Although once a popular figure among all stripes of Calvinist believers, John Piper’s increasing social justice activism and increasing charismaticism have largely reduced his popularity to that of The New Calvinists and, oddly enough, evangelicalism at large. Those who hold to the tenets of classical Reformed theology, however, have grown increasingly cautious of John Piper. … Read more
Michael Brown has published a new book, which he claims will call out the excesses of charismaticism. The book is called, Playing With Holy Fire: A Wake Up Call to the Pentecostal-Charismatic Church, and will supposedly rebuke those in charismaticism that have been polluting the bathwater, wherein supposedly soak lots of precious babies. Brown has … Read more
Christians have a theological view of the world that is given us by the Holy Scriptures. Our epistemology, that is what we believe is true and why, is predicated upon our conviction that the 66 books known as the ‘Holy Bible’ is inspired, inerrant, sufficient, and true. In the overarching worldview through which we see … Read more
James White has been vicious toward anyone who criticizes hyper-charismaniac false prophet, Michael Brown. White, who supposedly holds to the 1689 London Baptist Confession, is supposed to believe that Cessationism and the Sufficiency of Scripture are of primary importance. After all, his Confession of Faith reads… The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible … Read more
We like Issues, Etc. Really. They seem like good eggs. They seem like good Protestant and Lutheran eggs. While we at Pulpit & Pen hold to the Second London Baptist Confession, we appreciate our Lutheran friends who would still fight tooth-and-nail for a Sola Fide Gospel. But while we’ve been thinking about how to best celebrate the … Read more
2 Tim. 2:3 – “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” One writer called General Lee, “The portrait of a soldier.” Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote of Lee, “His noble presence and gentle, kindly manner were sustained by religious faith and an exalted character.” His minister told him, “If you are as good a … Read more
Recently, Pastrix Christine Caine released a new devotional called Unshakable and was interviewed by Ed Stetzer which was highlighted on his The Exchange and carried by Christianity Today. Once again, Ed Stetzer’s interview only goes to prove how out of touch he is with biblical Christianity and what a danger his is to the undiscerning … Read more
One day after being Whitewashed by James White at Elephant Room 3, Michael Brown went on his program and Whitewashed ‘Christian tarot cards.’ As explained at Polemics Report, to “Whitewash” something means “to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.” As we have demonstrated tirelessly, Michael Brown never has … Read more
In 2015, Hillsong performed their now-infamous “Sleazy Night” Christmas program. Steven Kozar at Pirate Christian Radio wrote… Aesthetically, it’s just weird, confusing and embarrassing. Hillsong Music Director: “Hey everybody, I’ve got a great idea! Let’s take the beloved and peaceful Christmas hymn ‘Silent Night’ and turn it into a loud, obnoxious, roaring twenties style, Las Vegas big-band … Read more
Costi Hinn is the nephew of infamous false prophet, Benny Hinn. For lack of a better word, Hinn’s truth-telling and the consequences it has caused him make him downright heroic. From the looks of the trailer, this book is a must-buy if you’re a discernment-minded Christian. Costi has been a contributor for Pulpit & Pen, … Read more
A week ago, we reported that charismatics are using “Christian tarot cards.” Christalignment, a ‘ministry’ run by Jen Hodge, had put together a “destiny card” schtick to help “reach people” in the New Age movement. You can read about that here, but they have since pulled down their videos. We also reported Hodge’s association with … Read more
In our first post in this series, we explained the Second Commandment and gave a historical survey of Christian thought on the topic of icons – or images – of God the Son. In the second post, we discussed the opinion of early church pastor and historian, Eusebius. In our third post, we gave the opinion of John Calvin … Read more
Adapted with permission from a piece by churchwatcher on December 19, 2017 If the people of Bethel actually studied their bibles, they would notice that by the standards of today’s western Christendom Jesus was very judgmental at times. Consider His words to one of the churches in the book of the Revelation: “But I have … Read more
Benjamin Corey recently attempted to take Ken Ham to task for claiming that a Biblical creation narrative is foundational to Christianity. Corey is a progressive liberal and self-professed “Anabaptist,” although he is best described as an apostate who has denied the basic tenets of Biblical Christianity. Corey is a figure within the dying Emerging Church … Read more
Kris Vallotton is trying to deceive the very people who should know better-the people who read what he says on his Facebook page! Within a 24 hour period he completely contradicted himself, without any explanation. Yesterday, he harshly criticized (without naming them) Ken and Jenny Hodge for using “Christian Tarot Cards,” and he spoke as … Read more
