“It is difficult to point to a more disastrous, dangerous, and destructive practice in modern spiritual warfare theology than that of engaging in ‘territorial spirits.” Jim Osman The Latin phrase hic sunt dracones, or “Here Be Dragons,” while perhaps popular in seafaring mythology, seems to have had minimal actual usage in ancient cartography. The Hunt-Lenox … Read more
I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 1 Corinthians 4:6 The apostle Paul’s emphasized words above are perhaps the greatest Biblical … Read more
“The most widely known – and the most widely misunderstood – concept of spiritual warfare.” Justin Peters “It sounds like hocus-pocus because it is hocus-pocus.” Jim Osman The modern church’s belief about what constitutes spiritual warfare is, as Justin Peters remarked, perhaps no better exemplified than by the almost universal, though Scripturally absent, practice of … Read more
“This is an affront to the work of Christ on the cross. It’s an affront to the atonement. It’s an affront to the heart of the Gospel itself.” Justin Peters Five chapters into Matthew’s Gospel we’re given the epic teaching of Christ from His Sermon on The Mount. The magnitude of this event, for its … Read more
“All studies done on the subject confirm that people have but a cursory knowledge of the Bible – at best. Rare are those who are willing to follow the Apostle Paul’s directive to “study to show themselves approved unto God.” (2 Timothy 2:15) Most are content with getting their theology from sound bites and sermonettes … Read more
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought … Read more
“Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.” Charles Spurgeon Perhaps not since the apostasy of the Roman Catholic Church, still in full swing after all these centuries, has there been such a soul-damning, Scripture-defying movement as the modern day charismatic movement. Charismania, with its aberrant word-faith/prosperity theology, is unparalleled … Read more
A movie about the “Jesus People” movement is coming to the big screen in the form of Lionsgate’s Jesus Revolution. Inspired by the true story of the national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a bunch of teenaged hippies in Southern California. Deadline is reporting that: Gaffigan is Chuck Smith, the … Read more
Jim Bakker, peddler of end times wares and false prophecies, spent the last few minutes on his show yesterday revealing that they were in some dire financial straights due to false claims made on his show a few months prior. His guest, naturopath Dr. Sherrill Sellman, extolled the virtues of her “silver solution” which she … Read more
It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. The Missouri Attorney General has filed a suit against doomsday prophet, rapist, and tax-evader, Jim Bakker, for making his snake oil cure-all claims that we’ve been complaining about at Pulpit & Pen for years. We’ve written about Bakker’s venereal disease, AIDs, and coronavirus cure-all here, here, … Read more
The convicted felon and rapist, Jim Bakker, has a doomsday infomercial on television he masquerades as a religion show and is always peddling products to his audience, some with dubious commercial claims. These products are not sold, but given, in return for a charitable donation. This keeps taxes from being paid (he went to jail … Read more
In June of last year, we reported that Jim Bakker was selling ointment to cure venereal disease, and it sounded like he had first-hand experience with its healing claims. Now Bakker is claiming that same venereal disease ointment heals coronavirus. We kid you not. In an excerpt first published by Right Wing Watch and Friendly … Read more
As of today, Charisma Mag is still quoting Jim Bakker as an authority on Christian doomsday prophecy. Jim Bakker, the felonious scoundrel and alleged rapist who laps up his foolishness like a dog returns to vomit, is primarily a survival supply salesman. He terrifies the elderly with tales of doom and gloom and then takes … Read more
Jim Bakker recently enlisted Trump’s “spiritual adviser”, Paula White, to help him collect the money of gullible believers so he can build a greater venue for spreading his message. The tactic he used was ingenious. White told viewers they had to donate thousands of dollars so Bakker could build a new studio. She added that there is a … Read more
Just for the sake of a discernment exercise, do you want to hear what ‘fake tongues’ sounds like? Here you go. Do you remember the charismatic prophet who claimed that the 2018 synagogue shooting would lead to a cure for cancer? Yeah, his name was Hank Kunneman and so far, there’s been no cure for … Read more
