Christian Post brings us an interesting piece, which ends up actually being about growing pietism within semi-pelagian squishy evanjellyfish: A Dallas, Ga., pastor is encouraging Christians to lose their religion and become authentic followers of Christ. After 22 years of being in ministry, Brian Bloye of West Ridge Church has seen a lot of people claiming the […]

Yesterday Emerging Church evangelical theologian Leonard Sweet tweeted:  “Go tell your friends what great things the Lord has done for you” (Mark 5:19). The “good news” is about “great things” stories . . . (Online source) No Leonard Sweet, the Gospel is about repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ Name; the great thing our Great […]

Pastor Michael Newnham aka Phoenix Preacher is angry that his friend, Emerging Church evangelical theologian Leonard Sweet, was “disinvited” to a conference which is to use a Calvary Chapel church’s facilities. And so he shares the below concerning the online apologetics and discernment works Moriel Minstries, Lighthouse Trails Research and Apprising Ministries: A cursory look at these […]

Apprising Ministries points you to the below tweet from Rob Bell, the rock star pastor of the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church, and its new version of Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity. It concerns his friend and co-teaching pastor Shane Hipps:   (Online source) In the coming days, when the tsunami of apostasy headed toward mainstream evangelicalism finally hits, the […]

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (Acts 17:11, ESV) Could A New Postmodern Form Of Calvinism Be Emerging? In a little bit of a follow-up to Acts 29 Pastor Matt Chandler On Being […]

Apprising Ministries points you to the following tweet today from InterVarsity Press: Wondering what it might look like if Jesus made church for those on the outside? http://ow.ly/1PKIy (Online source) The link above goes to something IVP wanted to make sure we saw; it takes us to HollywoodJesus.com and a piece by United Methodist minister Jacob Sahms called What Will It Take To […]

There is some danger of falling into a soft and effeminate Christianity, under the plea of a lofty and ethereal theology. Christianity was born for endurance; not an exotic, but a hardy plant, braced by the keen wind; not languid, nor childish, nor cowardly. It walks with a strong step and erect frame; it is […]

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:1-2, ESV)  It’s Not Loving To Withhold Truth Todd Rhodes, a staff member of Leadership Network, put […]

Many people who object to the biblical doctrine of the atonement do so because they do not understand who God is. They reason within themselves: “Why doesn’t God simply forgive and forget? Wouldn’t God forgive people as long as they say they are sorry and endeavor to be a better person? Isn’t the idea that […]