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

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

Hillsong’s Brian Houston says he will step down

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has announced he will be transitioning away from his current role as global senior pastor. According to the New York Post, Houston, who founded Hillsong, told his congregants this past Sunday that while he and his wife Bobbie will continue to be involved in Hillsong, he Continue Reading

How to Study the Bible – And How Not To

I’m doing a little cross promoting today, sharing an episode from a podcast that I do with Michelle Lesley called A Word Fitly Spoken. I hope you don’t mind. I’m doing this because I am deeply concerned about the biblical illiteracy I am seeing, and it’s not getting better as Continue Reading

Why today’s “prophets” aren’t prophets

The best definition of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)­ movement is: A fast-growing Dominionist movement of new Apostles and Prophets who will lead God’s end-times army in establishing His kingdom on earth, by taking authority over earthly and spiritual realms. Let’s talk about the word Prophet. How do we define Continue Reading

LifeWay’s blasphemous new Gen Z “bible devo”

UPDATE: LifeWay pulls book after outcry (see statement) There’s a rad new Bible devotional in the hood, a whole new reimagining of God’s Word, and it goes a little something like this: Sunday Cool, a T-shirt screen printing company founded in 2016, has partnered with LifeWay to write a “devo” Continue Reading