The following testimony from JD Hall regarding a recent visit to Jim Bakker’s studio and Morningside Ministries was sent to Pulpit & Pen for publishing. While on a working vacation in Branson, Missouri on August 2 – just prior to my debate on Cessationism and Charismaticism in Cleveland the following weekend – I spent time … Read more
Many may be wondering what JD Hall has been up to during his hiatus from the Polemics Report podcast. Well, he’s still out there doing the Lord’s work, only lately, he’s been doing it face to face with the enemies of the faith. He has been confronting heretics and false teachers and calling them to … Read more
The SBC pastor closes his blog entry endorsement with this statement: “Both Al Mohler and Paul Young believe the same thing about God’s unconditional love and Christ’s effectual death. They just disagree for whom it was intended. So go and enjoy the Shack. It is not heresy.” Consider now a distinctly different comment from another … Read more
It’s another one of those stories that gives a ring of ironic truth to the words attributed to Groucho Marx – I think it was – “I wouldn’t want to be a member of any club that would have people like me as members.” Jim Bakker was featured (and has been featured, somewhat regularly) … Read more
Jim Bakker, who once was imprisoned for a real estate scam and used charitable dollars to pay off a woman who accused him of rape (link), now has his own show (and real estate scheme) in Branson, Missouri. The self-titled Jim Bakker Show regularly features the Montanist prophet providing various doomsday scenarios with some of … Read more
“In such a time of kaleidoscopic changes, is there anything that remains unchanged? When so many things have proved to be untrustworthy, is there anything we can trust? “One point, at least, is clear – we cannot trust the Church. The visible Church, the Church as it now exists upon this earth, has fallen … Read more
Roberta Langella killed herself. Her brother, Steven, reported the news on his blog: “We just received word from the Medical Examiner’s Office on October 30, 2016. All indications are that Roberta committed suicide. There was no evidence of alcohol in her system. However, it has been determined that Roberta took 40 Percocets at once — … Read more
John’s Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath is a treasured piece of Americana that captures the experience of depression-era Oklahoma dust-bowlers as they travel to California in search of a better life. The novel tells the story of the Joads, who are typical family-oriented heartland farmers who struggle to stay together and make a … Read more
Over the past two weeks, Pulpit & Pen has been in conversation with Steven Langella, a former member and deacon of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, a megachurch led by celebrity pastor and author Jim Cymbala. Langella shared with Pulpit & Pen contributors the tragic story of his recently deceased sister Roberta Langella. Roberta was also a … Read more
**Editor’s note: This story was originally published at The Author of My Faith blog, and sent to us by Steven Langella, a former deacon at Brooklyn Tabernacle, and brother of the spiritually abused victim. “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” – (Ephesians 5:11) My name is Steven Langella. I … Read more
One of the most basic devices used in ancient pagan spirituality is the “circle of protection.” You find it everywhere from the Eastern mystery religions to modern witchcraft. The circle of protection was commonly used in old Gypsy magic, as it was thought to create an impenetrable barrier of protection around those in which it was … Read more
[Editor’s Note: The following guest post is by Fred Butler. Re-published here in its entirety, with his permission, it originally appeared on his highly recommended site, Hip and Thigh, “Smiting Theological Philistines With A Great Slaughter (Judges 15:8). We encourage you to bookmark his site, join his email list, and be edified by Fred’s … Read more
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from … Read more
False teacher, Jim Wallis, founder, and editor of the anti-gospel Sojourners Magazine, has put out a video mocking the biblical view of Complementarianism in the church. Wallis is well known for his Emergent style teachings and unbiblical promotion of mysticism, including contemplative prayer and Lectio Divina. See below his video. [Contributed by Pulpit & Pen]
I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. – Psalm 26:4-5 What could better describe an “assembly of evildoers” than an ecumenical conference that includes Muslim Sheikhs, Native American pagans, and, I wish I were … Read more
