**UPDATED** Scroll to the bottom of the article and you will not BELIEVE what we’ve discovered about the journalistic practices of Christianity Today and Lifeway*** A man referred to as a “blogger” by Christianity Today (who has a pretty respectable job in the real world) named Cameron Dobbins released a list of books sent to (at … Read more
But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again … Read more
“I want to put a stone in his shoe. All I want to do is give him something worth thinking about. I want him to hobble away on a nugget of truth that annoys him in a good way, something he can’t simply ignore because it continues to poke at him.” Greg Koukl Dr. Gary Habermas has … Read more
The New York Times. The London Telegraph. The UK Daily Mail. Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News. The Washington Post. The Los Angeles Times. The Christian Post. Christianity Today. These are all media outlets that have covered Alex Malarkey’s open letter to Lifeway, admonishing Thom Rainer for selling Heaven Tourism. This story, according to … Read more
Several days ago, at the beginning of #the15 movement, we posted this article which we asked “Is this the WORST book Lifeway sells?” We were of course referring to The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach, by Elaine A. Heath. This book, among other things, told us how we ought to learn … Read more
Lifeway executives have mentioned both Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer as two authors they don’t sell because they don’t meet their doctrinal standards (to put it lightly). But, in fact, they do sell these authors. In fact, they also sell a title by Justin Lee, director and founder of The Gay Christian Network. What can’t … Read more
I am a 3-point Calvinist, or, as some of my fellow Pulpit and Pen blog contributors might say, I am “confused”. That’s their prerogative and it doesn’t bother me. I’m less concerned with being confused in their eyes than I am with being deceived or unreasonable. When I consider the current debate, or dare I … Read more
Much has been made lately of the ecumenism demonstrated by popular Southern Baptist figures Beth Moore and Rick Warren. The ecumenism demonstrated by Moore and Warren is particularly disturbing because it includes, not just other protestant denominations that could be considered truly Christian, but the apostate Roman Catholic Church. During at least one speaking recent … Read more
I’m sure that most of you are familiar with the terms “seeker-sensitive” or “seeker-friendly” to designate a certain category of church. The term is ubiquitous in circles like those in which the Pulpit & Pen runs. It is used of a gamut of churches, from entirely heretical Lakewood Church in Houston and milquetoast Six Flags … Read more
Part 1 HERE The days passed and the months came. The dissapointments had taken a spiritual toll on me and I began to withdraw myself from Church functions and other ecclesial events. I had become a youth leader at the Church I was attending. Whereas initially I had been outwardly enthusiastic and committed, inside my … Read more
No. Christianity does not need Chris Rosebrough. God is self-sufficient, Gospel is complete, and Jesus needs nothing and no one. So, please forgive the question. Perhaps a better question would be, “Is there a need in the Christian church for Chris Rosebrough and the work of discernment ministries?” Chris is best known for his program, … Read more
A pastor was just arrested by the Cuyahoga Regional Human Trafficking Task Force for underaged sex trafficking. Randolph Brown (64) is the pastor at Inner-City Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland and he was arrested for two counts of “compelling prostitution” during August of 2018. The apparent “madam” of the sex-ring was Joyce Richmond (20) was also arrested (below). … Read more
The first trailer for the upcoming film “Breakthrough,” which tells the miraculous real-life story of a mother and son who show the true power of prayer, has been released, inspiring millions around the globe. “This is Us” star Chrissy Metz plays Joyce Smith, a Christian mother devastated after her son, John (played by Marcel Ruiz), … Read more
[Charisma News] As she prepared lunch for her children outside her house in Mukhuma village in western Kenya, Joyce Nafula thought of her former husband and began to cry. The two were married for 20 years and had six daughters. Then — angered because Nafula had not given him a son — he found someone … Read more
“I don’t need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It’s not my purpose to punish it; it’s my joy to cure it.” “Papa” (aka, “God The Father”) as written in The Shack “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and … Read more
