What if the most vociferous critic of the church’s best leaders was in fact an abuser of women, a fornicator, adulterer, and unrepentant hypocrite? Well, it turns out, he is. A controversial Youtube figure and top lieutenant in Jacob Prasch’s multi-national Moriel Ministries, Servus Christi, is known for his lengthy videos critiquing evangelical leaders. The … Read more
Update. The clock has finished. The article has been posted here. Terminus of Servus ChristiCountdown Since the days of Ken Silva at Apprising.Org, a necessary and growing ministry of discernment has developed online, the very place where false teachers now congregate and propagate their heresies. The most respectable discernment ministers, also known as polemicists, have … Read more
On today’s episode, JD provides a commentary on the demise of Joshua Chavez (Servus Christi) in regard to his moral disqualifications from any form of ministry and then goes on to discuss Tim Keller and denominationalism. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:37 — 90.1MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
What’s wrong with Servus Christi? Well, the obvious warning signs are all there. Like Satan, he twists the Scriptures and applies a (Biblical) call to godly separation to an infinite degree, essentially anathematizing the entire Body of Christ and severing it limb from limb (which is not the Scripture’s teaching). Like Satan, Servus Christi’s goal is … Read more
Polemics ministries already face the oft-painted and unfortunate caricature of being “hyper-separationists” and “fundamentalists” who can’t play nice or get along with others. In spite of reiterating that we can find good things in the ministries of men, we may often criticize for one reason or another, still some accuse us of anathematizing people “just … Read more
“Jeff the GK” is an obnoxious vegan with faux-hawk coiffed hair from Southern California who occasionally shows up on the periphery of polemics news, does some kind of weird dance to get a minimal amount of attention, and then jumps back into the shadows of obscurity. He’s what we call in alternative Christian news a … Read more
Before I told this story, I wanted enough time to pass to de-escalate a highly volatile situation. But, it’s a story that needs to be told. A little more than a year ago, I made contact with a family who attended a satellite Bible study in a town an hour away from our church facility, … Read more
Fred Butler was called by Brannon Howse the “Grace to You Mailroom Guy.” Butler is more than that. He’s the unofficial resident blogger at Grace to You, who for some reason heads up GTY’s Senior Citizen volunteer division (or something like that) instead of doing what seems to make far more sense, which is writing … Read more
Michael Brown obfuscates on his own faith statement, and Kim Walker Smith’s gospel of emotion. Listen to the episode of Too Wretched for Radio below: http://media.wretchedradio.com/podcasts/TWFR2018-0521.mp3
Is Paul Washer partnering with Hillsong? No. BACKGROUND Listen, I’ve been doing discernment work for years. Pulpit & Pen has been doing its thing for eight years. We have become the infamous “Rolex of Polemics Blogs.” Heck, we brought back the term, polemics, into vogue; before we pulled the term out of the dustbin of … Read more
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet the words of knowledge. –Proverbs 14:7 On July 26, 2018, the Revoice Conference convenes at Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri. The loud and clear call of this conference is ‘the Church must change to accommodate the inclusion of the “gay Christian.” … Read more
In recent years, influential pastor Andy Stanley sparked considerable controversy by urging Christians to “unhitch” the New Testament from the Old. His rationale is that he believes the Old Testament can be a stumbling block to modern people, and therefore, it is better to focus on the resurrection and the teachings of Jesus. But this … Read more
Reformed men are known for being very particular about their ash. They are fond of it on the end of a Patriarch Maduro Toro; but spotting it on someone’s forehead will leave them smoking in a different kind of way. What these two scenarios have in common is that they are both instant conversation starters … Read more
From the first pages of Scripture, it is clear that the earth matters to God. He created it, called it “very good” (Genesis 1:31), and entrusted it to mankind to “subdue” and “have dominion over” (Genesis 1:28). Humans were created not only in God’s image but as His stewards, assigned to care for and govern … Read more
When it comes to the subject of Mary, Protestants and Roman Catholics have a oversized plate of controversies. Should we hail her? Was she sinless? How do we feel about the word “theotokos?” Where the duration of her virginity is concerned, one would think much less is directly at stake. Yet when the conversation circles … Read more
