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Playing the Pharisee Card

Playing the Pharisee Card
Rev. Todd Wilken of Issues, Etc. has an excellent article regarding those who play the Pharisee Card to attack those who warn of false teachings. As Wilken points out, this card is used much as the race card or gender card is used to shut down those who have unpopular messages. I have been called a Pharisee...

Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel

The Christian Post has an article that addresses the rampant health and wealth prosperity gospel in evangelical churches, and not just the kind found on television either. Most professing Christians in America are infected with at least some measure of the health and wealth gospel, said one theologian. That...

John MacArthur Raises the Error Alert

John MacArthur Raises the Error Alert
In this article, John MacArthur asks why so few in the pulpit act as though false teachers are a reality today. It takes just about five minutes following some of the celebrity pastors on Twitter to understand that they, and not Christ, are at the center of their ministries. MacArthur points out that...

Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas: Does It Matter?

There’s a big movement that’s using boycotts to force retailers to use “Merry Christmas” instead of generic phrases like “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings.” Of course, the destruction of Christmas should bother us as Christians who care deeply about...

Preaching in the Flesh?

This blog post, written by Pastor Jon Cardwell, addresses the issue of otherwise biblically sound preaching, preached in the flesh. There is cautionary teaching here, and some clarity regarding pastors who are using profanity and other worldly speech, ironically, to make their points against sin.

Ambition Hinders Christian Life and Ministry

The following piece by E.M. Bounds was featured today at PuritanFellowship.com. It says much about why Christianity looks like it does today. On a ministry forum online recently, a young pastor admitted that he really admired some cool, big churches with hip, popular pastors and hoped he could make his...

“Judge Not!”: Discerning a Believer’s Call to Judge

“Judge Not!”: Discerning a Believer’s Call to Judge
Any time a Christian raises objections to false teaching these days, the verse from Scripture, “Judge not, lest ye be judged” is hauled out. In this helpful Bible study, Pastor Bob DeWaay teaches about the biblical use of this verse in light of many other verses that clearly call for biblical...