Released on May 10, 2016 Anne Graham Lotz’s latest book is sure to make its mark in the “Christian” publishing market. The reasons for this are twofold. The book is authored by someone with the evangelically hallowed name of “Graham,” which itself is enough cause to prompt the Biblically-astute to cast a discerning eye. Secondly, … Read more
Stanford University professor and Hoover Institute Economist Thomas Sowell is well-known for his common-sense, straightforward books and editorials about the shortcomings of the progressive leftist worldview. This worldview, as he explains in his book The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as Basis for Social Policy, is one which posits that a certain “anointed” intelligentsia class … Read more
Stop me if you already heard this joke. I heard Dick Chaney say that we are actually voting for a Communist, a Socialist and a Democrat running as a Republican. I thought to myself this sounds like a bad joke, and then I realized that this was what was passing for the best hope for … Read more
For a while now, we here at the Pulpit & Pen have been receiving letters and Facebook messages from brothers and sisters who are having difficult times at their churches. Sound expository preaching seems hard to come by while money-driven church-growth tactics and unbiblical books from the Christian Industrial Complex are all-to-familiar. Many times, the … Read more
“One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed.” Leonard Ravenhill It’s been this way for us since before the internet, before social media, before the plethora of “how-to” spiritual tomes, even before the bound and abundant … Read more
Not content to make their livings simply preaching God’s word and providing spiritual guidance to the members of the congregations, many church pastors seek to further monetize their holy callings by participating in Christian travel offerings. The business model is simple; pastors provide a base (their own congregation) who can purchase tickets from travel service providers in … Read more
“So you like my daughter, do ya now?” Casey Beathard, Cleaning This Gun As Len Pettis has pointed out, host of Aplologia Radio and Theonomist Jeff Durbin is fond of saying, “You don’t live that way,” when he takes atheists to task for the inconsistency of their worldview. According to Jeff Durbin, the atheistic worldview … Read more
You will recognize them by their fruits. – ( Matthew 7:16a) Complacency plagues the professing church, especially in America. The vast majority of professing Christians are living comfortably, lavishly, and without any sense of urgency in their mission. The church, molested by the likes of Joel Osteen’s prosperity propaganda, or Andy Stanley’s moralizing “follow Jesus, … Read more
“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth … Read more
“I am the entertainer, the idol of my age; I make all kind of money, when I go on the stage.” Billy Joel, The Entertainer There is emerging and has emerged a new breed of pastor pushing a new brand of church. Though these emerging men call themselves pastors, they are anything but shepherds. Though … Read more
Hey, remember when Kofi Adu-Boahen sent Saiko Woods a screenshot from a private combox of a few P&P contributors using the word “bruh” and Saiko posted it and then accused us of being dirty racist bigots? You know, because white people can’t say that word. Remember when Dwight McKissic called me a racist at SBC Voices for my … Read more
Benjamin Corey, a Pro-Gay, Anti-Gun pacifist, has recently put out a series of articles with attacks (In the form of questions) against Penal Substitutionary Atonement. If you don’t know what that word is, Penal Substitutionary Atonement basically means that Jesus died in our place. Jesus suffered the wrath of God so that we do not … Read more
I’m so tired. I’m tired of discernment. I’m tired of polemics. I’m tired of watching the other guys who produce material for Pulpit & Pen report on yet another obvious departure from orthodoxy. I’m tired of seeing the articles and news stories and screenshots and tweets and YouTube videos posted in the infamous Pulpit Bunker. The … Read more
This email was waiting for me in my inbox this morning. It’s from LifeWay Women. Now, I’m not a woman, and I don’t remember signing up for emails from this gender-specific marketing arm of the heresy peddlers in Nashville. Still, I’m not unsubscribing because, paraphrasing what my mom used to say to me, it shows … Read more
Dear Members of North Point Ministries Churches, In the past few days, I have read four open letters written to Andy Stanley; one from Jonathan Aigner, one from Hardin Crowder, and one from Dave Richmond. These letters were written in response to Stanley’s recent derisive comments about small churches. You’ve likely never heard of any … Read more
