You searched for bethel cult - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/ News, Polemics, Discernment, Theology, Apologetics Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:48:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/disntr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 You searched for bethel cult - DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/ 32 32 189756376 The Christian Celebrity Music Industry is Run by Satan. https://disntr.com/2025/09/09/the-christian-celebrity-music-industry-is-run-by-satan/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:31:54 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250154 There, I said it. In the title of this article. That isn’t hyperbole, it’s the only explanation left after watching how this machine churns. Hillsong sold itself as a worship powerhouse while its leadership gorged on money laundering, tax evasion, and lavish “gifts” hidden from view. Brian Houston, the CEO, was caught up in scandal […]

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]]> 250154 The Church’s Open Border Crisis https://disntr.com/2025/08/15/the-churchs-open-border-crisis/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:58:34 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250109 I’ve always said a nation without borders isn’t a nation, it’s a yard sale. Anyone can stroll in, grab what they want, and stroll back out. Hang all the flags you want, blast the national anthem on repeat, but if the gates are open and there’s no one at the checkpoint, it’s not your country […]

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]]> 250109 Remembering the Legacy of John MacArthur, the Polemicist https://disntr.com/2025/07/17/remembering-the-legacy-of-john-macarthur-the-polemicist/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:21:27 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250046 He was the last of a dying breed—a pastor who not only knew what he believed, but believed what he knew. John Fullerton MacArthur Jr., born in 1939, didn’t just walk into history; he stormed in like a theological tempest. While most pastors today tiptoe through the tulips of cultural relevance, MacArthur thundered across the […]

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]]> 250046 Former Bethel Star Confirms Moral Rot and Cover-ups In CCM Worship Industry, Including Bethel https://disntr.com/2025/06/23/former-bethel-star-confirms-moral-rot-and-cover-ups-in-ccm-worship-industry-including-bethel/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:40:21 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=250026 In 2019, I wrote that the greased and lubed celebrity machinery of modern Christian music wasn’t just distracting—it was hijacking the very glory of God. I pointed out how artists chase chart ranks, fame, social media clout—and lose the weightier matters: God’s truth, Christ’s exclusivity, the cross. I had mentioned Lauren Daigle and Lecrae as case studies, […]

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]]> 250026 Despite Failure After Failure, Bethel’s Bill Johnson Continues to Sell Faux Healing https://disntr.com/2025/02/11/despite-failure-after-failure-bethels-bill-johnson-continues-to-sell-faux-healing/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:43:42 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249724 In the ancient world, the sick and dying would embark on desperate pilgrimages to the sanctuaries of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. These were not hospitals. These were temples—shrines of mysticism where hope and illusion walked hand in hand. Scattered across Greece, with major centers in Epidaurus, Kos, and Pergamon, these sites lured the […]

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]]> 249724 Satan Casts Out Satan, and Bethel Church Casts Out Shawn Bolz https://disntr.com/2025/02/04/satan-casts-out-satan-and-bethel-church-casts-out-shawn-bolz/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:33:27 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249714 It was only a matter of time before Bethel Church, the grand cathedral of charismatic charlatanry, decided to throw one of its own to the wolves. And who better than Shawn Bolz—a man whose entire career has been built on the kind of “prophecy” that conveniently aligns with whatever the audience wants to hear? Like […]

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]]> 249714 False Teacher, Tony Campolo, Hears Dreaded Words: “Depart From Me…” https://disntr.com/2024/11/20/false-teacher-tony-campolo-hears-dreaded-words-depart-from-me/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:02:23 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249569 Tony Campolo has breathed his last. On November 19, 2024, at the age of 89, the man who spent decades bending the gospel to the will of culture passed into eternity—an eternity that his teachings betrayed. On that day, Campolo heard those dreaded words from the Lord, “I never knew you; depart from me, you […]

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]]> 249569 The Tragedy of the Modern Church is that She’s Indistinguishable from the World https://disntr.com/2024/09/18/the-tragedy-of-the-modern-church-is-that-shes-indistinguishable-from-the-world/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:20:57 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=249261 Walk into almost any modern Evangelical church today, and you might be forgiven for wondering whether you’ve mistakenly stumbled into a concert hall, a corporate team-building event, or maybe even the set of a reality TV show. The flashing lights, slick branding, and carefully choreographed “worship experiences” give off a whiff of marketing genius, but […]

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]]> 249261 Chris Tomlin, Chandler Moore, Tim Tebow, and Others Join Parade of Heretics at LifeSurge Conference Tour https://disntr.com/2024/05/16/chris-tomlin-chandler-moore-tim-tebow-and-others-join-parade-of-heretics-at-lifesurge-conference-tour/ Thu, 16 May 2024 11:25:38 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248509 Over the years, as I’ve covered Christian news and apologetics, I’ve seen a lot. I’ve seen so much that hardly anything surprises me. What was once considered unholy alliances have become the norm as mainstream seemingly “normal” Christian leaders don’t think twice about partnering with rank heretics for some common cause, usually social justice. Earlier […]

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]]> 248509 IHOPKC Winding Down, Coming to a Close, According to Leaked Recording of IHOP University President https://disntr.com/2024/04/17/ihopkc-winding-down-coming-to-a-close-according-to-leaked-recording-of-ihop-university-president/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:26:28 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248295 Despite what Mike Bickle claims, IHOPKC was never a move of God or a work of the Holy Spirit, rather, it was a carefully orchestrated façade, which quickly became a cult, that has finally crumbled under the weight of its own leadership scandals. According to a leaked recording by IHOP University president, Matt Candler (not […]

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