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A growing movement within Evangelical circles is the denial of Hell as a literal place of eternal conscious torment. As a religious or spiritual person, one of the most difficult concepts to grapple with is the notion that a loved one may be in Hell. Even the most...
Last week, the notorious "gay pastor" Brandan Robertson joined Jeff Durbin and James White on Apologia to debate whether or not men who practice sodomy can be Christians or not. Of course, Brandan held the affirmative position and, well, pretty much got...
Pastor Mike Todd, from the Transformation Church, is gaining popularity despite his controversial and alarming behavior. He made headlines earlier this year for turning tithing into a million-dollar lottery and for spitting on a congregant's face during a sermon. He...
We've been running a series on The Bible Project's Tim Mackie for the last few days where we've covered his subversive Bible-twisting agenda and false teachings. In Part I, we covered Mackie's twisting of the Scripture to suggest that Jesus practiced Eastern Mysticism...
Anyone acting surprised that Calvin University has caved to the cultural prostitutes of LGBTQ activism hasn’t actually been following the news. For years, Calvin University has been in liberal decline as it has increasingly embraced facets of the LGBTQ movement...
In the seventeenth century, England was undergoing a religious upheaval, marked by the rise of the Puritan movement and the efforts of the Anglican Church to maintain its control over religious life in the country. The conflict between these two forces eventually led...
The Church of England was founded by King Henry VIII in the 16th century after he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church due to his failed attempt to divorce his wife. As we explained in great detail in a previous article, the Church of England has devolved into a...
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is in turmoil over the issue of women serving as pastors in churches. Saddleback Church, a megachurch formerly led by Rick Warren, started the controversy by ordaining three women to the pastorate.Following Warren's retirement,...
Brian Houston has bad company, rank arch-heretics Steven Furtick and Joel Osteen. And we know what the Bible says about bad company. 1 Corinthians 15:33 tells us that it ruins good morals. But we're already past the ruining of good morals as Houston has been in the...
The Evangelical social justice movement combines leftist propaganda, feminism, Critical Theory, and intersectionality. They disguise their agenda as biblical exegesis, but in reality, they aim to rewrite history and reinterpret Scripture to support their goal of...
The seeker-sensitive church movement is one of the longest-running church heresies in modern times. It aims to make the church “fun” and “exciting” to attract people, but it is a terrible practice in Evangelicalism that should be pushed out and rejected wholly. David...
In previous articles, we have discussed the Bible Project, a highly popular YouTube bible-teaching initiative run by Tim Mackie. However, we've warned that Mackie's theologically liberal approach to Scripture is reflected in many of his explanatory videos as well as...
Over the last year, we've watched the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), led by men like Brent Leatherwood of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission(ERLC) and SBC president, Bart Barber, devolved into a functional political activist group lobbying the government...
We've written to you in the past that First Baptist Church Orlando, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Orlando, Florida, was openly baptizing practicing homosexuals and there has been absolutely no accountability from the Southern Baptist Convention for these...
Pastor Mike Todd of the Transformation Church has been growing in popularity at an alarming rate, despite his repulsive and controversial behavior. Earlier this year, Todd made headlines for turning tithing into a million-dollar lottery, using his congregants as...
In June 2020, Tim Keller, a controversial theologian and the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, announced in a letter to his church that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In the letter, he wrote, "I have terrific human...
We've written previously on the highly popular Bible Project which is operated by Tim Mackie. Despite the increasing popularity in his YouTube short clips explaining passages and books of the Bible, Mackie takes a theologically liberal approach to Scripture and much...
David French, a far-left faux-Christian political transient who now calls himself a "libertarian" despite his infatuation with advancing progressive policies while labeling them "Christian," is now defending the chemical and surgical castration of young,...
Rick Warren recently went on the Russell Moore podcast to complain that his former church is being kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention over the ordination of women pastors. Saddleback Church, which was removed earlier this year due to Rick Warren ordaining...
Iveth Luna is a singer/songwriter from Mesquite, Texas, who grew up in a family involved in ministry. She began singing in church at the age of 16 and claims she later had a "spiritual encounter" that confirmed her calling to music. She writes pop-style music that...
In 2021, we reported that John MacArthur had refuted what Tim Keller referred to as the "Urban Mandate." Tim Keller's "urban mandate" theology interprets Genesis 1:28 as a dominionist mandate for Christians to move into cities, assimilate to the culture, and...
We talk about Todd White, the charismatic charlatan who is known for his blasphemous remarks about God. Todd White is a charlatan of the highest order, masquerading as a preacher and pastor. His supposed “healings” are nothing more than cheap parlor tricks, and his...
Pastor Mike Todd of the Transformation Church has been growing in popularity at an alarming rate, despite his repulsive and controversial behavior. Earlier this year, Todd made headlines for turning tithing into a million-dollar lottery, using his...
Recently, an alleged scandal has emerged which is gaining significant media attention. Australian Parliament member, Andrew Wilkie, has made serious allegations against the leaders of Hillsong Church, namely Brian Houston and Phil Dooley, accusing them of engaging in...
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You would think that the top leader of the Southern Baptist Convention -- the largest Protestant denomination in America that calls itself "conservative" -- would hold his own church accountable to the Scriptures on issues that shouldn't even be debatable -- like...
Tim Keller is the founder and former head of the social justice website known as The Gospel Coalition which provides insights on how to turn the gospel into a mandate for social action. As one of the primary mouthpieces in the progressive social justice agenda, Keller...
Those who profess Christ yet can't make up their mind if they're going to vote for Joe Biden or Donald Trump, let me break it down for you, you're probably not a Christian. If you can't figure out whether or not you're okay with the murder of innocent children in the...
You may remember the debacle from a few years ago, Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty (ERLC) leader, Russell Moore spent an inordinate amount of time and resources defending an Islamic group who wanted to build a mosque where the building code...
According to Black Lives Matter, a nefarious movement that claims on its surface to actually care about black lives but really is nothing more than a front group for a Marxist movement hell-bent on destroying Western Civilization, has accused the "Christian Right" of...
It seems the only standard now used by the media is a double standard. I remember when reporters (in all media) took pride in their independent, balanced, and accurate reporting. You know, the hard-hitting reporter who could not be bought, and was often underpaid, but...
The sexual revolution is squarely in the hands of the LGBTQ movement and those that support it. And the fact that a large media company like Netflix can produce and broadcast a show that glorifies the sexualization of children and get away with it speaks volumes about...
Nothing speaks of how screwed up our society is than when a man can film himself raping a baby and then distribute the images on Facebook with no repercussions from Facebook. Brice Gage Watkins is accused of doing just that and has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals...
If we do not study our history and its current events, we are doomed to repeat the same problems. Since the Unitarians have championed religious diversity, there was a time Classical Unitarianism prevailed up through the late 20th Century. Since the principles shared...
Jarvis Williams is one of the foremost Critical Race theorists in the Evangelical Industrial Complex, also known as the Southern Baptist Convention. Williams, a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, reports directly to Al Mohler, arguably the most...
Heresy is best understood in its History. The beginning premises of the story, The Celestial Railroad, invites the reader to go with the narrator to the Celestial City upon the ingenuity of public transportation—the railroad. Although this journey is not new—for those...
The social justice movement is a relentless and unforgiving movement that has one goal, to go woke. The movement will accomplish its goal and makes no qualms about the casualties it takes out as it rampages through institutions from federal agencies to Christian...
History is not on your side, Pete. In response to ongoing discussion from Mr. Enns podcast, The Gospel Coalition Doesn’t Get Progressive Christianity, much concession and caveats were previously mentioned. Even while anti-intellectualism remains problematic for...
The #churchtoo movement, basically, the Southern Baptist Convention's version of the feminist #metoo movement, is also known as the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's "Caring Well" program and is spearheaded by leftist feminists like Russell Moore, Beth Moore,...
When one looks at the church pastored by Southern Baptist pastor, Ray Ortlund of Immanuel Church in Nashville, one can only respond with pity and compassion for the people sitting under his leadership. Ortlund, who is also a leader of Matt Chandler's Acts 29 Network...
All principled people want everyone to have an equal opportunity for a good life, a safe life, and a productive life, whatever his or her race, religion, or region. That reasonable, humane, and kind attitude is the reason for a quick acceptance of the proclamation,...
The delusional left continues to try to paint a portrait in America that systemic racism, or systemic injustice against primarily black Americans, is a pervasive evil that must be stopped at all costs. They continue to use this fairy tale to excuse and justify...
If angels weep, they are weeping today over the earth-shaking events taking place at Liberty University, followed by reverberating aftershocks worldwide. That’s only slight hyperbole, especially in the religious world. Jerry Falwell, Jr. was Liberty University...
Abortion statistics released by Public Health Scotland show that the number of abortions carried out in Scotland reached the second highest number on record last year. Official figures showed there were 13,583 terminations carried out in 2019 – the highest total...
Today, during a convocation at the highly-respected Southern Baptist-affiliated Christian Liberty University, notoriously false teacher and serial blasphemer of God, Andy Stanley, told Liberty University students that people, like John MacArthur, who believe that...
A coalition of 434 human rights organisations have backed an International Manifesto for the Right to Life in response to abortion provision sections in the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Global Humanitarian Response Plan: COVID-19. The plan...
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Blue Lives Matter supporter who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in Kenosha, Wisconson was arrested and charged with intentional homicide in a shootout that happened during a riot in the city on Monday night. Much...
For roughly the last 8 years, the Evangelical Church has been stoking the fires of racial division by embracing a cultural movement that is opposed to the gospel and much more akin to Marxist revolutionary ideology than anything Jesus ever taught. Evangelical leaders,...
I recently did a podcast about love and tyranny. In that podcast, I talked about how love is being used as a cloak for tyranny. I focused on how some Christians are employing the argument that if you won’t wear a COVID mask, then you are not loving your neighbor. This...
As the struggle between the progressives and the conservatives intensifies around that nation, it is also growing exponentially within the Evangelical Church, particularly the Southern Baptist Convention, as the leftists are beginning to remove whatever veil they had...
Either Black lives actually do matter, or they don't. But a strange yet unsurprising phenomenon is that the Black Lives Matter movement is now organizing riots in front of the Supreme Court justice's homes in the wake of the leak revealing that the high court intends...
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...
"Those who hate me love death," is the warning of God in Proverbs 8:36. Nothing could be clearer than the God-hating rebellion we're witnessing in front of our eyes in the wake of the Supreme Court leak on the upcoming Roe v. Wade decision. Hate groups such as Antifa,...
Duke Kwon is a TGC author and is the lead pastor of Grace Meridian Hill, a PCA congregation in the GraceDC Network in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing author of Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church. Kwon...
You may remember Danica McKellar as Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years, the late 80s and early 90s hit television series. McKellar, who recently posted about her "conversion" experience on Instagram, said that "In my life, starting in childhood, I had been made aware...
Over the years, I've observed a number of Evangelical "thought-leaders" publish their musings about social issues while contending that both progressivism and conservatism are equally valid ways to express one's Christian faith and that true biblical faith lies...
Russell Moore once stood as the public face of the Southern Baptist Convention and the vast majority of the denomination stood behind him in support of his public musings on political and social issues. And while most trusted him, few listened to the obscure voices in...
In the wake of the news of the likely decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe. v. Wade, Evangelicals have been taking to Twitter to express their opinions. These opinions range from good to bad to horrible and completely unbiblical. Sadly, the vast majority of...
Yesterday, Politico published a leaked draft opinion of the upcoming Supreme Court decision that indicates that the nation's highest court is slated to strike down the long-standing Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the "right" for mothers to abort their children...
Following up on our report from yesterday, Judd Saul has released the video of MABTS pulling the microphone from Trevor Loudon as he was on stage. President of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Michael Spradlin, forced an event held on the seminary’s...
Tom Ascol, the conservative nominee for Southern Baptist Convention president for the election at the 2022 annual meeting, recently explained his position on biblical gender roles in an interview with the Baptist Press. Asked what his position is on "women in...
If you haven’t caught up on the scandal involving Alistair Begg and his advice to Christians to attend the “wedding” ceremonies of homosexual couples, you can get caught up on that at this link. But for those of you who have, this weekend, Begg responded to the...
In 2023, during the annual meeting, several churches were disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptist Convention for openly defying the denomination’s statement of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (BFM2K). Among these churches was the infamous Saddleback...
Russell Moore, David French, and Curtis Chang are the authors of “The After Party” curriculum which is supposed to equip churches and Christians on how to engage in politics without being "divisive." Yet, these clowns epitomize everything that is wrong with today’s...
In today's Evangelical landscape, a seismic shift is unfolding, notably influenced by movements like Revoice and Living Out that have influenced Evangelical churches and advocate for a more inclusive approach within the church toward aberrant sexualities. Revoice,...
In a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, a striking demographic shift has emerged among Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, in the United States. The findings, which garnered significant attention, reveal that over 25% of Gen Z adults...
Last week, The Dissenter reported that Alistair Begg, a prominent pastor associated with The Gospel Coalition, urged Christians to not only attend homosexual weddings, but to also buy them a gift—a position that starkly contradicts the biblical view of marriage as a...
Blogs like ours here at The Dissenter have spent countless hours exposing the grim reality behind institutions like the ERLC and The Gospel Coalition. These entities, who masquerade as paragons of Christian virtue, have been unmasked as nothing more than carnal...
In an age where the church grapples with political divides, a new curriculum titled "The After Party" emerges, aiming to bridge gaps within Christian communities. Developed by Curtis Chang, founder of Redeeming Babel, along with David French, a New York Times...
In Oklahoma, a conservative pastor, Dusty Deevers has now emerged as a big league player in the political sphere. His background as a Southern Baptist mirrors quite a bit of the religious landscape of the state, known for its conservative leanings and emphasis on...
The following are excerpts from a conversation I had six years ago with some allegedly Westminster Presbyterians trying to equate meat sacrificed to idols with sinful content in movies and television. RC says: “I learned today I can’t watch HBO's The Wire. Can I...
A student at the Medical College in Wisconsin, in a blatant tantrum against ethical decency, declares she will leave the state if barred from aborting full-term babies. This alarming statement reeks of the moral decay plaguing our society and a disturbing view of...
In an era where the sanctity of one's home is increasingly challenged by rising crime rates and shifting social attitudes, the Castle Doctrine emerges as a crucial legal and moral safeguard. This doctrine, established in several states, guarantees the right of...
If you haven’t caught up on the scandal involving Alistair Begg and his advice to Christians to attend the “wedding” ceremonies of homosexual couples, you can get caught up on that at this link. But for those of you who have, this weekend, Begg responded to the...
In 2023, during the annual meeting, several churches were disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptist Convention for openly defying the denomination’s statement of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (BFM2K). Among these churches was the infamous Saddleback...
Russell Moore, David French, and Curtis Chang are the authors of “The After Party” curriculum which is supposed to equip churches and Christians on how to engage in politics without being "divisive." Yet, these clowns epitomize everything that is wrong with today’s...
In today's Evangelical landscape, a seismic shift is unfolding, notably influenced by movements like Revoice and Living Out that have influenced Evangelical churches and advocate for a more inclusive approach within the church toward aberrant sexualities. Revoice,...
In a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, a striking demographic shift has emerged among Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, in the United States. The findings, which garnered significant attention, reveal that over 25% of Gen Z adults...
Last week, The Dissenter reported that Alistair Begg, a prominent pastor associated with The Gospel Coalition, urged Christians to not only attend homosexual weddings, but to also buy them a gift—a position that starkly contradicts the biblical view of marriage as a...
Blogs like ours here at The Dissenter have spent countless hours exposing the grim reality behind institutions like the ERLC and The Gospel Coalition. These entities, who masquerade as paragons of Christian virtue, have been unmasked as nothing more than carnal...
In an age where the church grapples with political divides, a new curriculum titled "The After Party" emerges, aiming to bridge gaps within Christian communities. Developed by Curtis Chang, founder of Redeeming Babel, along with David French, a New York Times...
In Oklahoma, a conservative pastor, Dusty Deevers has now emerged as a big league player in the political sphere. His background as a Southern Baptist mirrors quite a bit of the religious landscape of the state, known for its conservative leanings and emphasis on...
The following are excerpts from a conversation I had six years ago with some allegedly Westminster Presbyterians trying to equate meat sacrificed to idols with sinful content in movies and television. RC says: “I learned today I can’t watch HBO's The Wire. Can I...
A student at the Medical College in Wisconsin, in a blatant tantrum against ethical decency, declares she will leave the state if barred from aborting full-term babies. This alarming statement reeks of the moral decay plaguing our society and a disturbing view of...
In an era where the sanctity of one's home is increasingly challenged by rising crime rates and shifting social attitudes, the Castle Doctrine emerges as a crucial legal and moral safeguard. This doctrine, established in several states, guarantees the right of...
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During the Shepherd's Conference, John MacArthur had some strong words for churches and pastors who are tolerating homosexuality in the name of pragmatism and winsomeness.There's a missing trust. There's a void in much of the evangelicalism when it comes to conceiving...
"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies,...
Brandan Robertson has been in the headlines quite a bit in the last year or so as he is an openly gay, self-described “pastor” who opposed traditional, biblical theology while installing himself as a biblical scholar and theologian. Robertson is an advocate...
It's becoming increasingly easy to separate the sheep from the goats as we watch the religious, cultural, and political climate become increasingly divisive. David French, a religious leftist who devotes his life to standing against conservative Christianity in the...
A few weeks ago, Disney Celebrity Joshua Bassett made headlines after he was baptized at the nefarious hyper-charismatic Bethel Church in Redding, California. Bassett, the 20-year-old star of Disney’s High School Musical, came out as a homosexual to his fans in a...
It is likely that you are familiar with the recent controversy surrounding Saddleback Church, previously led by Rick Warren and presently led by Andy Wood. The Southern Baptist Convention made the decision to disfellowship the church due to its ordination of women to...
Lecrae, who is overtly woke and who has abandoned Christianity in favor of social justice and leftist political activism says that he hates the word "woke" because it's been co-opted by politics. Lecrae, who describes himself as a “rapper who happens to be Christian”...
Christian Climate Action is a shabby organization that advocates for "climate justice" and calls for "peaceful" civil disobedience in response to what they believe is an "urgent threat of climate change." It is a network of professing Christians from different...
Wakefield, UK street preacher, David McConnell, was arrested and convicted under the nation's counter-terrorism laws according to reports, and the probation officer that he had been assigned to considered McConnell to be "persistently and illegally taking an extreme...
There's a show called "The Chosen" that's gaining popularity among Evangelicals, but it's actually spreading some serious heresy. The show is produced by the Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon cult. Despite this fact, many Evangelicals seem to love it without...
In 2020, Michael Horton, a prominent theologian in Reformed-Evangelical circles and host of the podcast "White Horse Inn," denounced support for Donald Trump as "The Cult of Christian Trumpism" in an article for The Gospel Coalition. Horton's Systematic Theology on...
As Christians living in a world that is hostile to God, we face a barrage of challenges to our faith every day. These attacks come in the form of anti-Creation propaganda, such as evolution and theories about the origins of the universe, as well as an all-out assault...
If there has been a more blatant example of Matthew 19:24 being played out in modern times than the Furtick family, I’ve not seen it. Jesus’s words were clear, “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of...
We've covered the saga surrounding The Gospel Coalition author who published an article that talked about Christ "penetrating" the Church and injecting the "seed" of His Word into her in order for the Church to produce "children of God." The asinine comparison, not...
We've been arguing that the soft-peddling Southern Baptist establishment is compromised on the issue of abortion. As a matter of fact, it has become the official position of the establishment class of the Southern Baptist Convention that no matter what the...
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I must announce that Dr. Don Boys, a good friend and an occasional contributor to this publication has passed away at 88. I always enjoyed his provocative, pointed, and controversial writing even when I didn’t fully agree with...
Just one day after a controversial bill in Kentucky banning "transgender" affirming surgeries on minors, several churches have been defaced with graffiti with words to the effect of "Trans PWR." By a vote of 75-22, the Kentucky House of Representatives has approved a...
Andy Stanley has been in our headlines quite a bit in recent weeks as we have exposed on a massive scale the pro-homosexual sentiment with his network of churches. Stanley, the pastor of North Point Ministries, preached a sermon a while back explaining how homosexuals...
The abortion industry has tempted so many would-be mothers into killing their own children that it is just devastating to watch. While the world — and even churches — proclaim these women as “victims” of practically anything but their own sinful hearts, these...
Last week, there was an uproar on social media involving an article published at The Gospel Coalition that described Jesus's relationship with the Church in a graphically detailed comparison to how a man embraces and ejaculates into his wife."Christ gives himself to...
Tucker Carlson is on a roll. David French, who calls Drag Queen Story Hour a "blessing of liberty" while attacking conservatives who oppose liberalism in both the Church and society, received a strong warning from Tucker Carlson last night, along with Beth Moore and...
In recent years, there has been a growing trend in some Christian denominations toward the ordination of women as pastors and the trend has been growing in the Southern Baptist Convention as well. However, this trend is not without controversy, and the Southern...
If you've been following the news cycle the last couple of days, you're probably aware of the extremely gross, vile, and filthy article published by Joshua Butler at The Gospel Coalition that depicted Jesus ejaculating his "seed" into His bride (the Church) in the...
Yesterday, we published an article lambasting The Gospel Coalition for publishing an article that compared Jesus' relationship with the Church to a man's relationship with his wife. In the article at TGC, the author, Joshua Butler, went into graphic detail describing...
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