No doubt that by now you’ve heard of the Clayton Jennings sex scandal. Jennings, a self-described evangelist, and spoken word artist has been accused of, and admitted to, multiple affairs with different women during his ministry preceding his marriage in March of 2016. At the time of this writing, at least 6 women have come … Read more
Roberta Langella killed herself. Her brother, Steven, reported the news on his blog: “We just received word from the Medical Examiner’s Office on October 30, 2016. All indications are that Roberta committed suicide. There was no evidence of alcohol in her system. However, it has been determined that Roberta took 40 Percocets at once — … Read more
Paige Patterson gave the chapel ‘sermon’ time to small church pastor and blogger, Rick Patrick, who gave what amounts to a commercial for a group that exists to “counter-balance” Calvinism in the SBC. After obligatorily thanking Patterson for the Conservative Resurgence and propagation of the doctrine of Scriptural Inerrancy, Patrick went on to give his … Read more
“There is no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.” E. B. White E.B. White’s observation of the obvious is assuredly the case when looking at the goings-on of The Salvation Army. Things get very complicated when trying to determine exactly what the Army is and … Read more
Disgraced former pastor of Newspring Church in Anderson, SC, says God is calling him back to the ministry–except this time, he’s in it for the business. After losing his job last year as senior pastor of the seeker-friendly megachurch for years of alcohol-related transgressions, he vowed to return to ministry after a 30-day rehab program … Read more
Author’s note: This was posted first at Polemics Report, and shared here with the permission of the author, JD Hall. Before I stopped blogging at Pulpit & Pen, last Fall I wrote a post about an up and coming celebrity evangelist by the name of Clayton Jennings. What was concerning is how we saw Jennings and … Read more
Please note the update at the bottom of this post Before I stopped blogging at Pulpit & Pen, last Fall I wrote a post about an up and coming celebrity evangelist by the name of Clayton Jennings. What was concerning is how we saw Jennings and certain other youth-oriented evangelists sell themselves in displays of thinly … Read more
Last year, we penned an article entitled Blake Reynolds, Clayton Jennings, and Capturing Weak Women. What we were able to glean from Clayton Jennings’ followers on social media was his skill in attracting an enormous following of young women who looked to him as a sort of “American Idol” of Christianity. He’s charming, with a … Read more
**Editor’s note: This story was originally published at The Author of My Faith blog, and sent to us by Steven Langella, a former deacon at Brooklyn Tabernacle, and brother of the spiritually abused victim. “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” – (Ephesians 5:11) My name is Steven Langella. I … Read more
“That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.” Charles Spurgeon Bethel Church of Redding, California was founded in 1952 and was affiliated with the Assemblies of God until 2006, when current pastor Bill Johnson led the church to dissociate itself from the denomination. The current attendance at … Read more
DEFINITION The Evangelical Intelligentsia are those who purport to be smarter or more distinguished academically than most local church leaders. Typically, the Evangelical Intelligentsia consists of those not in exclusive ministry to local churches, serving instead academic institutions or parachurch ministries. HISTORY Peter Berger coined that phrase in The Emerging Evangelical Intelligentsia Research Project done for … Read more
Did you know that you can use specific hues of the color spectrum to manufacture the best emotional responses to your worship service? Worship Tech Director can help! It’s not satire. The above graphic is from the site’s Facebook advertisement. Each color, they claim, can invoke a different emotional response from the crowd. And yet, … Read more
Church Worship Church worship, given that it happens when the body is gathered, is corporate by its very nature. Yet, church worship should be not merely be corporate by definition; it should be actively corporate (for example, if ¾ of the congregation is not singing, then the worship is not actively corporate). Worship songs should be those songs which … Read more
Heresies taught in this book (click the links to find out more) include: Montanism Mysticism Reviews Before explaining why Heaven is For Real, in particular, teaches heresy, please take the time to watch this video from our friend, Justin Peters, discussing “Heaven Tourism.” Regarding Heaven is For Real, Pulpit & Pen writes… Now, keep in … Read more
“There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me.” Daniel Plainview Acclaimed actor Daniel Day-Lewis won an Academy Award for his turn as oil barren Daniel Plainview in the period drama There Will Be Blood. Plainview relentlessly pursued domination against his competition in the oil business by … Read more
