Evangelist Pat Robertson is not known for his solidly biblical relationship advice. This was true in 2011, when he said that divorcing a spouse suffering from Alzheimer’s is justifiable because the disease is “a kind of death” and that if the husband was going to divorce a wife suffering from brain disintegration so he could … Read more
“Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening? You know what I’d like to give you is, the fact that we have disrespect for authority. There is profound disrespect of our president, all across this nation they say terrible things about him. It’s in the news, it’s in other places. Robertson continued, … Read more
Controversial Televangelist Pat Robertson wagged his finger at President Donald Trump on Tuesday, scolding him over his threat to control civil unrest by sending the U.S. military into American cities. President Trump made the remarks during a press conference the day before, prefacing his comments with “My first and highest duty as president is to defend our great country and … Read more
Charismatics think they can control the weather. Gloria Copeland claims that her husband can rebuke tornados and control storms. Bethel Church of Redding and Kris Vallotton claimed to have had control over the Shasta County fire, up and until the fire consumed huge swaths of the county. Thinking themselves prophets much like Elijah, who was given … Read more
Of all people, the Roman Catholic pope calls out the heresy of the prosperity gospel movement, condemning it as a “pseudo-gospel” that is “different and dangerous.” Of course, coming from the mother whore of false gospels, the Roman Catholic Church, this seems ironic. Nonetheless, when even Catholics are able to see and point out a … Read more
Robertson then goes on to support his practice of divination by proclaiming that 1 Cor. 12 teaches that the Holy Spirit will “give us a word of knowledge,” in which God tells him who to perform healings on during his show. He claims that his practice has nothing to do with psychic abilities, but as with all false prophets, two way communication with God outside of Scripture is essential, and central to their practice. Since their prophecies are purposely vague and ambiguous, they become difficult to verify and or disprove in some cases, and in most cases, creates confusion and causes divisions.
The death of megachurch pastor Darrin Patrick has been officially ruled a suicide, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. The popular Seacoast Church teaching pastor took his own life unexpectedly on May 7th, with the initial report being that it was a “self-inflicted gunshot wound.” As initially there were no further details, some have … Read more
Pat Tillman, in case you didn’t know, was a star in the National Football League who died a war hero after giving up the fame of professional sports to serve his country in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Tillman was an underdog, picked 226th by the Arizona, Cardinals. But Tillman surpassed expectations, playing 16 … Read more
Charismatic preachers are less accurate in their prophetic predictions than drunken meteorologists. In fact, coronavirus has proven that charismatics are far less accurate than that. Not a single charismatic leader prophesied the costliest health-related panic in history. Multitudes of charismatic leaders prophesied coronavirus would never come to America. Many more prophesied Christians would be immune. … Read more
Well, this sounds like satire, but it’s not. The world’s largest gathering of notable faith healers are canceling the grand opening of a faith-healing center because of coronavirus. We reported on the grand opening of the Morris Cerullo Legacy International Center on Saturday, mostly because it has a design that looks like a dollar sign … Read more
Steven Strang over at Charisma Mag – who has posted more false prophecy relating to coronavirus than Wuhan has sick-beds – claimed today that “prophet” Chuck Pierce prophesied the coming of coronavirus. He’s also making the claim on his podcast. This claim is spurious and untrue. At the snake-oil blog, Charisma, Strang writes… I recently interviewed … Read more
Our intention at Pulpit & Pen is to log all the crazy things charismatic prophets have proclaimed about the coronavirus so that, if nothing else, God uses it to put an end to charismaticism. It really is a religion that needs to die a thousand deaths. The only vaccine is polemics. So far we have, … Read more
As we have been chronicling at Pulpit & Pen religiously (no pun intended), charismatic prophets are going to get people killed with their crack-pottery. It’s one thing to decree-and-declare an end to coronavirus with ineffectual blathering, but it’s another thing to offer horrible medical advice and instill confusion into the global discourse on this pandemic. … Read more
This is getting old, admittedly. We’re trying to chronicle all the crazy things charismatics are saying about the coronavirus. You know, to make fun of them in the future (like God intended). So far we have, Bethel’s affiliated pastor, Shawn Bolz, declared a prophecy that God had ended the virus. Perhaps Bethel didn’t get the memo. … Read more
What’s up with all these posts at P&P today about weirdo charismatic claims about the coronavirus? Well…we’re trying to catch up. It’s hard to do, because charismatics say a lot of dumb things. We want to make fun of them later when this is all over. So far we have, Bethel’s affiliated pastor, Shawn Bolz, declared … Read more
