News Archives - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/category/news/ News, Polemics, Discernment, Theology, Apologetics Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:49:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://i0.wp.com/disntr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 News Archives - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/category/news/ 32 32 189756376 The American Civil Religion Invokes Isaiah’s “Send Me” to Recruit Soldiers to Foreign Wars https://disntr.com/2026/08/04/the-american-civil-religion-invokes-isaiahs-send-me-to-recruit-soldiers-to-foreign-wars/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:49:44 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250526 There’s distasteful. There’s absolutely vile and disgusting. And then there’s this. Blasphemy! Apparently, the Pentagon is no longer satisfied with recruiting soldiers on behalf of the United States government and is now recruiting them on behalf of God. At least, that’s the ploy. Sean Parnell, the Assistant to the Secretary of War and Chief Spokesman […]

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]]> 250526 PCUSA Hireling Denounces Abolitionists Because Of Their Success at Combating Abortion https://disntr.com/2026/07/21/pcusa-hireling-denounces-abolitionists-because-of-their-success-at-combating-abor/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:44:40 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250519 You can learn a great deal about whether a movement is making progress by watching who suddenly feels compelled to denounce it. Rebecca Todd Peters, A PCUSA “pastor” standing behind a church pulpit wearing a Planned Parenthood stole, isn’t lamenting a fringe movement destined to fail. She’s warning her audience about a movement she believes […]

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]]> 250519 Consumerism and the Worship of Worship https://disntr.com/2026/07/21/consumerism-and-the-worship-of-worship/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:28:37 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250516 Somewhere along the way, the church stopped asking how God wants to be worshiped and started asking what people will show up for. We have spent decades perfecting an experience God never commanded. Not because our doctrinal statements changed. They often haven’t. Not because we quit using the word “worship.” We use it constantly. The […]

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]]> 250516 False Teacher of the Day #61: Isaiah Saldivar https://disntr.com/2026/07/15/false-teacher-of-the-day-61-isaiah-saldivar/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:42:01 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250513 There is a new generation of celebrity preachers rising through YouTube algorithms instead of seminaries, podcasts instead of pulpits, and viral clips instead of faithful local church ministry. Every few years another one appears. He speaks with certainty. He tells dramatic stories. He promises access to a level of spiritual power that ordinary Christians have […]

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]]> 250513 Charismatic Pastor Bobby Conner Says God Told Him to Suck a Hickey on Another Man’s Neck https://disntr.com/2026/07/14/charismatic-pastor-bobby-conner-says-god-told-him-to-suck-a-hickey-on-another-mans-neck/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:33:43 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250510 There comes a point where mockery becomes unavoidable. Not because God’s Word deserves mockery—it never does. Because the people claiming to speak for God become so preposterous that satire practically writes itself. If you’ve never heard of Bobby Conner, he’s one of the more recognizable figures in the hypercharismatic world. His followers present him as […]

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]]> 250510 Megachurch Pastor Says Christians Who Oppose Abortion Too Strongly are “Satanic Christians” https://disntr.com/2026/07/13/megachurch-pastor-says-christians-who-oppose-abortion-too-strongly-are-satanic-christians/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:25:27 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250507 California multi-site megachurch pastor, Albert Tate, says we have “satanic Christians.” That is a spicy accusation. It has teeth. It has sulfur on it. It walks into the room wearing a black robe and carrying a bucket of theological gasoline. So who are these satanic Christians? According to Tate, they are Christians whose positions on […]

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]]> 250507 The Left’s Real Problem With Christian Public Prayer Is That It Reminds Them America Is Not Their Property https://disntr.com/2026/07/08/the-lefts-real-problem-with-christian-public-prayer-is-that-it-reminds-them-america-is-not-their-property/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:32:58 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250504 Thousands gathered on the National Mall in May to pray, sing, worship, and publicly confess that America stands under God. That alone is enough to make the secular managerial class start sweating through its blazer. The event was called “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” and it was tied to America’s 250th […]

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]]> 250504 PCUSA Throws Official Institutional Support Behind Trans Surgeries for Children https://disntr.com/2026/07/07/pcusa-throws-official-institutional-support-behind-trans-surgeries-for-children/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:18:50 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250501 The Presbyterian Church (USA) has officially thrown its institutional weight behind so-called “gender-affirming healthcare” for children. Let that settle in for a moment. At its 227th General Assembly, the denomination approved an overture declaring that the PCUSA “supports all individuals to have access to all medically necessary, evidence-based gender-affirming healthcare.” The final vote wasn’t close. […]

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]]> 250501 The Supreme Court Just Painted a Welcome Sign on the Citizenship Loophole https://disntr.com/2026/07/06/the-supreme-court-just-painted-a-welcome-sign-on-the-citizenship-loophole/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:29:08 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250498 The Supreme Court has now done what institutional conservatives so often do when the machinery starts growling. It took a liberal assumption, treated it like ancient constitutional granite, polished it with precedent, and handed it back to the country as though the debate had already been settled by Moses on Sinai. The case is Trump […]

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]]> 250498 Pastor Viciously Beats Up Man Threatening to Rape His Wife and Grandchildren https://disntr.com/2026/06/25/pastor-viciously-beats-up-man-threatening-to-rape-his-wife-and-grandchildren/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:45:20 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250492 Louisiana pastor Tony Spell is in trouble after beating up a 20-year-old man across the street from his church in Baton Rouge. According to Spell, he was working on a church bus when the man started shouting at him and threatened to rape his wife, rape his grandchildren, and kill them the next time he […]

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