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 Continue Reading
Discernment
Leaving BSF: Testimony from a former teacher
This is a timeline that I wish I didn’t have to share. But I love helping Christian women find solid teaching resources, and also warning them about the sand traps in most of the women’s “Bible Study” materials offered in our current time. Please follow the article links provided. If Continue Reading
Of bones and bathwater
You’ve no doubt heard the sayings, “eat the meat and spit out the bones,” and, “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” These are interesting metaphors for how we as Christians should somehow accept truth with just a tiny little lie baked in. As if there is such Continue Reading
What is Eastern Orthodoxy?
What is the Eastern Orthodox faith all about, and is it biblical? I remember a few years back when Hank Hanegraaf, the nationally syndicated host of the radio talk show program Bible Answer Man, was fired from his radio network after his conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy. When we examine what Continue Reading
Breaking the “theological bricks” and unlearning lies
Jesse Westwood is a 3 year alumni of Bethel Church in Redding California, attended Bill Johnson’s mystical Bethel School of Super Natural Ministry, and has since walked away from the Charismatic Church. I first met Jesse last summer, as we were recording several segments about the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), Continue Reading
Saddleback’s Rick Warren appoints 3 women pastors
In open rebellion of Scripture (1 Timothy 2:12) and defiance of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), founder and longtime leader of Saddleback “Church” Rick Warren, announced last week that he has ordained three “female pastors.” Via Saddleback Church’s Facebook Page: “Yesterday was a historic night for Saddleback Church in many Continue Reading
8 WRONG reasons for staying in a church that teaches false doctrine
Should you stay or should you go now? When God removes the scales of deception from your eyes, you may very well find yourself in a dilemma. The church that you love, attend, and where you were possibly even saved, teaches false doctrine. False doctrines such as word of faith, Continue Reading
Revoice: Normalizing homosexuality in the church
“Revoice exists to support and encourage Christians who are sexual minorities so they can flourish in historic Christian traditions.” That from the St. Louis, Missouri organization that started in 2018 to assist homosexuals who consider themselves Christian to be accepted into mainstream church communities. At its first conference, 400 people Continue Reading
Discerning Lies Women Believe About the Gospel
Ask any Christian woman if she would enjoy basing her faith on satanic lies, and she’ll look at you like you have two heads. Of course not! No one really wants to be deceived. Yet with so many trends plowing into the modern church, it’s easy to get swept away Continue Reading
Association of Related Churches: Time to get off the ARC
A few years ago I became aware of a network of churches called Association of Related Churches, or ARC. This church planting organization runs on the Seeker, Growth-By-Numbers model and started in 2000 with six founders: Greg Surratt, Billy Hornsby, Rick Bezet, Chris Hodges, Dino Rizzo and Scott Hornsby. The Continue Reading