Donald Trump is likely not a born-again Christian. Nonetheless, Trump is proving to be one of the most unlikely advocates of born-again Christians the political realm has seen in many years. Claiming to have never asked forgiveness, with rumors circulating that his conversion experience was mediated by charismatic false-prophetess, Paula White, and demonstrating the personal … Read more
On the eve of the 2018 mid-term elections, evangelicals are being told how they should vote. Do not think we’ve failed to take notice that many of those who attempt to guide our vote have little regard for the Scripture themselves. This has not stopped a great many from telling us that our Christian faith … Read more
Matt Chandler is fully “woke.” Not only has Chandler turned The Villiage Church into a Social Justice Center and partnered it with radical Islamic extremists, but he has joined the choir of anti-Trump voices who feel the need to apologize to the world for the way evangelicals typically vote. For the record, I did not … Read more
Is Paul Washer partnering with Hillsong? No. BACKGROUND Listen, I’ve been doing discernment work for years. Pulpit & Pen has been doing its thing for eight years. We have become the infamous “Rolex of Polemics Blogs.” Heck, we brought back the term, polemics, into vogue; before we pulled the term out of the dustbin of … Read more
With Paula White as Trump’s closest religious adviser, it’s been odd to watch his proximity to the strangest of religious leaders. Donald Trump and America’s craziest charismatics make for strange bed-fellows (a term one has to use cautiously, given the frequency with which Paula White changes literal bed-fellows, from her public affair with already-married Benny … Read more
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. –2 Timothy 2:23 I must admit it’s been fascinating to watch the hordes of professing Christians get fired up this past week after Donald Trump’s speech calling NFL players who kneeled during the pledge of allegiance or singing of the national anthem … Read more
Benny Hinn might just be asking himself if “this is his day” … that “day” being the one that finds him federally exposed as the fraud that the Biblically faithful already know him to be. According to a news report coming from the Dallas NBC affiliate, Channel 5, federal authorities have initiated a raid on … Read more
“ … in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. 2 Peter 2:2 In Revelation 2:20, Christ chided the church of Thyatira in no uncertain terms. “I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls … Read more
What do you get when you mix politics with religion? Franklin Graham. Franklin Graham was chosen as one of many to lead in prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration today. His prayer was embedded between Rabbi Marvin Hier’s and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson’s prayer. False teacher Paula White was chosen to open the inauguration in prayer who, … Read more
If you go to an evangelical church in America, you’ve probably heard Bethel’s music. This means that your church is paying royalties to Bethel Church and their artists which directly supports their ministries. Songs like This is Amazing Grace by Phil Wickham and Love Came Down by Bizzy B are popular songs you’d probably recognize … Read more
“Clayton Jennings’ got an evil streak and a way with words that’ll bring them to their knees. Oh he can play the wildest shows and he can sing so sweet. They still sing along…her tears don’t matter much.” Adapted from Tears Don’t Matter Much by Ben Nichols Multiple young women reached out to the Pulpit & Pen and Polemics … Read more
Imagine, if you will, a homeowner in his bedroom who hears someone breaking into his house. He cracks open his bedroom door and unleashes his ferocious bulldog upon the intruder. He cowers, shuts his door, and listens to the ensuing carnage. The intruder gets mauled and the bulldog bears the brunt of his defensive kicks; … Read more
Paula White, who has been selected as the presiding pastrix to deliver the prayer at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration is an advocate of pornography. In August of 2015, her husband, Jonathan Cain took the stage next to her while the two insisted that a wife should engage in watching porn with a husband who likes it … Read more
Faith Healer, Benny Hinn, Asks For Prayer For Healing Defrauding Millions: Bethel Church and Benny Hinn Together Other Resources Chris Rosebrough – False Prophet Benny Hinn Chris Rosebrough – Benny Hinn Sets The Record Straight Regarding Paula White Justin Peters, GTY – Has Benny Hinn Repented? Apprising – Benny Hinn Patron of the Arts? Apprising … Read more
It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. –Charles Spurgeon One of the greatest dangers in our churches today is the narcissism that runs rampant … Read more
