I am posting this today because my brother-in-law who came to stay with us just after Thanksgiving this year so he could be close to the hospital in Oklahoma City he needed for treatment of a cancer issue had, died on December 27th. My wife and I attended his funeral today. They had the “viewing” at the funeral home yesterday. I witnessed a great deal of weeping from his siblings and his children and grandchildren. My wife loved him and wept a great deal after he died and didn’t hold back during that time in the funeral home nor at the funeral service nor at the burial at the cemetery. My wife and I are about 3 years younger than he was when he died…. Continue reading
Todd Bentley Says He’s Been Given The Authority to ‘Cancel Death’ + Heal Terminal Illnesses
(Protestia) Todd Bentley, the famous false teacher and wolf extraordinaire (see endnotes), has unveiled his latest scheme to capitalize on his recent emergency hospital stay, claiming that his experiences gave him the power and authority to “cancel death” and cure terminal illnesses.
Six weeks ago, Bentley was taken to the hospital by ambulance after experiencing unexpected seizures. Within a day he’d recover, claiming he’d been miraculously healed. Apart from using this event as a fundraiser, we wondered how he would spin this to take advantage of the goodwill.
And now we know. Continue reading
Media Pay for the Largest Cover-Up in US History
“None of them are ‘fessing up to swallowing and regurgitating the White House propaganda about “sharp as a tack,” “running rings around us,” and especially “cheap fakes.” Remember “cheap fakes”? That was the White House term for videos that accurately depicted Biden in his aphasiac moments but which the Bidenites insisted were somehow illegitimate”
(Ed Morrissey – Hot Air) Yesterday, the President of the United States delivered a four-minute update to the American people about two terror attacks that had taken place earlier in the day. To put it mildly, Joe Biden’s performance from Camp David on another break from the White House — breaks which amount to roughly 40% of his presidency — did not instill confidence in current leadership…. Continue reading
General Flynn sees a frightening pattern forming as violence erupts all over US…
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(Revolver) What’s going on in the United States right now? It feels like the hope and celebration of 2024—marked by champagne and fireworks—has been wiped out overnight, replaced by an unrelenting wave of violence and terrorist attacks. It’s like a rapid-fire barrage of chaos in an already unstable, upside-down world.
General Flynn is sounding the alarm. He believes we’re at one of the most dangerous and pivotal moments in our nation’s history. According to him, the road to Trump’s inauguration could be fraught with peril…. Continue reading
Four Prayers For The Western Church In 2025
“The fact of the matter is that there are churches to build, children to raise, marriages to strengthen, friendships to work on, books to read, businesses to start, ideas to be understood, souls to be reached, prayers to be said, worship to be offered, and sermons to be preached, most of which should not be centered around the latest White House press release.
(Jamie Bambrick – Clear Truth Media) It’s the start of a new year, and here are four key things I think the church should be praying for in 2025.
1 – The Sheep Would Recognize Which Shepherds Were For Sale
If a Bible-believing Christian from a century ago were suddenly transported through time to our age and found that church leaders today endorse gay civil marriages and ‘Side-B Christianity, supported politicians who advocated for child sacrifice up until birth, advocated for the functional end of nations through unlimited mass immigration, and spent most of their time attacking believers who opposed such positions, all because large Marxist organizations funded their efforts, they would have thought they were witnessing the unbinding of Satan at the end of the age…. Continue reading
Top Ten Evangelical Stories of 2024
[There’s a] disparity between the laymen and the clergy who are to the left of their flock. It also highlights the disparity between White Evangelicals and every other religious demographic, especially Modern Jews, one of the few blocs that Kamala Harris improved upon. This election further highlighted the futility of the term “Judeo-Christians.”
(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) With 2025 here, we can now give out top ten stories of 2024. It was difficult to narrow down the list of scandals that made the cut. The list has a lot of bad but also some reasons for optimism in 2025. Continue reading
Can We Put a Rush Job on January 20?
“Inauguration Day now seems a thousand years away. This country desperately needs President-elect Donald Trump to shed the “elect” and get to work undoing the damage that Joe Biden and his “America last” administration have done. It’s going to take a long time.”
(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) The phrase “Happy New Year” certainly had the life sucked out of it yesterday, didn’t it? The horror in New Orleans was followed by the cybertruck explosion outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Then, late last night, there was a mass shooting at a concert hall in Queens, N.Y. Continue reading
WISHING YOU A BLESSED 2025
Feminization and the Church
“By taking deliberate steps to re-engage men, the church can fulfill its mission more effectively, providing a space where both men and women can thrive in their God-given roles…”
(Joshua Farris – American Reformer) Feminism has reshaped the Western cultural landscape in profound ways, influencing public education, media, corporate practices, and societal norms. The church, particularly in evangelical circles, has long sought to maintain a countercultural stance, but it has not remained immune to these shifts. As feminism’s ideological offshoots have permeated various aspects of society, their influence has also seeped into the church. Continue reading
Hope for America — We Survived Carter and Now (Almost) Biden
“Among his numerous disastrous policies still harming the world today are his decades of legitimizing terrorist Hamas and undermining Israel. While Americans eulogize a man with no major lasting accomplishment, some Israeli and Jewish outlets are more bitterly remembering an antisemitic politician who spent years backstabbing them to appease radical jihadis.”
(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) When I began working on yesterday’s Briefing, it was just a few hours after the news of Jimmy Carter’s death had broken. I was trying to impose a 24-hour grace period on myself. Well, it’s a day later, and I’ve more than had my fill of the St. Jimmy of Peanut Farm revisionist history orgy in the mainstream media. Continue reading
The blessedness of forgiveness
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him in love, 5 by predestining us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3-12 (LSB) Read verses 7-12 on the site.
The key to understanding the passage above is in getting who the “us” is that Paul mentions repeatedly all through it. Whoever they are, they are indeed blessed. Of course, Paul is talking about those who are called, those who believe the Gospel and are redeemed out of spiritual death unto eternal life in Christ…. Continue reading
This CNN Exchange Illustrates Everything Wrong With the Media
“The National Archives has finally released photos showing then-Vice President Biden meeting with two of first son Hunter Biden’s Chinese government-linked business partners — again proving that the president lied about not interacting with his family’s foreign patrons.”
(Guy Benson – Townhall) Over the holidays, the relatively few Americans who remained tuned into politics were treated to yet more evidence that President Joe Biden’s categorical denials of any knowledge about his now-pardoned son’s overseas business dealings were lies. There was already ample proof that Biden had lied repeatedly on this subject, and that he — ‘the Big Guy‘ — was at the center of a lucrative and years-long family enrichment scheme…. Continue reading
Costco Wants to Hold the Line on DEI
“So why is Costco staying the course when other companies have seen the light? It’s likely because it thinks it can. After all, there are only a few other outlets where a stricken public can panic-shop when the bird flu pandemic lays us all low. You have to hoard your toilet paper from some store, right?…”
(Lincoln Brown) In the interest of full disclosure, I want to say that Mrs. Brown and I have been Costco members for several years. I hate Costco trips for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the crush of humanity that ebbs and flows around the aisles with all of the tranquility of whitewater rapids during a flash flood. And it’s cold. Continue reading
Massive spending on woke programs at Wikipedia draws attention of Elon Musk
“The criticism toward the woke priorities of Wikipedia comes after studies have determined that there indeed exists a leftist bias on the website, which is one of the most popular in the world.”
(Ben Zeisloft – The Sentinel) Elon Musk drew renewed attention in recent days toward the progressive bias at Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit parent company of Wikipedia, as shown by their budgetary priorities. Continue reading
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. John 10:1-2 (LSB)
Just because someone claims to be a Christian does not mean that person is regenerate, justified, sanctified, or adopted into God’s family. Many base their standing as a Christian on religious acts they have done. Others claim salvation based upon their good words plus their religion. Tragically, there are also many, and more each day it seems, “Christian leaders” who preach and teach things that they portray as the Good News, but are, instead, only the result of marketing techniques. Continue reading
Ginning Up the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu?
“If we have another leak, the hardcore leftists, globalists, socialists, commies, feudal lords, Bernie, and AOC followers on X, Hochul-ites, whatever they call themselves these days, will inflict more totalitarian measures that will never go away.”
(Mary Dowling) Politico wants to help the CDC raise your fears of the potential next pandemic — the Bird Flu. They said that veteran health officials like the ignominious Dr. Birx are angry the CDC isn’t making more of it. Continue reading
Burn it all down: Jill consumed by vengeance as she prepares her White House exit…
(Revolver) By now, most of us understand that the real “force” behind the day-to-day operations inside the White House was Jill Biden. Let’s be honest—Joe wasn’t capable of much, whether it was finding his way off a four-foot stage or leading the so-called free world. Jill was the one making key decisions that impacted not only our lives but also the very existence of the United States on the world stage—all without any political, business, or negotiating experience.
This was an article written back in July 2024, revealing that Jill Biden was the “real” (fake) president. Continue reading
To Trade Love for Discernment is not Discernment
“Paul argues that it is worse to lack biblical love than it is to lack the correct understanding or proper use of these other gifts of the Spirit.”
(Jared Moore – Real Truth Media) As Christians, we often deceive ourselves into thinking we love others when in reality, we have redefined “love.” The Internet and Social Media have tempted Christians to say things that may be true in unloving ways towards those they disagree with. In the name of defending the right use of miraculous spiritual gifts, deep doctrine, faith, or sacrifice, Christians argue without love as if being discerning is greater than exercising love, and in so doing, functionally relegate love to a secondary matter…. Continue reading
GOP Rep Humiliates CNN Host With Evidence of Biden Corruption
Lawler quickly countered with a detailed explanation of the financial trail uncovered in House Oversight Committee investigations, saying, “A Chinese company transferred money to a shell company owned by Hunter and Jim Biden that then transferred money directly to Jim and Sara Biden’s shell company that then transferred the money to Jim and Sara’s personal account who then immediately wrote a check for $40,000 to Joe Biden.”
(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Can you believe there are still voices in the liberal media clinging to the claim that Joe Biden never financially benefited from his family’s corrupt business schemes?… Continue reading
Don’t blame insurers’ greed — government made a mess of our health care
“You have health plan representatives who have never met the patient, have never been at the bedside or practiced medicine, but are now making treatment decisions.”
(Betsy McCaughey) Everyone’s blaming health insurance company greed for soaring costs, rising claims denials, and daunting roadblocks to care.
That’s naïve.
Follow the money to find the real culprits: lying politicians.
In 2013, before Affordable Care Act regulations kicked in, insurers denied roughly 1.5% of claims, according to the American Medical Association. Continue reading
Is Todd White A False Teacher?
“The kenosis heresy suggests that in becoming human, Jesus divested himself of his divine attributes such as omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience, but not his divine essence. This would mean that during his earthly ministry, Jesus was not all-powerful, all-knowing, and present everywhere, but was rather a finite human being in every respect except his sinless nature. This view was controversial in early Christianity and was condemned by some church fathers, such as John Chrysostom and Augustine, as heretical.”
(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Todd White is an American charismatic teacher and evangelist, best known for his work with Lifestyle Christianity, a movement that emphasizes the importance of living out one’s faith in daily life. Born on December 7, 1975, in Texas, USA, White grew up in a religious family and gave his life to Christ at a young age. Continue reading
Trump’s New FCC Chief Just Read the Riot Act to Disney’s Bob Iger
“ABC wants to pull the programming you’ve been enjoying for free or as part of your existing cable package away from your local affiliate and stick it behind ABC’s streaming paywall.”
(Stephen Green – PJ Media) “Dear Bob, Nice fake news network you have there. It would be a shame if anything were to happen to it. Love, Brendan.”
That isn’t quite what incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr wrote to Disney CEO Bob Iger this week, but it was pretty dang close. Continue reading
Sean McDowell Promotes Feminist David and Bathsheba Narrative
“Sean McDowell compromises Scripture by allowing a woman to teach and nuance functionally 2 Samuel 11 to legitimize feminist standpoint epistemology regarding Bathsheba’s role in the story. It is not the first compromise he has made and will unlikely be the last.”
(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Within the realm of Christian apologetics, there are numerous figures that have built up followings via apologetics but when it comes to more polemical issues within the church, they are severely compromised. One such example is Sean McDowell, the son of Josh McDowell, who runs a large YouTube channel while also being a teacher at the liberal Biola University…. Continue reading
Is Christmas Pagan? You Decide.
“Just because pagans used a day, an object, or a symbol for their wicked practices hundreds or thousands of years ago does not mean those days, objects, or symbols carry the same meaning today. Think about the way a mere word can change meanings in such a short time.”
(Michelle Lesley) If you’re a Christian, you might have heard the anti-Christmas rumblings on social media, or maybe even in real life: Christmas has pagan origins…Santa’s elves started out as demons…the Roman winter solstice celebration of Saturnalia morphed into Christmas…Mithras…Krampus…the “naughty list” about the origins of Christmas goes on and on. Are these things true? Should Christians celebrate Christmas? Continue reading
Actor Denzel Washington Baptized, Ordained as a Licensed Minister
“Services frequently blur the line between genuine spiritual expression and theatrics, with worship driven by an almost compulsive need for emotional highs rather than an uncompromising commitment to Scripture….”
(The Dissenter) Denzel Washington’s baptism at the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ (COGIC) in Harlem on December 21, 2024, has made headlines across the religious and secular worlds alike. Touted as a significant spiritual milestone, the event was live-streamed—for maximum visibility, of course—complete with Washington receiving his minister’s license. Continue reading