At Pulpit & Pen, we are regularly throwing shade at gimmicks and stunts. Shameless gimmickry, we feel, cheapens the Gospel. On top of that, we don’t believe that youth and adults need object lessons to get the points across, but are perfectly capable of understanding the Gospel and God’s Word if the Holy Spirit is … Read more
The Good Friday practice of self-flagellation and mock crucifixions continues north of Manila, Philippines. Roman Catholic devotees, many with face covered, barefoot and bloodied, walked in an annual tradition among devotees beating themselves in a reactment of the flogging and suffering of Jesus Christ. Thousands flock to witness volunteers subjecting themselves to flogging, self-flagellation, and … Read more
Written by Toni S. Brown White Horse Inn has been a consistent supporter of Barbara Duguid and this month Core Christianity interviewed her once again to promote her book Extravagant Grace: God’s Glory Displayed In Our Weakness. Duguid is a popular counselor in the Christian counseling movement and a student of Dr. Tim Keller, who is admittedly her mentor and teacher. The Duguids lived with the … Read more
Fame sometimes takes a toll on people’s mental health, and perhaps no one in American evangelicalism is as famous as Beth Moore. Almost daily, the women’s Bible study leader turned Social Justice advocate and charismatic prophetess gets more and more bizarre in her social media posts which, unlike her Bible study material, is not put … Read more
Steven Anderson is a fiery and controversial preacher from Tempe, Arizona, where he pastors Faithful Word Baptist Church. Anderson has been a public figure for some time, making the news for praying imprecatory prayers against President Obama, seeming pleased by the shooting at the Orlando gay night club, and perhaps most famously, getting tased by … Read more
Pulpit & Pen reported last week that the LDS Church Says LGBT Mormons Are No Longer ‘Apostate.’ In a major change that came a week ago, the LDS headquarters announced that God again had changed his mind on an important social issue. Although the Mormons had banned people in ‘gay marriages’ as “apostates,” they reversed … Read more
Democrat Phil Murphy won the Governorship of New Jersey in November 2017. Those who voted for him did so because of his campaign promise to reform the New Jersey healthcare system. On Friday, Gov. Murphy didn’t disappoint his supporters and proponents of ‘self-inflicted’ death; he signed into law the Medical Aid in Dying bill. Becoming … Read more
Before I told this story, I wanted enough time to pass to de-escalate a highly volatile situation. But, it’s a story that needs to be told. A little more than a year ago, I made contact with a family who attended a satellite Bible study in a town an hour away from our church facility, … Read more
The Gospel Coalition’s annual conference was held earlier this month and produced many sessions and panels, one of which especially stood out in promoting one of the primary influences in the ideology and ministry philosophy of TGC co-founder and Vice President Dr. Tim Keller, who was one of the four panelists. TGC Senior Editor, Collin … Read more
This article is an answer to a question posed in our Facebook group, the Pulpit Bunker, which you can join on Facebook to pose sincere questions in exchange for Biblical answers. The idea that homosexuality is ‘a cross to carry’ comes from an idiom taken from Jesus in Matthew 16. Then Jesus told his disciples, … Read more
Together for the Gospel National Conference (TGC19) held a panel discussion, Jesus and Justice: We Must Love Our Neighbors in Word and Deed. Featured on the panel were Darryl Williamson (Counsel member of TGC and lead pastor at Living Faith Bible Fellowship in Tampa, FL), Phillip Holmes (author and vice president of institutional communications at … Read more
[David Kyle Foster | The Christian Post] A Symphony Without Music It is a constant mantra of activists, that people who are same-sex attracted are born that way and that there is no hope for change, -i.e., they can never develop opposite-sex attractions or lessen their same-sex feelings. No wonder the suicide rate among homosexuals … Read more
[1600 Daily] On Friday, President Trump traveled to Calexico, California, to see the first completed section of the new wall along the U.S.–Mexico border. The newly-constructed 30-foot bollard wall replaces a barrier made of surplus corrugated steel landing mats from the Vietnam War. The visit also allowed the President to hear directly from individuals who work to … Read more
Since the passage of Roe v. Wade giving women the right to murder their own babies, slowly, but surely, the value of human life has eroded. Throughout the years since its passage, not only has it been established in the hearts and minds of those who are pro-abortion that babies have no right to life … Read more
This ministry specializes in a field of theological study that is called polemics. This doctrinal discipline is as old as the church itself, and its contributions are seen in historic creeds that discern the differences between authentic and inauthentic Christian doctrine. Polemics has been used by God to clearly articulate important doctrines like the Holy … Read more
