(Mary Dowling) A newly released detention filing shows that Ryan Routh maintained a list of all the places Trump was scheduled to be between the months of August and October of this year.
Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors say Routh made reconnaissance trips to Mar-a-Lago before being caught with his AK-47 sticking through the fence surrounding the Mar-a-Lago golf course, minutes from shooting Donald Trump. Continue reading
“He paints the church as a bunch of gatekeepers, cruelly barring entry to the “weirdest, hardest, queerest” people. But isn’t that rich? Bennett pretends as though the gospel is some sort of social club, where anyone can walk in, toss their sin on the table, and get a pat on the back. Newsflash, the gospel isn’t a cozy blanket you wrap around your rebellion. It’s a fire that burns it away.”
(The Dissenter) The Revoice Conference is a coalition of “gay Christians” who collude annually to prop up their status as outspoken homosexuals and promote the gay agenda of full acceptance and inclusion in the ranks of churches in America. Led by gay activists such as Nate Collins and Preston Sprinkle, the Conference promotes an identity of “gay” while committing to a life of “celibacy.” After all, other forms of same-sex intimacy are acceptable within the movement. Continue reading
“While campaigning for Harris on The View on Wednesday, Biden appeared to blame Harris for the administration’s failure to reduce inflation, secure the southern border, and responsibly withdraw from Afghanistan.”
(Wendell Husebo – Breitbart) President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he delegated “everything” as commander-in-chief to Vice President Kamala Harris, including foreign policy and domestic policy.
The acknowledgment is significant because it contradicts Harris’s talking points. Harris has tried multiple times to distance herself from the Biden-Harris record. Continue reading
“And lest you think Harris would only abuse the filibuster just to kill babies, you’ve got another think coming. During her blink-and-you-missed-it 2020 presidential campaign, she suggested dumping the filibuster to pass the Green New Deal: ‘If Republicans continue to block progress, I’ll get rid of the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal.'”
(Chris Queen – PJ Media) It’s almost become a cliché today when someone on the left calls Donald Trump a “threat to our democracy.” Never mind that we’re a republic; the breathless left wants you to believe that Trump will usher in some sort of dictatorship. Continue reading
(Protestia) More details have emerged in the Steve Lawson scandal, with multiple parties alleging that Lawson, 73, engaged in a romantic relationship with a woman in her twenties over five years and that it only ended when the father of the woman in question found out and threatened to tell Trinity Bible Church elders, forcing Lawson to fess up. Notably, the young woman was not a member of Lawson’s church, didn’t live nearby, and both parties insist that no fornication took place, which may explain the church initially characterizing it as an “inappropriate relationship.” Continue reading
By Marsha West
Some of you may recall that in the late 1990s Evangelicalism was introduced to a movement that was “rethinking Christianity against the backdrop of postmodernism” (skepticism, subjectivism, moral relativism). America’s younger generation of professing Christians who thought of themselves as enlightened began rethinking “Old Time Religion,” as they felt there was a need for a “new kind of Christianity.” So naturally these young progressive/liberals were drawn to the movement. Emergent Village, an official network, soon surfaced as one of the leading voices in the emerging “conversation” that was going on among Christians who felt “disillusioned and disenfranchised by the conventional ecclesial institutions of the late 20th century.” Continue reading
37 But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ Matthew 21:37 (LSB)
In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated “reverence” is usually שׁחה or shâchâh. It is the same word used for worship as well because it speaks of assuming a humble posture before royalty for instance. However, in the New Testament we find a most remarkable word translated as respect or reverence or even shame. It is found in the passage above (Matthew 21:37). Look at the Greek passage of the same verse I placed below it…. Continue reading
(Mary Dowling) A war of terror with real weapons of war is being fought on our border, child sex trafficking is on the rise, and a dangerous Venezuelan gang is taking over city streets. It’s Harris’s America.
A war is occurring within the factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, and it is taking place just outside our Biden-Harris open borders. Still, the administration will not close the border. Recently, US Border Patrol agents discovered RPGs and IEDs just opposite the Arizona border. Continue reading
“We recognize that God’s children are engaged in warfare. It is not a warfare of flesh and blood, sure, but a warfare of spiritual power (Eph 6:12). Yet it is warfare that we are called to be equipped to fight (Eph 6:10–20), and it is not a spiritual conflict that is bifurcated from temporal realities. Our weapons of warfare are spiritual weapons.[Armor of God below] and we are called to resist both devil and flesh in this warfare. Our God is a warlike God, and consequently His children experience victory and conquest through union with Him…Christians are called to be ready for the attacks of spiritual warfare in this life, to be prepared for the battles that lay ahead.”
(Josh Howard – Clear Truth Media) Recent events in the world, from Ukraine and Russia, to Israel and Palestine, to the brooding shadow of conflict with Iran, have reminded our generation that war is quite real, quite perennial (historically speaking), and quite horrible. Our modern society has not experienced the sights and sounds of war on the large scale of many generations that preceded us, and we therefore understandably struggle with understanding how to process them…. Continue reading
“But other transcripts gathered by Loudermilk during his subcommittee’s ongoing probe of Jan. 6 security failures show civilian leadership at the Pentagon admittedly openly they would not comply with Trump’s wishes, with some saying they did not like the optics of armed soldiers or Guardsmen roaming the Capitol with weapons during what was supposed to be a peaceful transition of power.”
(John Solomon – Just the News) Then-President Donald Trump gave clear instructions to Pentagon brass days before the Jan. 6 riots to “do whatever it takes” to keep the U.S. Capitol safe, including deploying National Guard or active-duty troops, but top officials did not comply because of political concerns, according to transcripts of bombshell interviews conducted by the Defense Department’s chief watchdog that shine new light on government disfunction ahead of the historic tragedy. Continue reading
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and let me tell you what Yahweh spoke to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!” 17 And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel, 18 and Yahweh sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of Yahweh, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh?” 20 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of Yahweh and went on the way on which Yahweh sent me and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek and have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 1 Samuel 15:16-20 (LSB)
The Reformers and Puritans would not recognize as genuine most of what we call Christianity today. Of course one of the main thrusts of the Protestant Reformation was to make the Word of God accessible to all people. Why?… Continue reading
“Any GOP candidate who can clearly articulate why Liberty and free enterprise are winning goals for women and their families will attract enough voters, male and female, to defeat the Left’s socialist propaganda machine. A majority of women are NOT the emotionally incontinent idiots Democrats believe they are.”
(Emmy Griffin – The Patriot Post) It’s no secret that women lean more to the left politically than men. Most have been told their entire lives that they can do and be anything while simultaneously being informed that they are put upon by men; that they are victims of “the patriarchy” and male underestimation. Continue reading
(Pastor Don Green) My thoughts on Steve Lawson.
To the best of my memory, I have never spoken with Steve Lawson nor had my picture taken with him. I very rarely was in an audience when he was the speaker. It has been several years, even, since I consulted any of his work in the course of my ministry.
So yesterday’s news about his dismissal from Trinity Bible Church of Dallas due to “an inappropriate relationship” with a woman did not hit me personally in the way that it did many of you.
I briefly debated whether to make this post, but since I think it may help the people of God process the news, I now proceed.
The primary question for which I want to give some perspective is: “How does a prominent Bible teacher DO that? How could he preach the Word, by outward appearances with power, in the midst of such sin and compromise?”
It is a difficult question and one that is not easy to answer to the satisfaction of those who feel betrayed and hurt.
Without much expansion, let me offer you five principles to consider. Continue reading
“If you believed the lies and voted or cheated for Biden/Harris, you might be thinking that you are a basically good person who supports decency and fairness. Now, more than ever before, it’s perfectly clear that there is nothing decent or fair about Marxist Social Justice, Critical Race Theory, the Carbon Climate Hoax, etc.”
(Gene Van Shaar) The book of Genesis gives an account of what led up to the great flood as follows:
Genesis 6:5,13 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually…And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” Continue reading
(AWR Hawkins – Breitbart) Fifty-eight-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, the alleged would-be assassination in Palm Beach on September 14, 2024, allegedly left a note with a friend making clear his intent to kill former President Donald Trump.
Forbes reported the handwritten missive is also allegedly an admission that his attempt to do so had failed.
The note said, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you…I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.” Continue reading
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 (LSB)
One the most disturbing aspects of the churches who practice Christianity “lite” is the near total abandonment of a call to personal holiness. Even more discouraging is the fact that they preach a version of the gospel that has had any mention of repentance severed from it. The reasoning behind this, of course, is that they are building bridges to the unchurched. If they preach the whole gospel they will drive away those they are attempting to draw to join their churches…. Continue reading
(Owen Anderson – Clear Truth Media) It is a widely known secret that many secular university professors actively work to deconstruct the faith of young Christian students. Sometimes they do this by directly assaulting the truths of the Christian religion. They deny the existence of God and replace him with the materialistic dialectic. They deny humanity’s need for redemption and replace Christ with the State. And they mock Christian morality and replace it with “do what thou wilt is the whole of the law.”
However, more often than not, the attack is covert. It comes from the shadows. Just as a viper carefully waits for a time to strike, such professors play the long game to undermine the Christian faith…. Continue reading
“An additional danger is that the speakers who ‘go on the circuit’ are also vulnerable, maybe even more so than the layman. Constant time apart from church home, family, too many temptations on the road and less accountability from people who know him or her can lead to devastating consequences for the Speaker. And wouldn’t satan just gloat when that happens?”
(Elizabeth Prata – The End Time) I wrote this 6 years ago. My concerns have not diminished since that time. In fact, I added one more at the end.
Christians today have many opportunities to attend any conference of one’s choosing. Might I say a plethora of choices? Continue reading
“Scandals among Christian leaders are heartbreaking, disappointing, embarrassing. But the God who sent His only Son to the cross to turn sinners into saints has a wonderful way of taking offenses and turning them into opportunities for His kingdom.”
(Michelle Lesley) In light of the recent news about Steve Lawson, I thought it might be helpful to re-run this article. I will be removing Dr. Lawson from my list of recommended Bible teachers forthwith. No, this is not a rumor. No, nothing has been hacked. Yes, this has been confirmed by (and was announced by) his own church. Sadly, it is true.
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“Here’s what he got and here’s what I think was going through Oprah’s head over the next interminable three minutes (the quotes from Kamala are real)…”
(John Nolte – Breitbart) An exasperated Oprah Winfrey was forced to interrupt Kamala Harris to answer a border question for the vapid VP.
Winfrey held a two-hour Unite for America livestream for Kamala Thursday night, a star-studded event that wasn’t really star-studded. Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, and Jennifer Lopez, and others weren’t actually in the room. They were watching through their computers like everyone else. After 15 minutes they were probably playing solitaire. Continue reading
Gaetz explained, “I had a senior official from the Department of Homeland Security in my office before the second assassination attempt, saying that what he has assessed is that there are five known assassination teams in the United States, three inspired by other governments, two that are here, that are known domestic assassination teams.”
(Catherine Salgado – PJ Media) A new federal whistleblower has reportedly accused the government of knowing about five assassination teams out to get Donald Trump, even before the second assassination attempt took place. Continue reading
(Protestia) Steve Lawson’s OnePassion Ministry has released a statement about his recent implosion and revelation of an inappropriate relationship with a woman, filling in some of the gaps from the church’s own statement about his actions and what the consequences will be.
OnePassion Ministries, which Lawson founded, exists to “ignite a supreme passion for God and His glory in all people throughout the world” and to “equip and energize a new generation of Bible expositors.” Continue reading
“Screenshots from the email released on social media indicate that Lawson informed elders at the church that he engaged in an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman. The church’s website has removed Lawson from the leadership page.” Protestia
(The Dissenter) Trinity Bible Church of Dallas has announced the removal of lead pastor Steven J. Lawson from all ministry responsibilities following revelations of an inappropriate relationship with an unnamed woman. Lawson, known for his expository preaching and as the founder of OnePassion Ministries, has been a regular speaker at major Christian conferences, including Shepherd’s Conference and G3, and has served as a teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries. Continue reading
“For evangelical Christians, Am I Racist? should serve as a reminder that our institutions have been directly targeted and impacted by anti-racist dogma. Hundreds of pieces could be written (and have been) on the infiltration and proliferation of exactly what Matt Walsh is lampooning in his film. Many of our own leaders and figures have jumped headfirst into anti-racism, promoting our own, specially curated anti-racist representatives, perhaps most well-capsulated by Jemar Tisby.”
(David Harris – TruthScript) Several weeks ago at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, social media buzzed with warnings about a satchel-carrying, tight-jeans-wearing, man-bun sporting attendee meandering around the convention floor. “Don’t talk to this man!” read one social media post…. Continue reading
“…the Christian religion that bequeathed us our civilization and formed us from the beginning is now disappearing from among us Americans. Without it, we might as well be a tax farm for the global elite, with insular ethnic and religious enclaves across America that sacrifice animals and practice vodou, or support Hamas and Hezbollah, and generally make no effort to become American. We will certainly not be a common people or a nation.”
(John Daniel Davidson – The Federalist) After the presidential debate last Tuesday night, J.D. Vance told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins the only reason the media is talking about places like Springfield, Ohio, is because the right turned the cats and geese thing into a meme. He reiterated the point in a hostile interview with Dana Bash on CNN over the weekend, saying these concerns about Haitian immigrants have been brought to him directly by his constituents — concerns the media totally ignored until he and Trump started talking about them. Continue reading