID tongue.”

But like all viruses, the primary symptoms associated with COVID have changed and can vary based on your vaccination status, according to a new list released last week. Continue reading

Biden’s Diesel Fuel Supply Crisis Could Soon Cripple America in Ways Never Before Seen

“The Biden administration has remained strangely silent, probably hoping that the dismal news doesn’t hit the mainstream because it’s a total political timebomb waiting to go off, especially as the midterm elections are so close.”

(Ryan Ledendecker – PJ Media) Oil prices and President Joe Biden’s continued draining of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have dominated the headlines over the past few weeks, but analysts say a more impactful and serious crisis on the energy front looms: a diesel fuel shortage. Continue reading

Ulta Beauty uses two confused adult males to talk about ‘girlhood’ — and receives resounding backlash

Ulta had two men, who know nothing about being a girl, mansplain girlhood on its podcast.

“Ulta is the latest company to try to cash in on the transgender craze that is tearing our young people to shreds (sometimes literally). Transgenderism is big business. Target has a clothing line that offers chest binders and padded underwear…”

(Emmy Griffin – The Patriot Post) Ulta Beauty, a company that sells beauty products, is facing backlash from angry women customers for an episode of its company podcast, “The Beauty of…” In the now infamous episode, Ulta features host David Lopez — who is wearing a long blond wig and also has a full beard and says he has been gender fluid for two years— and the interviewee, TikTok star and transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney identifies as a girl but is a biological adult male. Continue reading

Liz Cheney’s Plan To Divide The Republican Party Has Failed

“The woman sounded completely crazed and unhinged, as if she’d completely lost the plot and needed psychological assistance. It is a reminder, though, that the only issue Cheney has ever cared about is forcing the Republican Party to practice a politically toxic and destabilizing interventionist foreign policy.”

(Mollie Hemmingway – The Federalist) The widespread and coordinated plan to divide the Republican Party has failed, and it’s a major reason why Democrat prospects for the 2022 midterms are so bad. Continue reading

Great Reset: Globalist Rishi Sunak Becomes U.K. PM Unopposed

“The ERG cannot support any candidate because, as I said last week, the globalist coup has succeeded. There is no Conservative party. It is dead.” – Nigel Farage

(Oliver JJ Lane – Breitbart) Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Rishi Sunak, best known for signing the cheques on the mega-money lockdown policies of the Covid era and pushing the national tax burden to the highest levels in decades, will be the next Prime Minister after the only other serious challenger dropped out at the last minute. Continue reading

In Prayer

From The Valley of Vision – A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions by Arthur Bennett

O LORD,

In prayer I launch far out into the eternal world,

and on that broad ocean my soul triumphs

over all evils on the shores of mortality.

Time, with its gay amusements and cruel disappointments

never appears so inconsiderate as then. Continue reading

Greg Johnson’s Revoice Church To Leave The PCA

“The Christians in the PCA have maintained the pressure to make an apostate church in their midst uncomfortable and the results are paying off.”

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Greg Johnson is the most controversial figure in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). In 2018, Memorial Presbyterian Church would be ground zero for the Revoice Movement. Greg Johnson is a homosexual pastor and the PCA has had numerous failed attempts to oust him specifically. The most recent failed attempt was a ruling in his favor. Continue reading

Microsoft goes full rebellion against God’s created order

Microsoft LGBTQIA+ flag, courtesy Protestia.

(Protestia) Microsoft has proudly designed a new flag, and it’s about as gaudy and garish as they come. Created by the LGBTQIA+ people at Microsoft and released as an open source image, the flag represents “40 different individual LGBTQIA+ communities with one powerful graphic that reflects a message of unity, solidarity and intersectionality.”

In a message from the Microsoft design team, they explain that the flag was created to “advance LGBTQIA+ visibility and representation” and continually expand, adding new segments to the flag as new groups emerge. Continue reading

Francis Chan Says That the Holy Spirit is Moving Baptists, Pentecostals, and Catholics to Worship Together

(The Dissenter) Francis Chan, who has been moving decidedly ecumenical in recent years while abandoning the distinctions that differentiate biblical Christianity from other sects including Roman Catholicism, is once again preaching a gospel of superficial unity between various, contradictory denominations that call themselves “Christian.”

Chan, who made our False Teacher of the Day #22, has embedded himself with Roman Catholics, charismatics, and has embraced such spiritual folly as tongues, prophecies, and even faith healings…. Continue reading