I’m excited for today’s official release of the Spirit & Fire documentary series over on American Gospel – AGTV, a streaming service with 100-percent excellent Christian content. This project has been in the works for at least 5 years, and it is a comprehensive examination of Bethel Church in Redding, Continue Reading
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Elevation Church fires youth pastor amid sex abuse investigation at Texas megachurch
The following is provided by Christian Post and Watchkeep: Tim Somers, a youth pastor with Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church in North Carolina, was fired from his role after he was accused of engaging in inappropriate conduct with former students at Oaks Church in Texas, where he served as an intern and staff member more Continue Reading
“Schools need to teach about orgasms” NEA once told UN
In light of recent news headlines outlining President Donald Trump’s pending plans to dismantle funding for the Department of Education, I thought I would revisit this story from almost 15 years ago that many of you may have missed. Education bureaucrats are enraged over the president’s actions of course, because Continue Reading
Report: IHOP-KC’s Mike Bickle groomed and abused 17 women
New Apostolic Reformation leader Mike Bickle, who founded the International House of Prayer in Kansas City known as IHOP-KC, has had multiple women – 17 in fact – come forward and accuse the pastor and self-proclaimed “prophet” of sexual abuse. A new 68-page independent investigative report names one woman identified Continue Reading
Navigating Away from Theological Liberalism’s Sinking Ship
I recently co-hosted a discussion with Dave Jenkins on his podcast called Contending for the Word about recognizing the marks of theological liberalism, or as it’s more commonly known, “Progressive Christianity” (which is not Christianity at all, as it denies the authority and inerrancy of Scripture). It’s a topic I Continue Reading
A 2025 update and celebrating a decade of Berean Research
A big thank you to all of you who stop by and read the articles, leave comments, and share truth! 2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of Berean Research. I took a two-month hiatus from posting blog articles at the end of 2024, as I’ve been recovering from surgery (full knee Continue Reading
What is the Occult?
The Occult involves supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena, outside of religion or science. Includes relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies. – that’s according to the dictionary. Christians who’ve incorporated occult practices are syncretizing their faith with sorcery, Continue Reading
David Platt and yet another lesson in discernment
A two-part documentary outlining the actions of popular pastor, author and speaker David Platt is available to view, and it is a real eye-opener. It’s called The Real David Platt: The Hijacking of McLean Bible Church For anyone who remembers Platt’s book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Continue Reading
Bethel Worship School
If you are a Facebook user, one of the pages you might check out for news in the discernment world is the Exhort and Contend page. There isn’t information on who the site administrator is, so I can’t vouch 100 percent for this person’s background. But for news headlines about Continue Reading
Leaving the NAR Church: Mike’s story
I began publishing my “Leaving the NAR Church” series in 2017, and even to this day I receive new entries to publish. There are more than 60 stories so far. These stories are precious to me, and serve as a painful reminder that there is hope for the dear Continue Reading