John Piper Approves Of The Alpha Course?

Apprising Ministries continues covering evangelical curiosities as spiritual darkness is falling across the landscape of Christendom.

You’ll see from an upcoming conference to be put on by Piper’s Desiring God outfit that we have a good reason to wonder about DG and The Alpha Course. View article →

Painting Depicts Obama as Crucified Christ

Fox News reports:

A painting that features President Obama posed as Jesus Christ crucified on is on display at a community college art gallery in Boston.

The painting by Michael D’Antuono is part of a larger exhibit called “Artists on the Stump – the Road to the White House 2012.” It’s on display at the Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery until Dec. 15th.

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Star of ‘Two and a Half Men’ Urges Fans to Stop Watching, Calls Show ‘Filth’

Fox News reports that 19-year-old Angus T. Jones no longer wishes to be on the popular TV sitcom ‘Two and a Half Men.’ Jones, who attends a Seventh Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, says that the sitcom contradicts his religious values. In a recent video, Jones pleads with viewers of ‘Two and a Half Men’ to stop watching the show and to stop “filling your head with filth.” View article →

Charlie Brown Embroiled in Christmas Controversy

A stage version of the holiday classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has “sparked a constitutional controversy” at a grade school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Parents were informed that students would be shuttled to and from an upcoming performance of the show at a nearby church. Fox News shares more of the story:

[A]t least one parent objected to the field trip and contacted the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, a self-described community of atheists, agnostics and humanists.

“The problem is that it’s got religious content and it’s being performed in a religious venue and that doesn’t just blur the line between church and state — it oversteps it entirely,” attorney Anne Orsi told Arkansas Matters.

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