Sexual and spiritual predator, Clayton Jennings, will be speaking at an upcoming event called the “Be Bold Conference.” Other speakers include Christian rapper, Trip Lee, and evangelical star, Louie Giglio. Last year, Jennings had his ministry license revoked by his home church, after it was revealed that he had promiscuously using his status as an … Read more
I’ve been doing polemics since about 2010. Every time I think I’ve seen it all, I’m corrected by checking my news feed. As I’ve said since at least 2012, quoting Spurgeon, our Modern Day Downgrade has us “going downhill at breakneck speed.” Part of what Pulpit & Pen does (in fact, most of what Pulpit … Read more
We first reported on Clayton Jennings in September of 2015 and warned that just from appearances, the man was using lasciviousness to attract an almost entirely female fan base. For the next year, we were contacted by many, many women who had sexual relationships with Jennings as he cruised from revival event to revival event. … Read more
Clayton Jennings has had his ministerial credentials revoked by his church elders (who he has gone on to attack viciously, fleeing his church’s discipline), his very prominent evangelical mentor who at first promised to ‘restore’ Jennings to ministry then publicly repudiated him as unrepentant, churches across the country have canceled his speaking engagements and Penguin Books … Read more
What if the most vociferous critic of the church’s best leaders was in fact an abuser of women, a fornicator, adulterer, and unrepentant hypocrite? Well, it turns out, he is. A controversial Youtube figure and top lieutenant in Jacob Prasch’s multi-national Moriel Ministries, Servus Christi, is known for his lengthy videos critiquing evangelical leaders. The … Read more
On Friday a federal judge condemned New York State for singling out churches and applying unfair, unequal restrictions on them while imposing much more lenient restrictions on other gatherings. As a result, the judge blocked the state from limiting indoor church gatherings to 25% while allowing other gatherings to be at 50% capacity. Judge Gary … Read more
Councilwoman Lori Kinnear of the City of Spokane has proposed a bill to silence a church that has been worshiping outside of the Planned Parenthood building in Spokane, WA. The Church at Planned Parenthood has made national news with their unique and powerful worship services used to combat the abortion giant. Many of the church … Read more
He who laughs last laughs best” – The Christmas Prince, 1608 England I don’t know who Chris Bolt is, exactly. He’s one of these twitter personalities who seem to have no life or societal impact other than what happens in 280 characters or less. Once upon a time, however, he blogged. And, Bolt blogged about … Read more
Nationalism is a helpful tool for understanding how Christians should interact with the fallen culture around us, and serves for us as a metaphor for holiness. If believers seek to be sanctified in our Christian walk and be made holy as a response to the Gospel, Nationalism serves as an illustration for that spiritual advancement. … Read more
Every day millions of Christians around the world are persecuted for their faith. They are often intimidated, abused and in fear for their lives all because of their commitment to Christ. The Pew Research Centre Report, which analyses religious freedom in 198 countries and territories, reveals that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in … Read more
[Shane Trejo | Big League Politics] The Iowan students protested after LGBT bathroom mandates allowed predators and perverts to violate their privacy rights. Female students are pushing back after transgender bathroom mandates have turned restrooms into LGBT-approved sanctuaries for predators at their high school. Students walked out of Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa to … Read more
Before I told this story, I wanted enough time to pass to de-escalate a highly volatile situation. But, it’s a story that needs to be told. A little more than a year ago, I made contact with a family who attended a satellite Bible study in a town an hour away from our church facility, … Read more
With more than ten thousand young people gathered at a conference sponsored by InterVarsity, true Christianity was replaced with the Social Gospel and an apology video was given on behalf of Christianity for all the world’s ills. Lauding the secularist #MeToo movement and its pseudo-religious version, the #ChurchToo movement, the narrator goes on to attack … Read more
Something eventually happens to everyone who calls themselves a Charismatic Calvinist;” they eventually become all of one thing and none of the other. Like with Mark Driscoll, the charismatic side of the Charismatic Calvinist grows and grows more wildly out of control as claims of dubious supernatural manifestations grow so pervasive that it strangles out … Read more
It is, according to whomever designates such things, Black History Month. Not to be left out of the race-based observations and events taking place at secular schools, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) held its fifth annual “African American Read-In.” The event was entitled “Martin and Malcom” and was advertised as featuring “the reading of excerpts from and discussion of … Read more
