As an evangelical pastor, I have grown increasingly concerned with the influence of charismaticism on evangelicalism. From Kenyonism to Osteenism, from Oneness Pentecostalism to the New Apostolic Reformation, charismaticism and the doctrine of continuationism are responsible for the vast majority of false teaching today that regularly molests the church of her purity and soundness. Modern … Read more
THE TERM, OFTEN MISUSED In polemics conversations, there are often accusations of gossip against those reporting on theological or behavioral error. In this sense, “gossip” is often misdefined as: Something spoken about someone that can be perceived as negative; something not helpful to their public image. Slander is often a similarly misdefined term used as … Read more
https://youtu.be/LWORpv-wmpc The concluding line from the Charisma News article that reported on the erroneous announcement of wolf Joyce Meyer’s death is itself a perfect example of rhetorical touche. “And please remember, not everything you see on the Internet is true!” (Insert melodic drumroll of ignominy here while pondering exactly how much on Charisma News can actually … Read more
One would think that with the growing, evident depravity in the world today, a “prophet to all nations” would focus her message on more spiritually profound, eternally consequential matters than calorie counting and dropping a couple of dress sizes. Something ala John The Baptist, perhaps. “Repent and believe.” You know. Alas, for one femme fatale … Read more
Charismania is prominent on the African continent, and many reported Christians are actually adherents of Word-Faith prosperity teaching, a sub-Christian sect that is widely growing throughout the world. One such church belonging to this sub-Christian sect is the Mount Zion Christian Assembly of South Africa. It’s your run-of-the-mill health, wealth and prosperity cult, except instead … Read more
We are designing tracts for the sake of evangelism and Polemics. The fact is, cultists and the theologically confused need Jesus, too. The problem is, they think they’re already saved. These tracts are designed to clarify for them exactly what is the Gospel, and explain why their beliefs do not accord to sound doctrine. The … Read more
Former President of The Southern Baptist Convention, Ronnie Floyd, invited the President of his church’s “School Of Ministry” Jeff Crawford to fill in on his blog today. Yippee. In pure Floyd-esque style, Crawford, who is also a “teaching pastor” at Cross Church proceeded, out of the gate, to promote not only an extra-biblical, thus unbiblical, … Read more
Pulpit & Pen Resources Defrauding Millions: Bethel Church and Benny Hinn Together Bethel Redding, Danny Silk Mocks People Who Question Their ‘Glory Clouds’ Strange Fire Pentecostal out of Bethel Redding Attacks John MacArthur Bethel Music – Unfruitful Works of Darkness Bill Johnson’s Feelings Hurt for Being Called a False Teacher Other Resources The Berean Call: Bethel … Read more
Vacation season is wrapping up in Florida as school time is revving up for another year. In the wake of the summer holiday cessation, something else is starting to rev up in the sunshine state … the continuationist healing parade of spiritual charlatans. While the enemy, we know, is pervasive, persistent, and always on the … Read more
Bearing a rhetorically inverse relationship, it seems, to the believer’s duty to discernment is the occasionally seen-on-a-meme quote by Joseph Heller, from his work Catch-22, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” To be sure, for the Christian, the enemy is always on the prowl. He is always after believing prey of … Read more
The Together 2016 gathering on the National Mall July 16 had a grand ambition. According to its website, “Moments of historic change are often marked by historic gatherings.” While this can certainly be validated throughout the annals of history within social, cultural, and political arenas, it seems less so within the spiritual one. Indeed, the greatest … Read more
“How much do you have to hate somebody, to know that if they were to die, they would bust hell wide open … how much do you have to hate somebody to know the truth, to know the one thing that could save them from an eternity of enduring the wrath of God … you … Read more
Maybe Dobson’s source is somebody in the room of prosperity charismatics who laid hands on him and anointed him along with Robert Jeffress, Paula White, Mike Murdock or David Jeremiah. That’s what I wrote in the piece outlining the soteriological Sinner’s Prayer-related problems behind Dobson’s declaration of Trumps baby-Christian status and recent conversion. And as Dave … Read more
Paula White, the undisputed bottle-blonde babe of Charismania, has pronounced Donald Trump as being touched by the hand of God. White, who had a widely publicized affair with also-married and also-charismatic evangelist superstar, Benny Hinn, has been a supporter of Trump’s presidential bid for some time. In fact, White claims that Trump reached out to … Read more
*Note, this is Day 5 of our series, Seven Days of Gaines. The diligent digester of God’s Holy Word will, when taking time to lift their head from the focus on His revelation to us to view the landscape of what is the Southern Baptist Convention today, rapidly realize that the chasm between that Word … Read more
