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I’m 65 pages into Megan Basham’s controversial new book Shepherd’s for Sale and I can’t help but notice all the familiar names I’m seeing from the last decade of work we’ve done at Protestia, the DISNTR, and right here at Pulpit & Pen. The evangelical actors being exposed to the light of day by Basham’s ... Read more
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This is part 2 of a multipart series on the pastoral career of Stevie Flockhart of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Part 1 can be found here. In 2016, SonCoast Church in Boca Raton, Florida was looking for a new pastor, a younger one. As an aging church, Soncoast hoped hiring a young pastor would ... Read more
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Alistair Begg is one of the most well-respected preachers in all of evangelicalism. His Truth For Life radio and media ministry reaches thousands of listeners every day. He has been the pastor of Parkside Church since 1983. Even those who don’t know his name are probably familiar with his powerful “Man on the Middle Cross” ... Read more
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Are you looking for a Church in the Dalton area? Consider Rock Bridge Community Church?
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Who is the worst Christian of 2023? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The fact of the matter is that there are none worthy to stand righteous before God except his perfect son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer struggles with sin every day and will continue to do ... Read more
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This is part 1 of a multipart series on the pastoral career of Stevie Flockhart of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. A few months ago, Pulpit & Pen was contacted by disaffected members of 901 Church in Memphis, Tennessee. These members made a number of disturbing allegations about 901’s founding pastor, Stevie Flockhart. Given what ... Read more
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Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ in the year 2023? Using a number of criteria Pulpit & Pen has identified a list of nominees from a pool of eligible individuals (obvious charlatans and the theologically heterodox* were not included for consideration). In ... Read more
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Jason Paredes is the lead pastor of Fiedler Church, a multi-campus Southern Baptist Church out of Arlington, Texas. He was one of the slim minority of Messengers at the June 2023 Southern Baptist Convention who opposed the disfellowshipping of Saddleback Church. Saddleback, as has been widely reported, was disfellowshipped for appointing a female to the ... Read more
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Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention suffered the embarrassment of learning that the interim CEO of its Executive Committee, Willie
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Last week, news broke that interim CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Willie McLaurin, had resigned.
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New Season Church in Hiram, Georgia is hosting a leadership summit for Johnny Hunt on September 14th. Along with Hunt,
The post Johnny Hunt and Steve Flockhart: A New Season of Grifting appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
Women should study systematic theology. This is something I thought was obvious to other Christians walking around planet earth. Apparently
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Dear Nancy, I am going to come right out and say this: Seacoast Church is a problem. You need to
The post An Open Letter to Nancy Mace Regarding Seacoast Church appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
In the Halcyon days of Pulpit & Pen, new articles came out every day. There were multiple writers contributing back
The post Elevation Church, Greg Locke, Julie Roys, and JD Greear Were Awful While I Was Sick appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
Rick Warren has issued an apology to Christian women. The retired pastor of Saddleback Church is in the midst of
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On May 26th 2023, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law The Anti-Homosexual Act. This law not only criminalizes homosexual
The post Watch Queens on the Wall: Ted Cruz and Russell Moore Bungle Christian Response to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexual Law appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
Last week here at Pulpit & Pen I published a post entitled “Elevation Worship: Manslaughter or Murder” questioning the motivations
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Do you know the difference between first degree murder and second degree murder? Premediation. In other words, it’s a more
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This Sunday morning, hundreds, if not thousands, of teenage boys and girls will attend services at a North Point Ministries
The post Suppprt Missionary Scott Morgan: Plucking Brands from Andy Stanley’s Fire appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
Every business has a busy season. In order to be successful, corporate marketing departments prepare for these busy-seasons long in
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Russell Moore, the former President of the ERLC and the current Editor-in-Chief of Christianity Today, is a featured speaker at
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One of the first articles I ever published at this site was entitled “Ecumenism, Book Sales, Beth Moore, and the
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Dear Jackie, My friends at Protestia recently published yet another critical article about you. Their latest critique is about the
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For nearly two weeks, Christian social media has been atwitter with commentary over what’s being called “The Asbury Revival” at
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There is probably no greater insult the child of a revered parent can recieve than “The apple has fallen far
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At this point, let’s not deceive ourselves into thinking that Andy Stanley’s churches are populated by regenerate, bible-beliving Christians. In
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In 1985 a group of popular musical acts calling themselves Artists United Against Apartheid released the song Sun City. Sun
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Baptist preacher Costi Hinn knows a spectacle when he sees one. For years he was in the employ of his
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In a recent video posted through Instagram, Jackie Hill Perry decried the Enneagram as “demonic”. Not only did Perry condemn
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“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” Dolly Parton. Riverside Community Church is a PCA congregation that
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When I was a kid at Woodland Park Baptist Church, the music minister sat on the platform in a wingback
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On a recent Sunday at a Southern Baptist Church, I was exposed to the song Gratitude by Brandon Lake. I
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For years my parents have taken an annual Spring or Summer vacation to Amelia Island, just outside of Jacksonville, Florida.
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“She lies and says she’s in love with him; can’t find a better man.” Eddie Vedder Was Santa at your
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Last Sunday, I attended a worship service at a Southern Baptist Church where I Speak Jesus by Charity Gail was
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Who is the worst Christian of 2022? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The
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I don’t think I’ve ever met a fellow Tennesseean who doesn’t like Dolly Parton. She’s folksy, funny, talented, beautiful, and
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According to an article published at Church Leaders, Christian music superstar Amy Grant is set to host, at her 450-acre
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Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ
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Benny Tate is the pastor of Rock Spring Church, a four-campus Congregational Methodist Church based in Milner, Georgia. In addition
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To the Members of Hiland Park Baptist Church, It has come to my attention that a group of four pastors,
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Yesterday, Mark Wingfield at Baptist News Global published an article entitled “Sills lawsuit misrepresents a piece of evidence, and that
The post Baptist News Global Publishes False Claim about Tom Ascol and Hyper Calvinism appeared first on Pulpit & Pen.
During my (almost) two decades in the workforce, I have been given a number of personality assessments and EQ tests
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Long-time readers of this website may be surprised to learn that I have never read a single article written by
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On the most recent episode of his Reasonable Faith podcast, William Lane Craig, the world’s foremost apologist, responded to a
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Just a friendly reminder that we are now at www.protestia.com You can also reach us on gab and twitter at
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On this episode of Polemics Report for January 26th, 2022, David reveals JD Greear trashing his church, Revelation 2, and
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Who is the worst Christian of 2021? On the surface, this seems like a foolish or even pharisaical question. The
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On this episode of Polemics Report for December 21st, 2021, JD and David talk about the nominees for the worst
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Who out there, among the professing, has had the most deleterious effect on the health of the body of Christ
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On this episode of Polemics Report for December 16th, 2021, JD and David discuss Mike Stone withdrawing his defamation lawsuit
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On this episode of Polemics Report for December 14th, 2021, we recorded our Tuesday night Bulldogmatic Bible Study to give
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On this episode of Polemics Report for December 3rd, 2021, JD and David discuss the twisting of the meaning of
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“We’ve made a lot of progress, but we have a long way to go.” So said former Southern Baptist Convention
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On this episode of Polemics Report for November 23rd, 2021, JD and David return after a short hiatus touring around
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On this episode of Polemics Report for November 9th, 2021, JD and David talk about the REAL trap set by
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On this episode of Polemics Report for November 4th, 2021, JD “ambushes” his friend Steve Camp on how to address
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On this episode of Polemics Report for November 3rd, 2021, JD recounts getting kicked off a United flight after being
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On this episode for Polemics Report for October 28th, 2021, David takes issue with a Gospel Coalition article discouraging believers
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On this episode of Polemics Report for October 21st, 2021, JD and David discuss John Piper’s bizarre attempt to convince
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On this episode of Polemics Report for October 12th, 2021, JD welcomes Brent Allen Winters of commonlawyer.com to discuss the
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On this episode of Polemics Report for October 6th, 2021, JD and David discuss the criminalizing of parental civic engagement by
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On this episode of Polemics Report for September 24th, 2021, JD outlines the new way to get Protestia ad-free, and
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On this episode of Polemics Report for September 21st, 2021, we opine on the archetypical SBC lackey caricaturized by Bart
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Gideon Knox publisher, JD Hall, spoke on a 7-stop tour throughout Montana last week on the theme, “Keeping the Blue
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