This Sunday morning, hundreds, if not thousands, of teenage boys and girls will attend services at a North Point Ministries church. These young people are the next generation of the visible church in America. They are the mothers, fathers, Sunday School teachers, and voters of tomorrow. They are being shaped in their Christian worldviews by … Read more
At this point, let’s not deceive ourselves into thinking that Andy Stanley’s churches are populated by regenerate, bible-beliving Christians. In 2016, after Andy Stanley’s derisive comments about small churches stirred up controversy, I published an open letter at this website urging whatever believers were left at North Point ministries to leave. In 2017, I published … Read more
In a panel at Liberty University, David Nasser spoke with Andy Stanley about the theological basis for being closed while other churches in the area, including Grace Community Church, stay open. Stanely responds: There is a theological basis for this (closing down church until 2021) and this is where I part ways with some of … Read more
Pastor MacArthur released a quick update on Grace Community Church’s decision to finally reopen after several months closed, joining the other 70% of churches already open and affirming their decision to “obey God rather than men” while lamenting other churches shutting down for the rest of the year, such as SBC President J.D. Greear’s Summit … Read more
Andy Stanley announced on Facebook early this morning that he is closing NorthPoint Community Church for the rest of the year, offering all services strictly in virtual form until 2021 at the earliest. Northpoint had planned on opening August 7th, but Stanley said the recent spike has forced them to this option, given that he … Read more
Andy Stanley’s Church is not only NOT gathering for in-person services, but Northpoint church is barely gathering at all, with Pastor Stanley encouraging his congregation to “sleep late and skip church” – all “guilt-free.” Later on, at some point in the day, if they wish, Stanley casually says that people can drop by and watch … Read more
Andy Stanely put up a post on social media where he declared that George Floyd, the man killed by police several days ago, to be “This generation’s Samson.” He writes: Dear George, I accept. Perhaps without realizing it, and certainly without choosing it, you are this generation’s Samson. The last chapter of your life was … Read more
Andy Stanley appeared at a couple of conferences this past week and said some very unfortunate things. [Editor’s note: it is called Antinomian heresy.] He spoke at both Rethink Leadership, a conference specifically designed for senior pastors that took place April 29-May 1, 2020, and also the Orange conference, which took place the same day. … Read more
For the last few weeks, the internet has been abuzz with criticism of popular Christian singer Lauren Daigle. The criticism mainly stems from a December 7th interview which was broadcast on iHeartRadio. During the course of that interview, Daigle was asked whether or not she thought homosexuality was a sin. Her response was neither affirmative or negative. … Read more
Antinomianism (Greek: ἀντί, “against” + νόμος, “law”), is any view which rejects legalism and is against moral laws. An antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by grace through faith to the point that they assert the believer is not bound to follow the Moral Law contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments. Yeah. So…that’s pretty … Read more
Dear Andy, I have a lost friend who grew up in a Baptist church but later left the faith. He is in the demographic you are trying to reach. I know this because I have read your ridiculous book Deep and Wide. I am all too familiar with your wrong-headed and unbiblical mission to create … Read more
In Ephesians 4:13 we learn that pastors and teachers are to equip the saints “until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God…” Paul admonishes believers to pursue unity in the faith. And we should have one goal — to bring glory to God. Under no circumstances are Christians … Read more
Who is Andy Stanley? Andy Stanley is the founder and senior pastor of North Point Ministries (NPM), which is an organization that started as a single church (North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia) in the fall of 1995.[1] The organization now boasts six Atlanta-area churches as well as numerous independent “strategic partner” churches scattered … Read more
Dear Dr. Craig, Do you remember when Gracie met Truthie? I do…but I’ll come back to that later. On your last Reasonable Faith podcast you defended Andy Stanley’s “the Bible Tells me So” sermon remarks, specifically against the written criticism of Dr. Albert Mohler. Before you defended Stanley and provided your analysis of the difference … Read more
Andy Stanley has taught the idea that the Bible can not be defended as Inerrant, Infallible, Inspired, and Sufficient. He has taken his church and congregation further into heresy and apostasy by claiming that the particulars of the incarnation and deity of Jesus Christ actually are not important. He has said:“If somebody can predict their own … Read more
