I’m not worried about churches that hide Easter eggs for kids once a year – I’m worried about churches that hide the Gospel from people every week. – Clayton Pruett Dr. Jack Graham’s Prestonwood Baptist Church is having their annual Easter Egg Drop – in which they dump thousands of eggs out of a helicopter … Read more
Pulpit Notes is the weekly post where JD cites information or links to material that he’s discussed on The Pulpit & Pen Program. This post will be added to throughout the week, as JD brings up new stuff he wants you to have access to. Monday’s Episode – Sye Ten Bruggencate; check out Sye’s website … Read more
This is part 1 of a multipart series on the pastoral career of Stevie Flockhart of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. A few months ago, Pulpit & Pen was contacted by disaffected members of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. These members made a number of disturbing allegations about 901’s founding pastor, Stevie Flockhart. Given what … Read more
Every business has a busy season. In order to be successful, corporate marketing departments prepare for these busy-seasons long in advance. Advertising space is purchased and sale flyers are printed long before the first sleepy shoppers roll out of bed on Black Friday to do their Christmas shopping. Somewhere along the way, the Evangelical Industrial … Read more
I don’t think I’ve ever met a fellow Tennesseean who doesn’t like Dolly Parton. She’s folksy, funny, talented, beautiful, and charitable. She may very well be the most beloved Tennesseean who has ever lived. This Christmas, however, many in her Bible Belt fan base may be disappointed with Dolly. She took to national air waves … Read more
Twenty years ago on Christmas of the year 2000, my future wife read a book by Eric and Leslie Ludy called When God Writes Your Love Story. She was a freshman at college, and just got around to reading the book over the holiday, which had been given her by a High School guidance counselor … Read more
On December 16, 2016 the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC) published an article entitled “The Diversity in Our Christmas Story.” This week, it was reshared via the ERLC Twitter feed. The article was penned by Casey B. Hough, whose Twitter profile lists him as the following: Disciple, Husband of … Read more
Editor’s note. Apparently, this story came out in early 2018, but received little traction and barely a mention. The story was written up before we were able to place the clip. It is not current, but it has value in being achieved. Posting for posterity. Steven Furtick has corrected and rebuked a campus pastors for … Read more
(Redding) A woman is suing Ross Dress for Less in Redding, claiming she was kicked out of the store because she is a member of Bethel Church. The woman, Gloria Farrer of Redding, said in a lawsuit that she went into Ross to shop for Christmas gifts and while there she chatted with an employee … Read more
Hallmark TV Channel, which describes itself as “the country’s leading destination for quality family entertainment” has announced that they are going all-in on ‘LGBT storylines, characters and actors” according to a statement made on Twitter. This after years of producing heterosexual-exclusive content. According to Out Magazine The company is in “active negotiations” and will reveal “more … Read more
Apparently, atheists don’t take a holiday. Well, except for Earth Day. Uh, and Martin Luther King Day. And Arbor Day. Let’s not forget Juneteenth. And there’s Halloween. But except for those, atheists don’t take a holiday. They work overtime on Christmas, Thanksgiving (who would they thank?), Easter, and apparently Independence Day by mocking Christians for … Read more
I don’t have an ideological problem with iconoclasm, the idea that certain religious imagery is offensive and ought to be opposed. In fact, I am a proud iconoclast – as any good Reformed Protestant ought to be – and vehemently reject images of any member of the Holy Trinity (yes, even of Christ). And although … Read more
Samaritan’s Purse has come under new scrutiny from a bevvy of democrats and LGBT groups, sparked by New York Democratic Senator Brad Hoylman for his criticism of their statement of faith that it requires volunteer doctors and nurses at their new relief hospital to sign. The emergency field hospital, currently setting up shop right now … Read more
[Publisher’s Note: Please understand that my words are directed at those who have canceled church merely because the government told them to. I do not mean to apply these words to those who canceled services due to what they believe to be a providential hindrance due to illness rather than a government mandate] If the … Read more
Christian journalist Julie Roys set the Reformed world abuzz on Saturday morning when she dropped a sensationalist, unsubstantiated piece suggesting that John MacArthur and Grace Community Church were instigating a coverup of a coronavirus death that took place at the Shepherds’ Conference few weeks ago, with Executive Director of Grace To You’s Phil Johnson in … Read more
