While Michael Brown claims to be a critic of the excesses and errors of greater charismania, trying to find a specific name who he would regard as a heretic is nearly impossible. While Brown most notably has criticized Todd Bentley, he was shown stalwart support and affirmation of Benny Hinn, Bill Johnson, the “so-called” (in … Read more
THE POLEMICS DEFINITION “Slander” is a term improperly used by many who oppose discernment or criticism in a way that colloquially means, “something I don’t like hearing” or “something that is spoken or written ill of someone I like.” IMPROPER USAGE Example: An article about Hillsong Church’s cover-up of homosexuals leading ministry is met with the … 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
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. – 2 Peter 2:1 Recently, a member of our Facebook group alerted us to a review that she had … 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
The folks at Church Watch Central have been running a contest, building up the grand reveal of the latest fraud associated with the New Apostolic Reformation, entitled “Culprit in the Pulpit.” Releasing information bit by bit, the website narrowed down the culprit from Elijah List, which is basically like a directory for the worst of … Read more
Jim Bakker. The name says it all. The Background Getting a start on Pat Robertson’s Trinity Broadcasting Network in 1966, Jim Bakker started hosting his own show with wife, Tammy. He showed promise as the producer of a religious variety show, and soon ran off to California to star on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, ran by … Read more
Over two years ago, I wrote a piece here at Pulpit & Pen entitled “Resetting the Evangelical Mindset on Nabeel Qureshi.” Qureshi was, at the time, a darling of the Christian apologetics community and an up-and-coming speaker with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. I expressed concern that the popular and well-respected apologist was participating in an event, Together 2016, with … 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
