Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. “I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not […]

From the Crosstalk website: Recently, Bethel University in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area held an interreligious symposium that was titled: Meditation–Buddhist and Christian: Is There Common Ground? Pastor Bob DeWaay of Twin City Fellowship appeared on Crosstalk to discuss this symposium, a gathering that sought to explore how much common ground there is in both […]

Recently Apprising Ministries pointed out the Growing Gay Agenda In Evangelicalism; therein you will see Tony Jones, a leading spokesman for the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—speak of “a shift” toward full inclusion of GLBTQ people within evangelicalism. And in Emerging Church To TransFORM Outlaw Preachers I talked about the EC […]

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. (James 3:1, ESV) You Then Who Teach Others, Do You Not Teach Yourself? Mark S. Hansen is “Presiding Bishop” of the mortally wounded ELCA, which as you can see in the Apprising Ministries post ELCA And […]

Jonathan Bell, who’s brother is Rob Bell, the Elvis of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC), wanted us to know about: an interview with my brother (@realrobbell) that sheds some light on some of the projects we’re working on http://bit.ly/9VmN7 (Online source) That link takes us to […]

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. (Mark 6:50, KJV) Jesus spoke this message to believers tossed with tempest, and we need it when we are depressed by the surroundings of these evil times. In […]

And Pharisees came up to Him and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that He Who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast […]

As a prelude to publishing an open letter to Todd Bentley, seen here applying for membership in the Outlaw Preachers—who just love their tats—my good friend Bud Press of Christian Research Service begins his post by saying: Maybe it was just a glitch in Todd Bentley’s computer. Or, maybe Bentley accidentally hit delete instead of […]

One of the crippling results of the man-centered and pragmatic Church Growth Movement—rooted as it is in good old American “know-how”—is it gave birth to the “ministries” of men like Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren; along with a virtual church planting cult of wannabe Warrens e.g. Stephen Furtick (seen below), who talk a lot about being leaders […]

Today my friend Ingrid Schlueter, founder of Christian Research Net, placed up a post at the Crosstalk Blog called Carrie Prejean, Sexting and a Lost Generation. In this very short piece Ingrid is actually introducing a link to a column by Rebecca Hagelin concerning Carrie Prejean, who’s very busy making the rounds right now promoting […]