[Yahoo News] Witchcraft is thriving in the US, with an estimated 1.5 million Americans now identifying as witches – more than the total number of Presbyterians. As Christianity declines across the country, paganism has swung to the mainstream, with witchcraft paraphernalia for sale on every high street and practises normalised across popular culture. In the … Read more
[Religion News Service] NASHVILLE, Tenn – The sounds of the season filled the halls of the Scarritt Bennett Center at Vanderbilt University on a recent Sunday morning. In the chapel, a congregation of about 80 people gathered, while the band launched into a holiday classic: “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” They followed up with … Read more
[WARHORN] Pastor James MacDonald runs a pretty shady operation in Elgin’s Harvest Bible Chapel. The Elephant’s Debt blog and others have documented its financial shenanigans for years. Most recently Julie Roys of World magazine has written an article with stories of expelling kids from the church school when their pastor father refused to sign a noncompete agreement, revising church bylaws to move authority from … Read more
Pulpit & Pen has been throttled by Facebook (however, we believe the trottle is now over or at least reduced). Facebook banned P&P’s publisher after posting an article that correctly states Bruce Jenner’s gender. Some of our affiliate media groups have been put on notice by Google Adsense that their politically-incorrect (Christian) content will get … Read more
Since Old Testament times homosexuality has been an uncontroversial topic among God’s people. It’s sinful. That’s that; no argument, no debate. However, recent developments in Western society have caused homosexuality to become a hot-button issue in the public arena. In the wake of what Baptist theologian and pundit Albert R. Mohler has labeled “the Moral … Read more
The Chicago theater company Silk Road Rising has debuted a brand new play called “Christmas Mubarak,” a story that blends the stories of Jesus from both Christianity and Islam. Corey Pond, a member of Silk Road Rising who directed and adapted the holiday play, described the new show, which premiered last weekend, as “a love … Read more
Three false ministers, including one who identifies as homosexual and another as polyamorous, recently told the Huffington Post that they believe that sex before marriage is “not sinful,” and that it is rather “unreasonable,” “outdated and silly” to expect people to stay chaste until marriage. One said that he doesn’t “judge” those who choose to … Read more
I’ve never met Christians with a Satan tree or Beelzebub bush, so I don’t know why Satanists would have a Christmas tree. But nonetheless, there’s at least one Satanist Christmas tree out there and it’s in San Jose, California. And that Satanist Tree is making the news because people keep stealing its decorations. The Satanists … Read more
A LifeWay study recently reveals that a majority of Protestant evangelicals are still choosing to abstain from alcohol, despite a resurgence in ‘Christian drinking’ that has particularly become popular and accepted in New Calvinist circles. While some denominations, like Lutherans for example, have never had a strong tradition of abstinence, most mainstream denominations have had … Read more
This might just be one of the most amazing testimonies ever from a Mormon who came to Christ. After meeting with a Christian to convert him to Mormonism as a part of his 2-year missionary journey, he ended up actually coming to Christ. He preached Christ to his fellow missionaries. Although he was kicked off … Read more
Various news outlets have reported on the death of “Christian Missionary” John Allen Chau. Was his encroachment upon native lands ethical? Were the actions that led to his death foolish? Was he even a Christian? Pulpit & Pen contributor Seth Dunn addresses those questions in an episode of his podcast, The Christian Commute. [Publisher’s Note: I … Read more
Pulpit & Pen has been at the forefront of observing and reporting on the intentional take-over of American evangelicalism for years. P&P has broken story after story, report after report, that has been a necessary tool in today’s battle for the American church. The book “Ungodly Mess: How Marxists Stole Christianity in America” will continue … Read more
Increasingly, Hillsong Church’s Christmas musical productions seem to break the blasphemy barrier of the year before. In 2015, Hillsong made international news for a “Sleazy Night” Christmas special, which was a cabaret and burlesque-type show that incorporated Christmas hymns. At the time, charismatic apologist, Michael Brown, defended Hillsong from critics, claiming that they meant well … Read more
Warning: The following article contains a description of extreme blasphemy. It also has offensive language. We only write about this with fear and trembling, so as to lift it to scorn and contend against it. In a video entitled, “Jesus is Polyamorous,” amateur theologian, Brian G. Murphy – a co-founder of “Queer Theology” who identifies … Read more
Watching Queer as Folk. Kissing Oscar Wilde’s grave. Earrings only in the right ear. A grown man at a Madonna concert. These things all have one thing in common. They’re all slightly less gay than Jonathan Merritt, the grown son of megachurch pastor, James Merritt and a journalist who has become a favorite of the Evangelical … Read more
