Into the Breach of Your Wallet: How Josh Howerton’s Lakepointe Church...
If you want to understand how the modern megachurch corporate machine operates, you don’t look at the Sunday morning light show, the casual apparel, or the curated, anti-establishment posturing. You...
View ArticleThe Memory Hole Megachurch: Josh Howerton, the Scrubbed Mandate, and the Art...
If there is one defining characteristic of the modern megachurch operative, it is an uncanny, almost supernatural ability to sense which way the cultural wind is blowing and immediately change the...
View ArticleSelective Litigation: Why Did Jeff Durbin Sue a critical Blogger But not...
When a public figure chooses the secular courtroom as his weapon of choice, he invites the world to scrutinize not only the lawsuits he files, but also the ones he doesn’t. Recently, Jeff Durbin and...
View ArticleJustin peters & The Necessity of Proximity: Why “Remote Elders” Fall Short of...
Let it be stated at the outset: Justin Peters is a brother in Christ worthy of immense respect. For years, he has stood in the cultural and theological breach, boldly confronting the toxic,...
View ArticleJosh Howerton: Product or Pastor?
In the modern megachurch industrial complex, the line between a shepherd of souls and a carefully managed corporate consumer product has blurred to the point of erasure. When an institution grows into...
View ArticleThe Self-Made Shepherd: Jeff Durbin, Corporate Ordination, and the Marketing...
In the historic Protestant tradition, the office of the pastor is not something a man takes upon himself, nor is it a title bestowed by corporate boards or hospital administration. It is a holy calling...
View ArticleGrave Robbing for Triumphalism: Jeff Durbin and the Postmillennial Mirage
There is a long, disgraceful history in online religion of waiting until a giant of the faith is laid in the ground before taking shots at his legacy. While a man lives, preaches, writes, and stands...
View ArticleThe Ecumenical Grift of Joel Webbon’s “Christ Is King” Circus
There was a time when the word reformation actually meant something. It meant returning to the Scriptures, upholding the solas, rejecting the blasphemies of Rome, and refusing to compromise the holy...
View ArticleIntroducing “The Classic Polemicist”
There was a time in the digital theological landscape when soft compromise was called out by name, ecumenical hand-shaking was thoroughly dismantled, and the solas of the Reformation were defended with...
View ArticleThe new Christian wrong: American history x goes to church
Hey. It’s Pulpit & Pen, the Rolex of watch blogs. Remember us? We do discernment. You may have forgotten about us, but like Lightning McQueen said about Route 66, we’re still here! And, like Route...
View ArticleA Biblical Warning Concerning the Teachings and Practices of County Seat...
In recent years, many independent ministries have appeared claiming to offer deeper healing, greater spiritual freedom, and special insight into spiritual warfare and deliverance. One such ministry is...
View ArticleHell Is for Real – Part 2
This is part 2 of a guest post series by Franklin Beals In my last article I addressed some of the problems with annihilationism and how it is a departure from the teaching on Hell found in the...
View ArticleHe Said the Prayer. Was It Real?
When news broke that Scott Adams, famed creator of Dilbert, professed faith in Christ just before his death, I, like many Christians, felt a mix of hope and deep concern. The hope, of course, is...
View ArticleHell is for Real
Several years ago, a book was released by a family claiming that their young son had a near death experience which gave him a glimpse of the afterlife. Later it was discovered that the details were...
View ArticleThe Joel Webbon And Jordan Hall Partnership
Jordan Hall is my friend, one of my best friends. I blogged with him for years at this website. He’s supported me when I needed help most. I was licensed to preach at his church. We communicated with...
View ArticleThe Worst Christian of 2025
Who is the worst Christian of 2025? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his...
View ArticleNominees: Worst Christian of 2025
Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ in the year 2025? Using a number of criteria Pulpit & Pen has identified a list of...
View ArticleDo You Know the Date of Christ’s Return? You’re Probably in a Cult.
Let’s be blunt: If you believe you know the exact date of Jesus’ return, or you’re following someone who claims they do, you’re not more spiritual than the rest of the Church. You’re probably in a...
View ArticleWhen Dreams Predict the Rapture: A Biblical Response to September 23rd...
Every so often, a new date gets circled on the calendar as the day Jesus will return. Most recently, September 23rd has resurfaced as one of those dates — with believers urged to “get ready” before...
View ArticleSaccharine Lyrics: A Response to Kendall Lankford
For thirty years, Biblical churches have been singing “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us.” But that was before Facebook. According to a recent post, there’s one line in the song that has been flying...
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