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As the old, biblical adage goes, there is nothing new under the sun. And since the beginning of Creation, religious leaders have disguised themselves as shepherds of God's people but have done so for nothing more than self-seeking reasons. In the modern Evangelical...
Francis Chan, who has been moving decidedly ecumenical in recent years while abandoning the distinctions that differentiate biblical Christianity from other sects including Roman Catholicism, is once again preaching a gospel of superficial unity between various,...
Permit me to wax poetic, dear reader, and regale you with the fantastical musings of one Kat Kerr, a self-proclaimed "prophetess" of the most curious sort. This pink-haired seer, who claims to have traversed the ethereal realms of Heaven thousands of times, amuses us...
As a faithful steward of the gospel, it is the sacred duty of every pastor to combat the proliferation of false doctrine within the church. This is the urgent exhortation the Apostle Paul gave to his young protégé Timothy in the opening verses of the first epistle...
In 2018, Charlie Dates, a prominent and well-known uber-woke pro-socialist Southern Baptist pastor partook in the MLK50 Conference that was jointly hosted by The Gospel Coalition and the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. At that...
It is with great conviction and fervor that I declare, in the words of the esteemed Charles Dickens, that we are currently living in a period of both unparalleled excellence and unmitigated despair for the cause of evangelicalism. While the latter may serve to...
Recently, the controversial Amy Grant, known for her newly-found support of the LGBTQ community, hosted a gathering of the National Association of Evangelicals at her venue, the Loft. Grant came out in 2021 in support of homosexuality. “Who loves us more than the one...
Upon perusing a recent discourse with the "highly-esteemed" former pastor of Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, I was struck with a sense of familiarity, as if I were listening to none other than the notorious and boastful Donald Trump himself. Though the latter is...
Pastor Paul Sanyangore of Victory World International from Zimbabwe claims he has God's phone number and calls heaven during one of his church services. "Hello, Hello," Sanyangore says on the telephone as he speaks to God. "Is this Heaven?" With a woman in the...
Andy Stanley's disdain for the Holy Scriptures is a well-established fact, and it is nothing new that he has been vocal in his condemnation of the inerrancy and authority of the Word of God. He has gone so far as to declare the Scriptures to be indefensible and...
The Old Testament is replete with examples of men and women who failed to abide by the commandments that God set forth for His creation, particularly as it pertained to worship. One such instance is that of Cain, the progeny of Adam and Eve, whose worship was rejected...
On the 94th birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, President Joe Biden delivered a sermon at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, which is led by "pro-choice pastor" Senator Raphael Warnock. At the historic church, where King himself once preached, Biden's...
The entire purpose of the gospel is to glorify God in saving sinners from His wrath, to demonstrate His mercy and kindness juxtaposed against a backdrop of what would righteously be eternal damnation of all of our souls. But in God's wisdom, kindness, and grace, He...
The Word of God is like a vast ocean, deep and unfathomable, yet crystal clear and invigorating. It is the means by which we guard our hearts—the wellspring of life—quenching the thirst of the soul and nourishing the mind. For the man, born of water and of spirit, to...
The sovereign, holy, righteous, and eternal God declares in Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." The historic understanding of this passage in Biblical...
Let us imagine a man, a pastor, who forsakes the traditional trappings of his calling, forgoing the pulpit for a mere stool. He sits, not with the regal bearing of a man called by God to deliver his word, but with the slouching posture of a man worn down by the...
Tim Keller's preoccupation with social justice within his theological discourse is a matter of concern that merits critical evaluation by those who adhere to his teachings. In his sermons, he frequently posits a significant emphasis on social justice issues, often...
As we've been covering at The Dissenter, charismatic-style worship music has been gaining influence in mainstream Evangelical and Protestant churches. One up-and-coming artist we've been keeping tabs on is Charity Gayle. Despite her background in Oneness...
Macedonianism, also known as the Pneumatomachian heresy, is a pernicious belief system that emerged in the early 4th century and was propagated by the heretical Greek bishop Macedonius. This insidious heresy denies the personhood of the Holy Spirit and diminishes the...
I know this story has been out for a couple of weeks now, but I really felt the urge to add my thoughts. Back in December, a British woman was arrested for praying on a public sidewalk near an abortion clinic. She wasn't interacting with anyone nor was she involved in...
Christalignment is a false Christian group based out of Melbourne, Australia that has aligned itself with the cult of Bethel Church. Christalignment is well-known for its "Christian" version of tarot card readings and other occult practices. A few years ago,...
The transgender movement or ideology is one of the most insidious and destructive forces at work in our society today. It is a direct assault on the biblical truth of human sexuality, and its aim is to undermine and ultimately destroy the traditional family unit and...
