Last year, Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch formerly pastored by Rick Warren, made headlines after Warren ordained three women to the pastorate at his church. Warren justified his actions by pointing to Acts 2:17-18 which has...
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Last year, Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch formerly pastored by Rick Warren, made headlines after Warren ordained three women to the pastorate at his church. Warren justified his actions by pointing to Acts 2:17-18 which has...
The Southern Baptist Convention has announced the creation of a "Ministry Check" database which will contain names of ministers, pastors, church leaders, and volunteers who have been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse. Guidepost Solutions, a third-party firm that...
During a recent "prophetic" session at his church, false teacher, false prophet, charlatan, and arch-heretic Kenneth Copeland who is best known for his incessant blasphemies against God "prophesied over false prophet, Heidi Baker, telling her that God was giving her...
Russell Moore once congratulated Lecrae when he teamed up with Beyonce—perhaps he didn't notice that Beyonce is not only the epitome of sexual degradation–she dresses like a prostitute and creates hyper-sexualized music. In reality, he probably just didn’t care. After...
Over the years, we've maintained at this publication that the Roman Catholic Church harbors a false gospel that has absolutely no power to save. Despite the biblical call to Christian unity, there are clear divisions drawn in the Bible, and it is not acceptable to be...
Revival in the church is a topic that is often discussed and prayed for and has been front and center of the Christian news and blogosphere for the last two weeks in the midst of the so-called Asbury Revival. However, the concept of true revival is easily...
Just in time for Francis Chan's and Rick Warren's pre-planned "spontaneous revival" on February 23, a Southern Baptist seminary now desperately tries to join the hoopla along with several other schools around the nation.We reported last week that the Asbury...
One of the things I keep hearing about the Asbury so-called "revival" is that it was a spontaneous unplanned event that just happened, a move of the Holy Spirit, that sparked a movement among college students during a chapel service that has brought thousands upon...
If the Asbury revival we've been covering wasn't a false movement before, there is no doubt that it's fixing to be as several notable false teachers are planning to go to the campus next week to ramp things up. According to Francis Chan, he'll be joined by other false...
Greg and Lynn McDonald run a pro-LGBTQ organization called Embracing the Journey. Greg and Lynn McDonald have an openly gay, married son and they fully endorse his homosexual lifestyle. You may remember that when Ed Litton was elected to the presidency of the Southern...
We’ve been covering the saga at Andy Stanley’s Northpoint Ministries where it has come to light that Stanley is far more affirming of homosexuality than most people realized. Over the last few weeks, Stanley has been in the headlines over comments he made during a...
Oh, you know that old adage about how "kids say the darndest things?" Well, so do these charismatic prophets—they are equally as ridiculous, if not more so. These self-proclaimed "prophets" spew out some of the most insane and nonsensical things you've ever heard. You...
Bethel Church, located in Redding, California, is a congregation that has become a hotbed of ungodly practices and delusional teachings, all at the hands of two men who call prescribe themselves as modern-day prophets and apostles of God—Bill Johnson and Kris...
The phrase "doctrines of demons" appears only once in the New Testament in 1 Timothy 4:1. The verse reads, "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons." This...
I'm going to stop short of making a determination on whether or not this guy was truly converted or not and the reason being is that I am not sure if he heard the gospel and truly believed it or not. That being said, this self-described atheist appears on stage at...
When Black History Month liturgy goes terribly wrong, what you are about to hear in the video below is what you get. The death of George Floyd has undoubtedly left an indelible mark on society, fueling a cult-like movement that has taken on religious fervor. This...
"Creation Care" has become a buzzword in the religious politically left, particularly among those who have abandoned the gospel in favor of the progressive Woke Church movement. This movement really took off when former Ethics and Religious Liberty head, Russell Moore...
We've been covering the chaos going on at Asbury University over the last several days whereby many are attempting to make the case that a genuine move of the Holy Spirit has sparked a revival among a bunch of college kids gathered together singing songs, cuddling on...
by Jeff Rose, Jeremiah Cry Ministries “We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.”C.H. Spurgeon Unbelief It is statistically proven that the...
If you haven't heard of The New Evangelicals, it is an organization that claims to be a voice for the marginalized in the evangelical church, but its true motives and agenda are dubious. It purports to prioritize the voices of marginalized individuals, but in reality,...
"This is written notice to @bartbarber @keahbone @jnelson @toddbenkert: Quit contacting @abby_e_o & HK w/ the “we care for you” schtick," reads a post on Twitter by Robert G. Callahan, an attorney representing an alleged sex abuse victim against the Southern...
What often passes for revival in the modern church is typically nothing more than a charismatic caricature of revival that is driven by a hyper-emotional experiential-based movement that mimics what one would see at a drug-induced rave party or Woodstock music...
Yesterday, we published an article expressing our concerns over the hyper-emotionalism on display at the so-called Asbury Revival taking place at Asbury University, a multi-denominational ecumenical school that is loosely associated with the Wesleyan-Methodist...
A few weeks ago during an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin experienced a cardiac arrest during a game that drew speculation from people all over the world. The 24-year-old received medical attention at the University of...

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It's beyond fascinating to watch the progressive left act like they have some kind of moral high ground by pretending to abstain from politics all the while, they are demonstrably shilling for the liberal agenda. But to see those who claim Christ spend their time...
I will be dealing here with some views among Mormons which have changed over time. As I will mention, past doctrines on race have since been repudiated. In no way can anything here be said to represent the personal views of any current Mormon. In the...
J.D. Greear has been a completely different kind of president than any other Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president in history. Greear's political and theological progressive bent can be compared to that of the current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church who has...
Preston Sprinkle is one of the founders of the pro-homosexual Revoice conference who is heavily promoted by some Southern Baptist leaders and SBC seminary professors and quite prevalent in the "conservative" Presbyterian Church (PCA) denomination. The purpose of...
In the wake of a mother who shared a heartbreaking video of her 9-year-old child who is constantly bullied at his school, awareness is being raised around the world about the incessant problem of school bullies who need a good butt-whooping. While so many people from...
Yesterday, the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, which is overseen by Ronnie Floyd and JD Greear, announced they were launching an investigation to study the negative effects that the ERLC has had on Cooperative Program giving. While some were...
In an interview with Andrea Peyser of the New York Post, the father of a preschooler recalls an email that was sent out by the child's teacher, Rosy Clark who laid out the upcoming lesson plans which he says were based on the Black Lives Matter Week of Action for a...
In this episode, I rant about Joe Carter’s article at the (anti) Gospel Coalition and entertain the question, does Joe Carter really care about your sanctification where politics is concerned or does he care about something else far more troubling?
Michael Gerson is a contributor to the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) led by Democrat, Russell Moore, and Gerson is highly promoted on the SBC-funded ERLC website, has appeared in several podcasts with Moore, and is also heavily...
Baylor, a private Christian university located in Waco, Texas, is known as the largest Baptist university in the world with approximately 17,200 students on its 1,000-acre campus and is affiliated with the Texas Baptist Convention, which is subsequently connected to...
David Hughes, pastor of Church of the Glades in Coral Springs, Florida was chosen by FBC Orlando lead pastor, David Uth to speak at the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention's Pastors' Conference in June 2020. Hughes literally runs his church like a circus. (See image...
Eric Johnson of Bethel Church preached a sermon this past weekend on Kobe Bryant declaring that they would not actually be diving into the Scriptures because, well, that isn't helpful. Johnson said he's going to talk about something that's going to actually be helpful...
At last year's Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) conference, many were upset at the passing of Resolution 9 which solidified the denomination's support for a neo-Marxist worldview including Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. The SBC has long departed the path...
Christianity today wants churches to reduce the stigma of divorce. Marriages that end in divorce are already nearly equally as common as marriages that do not end in divorce. According to statistics, up to 45 percent of first marriages end in divorce and second and...
Today marks Super Bowl LIV, the 54th annual NFL championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. How do I know that? Well, to be honest, I googled it. What I do know, however, is that the culture surrounding the professional sport has seen...
The Gospel Coalition is on a mission to move Evangelicals in a leftward direction both politically and theologically. While most of the contributors to the organization overlap with the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission -- another...
Nothing gives ammunition to the social justice progressive wing of Evangelicalism -- who continually tirades against conservatives for throwing support behind Trump -- more than the actions of right-wing Evangelical political hacks like Robert Jeffress. In fact, the...
Thomas Kidd is a Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) research fellow who is also a Baylor University professor and highly sought after speaker and author for The Gospel Coalition. Just last week, during the annual March for Life event in...
I like our president. He's a good politician and stands up to the establishment like none we've seen in a long time. While I'm not on board with all of his policies, most of them are certainly better than any of the Democratic alternatives. With that disclaimer, I...
Solidifying Reformation Charlotte's official position that the Democratic Party is the party of Satan himself, Gay presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg answers the question of a Democrat claiming to be pro-life and affirms the official Democrat position that...
NBA star Kobe Bryant, along with his thirteen-year-old daughter, died yesterday in a horrific helicopter accident. That the life of a man who had so much temporal wealth and fame could be suddenly snatched away in an instant is shocking and speaks to the fragility of...
The secular pro-life movement has some mantras that sound really great. Can we honestly say that abortion stops a beating heart when ALL pro-life legislation permits babies to be euthanized whose hearts have yet formed?
Vice President Mike Pence has been heralded as one of the most conservative Christian leaders this nation has ever seen -- his wife even being attacked constantly by the left because she teaches at a Christian school. Today, Pence visited the Vatican to visit the pope...
Today marks the annual March for Life which is primarily a political -- not primarily a religious -- gathering of pro-life supporters from around the nation to protest the murdering of innocent children. Today, Donald Trump will attend and speak at the March for Life...
Tim Keller may not seem like the stereotypical charismatic, tongue-flapping, prosperity gospel-preaching false prophet that many false teachers we’ve covered so far in our False Teacher of the Day series, yet, his influence on the Evangelical Church cannot be...
The early beginnings of liberation theology can be traced to Latin America in the 1960s. The thrust of this movement began as a result of young Catholic and Protestant theologians reflecting on the people’s life of faith within the context of the people’s resistance...
False prophets, false apostles, false teachers, wolves in sheep's clothing—that's what dominates the professing Christian atmosphere, sadly. These false apostles typically surround themselves with false prophecies of Donald Trump. To this day, not a single "prophecy"...
Reformation Charlotte has chronicled the many scandals that the worldwide corporate megachurch, Hillsong, has been embroiled in over the years. Whether it be their sleazy rendition of Silent Night during Christmas, their posing of a nearly naked man on stage at a...
Sandra Van Opstal, a rebellious female preacher at Grace and Peace Community Church in West Chicago, has a meltdown during preaching about diversity over a “man in an office somewhere” writing commentaries for women, refugees, and foreigners. Van Opstal also freaks...
Following in Canada's footsteps, France has now passed a bill through parliament unanimously voting to make counseling for unwanted homosexuality illegal in the country with penalties ranging from fines to up to two years imprisonment for those who breach the new law....
JD Greear, preaching at the chapel at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) today, went off on a tirade against conservatives who left his church over the past couple of years after he moved his church to embrace and accept leftism. According to Greear,...
If you need any other reason to believe that Critical Race Theory is anti-Christian, look no further than the anti-Bible rhetoric within the movement. Critical Race Theory--a racist ideology that masquerades as "anti-racism" but actually does nothing other than...
A popular buzzword in the culture today that has been heralded as a virtuous goal worth pursuing is "multiculturalism." On its face, it sounds noble--it sounds like it promotes respect, tolerance, peace, and love throughout a nation filled with people from diverse...
Voddie Bauchum reminds us all of who Martin Luther King really was, the false gospel he embraced, and the neo-Marxist worldview he espoused. https://youtu.be/mE1RV7q8TYA Reformation Charlotte has covered Martin Luther King showing how the idolatry of King within...
If you think that title was click bait, I can assure you, it is not. Anyone who's actually been paying attention knows by now that the leftist narrative of the January 6 "insurrection" is nothing more than Democrat propaganda used to serve no other purpose except to...
David Platt, pastor of McLean Bible Church--which has been in shambles of division over the past year due to Platt's obsession with race--is popular for his annual Secret Church simulcast that is broadcast for six hours into the wee hours of the night around the...
Of all the woke garbage I've heard over the years, this might be the most desperate attempt I've ever seen at a last-ditch effort to make a point. As more and more people are waking up to the leftist agenda and rejecting the notion of "racial trauma" as an...
The Roman Catholic pope recently made remarks that demonstrate that the Catholic Church is as committed to sound doctrine as a mirage is to offering water in the desert. As reported by "Libero Quotidiano," his words represent a profound deviation from Christian...
In this age where an invasion of social justice ideology has overwhelmed theological precision in Evanglelical circles, The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is front and center waving the multi-shaded flag of wokeness. It's clear that TGC's foolish embrace and promulgation of a...
Evangelical figureheads, Ed Stetzer and Russell Moore, during the early stages of the COVID-19 plan-demic, adopted a markedly incendiary tone toward Christians who questioned the mainstream narrative surrounding the virus and considered the lab leak theory plausible....
Perusing social media this morning, I ran across the following tweet by Gavin Ortlund. Squishy doctrine and false teaching seem to be universal (no pun intended) within the entire pedigree of Ortlund men. His father, Ray Ortlund, is a staunch supporter of Beth Moore...
The film "1946" has ruffled more than a few feathers with its bold assertion that the term 'homosexuality' was erroneously introduced into the Bible only in the mid-20th century. This claim, while sensational, crumbles under the weight of historical, biblical, and...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)—a phrase that has echoed through the halls of corporations, academic institutions, and even churches, has become a topic of significant debate and concern. The roots of DEI programs are indeed deeply entrenched in ideologies that...
T.B. Joshua, a once-renowned figure in the world of televangelistic charlatanry and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria—Africa's "T.D. Jakes"—met his end on June 5, 2021, just a week shy of his 58th birthday. His life, marred by...
Allendale United Methodist “Church” is already under fire for allowing minors to attend a drag queen show during its worship service, blatantly disregarding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s legislation that prohibits exposing children to sexualized performances. One...
In the ever-turning gears of leftist propaganda, a particularly raunchy and perverse narrative has been force-fed to the public—the claim that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. This assertion, plucked more from the realms of sensational fiction than any historical...
By now, you're aware of the saga surrounding Claudine Gay, the plagiarist Harvard president, whose tenure at one of the world's most prestigious universities has been marred by a scandal of academic dishonesty. This scandal more than a blight on Harvard's storied...
Following the release of a new Vatican document that allows the Roman Catholic priesthood to perform "blessings" on same-sex couples, the religious homosexual mafia has been coming out of the woodwork to demonstrate a depravity that is beyond human measure. While the...
Of all the woke garbage I've heard over the years, this might be the most desperate attempt I've ever seen at a last-ditch effort to make a point. As more and more people are waking up to the leftist agenda and rejecting the notion of "racial trauma" as an...
The Roman Catholic pope recently made remarks that demonstrate that the Catholic Church is as committed to sound doctrine as a mirage is to offering water in the desert. As reported by "Libero Quotidiano," his words represent a profound deviation from Christian...
In this age where an invasion of social justice ideology has overwhelmed theological precision in Evanglelical circles, The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is front and center waving the multi-shaded flag of wokeness. It's clear that TGC's foolish embrace and promulgation of a...
Evangelical figureheads, Ed Stetzer and Russell Moore, during the early stages of the COVID-19 plan-demic, adopted a markedly incendiary tone toward Christians who questioned the mainstream narrative surrounding the virus and considered the lab leak theory plausible....
Perusing social media this morning, I ran across the following tweet by Gavin Ortlund. Squishy doctrine and false teaching seem to be universal (no pun intended) within the entire pedigree of Ortlund men. His father, Ray Ortlund, is a staunch supporter of Beth Moore...
The film "1946" has ruffled more than a few feathers with its bold assertion that the term 'homosexuality' was erroneously introduced into the Bible only in the mid-20th century. This claim, while sensational, crumbles under the weight of historical, biblical, and...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)—a phrase that has echoed through the halls of corporations, academic institutions, and even churches, has become a topic of significant debate and concern. The roots of DEI programs are indeed deeply entrenched in ideologies that...
T.B. Joshua, a once-renowned figure in the world of televangelistic charlatanry and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria—Africa's "T.D. Jakes"—met his end on June 5, 2021, just a week shy of his 58th birthday. His life, marred by...
Allendale United Methodist “Church” is already under fire for allowing minors to attend a drag queen show during its worship service, blatantly disregarding Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s legislation that prohibits exposing children to sexualized performances. One...
In the ever-turning gears of leftist propaganda, a particularly raunchy and perverse narrative has been force-fed to the public—the claim that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. This assertion, plucked more from the realms of sensational fiction than any historical...
By now, you're aware of the saga surrounding Claudine Gay, the plagiarist Harvard president, whose tenure at one of the world's most prestigious universities has been marred by a scandal of academic dishonesty. This scandal more than a blight on Harvard's storied...
Following the release of a new Vatican document that allows the Roman Catholic priesthood to perform "blessings" on same-sex couples, the religious homosexual mafia has been coming out of the woodwork to demonstrate a depravity that is beyond human measure. While the...
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If you've been paying attention to Christendom, you're likely aware of the so-called "Asbury Revival" taking place at Asbury University right now. And while we are skeptical of what is taking place there, there are most certainly charlatans who are going to use this...
The Christian community should not subject itself to the promotion of sexually explicit media and propaganda, however, it has become a norm under the disguise of artistic expression. During the recent Super Bowl, Christians witnessed a disturbingly crude and obscene...
If you've been following the Christian blogosphere, social media, or new cycle, you're probably aware of the reports of a supposed "revival" taking place at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. A lot of people are praising this movement as a true move of the Holy...
In case you've missed it, there's a big kerfuffle going on over at Andy Stanley's Northpoint Ministries and its various massive campuses. Apparently, Andy Stanley is a lot more pro-LGBTQ than folks thought. For the last several weeks, he's been all over the headlines...
A controversial bill introduced by Oklahoma Republican state senator, Julie Daniels, seeks to repeal the total ban on abortion in the state. The bill, which is backed by the National Right to Life so-called "pro-life" organization, offers amendments to previously...
For those of us who were brought up within Evangelical and Protestant faith traditions, the expression "born again" has been deeply ingrained in our understanding and vocabulary. For us, the meaning of this phrase is straightforward: it refers to the moment when Jesus...
We've been covering the saga at Andy Stanley's Northpoint Ministries where it has come to light that Stanley is far more affirming of homosexuality than most people realized. Over the last few weeks, Stanley has been in the headlines over comments he made during a...
If you’re not familiar with the Acts 29 network, it is a coalition of churches that are bound together under the leadership of its president, Matt Chandler. According to its website, “Acts 29 is a diverse, global community of healthy, multiplying churches...
Tom Ascol, a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and the founder of Founders Ministries, publicly criticized Brent Leatherwood, the president of the ERLC, and Bart Barber, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, for their recent remarks on President Biden's...
Dr. Michael Waters is a speaker for the Jude 3 Project, an organization that is closely aligned with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and who hosts an annual apologetics conference at the Southern Baptist seminary. We have covered the founder of Jude 3...
Last month, The Dissenter reported on the newly-proposed partnership between the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board (NAMB) and a heretical “evangelism” ministry called He Gets Us. He Gets Us, as we demonstrated, is not only a gay-affirming...
In an unsurprising blow to traditional, conservative Christians, the Church of England's Synod passed a motion allowing same-sex couples to have a religious blessing ceremony in their local church. Despite the pleas of Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, for unity, the...
Elevation Church is a powerhouse in the contemporary Christian music industry and rivals that of two of the most insidious faux Christian movements in the world—Hillsong and Bethel Church. The so-called "worship" music that comes out of Elevation is very popular and...
The growing threat of statism within the Church is a matter of immense concern in today's society. This dangerous political ideology holds the state as the supreme authority, promoting state-sponsored secularism that allows religious practices but forbids any...
We brought to you a while back a recent spectacle at the Center for Hope, a United Methodist church in Wintersville, Ohio, where a couple sang a trite and manipulative cover of “Eye of the Tiger,” is just one example of the degradation and degeneration that plagues...
Andy Wood has become a popular name in recent months in Evangelical circles as he was recently selected to replace Rick Warren as the lead pastor of one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in the nation, Saddleback Church. After Warren announced his retirement,...
The world we live in today is a shadow of its biblical foundations, marred by the consequences of Adam's fall and a complete disregard for its Creator. This rejection of God has left us with a flawed and obscured understanding of our purpose and place in the world,...
The "carnal Christian" heresy, also referred to as antinomianism, has been a persistent and recurring false teaching throughout the history of the Christian Church. This heresy asserts that a person can have faith in Jesus Christ and still engage in sinful behavior...
Jesus told Christians to be set apart from the world. Yet, somehow in modern times, what passes as "Christianity" is virtually indistinguishable from the paganized culture and is often designed that way on purpose.As we've written about numerous times over the years,...
I don't think you have to be a complete iconoclast to know when depicting God crosses the line. God's commandments are clear—"you shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above" and "You shall not bow down to them."What...
I recently had an exchange with Jared Moore, a pastor and a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS), who has been exposing much of the bad theology within the Southern Baptist Convention over sexuality. Moore recently started a firestorm on Twitter...
Andy Stanley, a pastor widely discredited by orthodox, Bible-believing Christians as a false teacher, has ignited a raging controversy with his latest remarks on homosexuality and faith. Stanley's "seeker-sensitive" approach prioritizes attracting non-believers to...
Earlier today, we broke the story that Saddleback Church, formerly led by Rick Warren and now pastored by Andy Wood, had a pastor on staff who would be participating in a pro-LGBTQ conference at North Point Church along with Andy Stanley and others who promote...
Manichaeism was an aberrant religious sect founded by the Persian prophet, Mani, during the 3rd century AD that made its way into Christian circles. This heresy was an amalgamation of various religious traditions such as Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Gnosticism, and...
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