Last Sunday Pastor Alvin Gwynn Sr. of Friendship Baptist Church In Baltimore, Maryland, was holding an in-person church service when he was visited by the police who were seeking to gain entry into his Church building for supposedly violating coronavirus stay-home laws. In an interview with WMAR, Pastor Gwynn describes what happened next: We had … Read more
Kyle J. Howard, racial provocateur of questionably Crips-ish background, blessed our hearts three weeks ago when he announced that he was retiring from Twitter due to the trauma that participating there was causing him. We thought at the time his 10-tweet blaze-of-glory-do-not-go-gently-into-the-good-night exit was the right move for him and everyone else in his sphere … Read more
Pastor Rick Warren of Purpose-driven life/ Saddleback fame (who also claims he’s a monergist who believes in the doctrines of grace) will be hosting a global easter prayer gathering this coming Monday, April 6. According to Rick Warren “The global pandemic of COVID-19 has changed so much about how our churches will experience Easter this … Read more
A sidewalk counsellor from Oklahoma is reporting that he was purposefully coughed on during a witness encounter between him and a clinic escort. Under normal circumstances that may sound like a very benign headline, as we’ve seen sidewalk counsellors hit, pushed to the ground, have bottles and other objects thrown at their heads, threatened with … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The coronavirus outbreak has had ripple effects across the country, including in U.S. churches, according to a new study of pastors. Nashville-based LifeWay Research asked Protestant pastors how the pandemic has impacted their congregations and what their plans are for the near future. While nearly all pastors say their church held in-person worship services … Read more
It was a week ago today that during a press conference, New York Mayor Bill De Blasio threatened to permanently shut down all churches that refuse to close in order to combat COVID-19 We’ve had extraordinary support from the leaders of major Christian denominations. We’ve had extraordinary across the board, rabbinical support from all the … Read more
As we have pled with churches not to call their sermon-streaming “online church” or “virtual church” in a desperate warning that the long-term consequences are dire, some have suggested that the church can do everything over the Internet that it does in person. Of course, this is not true. There has never been a “virtual … Read more
In the last days, seven seals of judgment will be opened upon the world. The first four are represented in Revelation 6 as a horseman riding a steed of a different color, including white, red, black, and pale. The pale horse’s rider’s name is death, and he will be given the power to kill a … Read more
The most rabid and irrational arguments for forced church closures in the wake of this little Chinese virus are coming not from atheists or agnostics but from Christians, who are desperately trying to look like anything but fairweather friends of Jesus. Steeped in bad logic and ignorance regarding what it mean for something to be … Read more
Michael Brown, chief enabler of all that is theologically weird and always eager to platform, promote, and advance every crazy-as-a-rat-in-a-coffee-can charismatic leader not named Todd Bentley, has shared some thoughts with us regarding coronavirus prophecies. Titled This is a Great Time to Test Contemporary Prophetic Words, the purpose of the post is to say that … Read more
Samaritan’s Purse has come under new scrutiny from a bevvy of democrats and LGBT groups, sparked by New York Democratic Senator Brad Hoylman for his criticism of their statement of faith that it requires volunteer doctors and nurses at their new relief hospital to sign. The emergency field hospital, currently setting up shop right now … Read more
[Publisher’s Note: Please understand that my words are directed at those who have canceled church merely because the government told them to. I do not mean to apply these words to those who canceled services due to what they believe to be a providential hindrance due to illness rather than a government mandate] If the … Read more
Do you remember when the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention stood up for religious liberties? Those were the good old days, before they were taken over by former Democratic staffer, Russell Moore, who wishes his wife were more like Hillary Clinton. But long ago are those days. Content only … Read more
In these perilous times, having church services are becoming rarer and rarer. Governments are enacting bans on social gatherings, with some making it a crime to have as few as 5 people together, and a wave of arrests for the non-compliant pastors has already begun, kick-started by yesterdays arrest of megachurch pastor Rodney Howard Brown, … Read more
Rodney Howard Browne, a wildly charismatic faith-healer and prosperity pastor was arrested yesterday by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s department for continuing to hold worship services despite the king’s decree that the Lord’s Day was effectively canceled. With abortion clinics, liquor stores, and pot dispensaries still open in Florida, Browne’s church defiantly continued to meet. Sheriff … Read more
