“Bethel Church has done something that even at its worst, it has never done before. They are now baptizing openly professing homosexuals to the applause of the entire congregation.” (The Dissenter) Bethel Church, located in Redding, California, is a congregation … Continue reading
“Sensationalism has nothing to do with the truth of scripture or the transformed life of the believer. It is a cheap and sleazy imitation of Christianity, focused solely on miracles, entertainment, and drawing crowds.” (The Dissenter) The proliferation of sensationalism … Continue reading
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN … Continue reading
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms by A.J. Showalter (on the site) Growing up in Southern Baptist churches in Oklahoma in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s I learned to love some, but not all, of those old hymns we sung. Even to … Continue reading
Before I get to Reformation Charlotte’s article, you should know that John Hagee is a false prophet, a fact that RC doesn’t mention. If blood moon rings a bell it is because the term has been popularized by Hagee and … Continue reading
What you’re about to witness is Pastor Timothy Keller promoting syncretism in urban churches. What exactly is syncretism? For more than a decade I’ve warned about syncretism in the Church. In a recent article (below) I wrote the following: “Syncretism … Continue reading
Several Facebook friends have sent a message to me written by Sandy Barker-Mitchell. I have two problems with Sandy’s message. But before I address those, here’s what Barker-Mitchell wrote: In 3 short months, just like He did with plagues of … Continue reading
This is criminal from a theological standpoint. God is NOT, I repeat NOT jealous for your attention. God is not longing for your affection. He can get by just fine without you. These are the kind of lyrics that would … Continue reading
What exactly is discernment? It means “to distinguish, to separate out by diligent search, to examine.” Search…examine… “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see … Continue reading
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a dominionist movement which asserts that God is restoring the lost offices of church governance, namely the offices of Prophet and Apostle. Leading figures in this seemingly loosely organized movement claim that these prophets … Continue reading
FLASHBACK FRIDAY This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was published November 6, 2014. Before I report on Apostle Bill’s endeavor to involve his followers in his “grave sucking,” undertaking, I must tell you a brief story that involves … Continue reading
“The whole statement from Campolo is as squishy and nonsensical as much of what stems from liberal Christianity these days. In fact, this very rejection of God’s sovereignty is what led Campolo’s son Bart to reject Christianity.” (Chris Queen – JP … Continue reading
Pulpit & Pen News has the story: I once heard a colleague make the eyebrow-raising statement, “I’d sooner put a Roman Catholic priest in charge of the nursery than a Pentecostal in charge of the worship music.” A foolhardy and … Continue reading
Andy Snider of ParkingSpace23 has constructed a biblical way of thinking about the Holy Spirit’s role in corporate worship and offers three do’s and a don’ts: While listening to worship music recently I was struck again with the particular category of songs … Continue reading
In a piece over at Pulpit & Pen, Richard Haas reports on pastor-prophet Steven Furtick’s annual heresy-fest “Code Orange Revival.” COR is twelve nights of “celebrity preachers, loud worship music and subsequent emotional highs.” A caller to Haas’ podcast suggested that … Continue reading
What Jeff Maples of Pulpit & Pen describes as “the hurricane of heresy and panoply of prevarication” known as Code Orange Revival is baaaack. A few years ago Ken Silva referred to COR as a devival of “Seeker Driven/attractional people-pleasing” event … Continue reading
By Marsha West By far the biggest obstacle the visible Church faces is the infiltration of progressive activists, many of whom are renowned pastors, authors, conference speakers, evangelists, missionaries, musicians, televangelists, radio hosts, podcasters, seminary presidents and CEOs. As of … Continue reading
1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, … Continue reading
“In 2018 Jenny Weaver started an online mentoring group of about 50 people. She calls it CORE. By 2022 it exploded in popularity as ‘God’ broke out revival. The curriculum of this now vast training college of 14,000 adherents includes … Continue reading
Need to read articles you may have missed this week. Plus, Most Popular, Past Popular and a few Truth memes. MONDAY 9/25 FBI agent says prosecutors thwarted Hunter Biden charges, corroborating IRS whistleblowers Doctors Say COVID Is Indistinguishable from the … Continue reading
“Are we okay with supporting and promoting a ministry where leaders make such blasphemous and outlandish claims about divine encounters tied to social media popularity? It’s time to draw the line in the sand—if you’re church plays Bethel music, it’s … Continue reading
By Marsha West Beware of supposing that a teacher is to be trusted because although he holds some unsound views, he yet ‘teaches a great deal of truth.’ Such a teacher is precisely the man to do you harm: poison … Continue reading
The recent event at the Minnesota State Capitol building, where a drag show was held for Transgender Day of Visibility, has caused outrage and controversy. (The Dissenter) The cult of Dionysus was a Greek mystery religion centered around the worship … Continue reading
(Protestia) With the trove of 10,000 Hillsong papers being released to the public, some of the salaries of pastors and leaders within Hillsong have been revealed. While some of the worship pastors were getting royalties off their Hillsong Music, they … Continue reading
(Lighthouse Trails) Lighthouse Trails reader raises valid concerns about circumstances surrounding the Asbury “revival.” While Asbury University personnel and numerous secular and religious media outlets say that the “revival” is “pure, unplanned, organic,” and unexpected, it turns out an NAR/IHOP*-connected … Continue reading