Who is a Christian? Who is a Muslim?

For many people the word “Christian” has lost or changed meaning.  It used to mean someone who was an authentic follower of Jesus.  Now it is often used as a synonym for nice, as in, “She’s a really Christian person,” or to describe someone who goes to church sometimes while rejecting the essentials of the [...]

An easy way to spot false teachers

False teachers will mock and discount the Bible as the word of God, even as they attend “Christian” seminaries and stand in pulpits of “Christian” churches.  That is a clear sign that they are fakes.  If they were true believers they would accept the word of God as the Thessalonians did.  Read this carefully:
1 Thessalonians [...]

Super freaks: Pro-abortion clergy

The “Reverend” Chuck Currie posted this Open Letter from Religious Leaders to Members of Congress Supporting Inclusion of Abortion Services in Health Care Reform.  Who needs Syrup of Ipecac when you have religious people not only wanting legalized abortion (bad enough) but wanting to make pro-lifers pay for it?  That isn’t pro-choice, that is pro-abortion.
And who doesn’t [...]

The slightly bright side

As frustrating as the oxymoronic “same sex marriage” debate is and as destructive as it is to the church, there is a bright side: It enables you to spot false teachers and churches with great precision.  They not only deny what the Bible clearly teaches about sinful behavior but they encourage the behavior.
As I’ve often noted, [...]

“Christian pluralism” – self-refuting, oxymoronic and arrogant

I was searching for the quote at the bottom about Islam and came across this post.  I decided that since I’d been analyzing the many problems with false teachers in the church that this would be good to re-post with a brief update.  This is more subtle than usual for me (heh) but I think [...]

The Great De-Commission

One of the most convicting things about pluralistic Christians is how radically their actions differ from their professed beliefs.  Oh, we are all hypocrites at times, but their hypocrisy is foundational.
A pluralist is one who believes that all religions (or at least most of them) lead to God, and that Jesus is not the only way to salvation. 
Now [...]

Emails from Chuck

After my last post that referred to Chuck Currie and some of his false teachings, he responded to an email containing one of my comments.  It became quite entertaining.   Seriously, I’d love to see him be honest and apologize someday.  I think it would do him good.  I wouldn’t gloat, I’d just accept it.  But [...]

God is still speaking? Well, yes, but how?

One denomination has a slogan that “God is still speaking.”  This would be true provided that it meant that God still speaks through his Word.  However, liberal theologians tend to use this phrase to mean that God is changing his moral laws.
Remember, these are the people who didn’t believe what He said the first time [...]

Bibliolators?

One of the pet terms that theological liberals like to call authentic Christians is bibliolators, implying that we worship the Bible more than Jesus.  I imagine they release plenty of endorphins over their supposed cleverness but the pejorative fails on two levels.
First, it is false.  We don’t worship the Bible, we worship the God who revealed himself [...]

Pagan Easter celebrations — UPDATED

Update: You can read a text of the whole sermon here.  You’ll learn lots of new things, like how Jesus died for being too nice.  When liberal theologians preach about John 14:6 the message is about how Jesus is not the only way and when they preach about Easter the theme is about how Jesus [...]

The power of Satan

It was with great sadness that I learned that a theologically liberal blogger was going to spend many, many thousands of dollars and countless hours going to some form of seminary.  I grieve for him and how he will spread his false teachings to a broader audience and I grieve for those he will mislead.  [...]

Michael Scott, President Obama & theological liberals

I always laugh at the scene from The Office where the boss, Michael Scott, reveals his utter narcissism and desperate need for approval:
Do I need to be liked?  Absolutely not.  I like to be liked.  I enjoy being liked.  I have to be liked.  But it’s not this compulsive need to be liked, like my need [...]

A different kind of denier

Holocaust deniers are routinely derided for their ridiculous statements, and rightly so.  But what is sad is that there are so many Christians who perpetuate a different kind of denial about the Jewish people, and that is teaching that they don’t need the Gospel.  For example, transparently false teachers like Chuck Currie parade as ministers of [...]

Poster people for the Second Commandment

In a thread at Marshall’s place a liberal theologian was claiming that Paul was wrong in some of what he wrote in the Bible.  Finding this amusing from a person who claims to be a Christian, I said, “Hey everyone, [name withheld to spare him further embarrassment] is right and St. Paul is wrong. Just wanted to [...]

Are Mormons really Christians?, Part II

A Mormon on a now-defunct blog wrote the following after I pointed out how it is frustrating for them to play the “We’re Christians, too” card while simultaneously trying to save us via their worldview.  I really appreciated his candor, especially in contrast to the kind of responses I got on Part I.
I can see [...]

False teacher fesses up

I commented on a post at Marshall’s and that got a couple of my fans all fired up.  They seem to have some bitterness issues and used the thread to work out some anger.  That’s inexpensive therapy, I suppose.  One I just ignored, as usual.  It works well. 
But another one was too much fun to [...]