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
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued an executive order, effective Wednesday, that criminalizes having church services for more than 10 people, with the crime being punishable by a $2,500 fine, a year in jail, or both. Up to this point, Northam was most infamously known for his blackface scandal and for saying if a child was … Read more
We’ve written about Carl Lentz many times. He is the pastor of Hillsong New York, large, seeker-friendly non-confrontational church that has compromised on many, many issues, from knowingly allowing an openly gay choir director, to allowing one of his associate pastors to pose as an obscene character, the Naked Cowboy, at a women’s conference , to when … Read more
Christian journalist Julie Roys set the Reformed world abuzz on Saturday morning when she dropped a sensationalist, unsubstantiated piece suggesting that John MacArthur and Grace Community Church were instigating a coverup of a coronavirus death that took place at the Shepherds’ Conference few weeks ago, with Executive Director of Grace To You’s Phil Johnson in … Read more
On this barn-burner of an episode, JD addresses churches cancelling services because of coronavirus. Is it wise? What does it say to the world about our priorities and how important the gospel is? JD shares words of wisdom for those churches and gives some desperate pleas. If you enjoyed this episode and found it informative … Read more
We don’t all see eye-to-eye on church cancellations tomorrow. We are told by a government that lets Planned Parenthood stay open that to be good citizens, our churches must close. But not all churches are canceling services because they are willing to render unto Caesar that which belongs to God. Some are personally convicted that … Read more
Justin Bieber took to Instagram Live this week to lead a brief prayer with fans, who may be stressing and concerned about COVID-19, and, sadly, in the process demonstrated some severe gaps in his theological knowledge and worldview consistency. “I’m going to say a quick prayer, and if you guys want to agree with me, … Read more
The Vatican’s Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, (i.e., a tribunal that is responsible for overseeing issues dealing with the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church) issued a statement yesterday declaring: “The gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 disease, commonly known as Coronavirus, as well as to health care … Read more
The Southern Baptist Convention and its entities, especially the North American Mission Board, should be broken up under the RICO statute. It is as corrupt as it could possibly be. Any attempt to reform the denomination will be met with a war-chest of money provided by SBC tithe-givers and employed as a weapon by sycophants … Read more
State and local governments around the country are asking churches to close their doors for “public health.” Religious darlings in the hip-pocket of statists tell us it’s our Christian duty to comply. This is how, they tell us, we are supposed to “love our neighbor.” It’s one thing for the government to warn us that … Read more
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, a left-leaning Social Justice organization that masquerades as a Southern Baptist entity supposedly designed to advocate for religious liberty, is telling denominational churches to close down if the government demands it. Restricting churches from gathering to worship is a government power, according to Russell Moore, the Democrat president of … Read more
Is the canceling of church services a sign of responsible civic behavior? Or is it a sign of lacking faith and an overreaction? Should Christians hang in there and brave the risk of contracting (or spreading) coronavirus or should Christians ‘love thy neighbor’ by not hosting services? Here are the facts: Coronavirus is not the … Read more
Many papists are getting creative in how they dispense their sacraments in light of the social distancing that churches are implementing. One priest, in particular, has come up with a novel approach to the unholy practice. After their Roman Catholic Archdioces announced they were shutting down public mass, Fr. Scott Holmer of St. Edward the … Read more
Rodney Howard Brown, the darling of the charismatic world who is best known for introducing the blasphemy known as “Holy Laughter” to Christendom some 25 years ago, recently declared from the pulpit that those who temporarily close their churches due to coronavirus fears are “pansies” In a streamed video, Brown can be seen urging his … Read more
