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Imagine if evangelicals (of which I am one) spent as much time exhorting new believers to be baptized as they did justifying why baptism is a completely unnecessary "work" that the thief on the cross never "did." To live in life-long disobedience to a direct command of Jesus

Stumbled upon the decrees of Pope Hadrian to the English Bishops at the councils of Chelsea and Mercia in AD 787. Desperately needed again today. “The violence of the powerful…”

I just love stories like this. I love how they trigger the inner skeptic in me and remind me that the world is full of the strangeness of God. I also love that most of these miracles are actually “a guy from church” or “the old praying grandma” and not a guy on a big platform.

zillow.com/homedetails/52… Friends, any chance we can buy this back and turn it back into a church??

Next verse: "I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own." Can we not have some respect for the context here? This is a judgement text, not a "breakthrough" text.

Churches will seriously find the most creative ways to commit heresies when they create their statement of faith. What does this even mean?

There are so many Charismatic leaders whose Christology is abysmal simply because they refuse to read the creeds. Whenever we think we have the capacity to create a Christology from scratch, we will always create an inferior one. It is pure arrogance, nothing more.

Why is it so hard for leaders to say: "This is not God. You did not see Jesus. You did not hear Him say any of this." If we as pastors can't look people in the eyes and just say, "Knock it off" when they turn their delusions into spiritual experiences, are we really shepherds?

The majority of folks I see defending Micah Turnbo's visions are using some version of: "If you haven't been to heaven and encountered Jesus, you're not capable of judging Micah." Friends, this is a dangerous violation of Sola Scriptura. If the criteria for judging a heavenly

After Jesus is raised from the dead, the majority of His appearances occur in spite of the unbelief and weakness of His followers. What is Jesus' response to that weakness? DOUBT "Some doubted..." (Matt. 28:17) "Then Jesus came near..." (Matt. 28:18) FEAR "The doors locked for

The imperatives of the Great Commission ("go...make disciples" etc.) are bracketed by two glorious indicatives: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me..." "Behold I am with you always, even to the very end of the age." So the command to make disciples is

"It is this communion with God by means of "matter" that reveals the true meaning of "matter," i.e., of the world itself." -Alexander Schmemann on the sacraments

Transubstantiation, while not a "heresy," does overthrow the nature of the sacrament because it fundamentally obscures the logical principle of Christ's incarnational presence. It is sacramental docetism. The entire principle of the incarnation, as expressed later at Chalcedon,

"Leo" is fine. But, in my opinion, the first American Pope ought to be called Wyatt or Randy or Chuck.

I'm sorry but this got me good.

Landon, with all love: You are a non-denominational, charismatic pastor. So here's the historical background of how you got here: Protestant Reformers rebelled against the spiritual authority of the Bishop of Rome Methodists rebelled against the spiritual authority of the

John Stott on the role of leadership in the church: "If the oversight is pastoral not administrative, its characteristic mark will be service, not authority. Jesus said exousia (authority) belongs to lords, kings or bosses. Shepherds are called to diakonia (service); they give

Keller is experiencing a mid 2000's Creed moment. Almost everyone still likes him, but a handful of loud, obnoxious people made it unpopular to say so publicly. In 20 years everyone will come out of hiding again and confess their love for Keller.

If you've ever tried to dialogue with Word of Faith/Prosperity Gospel proponents, you've probably experienced this frustrating feedback loop: *try to address Biblical concerns about guaranteeing health and wealth* WoF person: "SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT EVERYONE TO BE POOR AND

A word for me, for you, and anyone else with ears to hear.