One Hillsong church leader recently claimed that if elderly people – in particular – don’t like the ear-piercing, thundering and rock-n-roll style of their “worship” music that they have a spiritual heart problem. The revelation regarding the hearts of the elderly came to Gary Clarke – the senior pastor of Hillsong London – by attending … Read more
[Canberra, Australia] The Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia is looking into Brian Houston’s cover-up of the sexual abuses of his father against church children. This has been widely reported, as covered by Pulpit & Pen and many other news sites. What’s not been widely reported yet is a startling … Read more
[Lifesite News] Yearly abortions in the United States dropped to their lowest number since 1973 in 2015, according to data just released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). 2015 saw 638,169 reported abortions, the Washington Examiner reports. That’s a 2% decrease from 2014, and a 24% decrease from 2006. The actual number of abortions is undoubtedly … Read more
Carl Trueman wrote a defense of Tim Keller back in October, claiming (as laughable as it is absurd) that Keller could not be a Marxist because he is a theist. Trueman made absolutely no attempt in that article to address the various reasons that Keller has been credibly accused of Marxism by theologians ranging from … Read more
Thou shalt not steal. – Exodus 20:15 Pope Francis, who pretty much anyone with an understanding of economics recognizes is an unapologetic Communist, claimed over the weekend that what belongs to the “wealthy few” belongs, “in justice, to all.” This follows on the heels of a confession from American director, Michael Moore, that Pope Francis … Read more
For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. —Romans 7:5 Our passions or desires are never neutral. Either they honor God or they don’t. Paul writes about “sinful passions” in Romans 7:5. These are they that … Read more
[The Baptist Blogger] The following email just went out to the Southwestern Community. Dear Friends of Southwestern, Thank you for your continued prayers and support of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS). Because of the grace and purposes of God, the prayers and support of so many like you, and the hard work of our seminary … Read more
James McDonald, whose megachurch joined the SBC in 2015, has been busy frivolously suing blogger-journalists for hurting his image by having the audacity to publish true things. Harvest Bible Church made McDonald step down from his position as “president” of the organization in 2017, but retaining him as a celebrity teacher. As Pulpit & Pen reported … Read more
[France 24, Berlin] Twin decks perched on a candlelit altar, Robert Hood mixed trademark minimalist techno with God as the charismatic producer and ordained priest wowed a packed Berlin church Friday night. Hundreds of hip Berliners, most of whom had come to dance rather than pray, were swept along by Hood as priest-cum-DJ, as well … Read more
Watching Queer as Folk. Kissing Oscar Wilde’s grave. Earrings only in the right ear. A grown man at a Madonna concert. These things all have one thing in common. They’re all slightly less gay than Jonathan Merritt, the grown son of megachurch pastor, James Merritt and a journalist who has become a favorite of the Evangelical … Read more
When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not respect him. – Deuteronomy 18:22 When God’s real prophets make a prophecy, it comes to pass. According to … Read more
Nadia Bolz-Weber is the former pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints (which the church body refers to as an acronym – HFASS – and they pronounce it “half-ass”). She recently resigned her position there to take up a full-time itinerant ministry, as she has grown in wild popularity on the lecture circuit. The tall, overly-pierced … Read more
This post marks the fifth in a series of many in which I will read through Beth Moore’s books and provide chapter-by-chapter reactions to what America’s most popular female Bible teacher has written to her massive audience. The name of this series, which is hopefully self-explanatory, is #MooreTripe. The posts in this series will be … Read more
This post marks the fourth in a series of many in which I will read through Beth Moore’s books and provide chapter-by-chapter reactions to what America’s most popular female Bible teacher has written to her massive audience. The name of this series, which is hopefully self-explanatory, is #MooreTripe. The posts in this series will be … Read more
The Biblical solution to the migrant caravan preparing to invade the United States includes bombs and bullets. As a pastor and theologian, the answer is clear to me. A nation has a right to sovereign borders. The invasion of sovereign borders by those who are not permitted therein should be met with judicial force. To … Read more
