It’s hardly an understatement to say that, in the 21st century, the effort of churches to accommodate your personal preferences as to worship “style” is unprecedented in history. There’s a good reason that worship has, perhaps until this current and its most previous century, been constant for those who know and honor the one true … Read more
The Invisible Bestseller: Searching For the Bible In America by Kenneth A. Briggs, copyright 2016, 255 pages Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. The Berean-inclined believer can very generally lump their Biblically-filtered assessments about what is or isn’t sound doctrine into a few easily classified categories. Most blatantly are those ideological encounters that are … Read more
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from … Read more
Heresies taught in this book: Montanism Mysticism Review [From Worldview Times, author Gary Gilley] This latest prayer fad stems from the teachings of Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington D.C., and in particular his 2011 book, The Circle Maker. The publisher claims that Batterson is offering a new way of praying … Read more
Heresies taught in this book (please click links for explanation): Kenyonism Osteenism Montanism Review Thank you for reading this. Itʼs important for you to take this for what it is, a biblical critique of the book you just bought, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential. The basic premise of … Read more
Who is David A. Reed? David A. Reed is a former Jehovah’s Witness and the author of numerous books, almost all of which critically address the religious doctrines and operation of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (the Watchtower), which Jehovah’s Witnesses believe to be “God’s organization on Earth” (103). Wood first began writing about … Read more
SUMMARY 90 Minutes in Heaven is a 2004 book written by Don Piper that has become widely popular in Christian circles and is a part of the Heaven Tourism genre. Piper claims to have had a “near death experience” in 1989 and has told the story in the best-selling book and in a film by … Read more
So I was sent a Babylon Bee article a few days ago that played the parody of a church coming up with a Bible study based upon the Netflix show “Stranger Things.” It was a very funny read until someone sent me the link to a Relevant Magazine article, The Gospel According to Stranger Things. When I began … Read more
Umm … no … I’m not making this up. You don’t need well-honed discernment skills to enjoy a bit of comic relief from the charlatanical charade of a guy named Surprise Sithole who’ll be speaking at an upcoming Holy Ghost cotillion and miracle festival. The Catch The Fire USA sponsored “Consumed By Love, Power, & … 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
**Updated: After being unapologetic, the individual sent me a private apology. I have forgiven him, so I have redacted his name. Back in the hills, however, if you shoot a coyote, you drape it over a fence as a warning to other varmints. So, I’m leaving up the post with his name redacted. Hopefully other … 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
In Light of the New Covenant which Jesus established what are the dogmatic beliefs that are non-negotiable, and what is the difference between Christian Liberty and Christian Responsibility? We look at the essentials and then begin to break down the Shoulds and the Oughts. Here lies the problem, how do we live that out in … Read more
“I have never heard such a brazenly blasphemous statement from any of the word-faith preachers … this was jaw-dropping heresy.” Justin Peters Dr. David Uth, pastor of First Baptist Church Orlando, was the point man responsible for perhaps the most epic act of apostasy seen in the Southern Baptist Convention. Showing complete contempt for Scriptural … 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
