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Victoria’s Secret is Inspiration for Sermon Series

Victoria’s Secret is apparently the inspiration for a sermon series on sex at yet another relevant church. “Victorious Secrets” is the name of the series. All of this takes on a surreal quality. How did it ever come to this? A Little Leaven has more.

Ed Young Rolls Out of Bed and Speaks to the World

Ed Young Rolls Out of Bed and Speaks to the World
You know that things have hit a new low when celebrity pastors no longer bother to get dressed or comb their hair before addressing the world. YouTube has a clip of Pastor Ed Young delivering his fascinating plans for the week while in his bathrobe and featuring bed-head hair. When you are that important,...

It’s Three Fads in One!

It’s Three Fads in One!
Last week I posted a link to Dr. John MacArthur’s piece on the great evangelical mess we see around us. I preceded his link with comments about the various fads in the church over the years, including but not limited to, Stryper, the 80’s Christian alternative to KISS, as well as the Left...

T.D. Jakes and the Eroticizing of Communion

T.D. Jakes and the Eroticizing of Communion
T.D. Jakes will be a featured speaker at Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit 2010. Jakes denial of the Trinity is no problem for Bill Hybels who only teaches leadership skills. Where leaders are actually taking people doesn’t concern him in the least. Worse still, Jakes is now turning...

Monvee: the Latest Church Growth Tool

The Better Than Sacrifice blog has an excellent post about the latest “innovative” way to build your congregation. It’s heading to a church near you: The folks from Leadership Network are into innovation in a big way. And they have something shiny and new. It’s called Monvee. Remember,...

AP Does Hit Piece on Homeschool Texts

The Associated Press is just now discovering that Christian science textbooks reject the theories of Charles Darwin. In that curricula like Abeka and Bob Jones have been around for something like 30 years, I’m glad that the Associated Press has finally caught up to this reality. You can almost...

Rick Warren to Stage Jonas Brothers at Easter Service

Rick Warren to Stage Jonas Brothers at Easter Service
The news reports today that Rick Warren is bringing the hot boy band, the Jonas Brothers, to perform for his “Easter Service” that is expected to draw an audience of 50,000. Reportedly, the Jonas Brothers are coming to entertain at the “Easter Service” because they are good role...

Driscoll: Avatar is “most demonic, satanic film I’ve ever seen.”

Driscoll: Avatar is “most demonic, satanic film I’ve ever seen.”
As was discussed earlier, many churches would rather have Avatar-themed services than warn about the dangers of the pop culture. Mark Driscoll, who has been appropriately criticized for choices he has made, at least can be congratulated for not passing out 3D glasses as they use a trailer to segue into...

GTY: How Did We Make Such an Evangelical Mess?

GTY: How Did We Make Such an Evangelical Mess?
by Ingrid Schlueter Dr. John MacArthur, as usual, nails it in this piece. Having had a front row seat to the ever changing freak show of evangelicalism over my lifetime, I can remember fads that many readers may not recall. I remember a cover of Campus Life magazine that featured a scene from Godspell...

Persecution of Believers in India Continues

Persecution of Believers in India Continues
See what it is like to be a believer in Orissa, India in this video.The video in this link will take you to a powerful three-minute presentation of the persecution of our brothers and sisters in Christ. This is our lead story today on the Crosstalk Blog today because we need to be reminded of the cost...

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