Julie Roys reports: The Moody Bible Institute today announced the resignations of President Paul Nyquist, Provost Junias Venugopal, and Chief Operating Officer Steve Mogck. As I first reported Friday, the administration was facing serious allegations including allowing professors who deny the inerrancy of Scripture to teach at the institute and write curriculum; permitting a top education … Read more
Okay, Christians. We need to have a talk about Matt Chandler. We like Matt. Who couldn’t like Matt? He’s a great preacher. He’s entertaining as can be. He handled a nearly-terminal brain tumor like a God-glorifying champ. He gets the Gospel. So there’s that. We should applaud him for all those things. But that’s not … Read more
Oral Roberts University had a very good men’s basketball team in 1972. According to Wikipedia, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles led the nation in scoring that year, averaging 105.1 points per game. That’s no small feat for any college, especially a private religious institution that had started with only 300 students just seven years prior. … Read more
(The following is excerpted from the public domain work “How Readest Thou?” by J. C. Ryle. John Charles Ryle was a Bishop in the Church of England during the late 19th century. One biographer1 wrote of Ryle that “on June 10 [1900], he died, but he left behind a spiritual legacy that has … Read more
“If you wish to know God, you must know His Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by His Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.” Charles Spurgeon Sometimes believers are blessed in our … Read more
https://youtu.be/LWORpv-wmpc The concluding line from the Charisma News article that reported on the erroneous announcement of wolf Joyce Meyer’s death is itself a perfect example of rhetorical touche. “And please remember, not everything you see on the Internet is true!” (Insert melodic drumroll of ignominy here while pondering exactly how much on Charisma News can actually … Read more
I read this article posted by Tony Perkins, in the Charismatic internet magazine CharismaNews In the article we were told that lead singer Dan Haseltine, of the apostate worship band Jars of Clay, said that he was tired of “carrying evangelical expectations on [his] shoulders.” He has decided that it does not matter how much Scriptural … Read more
Speaking at the Hillsong conference, Mark Driscoll repented for a number of things. Praise God. Hallelujah. Milking the Best-Seller’s List by Improperly Using Church Funds Asking staff about their wive’s favorite sexual position Well more than a dozen counts of plagiarism Porno-graphic discerno-vision Throwing people under the Mars Hill bus No. Driscoll didn’t repent for … Read more
That God speaks could potentially be filed in the ‘No Kidding!’ category for most Christians. Modern Christianity simply loves the idea of a God who speaks – and as far as it goes, we should. Yet for all our love of God speaking and ‘hearing’ the voice of God, there is a lot of confusion … Read more
“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” John 4:29 M. Knight Shyamalan’s film Unbreakable tells the story of a security guard named David Dunn who possesses, unbeknownst to him, superhuman powers. Through the intercession of an interested party, Dunn learns of his powers which include near … Read more
**UPDATED** Scroll to the bottom of the article and you will not BELIEVE what we’ve discovered about the journalistic practices of Christianity Today and Lifeway*** A man referred to as a “blogger” by Christianity Today (who has a pretty respectable job in the real world) named Cameron Dobbins released a list of books sent to (at … Read more
Alex Malarkey penned his open letter to Lifeway on January 15, nearly a month and a half ago. The letter was soon printed in virtually every major media outlet in the western world (and beyond, as far as the South China Morning Post, in fact). Alex bled his heart out to Thom Rainer and the executives … Read more
Earlier today, the news broke that the publishing arm of the SBC, LifeWay, and Tyndale House, a major Christian publisher, would stop selling the book “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.” In a statement issued by Mark King, Director of Communications at Lifeway, he confirmed that the stores are pulling the book, stating: LifeWay was … Read more
During my daily excursions through the Bible I came across Jeremiah Chapter 29 and I wanted to share some truths that I learned. We ALL know that Jeremiah 29:11-13 was spoken directly to us, in this present day and age, and so I was thinking “What specifically ARE the plans that God has for us? … Read more
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking of late – always a dangerous thing to do, I know. Much of my thinking has been captured by the Book of Hebrews, which I’m studying at the moment. Hebrews begins with one of my favourite opening lines in all of literature: Long ago, at many times and … Read more
