The Evangelical Dark Web
The battle for the soul of the evangelical church in the United States spans across the remaining denominations that have not openly fallen into apostasy. The United Methodist Church was saved by the African delegations from rejecting biblical ministry standards. The Southern Baptist Convention struggles to reject critical race theory. Many denominations have split over […]
The Popularity Gospel of Kanye West’s Sunday Service
For months now, Kanye West has rebranded his reputation as a more spiritual musician after comments about being used by Candace Owens. He has launched a series of concerts he calls Sunday Service. But the concerts contain a plethora of gospel music and a number of collaborations. The Sunday Service has been kept under wraps […]
Demise of LifeWay: Changing times or because they peddled heresy?
It’s not the best of times to be a book store in 2019. Amazon crushed much of the competition. Still, Lifeway remained the retail branch of the Southern Baptist Convention until its announced closure of all of its stores back in March. The brand will continue to operate online. The SBC is embattled with confusion and […]
Pentecost Part 3: Repent and Evidence of God
The people who heard Peter’s Sermon are convicted. Peter’s instruction to them is more applicable to new believers today than even his sermon. In Part 3, this article in the Pentecost series will focus on the part of Pentecost called the Ingathering. 37Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the […]
Pentecost Part 2: Peter’s Sermon
This is a continuation of the three part series on Pentecost. Part 2 will focus on Peter’s Sermon. Following the organic event of people showing up because of a miracle performed be the Holy Spirit, the crowd comes to realize that they understand exactly what these Galileans are saying. In fact they realize that people they can’t […]
Pentecost Part 1: An Organic Event
The Book of Acts chapter 1 is like the first episode of a new season on a TV show you love. It has flashbacks and a set up for something major to come. The first Christians are instructed to stay in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit. The disciples gather and take inventory of who is […]
Why the Prosperity Gospel is still popular
It’s oddly amazing that Christians have spent a lot of time and energy combating the Prosperity Gospel but the question is to what effect. Names like Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Paula White-Cain, Joyce Meyer, TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, and the entire Trinity Broadcast Network, have been condemned repeatedly by numerous Christian sources. The […]
Hillsong’s Brian Houston condemns Christian athlete Israel Folau for quoting scripture
Yes you read that headline right. This story comes from Austrailia where the county’s largest megachurch, Hillsong, condemned rugby star, Israel Folau, for quoting scripture that condemned homosexuality, among other sins, and warned of hell. The two biblical passages paraphrased by Folau are 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Galatians 5:19-21. Now, this, predictably, earned a Fatwa from […]
There is no such thing as “giving back”
The title of this post is a bit of a paraphrase of a very impactful quote I heard earlier. The quote was relayed to me by Dave Ramsay, but he did not make the quote up himself. The idea that when someone gives money away, they are giving back is fundamentally wrong. They are not […]
NOQReport Why every Christian should study apologetics
JD Rucker, a colleague of mine over at NOQReport, created this video explaining the importance of apologetics for the walk of every Christian. As Christians, this is our calling as shown in the verse provided below. The importance of apologetics is not to take away from the importance of advancing our understanding of scripture or […]