In a landmark ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday that life begins at conception. Referencing God, the ruling states that life begins at conception and is inherently valuable, underscoring a profound respect for the sanctity of unborn life. The Court's...
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Five Marks of a False Teacher
In the pursuit of spiritual growth and understanding, the true Bride of Christ is a community that is rich in faith, hope, and love, all bound together by the Word of God. Yet, within this visible body, there lurks a danger that threatens the very fabric of our...
Understanding the Role and Purpose of Excommunication According to Scripture
1st Corinthians 5 (NASB)1-It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife. 2-You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one...
Heresy of the Day #14: Inclusivism
One of the most popular heresies not only of the professing Church but also in our modern culture is called "inclusivism." Inclusivism essentially teaches that God's mercy is so wide that it doesn't require knowing Jesus or having faith in Him for salvation; that all...
Hillsong Music is a Gateway Drug to Apostasy, Your Church is Dealing it to You
Over the years, we've watched a string of high-profile apostasies take place, including Marty Sampson, one of the most prominent Hillsong music artists in the organization's history. Sampson is not the only one, though. We've also seen its senior pastor and founder,...
A Biblically-Informed Approach to Thinking About the Buffalo Shooting
You're probably aware of the shooting at the hands of a self-described white supremacist that took place at a Buffalo, NY supermarket and who killed nine black people and two white people. And you're probably also aware of the many opinions, from social media to...
Biblical Complementarianism: When Can Women Teach Men?
When I listened to the back and forth between Aimee, Todd, and Carl over at The Mortification of Spin, on the issue of women teaching men, I noticed something. From my perspective, the conversation began at the wrong end of the stick as so many issues do these days....
Louis Giglio Says If Everything Is About God, You’re Not Living Within God’s Will
Louis Giglio, the pastor of Passion City Church and the leader of the highly popular youth-oriented Passion Conference that regularly features people like Christine Caine and John Piper, says that making everything about God puts you outside of God's will. Giglio...
Modern “Miracles” vs True Miracles Recorded in Scripture
Why did Jesus and His apostles perform miracles? What is it about the “miracle” that makes it unique in God’s plan? What was God really doing with miracles some 2,000 years ago? These are very important questions the answers to which are extremely important as it...
Tim Keller Wrongly Portrays Pharisees as “Bible-believing Religious People”
When Jesus walked this earth, he spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time in verbal combat with the various religious leaders of the Jewish faith, the Scribes, Pharisees, and the Sadducees. Most often, though, we see Jesus rebuking the Pharisees for what seems to...
Former SBC Black Pastor Laments “Hillsong-ish” Music, Says It’s The Music of Slave Captors
Hillsong's music is awful, it is misguided and the object of its lyrics is often misfocused. And in the wake of Hillsong's current train of sex scandals and its subsequent falling apart, nothing has become more obvious to anyone paying attention that the purpose of...
The Conclusion of Compromise in the Church
At present, the world and the church are in negotiations concerning the scandalous nature of a number of Christian doctrines. At stake, according to some in the churches, is the voice of the church where certain social and political issues are concerned. The church...
Hillsong Music is for the Spiritually Shallow
If you've paid any attention to the news lately, you're probably aware of Hillsong's latest sex scandal, this time, involving its founder and CEO, Brian Houston. In 2020, the pastor of Hillsong's New York City branch, Carl Lentz, was fired after revelations of an...
A New Heresy Invading the Church: Child Liberation Theology
You've heard of Black Liberation Theology. Liberation theology can be traced back to Latin America in the early 60s. Latin America has always been a hotbed of oppressive working conditions for those who tried to make ends meet and Liberation Theology was invented as a...
Thoughts on the Coming Persecution, God’s Discipline, and Ultimate Judgment
I don't know the details. What I do know is this. It is undeniable and Crystal clear from Genesis to Revelation that when God's covenant people upon who he has put his name push him far enough, he will crush them back into submission by any means necessary. And I will...
Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables?
A parable ( παραβολή ) is pretty much what one would naturally think it is. We don’t get any earth-shattering revelation from the Greek word. A parable is an illustration, metaphor, or simile comparing two things, usually one more familiar than the other, in order to...
Charity Gayle is a Oneness Pentecostal Blaspheming Heretic, Stop Singing Her Music
I've written recently on some of Charity Gayle's music and the self-idolatry of her music and the lyrics that it contains including the extremely man-centered repeated mantra in one of her songs that states over and over in a celebratory manner "I am who I am because...
Five Marks of a False Convert
Being a Christian is by far the greatest blessing one could receive. Who can reject the glory of God, and the awesome love and forgiveness that Jesus has to offer? Yet, sadly, there are many out there who have convinced themselves that they are Christians, when,...
The Psychology and Negative Effects of Repetitive Lyrics in Modern Worship Music
Today's worship landscape has been overtaken by modern, contemporary music as the hymns of the old days that contained good theology have been largely abandoned. In this article, I want to compare the psychology of the lyrics of two popular worship songs; one hymn...
Divine Impressions, Dreams, and These Voices in My Head
“God spoke to me.” “God gave me a dream.” “The Holy Spirit led me.” All these represent claims that I hear just about every time I am around other Christians. Rare is the modern Christian that does not make these claims. Rarer still are those that dare to question...
No, Jesus Did Not Die to Make You Rich and Healthy
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. --1 John 2:15 “God wants you to be successful, wealthy, and healthy, so give me your money to plant that seed.” That’s the mantra of the charismatic...
Francis Collins’ and Tim Keller’s BioLogos Says God Did Not Require Jesus to Die to Forgive Sins
Francis Collins has made headlines in recent weeks after he was exposed for partnering with Evangelical elitists to promote misinformation around the COVID-19 virus and push an experimental vaccine upon unsuspecting Christians who "trusted" him as a Christian himself....