Author Archive | Amy S.

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Shepherd’s Conference removes Alistair Begg from speaker lineup

Pastor Alistair Begg, who had been scheduled to speak in March at the Shepherd’s Conference led by pastor John MacArthur, has now been removed from the conference website’s featured speakers page* after controversial remarks Begg made in which he gave unbiblical advice to a Christian about attending a family member’s wedding to a transsexual. After […]

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Alistair Begg and tough decisions

American Family Radio announced it is dropping Alistair Begg’s program, Truth for Life, because of the pastor’s advice in a podcast last September to a grandmother to go ahead and attend her grandson’s wedding ceremony to a transgender person, and that Begg would not retract that advice. Elizabeth Prata at The End Time reports: “Though […]

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Farewell, Willow Creek

Every once in a while progressive-leaning site Patheos has a story worth reading. Like this one titled, Farewell, Willow Creek: Where the “Regular” Churches Can Go From Here, by Jonathan Aigner. I share it here because it captures the frustration held by so many who came out of the seeker-friendly model Willow Creek’s Bill Hybels […]

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The fruit of Global Leadership Summit 2018

“How many of us are saving our best for the next life when all we have is this life?” That’s one of the many nuggets coming from an allegedly Christian conference for Christian leaders. While the event distanced itself from it’s controversial founder, Bill Hybels, it remains a conference lacking in true biblical leadership. And […]

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BSF Leader resigns; warns members about 2018 Study

This week, long-time Bible Study Fellowship International (BSF) leader Linda Davis is warning members signed up for this fall’s new study, People of the Promised Land. Davis is a BSF veteran of 22 years. Please consider sharing this link with women who are not on social media. Also share our resources: White Paper: Purpose Driven […]

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Disgraced Hybels faces new sexual misconduct allegations

The controversy over Bill Hybels’ behavior during his reign at Willow Creek Church and his Global Leadership Summit is apparently worse than anyone could have imagined. New allegations of sexual misconduct against Hybels came to light this past Sunday, prompting his successor at Willow Creek to step down and more than 100 Global Leadership Summit site […]

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Leaving Louie Giglio: A Passion City Story

Many of our readers and/or their loved ones may follow popular teacher Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta He is the founder of the Passion Conference franchise, an ecumenical gathering we’ve warned about before (see, Passion Conference: A Pastor’s Perspective on The Importance Of Truth and Standing Against Apostasy). Red flags about […]

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