Pope Francis has yet again made waves among conservative Roman Catholics for saying in an interview – at least allegedly – that souls who are not redeemed will just “disappear.” Speaking in an interview with his longtime atheist friend, Eugenio Scalfari, Francis claimed that not only would souls cease existence, but that there was in … Read more
Smoke machines. Laser shows. Strobe lights. Confetti canons. Easter egg helicopter drops. Welcome to church in evangelical America. Long gone are the days of hymnbooks stacked in wooden pews, a single pianist or pipe organ, and the blinds pulled open on Lord’s Day morning. Did the people back then worship in such a simple way … Read more
Ann Voskamp is the sultry evangelical writer who speaks seductively and theoerotically about God. Theoerosism is the heresy of speaking or thinking romantically about God, and Voskamp’s popular devotional, One Thousand Gifts, repeatedly speaks of God in “hot and steamy” terms, including using the expression “make love to God.” When she speaks of “intimacy” with God, … Read more
Greg Locke is the Facebook-famous pastor in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, who hid from his millions of followers that he sent his wife to go live in a women’s shelter so he could gallivant around town with his secretary. At first, Locke claimed he was abandoned. But then, Pulpit & Pen released text messages from Locke in … Read more
Trevor Atwood wrote a post at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), the Southern Baptist entity headed up by a former Democrat political operative who has been steadily leading the SBC toward Globalism and Cultural Marxism, but is widely seen as a softer, gentler, kinder, and more popular leader. For many in the SBC, … Read more
The Polemics Reclamation Project is a slow and steady attempt by Pulpit & Pen to reclaim various historic documents important to the theological field of polemics. Many times, these documents are only available on microfiche or in a foreign tongue and must be put into English or modern type. Other times, the documents are available in more obscure … Read more
Polemics ministries already face the oft-painted and unfortunate caricature of being “hyper-separationists” and “fundamentalists” who can’t play nice or get along with others. In spite of reiterating that we can find good things in the ministries of men, we may often criticize for one reason or another, still some accuse us of anathematizing people “just … Read more
The following testimony was provided by a former Freemason: My name is Richard Mann. I am a native of Clarksville, Tennessee. I am member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. I am an ordained Southern Baptist Minster. I am a former member of Queen City Masonic Lodge No. 761. Conviction from the Holy Spirit caused me to leave … Read more
Douglas Wilson, the Moscow, Idaho, theological provocateur and rogue Presbyterianish former Federal Visionist recently debated Joel McDurmon of American Vision on the suitability of the death penalty for sodomy. Wilson is a whimsical soul who has been able to maintain friendships and various degrees of alliances with a broad swath of evangelicals, mainly because of his jovial wittiness … Read more
When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!” (Psalm 105:12-15) God gave clear instructions not to touch those especially anointed … Read more
