Pope Francis’ favorite journalist, to whom he has granted many one-on-one interviews, claimed yesterday in an Italian publication that the Pope has explicitly told the interviewer that he denies that Jesus was divine during his earthly life. Eugenio Scalfari, writing for La Repubblica made the claims that Francis has personally told him that he doesn’t believe … Read more
It is a common assumption among African American Christians that they are the “Black Church” and that they have unique needs and thereby are distinct from “White Christianity.” Is this a legitimate matter? A prominent spokesman, Kyle J. Howard, has spoken of ethnic matters grounded in history as “African American concerns.” See his article here. … Read more
In its latest propaganda piece meant to benefit the Democratic Party in the 2020 elections, The Gospel Coalition compared the Trump Administration to the Nazi regime and urged evangelicals to set aside their political affiliations. Yes. They actually made the Nazi comparison. As Christians are repeatedly being warned, The Gospel Coalition is not a religious … Read more
After the University of Iowa kicked InterVarsity off of its campus for not letting it select leaders to conform to the Bible’s standards, a federal court ruled that university officials must pay a fine for religious discrimination. Even better, the officials have to pay the fine out of their own pockets. The University of Iowa … Read more
The Church of Sweden said of the teenage climate activist in 2018, “Announcement! Jesus of Nazareth has now appointed one of his successors, Greta Thunberg.” The tweet was made on Dec. 1, 2018. The account belongs to the same Church of Sweden that rang bells in venerating honor for Thunberg last week. The Church of … Read more
Tim Keller, the Marxist co-founder of the political organization, The Gospel Coalition, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, warning Christians not to identify with the Republican Party and not to assume the Democratic Party is not “the Christian one.” This editorial seems to have set the tone for more recent attacks against partisanism … Read more
According to new reports from human rights organizations, China is continuing a program to harvest organs from persecuted Christian minorities, political dissidents, and conscientious objectors to its communist government. The China Tribunal, which is an “independent, international people’s tribunal” is investigating claims that China is harvesting the organs of religious minorities, and is lead by … Read more
According to the South China Morning Post, Christians in China have been visited by government officials and told that to raise their ‘Social Credit Score,’ they needed to replace all religious imagery with portraits of Communist leaders and replace the Holy Bible with Communist quotations. According to the news reports, hundreds of thousands of Chinese … Read more
Here are five good reasons why Reformed and Confessional Christians should be using the KJV. Introduction: What is the “Confessional Text” Position? The Confessional Text Position is also known by a few other titles: TR advocacy, The Ecclesiastical Text, The Canonical Text, and The Traditional Text. More recently it has been given the title of … Read more
Making someone provide a service or labor to those who they don’t want to work for is called slavery. It’s a bad thing. Realizing that in a “free country” you aren’t obligated to work for anyone who demands it, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that Christian artists can’t be forced to make homosexual wedding … Read more
Even the BuzzFeed knows this book isn’t Christian. An “amalgam of stories, tough-love advice from a woman who has been there, and vaguely biblical encouragement,” Girl, Wash Your Face was the 2nd most popular book of 2018 on Amazon. It has now topped the ECPA Christian Bestsellers list for 15 months straight. Christians familiar with … Read more
Chris Rosebrough is the founder of Pirate Christian Media and operates the Fighting for the Faith podcast. Rosebrough is a Lutheran polemicist and has a longstanding career in discernment ministry, opposing Word-Faith heretics, the prosperity gospel charlatans, and hyper-charismatics. JD and Chris discuss changes in the world of discernment since they first began their respective … Read more
A prominent gay ‘Christian’ journalist and son of former a SBC president, Jonathan Merritt, announced his apostasy on Twitter over the weekend. Merritt joins Joshua Harris, Marty Sampson, and a string of others who have renounced their Christian faith over the last few weeks. We have written about Merritt many times before, including the post … Read more
Dear Coach Swinney, Roll Tide. I am a lifelong Crimson Tide football fan. When I was 10 years old, I watched you and your University of Alabama teammates roll to an undefeated season and a national championship under coach Gene Stallings. When I was 33, I was privileged to attend the CFB national title game … Read more
Let’s think theologically about the early post-lapsarian history of man, asking a few questions that, I think, warrant asking and answering. After the fall into sin, and before the account of Abraham was written, there are some persons (and their actions) that were accepted by God. For example, Abel and his sacrifice are accepted by … Read more
