The following article is the first of a three part testimony about my experience with the cult of Freemasonry at my former church, Rowland Spring Baptist Church. Rowland Springs Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist Church in Cartersville, Georgia and is a part of the Georgia Baptist Convention and Bartow Baptist Association. Pastor Joe Ringwalt stood up … Read more
“The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.” Proverbs 28:1 I am tired of Al Mohler. For years, I listened to his various podcasts: every month, every week, every day. Every month or so, I listened to his literary podcast, Thinking in Public, in which he discussed … Read more
My name is Stephanie. I am a Baptist from Georgia and I have broken free from Beth Moore. I know that I was indeed born in sin but it is hard for me to remember ever being lost. I grew up in church and was saved at a young age. I spent my teen years … Read more
Michael Brown is the chief apologist, prophet and Apostle of the modern charismatic movement. He has defended and/or partnered with, in one capacity or another, every single charismatic human stain on Christendom from Benny Hinn to Joel Osteen, from Mike Bickel to Bill Johnson, from Rick Joyner to Jennifer LeClaire. Michael Brown is a … Read more
Pulpit & Pen has been in this business for a while now. We’re in the business of speaking freely and we speak freely as an exercise of our religion, while also speaking (or writing) under the protection of the First Amendment. Federal Courts have ruled that bloggers have the same rights as all journalists, and … Read more
Harry Potter is becoming a sacred text to this generation. We know that people are hungry for answers. They are faced with life’s problems and seek wise counsel or make up their own answers. Whether they realize it or not, they are really seeking to fill a need for God. Albert Mohler describes it as “a … Read more
Before the Calvinista fan-boys jump on us for this one, keep in mind that the chief issues with Piper’s theology is not his Calvinism. He gets that part right. Neither does believing soteriology correctly mean that every aspect of someones’ teaching is necessarily good. Pulpit & Pen has criticized Piper numerous times before, including Piper’s mollycoddling … Read more
When I first saw the tweet from Russell Moore that he had invited Beth Moore to the 2018 Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission (ERLC) conference, I, along with my colleagues, thought it was a joke. Seriously, we thought he was just trying to be funny. But then I thought, “he invited Andy Stanley to his … Read more
I’m not making this up. I don’t think I could. This is actually happening. Louie Giglio’s Passion City Church has canceled its Sunday services on August 27th and September 3rd for what it has deemed a “Sabbath break”. The church’s pastor has instructed his congregation not to come to church on the Lord’s Day in … Read more
College football season is nearly here and excitement is in the air. Soon Saturdays down south will be filled with cries of joy and adulation that rival those of the next day’s church worship services. For the next four months, Southerners will be watching and talking about all things college football. This fact surely isn’t … Read more
You may have heard by now that Eugene Peterson, the author, and creator of the popular book, The Message, recently came out in support of homosexual marriage. In an interview with Religion News, he was asked that if he were pastoring today would he perform a same-sex wedding ceremony, he responded “yes.” I wouldn’t have … Read more
…providing amusement is in direct antagonism to the teaching and life of Christ and all his apostles. What was the attitude of the church to the world? Ye are the salt” (Matt. 5:13), not the sugar candy—something the world will spit out not swallow. Short and sharp was the utterance, “Let the dead bury their … Read more
“This haunted face holds no horror for me now. It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies.” Christine, the Phantom of the Opera It almost goes without saying that the best Broadway musicals are the ones with best scores. The most enduring shows are the ones with songs that stick. The Phantom of the … Read more
I can’t remember when I last went to a baseball game. I love sports and always enjoyed a day at the ballpark, except for the overpriced concessions. As you would walk up to the ticket taker at the turnstile there was usually someone there with one of those handheld clickers that they used to count … Read more
During William Lane Craig’s latest podcast, he provided a belated defense of Andy Stanley over the not-so-recent controversy involving Stanley denying the authority of God’s Word (For more about the Stanley controversy, see this article by Bud Ahlheim; For more on the Podcast, see this article by Seth Dunn or this episode of the Dividing … Read more
