Brandon Hines, Author at Pulpit & Pen News

The Problem with Separating Apologetics and Theology

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 Brandon Hines apologetics, Mere Christianity, William Lane Craig

During William Lane Craig’s latest podcast, he provided a belated defense of Andy Stanley over the not-so-recent controversy involving Stanley

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Is Private Contact Required Before Publicly Rebuking Public Sin?

March 17, 2017 Brandon Hines

One common claim is that any disagreement between Christian brothers should always be handled in private. It is said that

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The Pharisees Weren’t Concerned With Sound Doctrine

March 17, 2017March 28, 2017 Brandon Hines Pharisee

Whenever someone plays the Pharisee Card, they often seem to think that the Pharisees were more concerned with sound doctrine

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Paul Washer’s Message to Those Who “Love Jesus but Hate the Church”

March 7, 2017August 16, 2017 Brandon Hines AHA, Christian Nomadism, Sectarian Minimalism

The world has seen a recent rise in the false doctrine of Sectarian Minimalism, a doctrine teaching that attacks the

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Michael Gungor slams Substitutionary Atonement, Calls it “Murder” and “Evil”

February 28, 2017 Brandon Hines Gungor, Michael Gungor, Penal Substiutionary Atonement

Michael Gungor is a musician in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) band, Gungor. He has been noted for denying the

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Charisma Mag Promotes Astrology (Again)

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 Brandon Hines Astrology, Charisma Mag, Charismatic

Charisma Mag has released an article explaining what the constellation Aquarius has to say about Pentecost and the End Times.

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The Early Church vs. Roman Catholic Tradition

February 16, 2017September 8, 2017 Brandon Hines Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholicism

The Roman Catholic’s primary source of authority is usually the official position of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church will

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Sam Shamoun Rejects Substitutionary Atonement, Claims David Wood Does Too

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Brandon Hines David Wood, Sam Shamoun

Not too long ago, an argument broke out on a thread in the BTWN facebook group where Sam Shamoun, Anti-Muslim apologist at Answering-Islam.org, was arguing

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Lecrae Endorses The Shack, Calls The Movie “Dope”

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 Brandon Hines Lecrae, The Shack

Lecrae, a popular Christian rapper, has taken to Twitter to promote The Shack. Lecrae’s song “River of Jordan” (featuring Breyan Isaac)

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Archibald Brown: “Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats” – An Article From 1889 About Gimmicks in Worship

January 30, 2017 Brandon Hines

In 1889, Archibald Brown wrote The Devil’s Mission of Amusement. One excerpt from that book is the article called “Feeding Sheep or Amusing

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RZIM Speaker, Editor at The Gospel Coalition Compares Jesus to a Transgender

January 11, 2017January 12, 2017 Brandon Hines

Sam Allberry, an editor for The Gospel Coalition and a global speaker for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), recently wrote an

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Why We Should Avoid Dietrich Bonhoeffer

January 5, 2017January 30, 2017 Brandon Hines Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a very well liked teacher among modern Christians. While no one can deny his bravery in not bowing

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Andy Stanley Says He Doesn’t Care About the Birth of Christ

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 Brandon Hines Andy Stanley, North Point

Not too long ago, Andy Stanley explicitly denied the authority of Scripture and implicitly denied the infallibility of Scripture. He

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Refutations from Scripture: Arianism

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 Brandon Hines Arianism, Iglesia ni Christo, Jehovah's Witness, John Locke, Refutations from Scripture, Watchtower

Arianism is the belief that Jesus was not God but merely a creation of God. It denies the divinity of

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What Are Bill Johnson’s Heresies?

November 14, 2016January 26, 2018 Brandon Hines bethel, Bill Johnson, Kenosis, Montanism, New Apostolic Reformation

In the past few weeks, Bill Johnson has been the center of a lot of controversy. With Montanist apologists like