The word vicarious is extremely important to our understanding of the atonement of Christ. The late Swiss theologian Karl Barth once said that, in his judgment, the single most important word in all of the Greek New Testament is the minuscule word huper. This little word is translated by the English phrase “in behalf of.” Barth was clearly engaging in a bit of hyperbole in making this statement, because many words in the New Testament are arguably as important or even more important than huper, but he was simply seeking to call attention to the importance of what is known in theology as the vicarious aspect of the ministry of Jesus. Continue reading
Pope Francis: ‘We Are Racists, We Are Racists’
(Thomas D. Williams – Breitbart) Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin.
“Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television. “There’s first class, second class, skin color, [whether] they come from a developed country [or] one that is not developed.”
“We are racists, we are racists. And this is bad,” the pope stated. Continue reading
What it means to be human…oh, what a tangled web
“The West no longer has any consensus on what it means to be a woman or even a person. And thus the ethical codes that assume such a consensus are falling apart with dramatic consequences for all sorts of areas, from Ivy League sports to the safety of our society’s most vulnerable—the very young and the very old who rely on others to care for them.”
(Carl Trueman – First Things) Confusion over what it means to be human continues to dog public life in the West. Soon after Anneliese Dodds, the Labour party shadow secretary for women, revealed that she does not know what a woman is, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson deferred the same question to biologists. That move was odd…. Continue reading
The Children of Men: Understanding the Human Origins of Heresy
“The church should be no less busy today contradicting and stopping the mouths of heretics as it was from its beginning. Instead, many in the church have adopted the tactics and strategies of the world. They begin by labeling people who are concerned with doctrinal truth as unkind and mean-spirited and overly critical of others. Perhaps some would accuse them of being intellectual bullies. This kind of name-calling and classification is used to manipulate people’s behavior.”
(Ed Dingess) Lately, I have been focusing my blog posts on the subject of heresy. I am convinced that American Christians, for the most part, have completely lost touch with the true nature of heresy. This is due in no small part to ignorant pastors who, for the last 30 years have been bellowing out from the pulpit that doctrine doesn’t matter. Continue reading
Think Tank Finds Lockdowns Failed To Prevent COVID Cases, Deaths
“Dr. Paul said there’s a reason to be optimistic looking forward. He claimed this year’s gubernatorial elections will be a referendum on how many governors treated their constituents throughout the COVID-era.”
(OAN) A think tank ranked different state’s COVID measures based on a variety of factors. A new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research revealed states such as California and New York did not effectively handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Border Agents Accused of Whipping Illegals Cleared — Never Forget the Biden Administration’s Lies About Them
“John Cooper of the Heritage Foundation compiled the smears as they happened, so I’m indebted to him for his thorough Twitter thread. But let’s look at how the administration lied about these agents and refused to walk those slanders back.”
(Chris Queen – PJ Media) It’s been a million news cycles since it happened, but back in the fall, border patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas faced accusations of using whips on illegal immigrants coming across the border with Mexico. The allegations were based on a photograph by Paul Ratje that whipped the left into their natural frenzy.
See the slanderous tweets on the site. Continue reading
Twitter’s Blue Checkmark Brigade Freaks Out over Elon Musk’s Buyout Plan
“Gun control advocate Fred Guttenberg said he wouldn’t buy any Tesla cars because of the CEO’s pro-free speech stance. “People buying his cars are not your likely Trump voters.”
(Allum Bokhari – Breitbart) Liberals, progressives, and establishment pundits were in meltdown mode this morning after billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, stated his intention to buy 100 percent of Twitter, transform it into a private company, and restore free speech on the platform. Continue reading
What is God’s Purpose in Allowing False Teachers to Flourish?
“Scripture also teaches that those who are truly saved do not depart from the faith (1 Cor. 15:1-2). Preaching a false gospel would certainly be a departure from the faith. The Bible refers to saved people as “believers” (Acts 5:14; 1 Tim. 4:12). But if you are teaching and/or believing something contrary to the truth, how can you be a believer?”
(Dissenter) Have you ever slummed through a sermon by a preacher like Steven Furtick or Andy Stanley? Have you ever really just sat and listened to them preach? It’s easy to be drawn into the charismatic mood changing, emotionally-driven style of speech or worship…. Continue reading
Congresswoman Doubles Down on Promoting Drag Queen Story Hour in Cringeworthy Tweets
Drag queen “Annie Christ”
“Replies from the so-called “bigots” included taking issue with Rep. Maloney openly advocating for the grooming of children, as well as expressing concern with the priorities at play here.”
(Rebecca Downs – Townhall) As Townhall has been covering extensively, those with an agenda to groom children are out in full force. Such issues as “gender identity” and “expression” are being promoted by teachers who are being paid to teach children but are instead indoctrinating them. A sitting United States congresswoman is doing the same time. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) posted a cringeworthy tweet on Monday from her official account, lamenting the issue of banned books…. Continue reading
The Chosen backers mock biblical opposition with devil ‘satire’
It should be very concerning to Bible believing Christians that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a.k.a Mormonism, is heavily involved in the production of The Chosen. Mormonism is a pseudo-Christian cult. Mormons are not true believers. How do I know that? Because I researched what the church teaches about God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Atonement and Salvation. The beliefs they hold do not come from Sacred Scripture. Mormon doctrine is the brainchild of founder and so-called prophet Joseph Smith. And yet Dallas Jenkins, creator of the series and a professing Christian, made a pact with the devil to produce The Chosen. Continue reading
You Are of Your Father the Devil
7 Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:7-8 (NASB)
Relativism is the fatal disease of the unregenerate heart. Of course, it is a self-focused relativism. Everyone is unique, of course, but we have this built-in sense of ‘fairness’ that is antithetical to God’s Sovereignty. Several years ago, my late friend and colleague Ken Silva was the subject of a satirical article meant to attack his character. If you think through that then you should immediately recognize the tactics of our enemy…. Continue reading
New J6 Video Shows Police Ushering Protesters Into the Capitol
“There is no way they thought they would be prosecuted for crimes. They couldn’t possibly have thought they were committing crimes by entering.”
(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) In a new video obtained from the United States Department of Justice, police officers are seen welcoming protesters into the Upper West Terrace Doors of the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
It might be used to defend two men — Brady Knowlton and Patrick Montgomery — accused of felonies for alleged obstruction of an official proceeding on January 6th. Continue reading
Southern Baptist Megachurch Pastor Attacks Justin Peters, Accuses Him of Ungodliness, Lying
(Dissenter) In 2016, David Uth, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, invited all of the homosexuals in Orlando to take the stage in his church after a gay nightclub shooting in 2016. Uth, allowed another pastor to refer to the “LGBTQ community” as the “head cornerstone,” — a title reserved for Christ Himself. Uth, in 2015 at the SBC annual meeting, affirmed an ex-Muslim’s “dream-conversion” story who said she converted to Christianity when Jesus came to her in a dream though she had never heard the gospel. Continue reading
Disney Releases ‘Gayest Kids Movie Yet,’ Produced Long Before Florida Grooming Controversy
“The film’s release, just as Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law, has forced Disney to pick a side between parents who want conversations about sex to stay age-appropriate and queer activist teachers who want children thinking about sex younger and younger, coaching them into elective medical procedures with life-long effects without their parents’ input or consent. After a brief attempt at neutrality, the public mega-corporation chose the latter option.”
(Warner Todd Huston – Breitbart) Disney has released what has been described as the “gayest kid’s movie yet,” as it continues to pay fealty to radical queer activists with its attacks on Florida’s anti-grooming law that gives parents a say in their children’s education. Continue reading
The Walls Are Closing In: Liz Cheney Touts Criminal Charges Against Trump
“We have not made a decision about referrals on the committee. I think that it is absolutely the case, it’s absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful. They did it anyway.” Actually, that’s not clear at all.
(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) They’ve got him now! The walls are closing in! Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Establishment), one of the foremost Trump-haters in Congress, announced Sunday on CNN that the rabidly partisan witch-hunters of the Jan. 6 Committee have the goods on Donald Trump to the extent that they can actually bring criminal charges against him…. Continue reading
The Pelagian Captivity of the Church
Shortly after the Reformation began, in the first few years after Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg, he issued some short booklets on a variety of subjects. One of the most provocative was titled The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. In this book Luther was looking back to that period of Old Testament history when Jerusalem was destroyed by the invading armies of Babylon and the elite of the people were carried off into captivity. Continue reading
The Left’s War on Childhood
“The ancients sacrificed children to the fires of Moloch while progressives sacrifice them to their passion for wokeness. Either one is a symbolic assertion that the obsessions of the adult are more important than the safety of the child. Civilized adults don’t act this way. Barbarians, which is another way of saying children who inhabit the bodies of adults without the disciplined ethics of adulthood, do things like this because they live in a Lord of the Flies world of emotional turmoil, fearful insecurity, and angry selfishness….”
(Daniel Greenfield – Frontpage Magazine) From Greta Thunberg to children put on puberty blockers, the victims of the war on childhood are everywhere. They show up at environmental or gun control rallies holding up giant signs in their little hands, they’re indoctrinated at school to enlist as child soldiers for the latest cause. Continue reading
Bombshell Pandemic Study: Blue States Killed People, Ruined Education- Businesses
“The cure became worse than the illness but medical tyrants like Dr. Anthony Fauci, a political operative, pushed them beyond all reason without any consideration of the collateral damage.”
(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) Currently, China is locking down Shanghai over a new COVID surge. Shanghai is a city of almost 25 million people who can’t get food and medicines. The CCP’s excuse for their radical lockdowns is to keep up its record of “zero deaths.” Zero deaths? China had people dropping dead in the streets. Continue reading
Former Hillsong NYC Pastor, Carl Lentz’s Wife Speaks Out About the ‘Relentless Lies’ About Their Family
“Lentz, who had been preaching a watered-down gospel for a decade, should actually hear what the gospel has to say about the sin he’s engulfed himself in right now. Repent and turn to Christ. Believe in Him….”
(Dissenter) Carl Lentz, the former pastor of Hillsong NYC location, was removed from ministry by Hillsong’s lead pastor, Brian Houston after he admitted to having an inappropriate relationship [adultery] with another woman. The details of this relationship, which was sexual, were released in a recent documentary on Discovery+ where the woman Lentz had the relationship with described him as persistent in pursuing her. Continue reading
The Biden family scheme unravels
“Alarm bells are starting to ring in Democratic circles as the White House stonewalls in the face of increasing media inquiries. In two absurd statements in recent days, White House spokespeople said the president stands by his pre-election statement that Hunter never received any money from China, and he continues to deny that he knew anything about his son’s overseas business dealings.”
(Miranda Divine – NY Post) If the grand jury in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden’s business ventures does its job properly, it will be pulling on the threads that lead to the president, and already there are signs that is happening. Continue reading
Do You Participate In The Unfruitful Works Of Darkness?
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them; 8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light 9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Ephesians 5:6-17 (NASB) Read verses 13-17 on the site.
What does it mean to “participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness”? Read the entire passage of Ephesians 5:6-17 (above), and then we will look at the word participate, and at what unfruitful deeds of darkness are. Continue reading
WEF Planning Documents Exposed– The New World Order Is Here
“This and other comments build up to the following that suggests nothing must interfere with gender bizarreness, and open borders.”
(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) Rebel News, a conservative Canadian outfit, obtained planning documents that hint at the true goals of The World Economic Forum led by Klaus Schwab. The documents suggest using COVID instability to restructure society, cancel oil and gas development, and censor the Internet. Continue reading
Check Out This Trash Promoted On YouTube Kids And Tell Me They Aren’t Grooming Children
“Parents have to be vigilant and realize that there is now no media, online or over the air, that you can trust children to watch unsupervised.”
(Harris Rigby – Not the Bee) There is no safe way to allow children to use the internet.
Even with companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, and YouTube creating content and platforms specifically “for kids” the content is never as innocent as presented. Continue reading
Black Evangelical Leaders Pay Tribute To Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ Ketanji Brown Jackson: “We Celebrate These Milestones”
“This “woke church” movement has severely crippled the intellectual capacity of many people and has become a form of God’s judgment against the Church. This wicked philosophy has now permeated nearly every Church and institution and we have very few church leaders who are willing to speak out against it.”
(The Dissenter) When one comes to Christ, one must lay down his carnality and place it at the cross and take up his identity in Christ. This is what Christ means when he says to pick up your cross and follow Him (Matthew 16:24-26)…. Continue reading
Elon Musk Is NOT Joining the Twitter Board After All, and That’s Good News
Journalist Jordan Schachtel observed: “Elon Musk not taking a board seat is bullish for free speech coming back to Twitter. The board seat was a proposed tactic by Twitter’s current execs & board to curb his influence (limiting his maximum shares to 14.9%). Musk can now pursue a hostile takeover if he so chooses….’
(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) In a surprise reversal, Twitter top dog Parag Agrawal tweeted Sunday night that gazillionaire and free speech advocate Elon Musk would not be joining Twitter’s board of directors after all…. Continue reading