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Planned With Excellence? On Missions, Money, Planned Parenthood, and the Georgia Baptist Mission Board

fun·gi·ble /ˈfənjəbəl/ Adjective LAW adjective: fungible (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) able to replace or be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. “money is fungible—money that is raised for one purpose can easily be used for another” Money is fungible. Planned Parenthood performed 320,000 abortions in 2015.  At the same time, Planned Parenthood was … Read more

Charismatic Prophets Claim Hurricanes are “Latter Rain” Predicted in Joel 2

Pentecostals associated with the “First Wave” of the charismatic movement claim that their fraudulent faux-miracles and gobbledegook tongues are the “latter rain” prophesied in Joel 2. Many Christians are familiar with the prophecy of Joel 2 because it is cited by Peter on the Day of Pentecost during the initial outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the … Read more

Andy Stanley’s Deep and Wide: A Review

Who is Andy Stanley? Andy Stanley is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries (NPM), which is an organization that started as a single church (North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia) in the fall of 1995.[1]  The organization now boasts six Atlanta-area churches as well as numerous independent “strategic partner” churches scattered … Read more

Sarah Breaks Free of Beth Moore

Pulpit & Pen received the following testimony from Sarah. She is a Southern Baptist from Texas. She was baptized at age 24 and has been a Christian for 27 years. She has broken free of Beth Moore. My introduction to Beth Moore occurred about 20 years ago through her study, To Live is Christ: The … Read more

Noemi Breaks Free of Beth Moore

My name is Noemi.  I am a member of a Baptist Church.  I was saved about 20 years ago at the age of 13 when I was convicted in church that I needed to follow Christ.  A few years later I went to college and started reading many theological books. Somehow, some of Beth Moore’s … Read more

Visiting Hank Hanegraaff’s New Greek Orthodox Church

One of the biggest complaints against Pulpit & Pen we get consistently is that we somehow don’t “have all our facts,” or are “misrepresenting” someone or something. I received countless emails claiming that I “misrepresented” Greek Orthodoxy in my recent posts regarding Hank Hanegraaff and that I should do more research. Well, what better way … Read more

Concerning Baptist Successionism: Montanists, Albigenses, and Paulicians (Oh My!)

There is a notable view of Church History known as “Landmarkism”. This is a theory that states that the Baptist denomination has an unbroken chain of Apostolic Succession from Peter to modern times. This theory goes by many names, such as Baptist Successionism, Baptist Perpetuity, and “The Trail of Blood”. The error of the Landmarkists … Read more

Steven Furtick Goes Full-On Prosperity

If it isn’t enough that Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation, the multi-campus megachurch in Charlotte, NC is a habitual twister of the Scriptures for the purpose of self-promotion and egotistical gain, it’s now abundantly clear that he’s gone full-on Prosperity Gospel. The Prosperity Gospel is a false gospel that teaches that God promises to all … Read more

An Open Letter to the Victims of Clayton Jennings

This open letter was written to the victims of spiritual abuser and promiscuous evangelist, Clayton Jennings, by a sexual abuse and domestic assault victim advocate who actually knows Jennings and is from his own home church.  Dear Ladies, I know you are terrified, probably filled with guilt and shame. Every second of every day since it … Read more