Rick Warren – who the last time we checked was a Southern Baptist (and a keynote speaker for the 2014 Southern Baptist Convention) – did this truly astounding promotional video for the Vatican, discussing what Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church had in common and how we could participate in shared causes. The original video … Read more
Who is the worst Christian of 2023? 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
Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ in the year 2023? Using a number of criteria Pulpit & Pen has identified a list of nominees from a pool of eligible individuals (obvious charlatans and the theologically heterodox* were not included for consideration). In … Read more
“Obey God and Leave the Consequences to Him” Charles Stanley There is probably no greater insult the child of a revered parent can recieve than “The apple has fallen far from the tree.”. As someone born in the early 1980s, I can think of no preacher more revered than Charles Stanley. For decades, Charles Stanley … Read more
Todd White, as our polemics resources have chronicled over many years, is one of the most notorious parlor-tricksters, mentalists, and miracle-hustlers in extremist charismania. And starting earlier this week, he has many people convinced from a recent sermon that he’s seen the light and is repentant for teaching a false gospel. HOPE Anyone can be … Read more
The death of megachurch pastor Darrin Patrick has been officially ruled a suicide, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. The popular Seacoast Church teaching pastor took his own life unexpectedly on May 7th, with the initial report being that it was a “self-inflicted gunshot wound.” As initially there were no further details, some have … Read more
John MacArthur was doing “word association,” a tradition for conferences held at Grace Community Church. The moderator, as usual, was Todd Friel of Wretched Radio. Several years ago when Friel said “Steven Furtick,” MacArthur responded “unqualified.” Furtick later sent John MacArthur an expensive package as a gift, which included a copy of his new book, … Read more
Hi Erick, You have a great website, The Resurgent (I link it to show you courtesy, as I usually don’t link lesser-known blog sites). Truthfully though, I’ve never listened to your radio show. I’m more of a Steve Deace kind of guy (no offense). I admire a man who knows his theology well enough to … Read more
Influential Word-Faith and New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Apostle, Rick Joyner of Morningstar Ministries, has claimed that Todd Bentley’s sexual accusers “have the spirit of witchcraft.” Joyner was named by Bentley as having known all along about his continued sexual immorality but chose instead to cover it up. Todd Bentley – who was restored to the … Read more
Rick Wiles is a charismatic prophet who’s often written about in Charisma Mag and is featured on Jim Bakker’s Apocalypse Survival Supplies Infomercial (as you can see below). And last night, Wiles went on an insanely anti-Semitic rant complaining about “Jews in Hollywood.” Wiles’ issue was a film with an atrocious plot called The Hunt, … Read more
The Crystal Cathedral, best known as the home for a “positive-thinking” gospel that ignored sins and preached happiness, has now re-opened as a Roman Catholic Church. Completed in 1981, the Orange County structure was renown for its beauty and unique design. With more exterior-to-interior glass ratio than any building of comparable size in the United … Read more
Nationalism is a helpful tool for understanding how Christians should interact with the fallen culture around us, and serves for us as a metaphor for holiness. If believers seek to be sanctified in our Christian walk and be made holy as a response to the Gospel, Nationalism serves as an illustration for that spiritual advancement. … Read more
Self-righteousness is repulsive, and it’s on parade over at Twitter from the accounts of evangelical Social Justice Warriors. If only they could see what we see in their ongoing, endless, self-congratulatory and virtue-signaling back-slaps, they would quit it. It’s as gross as what probably happens at Jonathan Merritt’s house on the weekends. Obviously, we don’t … Read more
“God is love. He doesn’t care.” South Florida captain and star on Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean reality series, Sandy Yawn has gone public with relationship with gospel singer Leah Shafer. Yawn recalls that she met Leah Shafer on Facebook: I came across your show, congratulations, many blessings, Adding: [It was the] many blessings” [that] caught … Read more
Ah, Rome, drunken with the blood of the saints, Rick Warren would feel right at home here. You will remember that back in 2014, Rick Warren gushed effusively about‘our pope’, and what a great jobs he was doing. Well, now Pope Francis has invited Christian pastors to come to Rome and learn the ways of Babylon in how … Read more
