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Why Being a Charismatic Calvinist Shouldn’t Be a Thing

In an age when evangelical chicanery and doctrinal downgrade pummels the church with its flourishing absurdities, many of us find shelter in those old doctrines known as Calvinism. For those of us who...

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Rick Warren: Forget Sola Scriptura, But There is “Plus Scriptura”

  When the apostle Paul was writing his final letter to Timothy, he failed to include a number of things that are so frequently hurled about the Christian church today as utterly important, especially...

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Clayton Jennings, Money, Sex, and Cover-ups – The Story From Beginning to End

No doubt that by now you’ve heard of the Clayton Jennings sex scandal. Jennings, a self-described evangelist, and spoken word artist has been accused of, and admitted to, multiple affairs with...

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Joyce Meyer, Christine Caine Lead Women to “Activate” and be “Propelled” Into...

Propel Women, a nationally-recognized women’s conference put on by Hillsong’s favorite female fraud, Christine Caine, is being held in Orlando on Saturday, Dec 3, 2016. Caine, who regularly navigates...

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The Destructive Power of Pride and God Lessons in Humility

The single greatest problem we have in this world is pride and self-exaltation. We do not judge ourselves rightly. We overestimate our worth and we devalue others. In order to lift ourselves up, we...

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Clayton Jennings Downplays Sex Before Marriage as “a Long Time Ago”

Just recently on November 29, 2016, Christian News released an article by Heather Clark entitled “Celebrity Preacher Loses ‘License’ After Wooed Women Come Forward Citing Sex, Booze & Morning-After...

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A Calvinist Trojan Horse In The SBC? What a Great Idea! Let’s Fill It With...

A couple decades ago, the dust began settling on Bibles in the SBC. The denomination had just conquered the battle against encroaching theological liberalism, in which the literalness and the...

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Marketing Psychology and American Cults: Examining the Retention Practices of...

Religious Marketing in a Land of Opportunity Before British journalist Christopher Hitchens would ever become known as one of the “Four Horseman”[1] of the New Atheism movement, he was an...

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The Billy Graham Rule: Millard Fuller, Clayton Jennings, Tom Chantry, and...

Although the admonition can’t be found in the pages of scripture, many men engaged in vocational ministry are familiar with the “Billy Graham Rule.” A 2015 article published in Christianity Today...

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NARcissist Todd White: Jesus Saved Us Because We Are “So Valuable”

It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ....

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Robert Jeffress: “There Will Be Millions of Catholics in Heaven”

Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. – James 5:20 On giving a false hope to those hopelessly lost in a...

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Andy Stanley Says He Doesn’t Care About the Birth of Christ

Not too long ago, Andy Stanley explicitly denied the authority of Scripture and implicitly denied the infallibility of Scripture. He claimed that the foundation of Christianity was not the Bible, and...

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Justin Peters & Jim Osman on Spiritual Warfare: Rebuking Satan

(Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)   I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you...

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Steven Furtick: I Am the Sword Formed Against Death and Hell

Popular Word of Faith huckster and senior “pastor” of Elevation Church, Steven Furtick, is no stranger to reading himself into the biblical text. Furtick is the king of narcissistic eisegesis–or...

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Discernment Rules from Doctrine Matters

Recently, Pulpit & Pen came across a list of insightful “discernment rules” authored by Chad Bailey at doctrinematters.org.  These rules are republished below with permission: 1. Know the Truth....

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LifeWay Pastors: No Contending For The Faith Here

LifeWay Pastors is currently promoting what it calls a “GINORMOUS Christmas Giveaway”. “With Christmas rapidly approaching we do not want LifeWay Pastors readers to be left without a giveaway!” The...

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Christmas on Sunday? Yay! No Church! (At Least For Andy Stanley)

North Point Community Church … as it will look on Christmas Sunday This year, the Christmas celebration falls on a Sunday.   Accounting for leap years, this happens on regular intervals. It happened in...

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12 Questions For Those Who Believe Salvation Can Be Lost

The prevalent and most popular view in our time regarding salvation appears to be that somehow one is able to lose their salvation once it is given to them by God through Christ. They think that...

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Taking Christmas Off: A Form Letter to Wandering Sheep

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;  and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,  not forsaking our own...

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Merry Pagan Christmas?

Well, I haven’t been disappointed. This year is the same as every other year. It has become the norm for some Christians to express their belief that Christmas trees decorated in all their splendor...

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