I have autism. As such, I don’t like to be touched by other people or to be around a crowd. I am usually faced with both at church every Sunday morning, but not this week. When I got to church this morning, I was very happy to learn that the pastor had discouraged all activity … Read more
JD Greear, the woefully immature “frat boy” president of the Southern Baptist Convention, took to social media yesterday to brag about receiving a “worst Christian of the year” trophy in the mail, which was sent to him in acknowledgment of receiving the award by Pulpit & Pen. At the time the end-of-the-year award was given, … Read more
Cancel Culture The phenomenon of “cancel culture” has come to the Southern Baptist Convention thanks to leftists in the ‘woke’ Social Gospel movement like JD Greear, Karen Swallow Prior, Russell Moore, and Albert Mohler (whose continual hiring and support of progressive extremists has pushed the SBC to the hard left). Cancel culture occurs when public … Read more
Let me just say this up front: I think Todd Starnes is awful. I can’t determine whether he believes his own Red-State Fox-Newish evangelical schtick or if he merely panders, at great profit, to a pew-sitting crowd of MAGA-hat-wearing dullards that does. Either way, that bufoon has a blue star on his Twitter account, so … Read more
The University of Southern Maine has displayed student-created artwork entitled Unholy Bible: Very Revised Standard Edition, which cut up the Holy Scriptures to look like flames and pasted a Satanic image over the face of Christ. After receiving complaints from Christian students, the university says the display is protected speech. Riley Harris, a sophomore at … Read more
For many people, the last they heard of Perry Noble was back in 2016. At the time he was the founder and lead pastor of Newspring Church, an SBC mega-church with a daily attendance of 32,000. He was seen as a rock star in evangelical circles, headlining major conferences and sending social media ablaze with … Read more
Who is the worst Christian of 2019? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his perfect son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer struggles with sin every day and will continue to do … Read more
For worshippers at Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church this Sunday, there will be no worship. They have canceled services in order to focus on preparing for a big New Years Eve bash. Please note to attendees: Whatever this party consists of, childcare is not provided. The Facebook post says, “There will be NO WORSHIP EXPERIENCES on … Read more
Angering Roman Catholics around the world, the Pope made a confusing and ill-timed statement in his Urbi et Orbi Blessing on Christmas Day, in which he slighted the Virgin Mary and said Jesus was born ‘in the womb of the church.’ Francis made the statements from the Loggia of the Vatican Basilica, per tradition. His … Read more
On Christmas Eve, which is the evening that commemorates when Mary’s birth-pains with the Christ-child were no doubt beginning, the United Nations tweeted out that motherhood is a “penalty” for women. The tweet mentioned the ‘downside’ to rearing children including more unpaid care and ‘domestic’ work, reduced employment (the horror), gender-based occupational segregation, and gender … Read more
To demonstrate the gross commercialization of Christianity, completely divorced from the religion of Christ, this photo surfaced from Yahoo News. This photo is of hijab-wearing Muslim women crafting Santa dolls in the Nation of Israel, which some, unfortunately, call the “Palestinian Territories.” A group of women in black niqab veils are making ‘Santa’ figures in … Read more
A disappointment to many searching for signs of West’s true conversion after recently partnering in ministry with that Cheshire Cat-smiling, Jerry-curled mullet-wearing devil-in-the-flesh, Joel Osteen, Kanye West has released a new Christmas oriented gospel album entitled ‘Jesus is Born.’ The pace at which West is producing Christian music is blisteringly fast and surprised many with … Read more
In the latest attempt to merge the ‘Virgin’ Mary with the Pachamama Mother Earth goddess of South American tribal culture, an organization belonging to the Franciscan Order depicted the two together in a Christmas portrait. When being called out for it by conservative Catholics who consider the Pachamama to be idolatrous, the Franciscans vigorously defended … Read more
Pope Francis used his Christmas address to praise and glorify illegal immigrants. On a day typically reserved to set politics aside and remember the Christ-child’s birth, the first pope belonging to the Jesuit Order preached Liberation Theology instead of the traditional Christmas narrative. Liberation Theology, born out of the Communist Revolution in South America and … Read more
Not all good Bible teachers believe Christmas should be celebrated. Although we are not in agreement at Pulpit & Pen with the ‘sinfulness’ of Christmas, we certainly respect others to retain the opinion and are open to hearing their arguments. Consider the following from renown 20th Century theologian, A.W. Pink. He wrote as follows: “Thus … Read more
