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https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-americans-dont-want-to-bomb-iran-for-the-government-of-israel/

The Presbyterian Church of America just suspended a pastor from ministry for having practiced dictatorial preacher rule: https://theaquilareport.com/central-florida-presbytery-judicial-commission-announces-verdict-in-burk-parsons-case/ "The three charges for which Parsons was found guilty...

We are going to have to build a wall around Los Angeles. And make Los Angeles pay for the wall.

Could Canada pulleeze take in California with all the Mexican flag-waving "mostly peaceful" rioters?

If evangelical Christianity is to be self-correcting, with regard to the problems in our movement, then there needs to be some accountability and exposure for those who are guilty of abuse, immorality or slander. Of course, this principle would apply not only to those exposed by journalists...

Okay, if Julie Roys is not fit or qualified to report on the various sex scandals, abuse scandals, and financial scandals among Christian televangelists, Christian megachurch preachers, Christian faith healers, Christian rockers and Christian rappers, is there another better source of...

Posted for informational purposes - not intended as an endorsement of everything in the article or everything that David Cloud has ever written. https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/church-of-the-green-light.php "The effect of Highland Park's missionary conferences was electrifying. Hundreds of...

Someone with expertise in analysis of Form 990s may want to click on the links in post #16, 4th paragraph and tell us what these figures say about the financial trajectory of BJU. The figures do not look so good to me: Part I Total Revenue - $212,395,892 in 2016, down to $104,924,483 in 2022...

Current state of BJU: This article, dated May 21, 2025, has a rather grim, pessimistic headline: As finances and enrollment plummet, Greenville's Bob Jones University picks 3rd president in 3 years "Bob Jones University graduate and long-time faculty member Bruce McAllister will be the next...

You asked for it, so here it is: "CARY SCHMIDT, LONG-TIME LEADER AT WEST COAST BAPTIST COLLEGE, HAS BEEN A CHRISTIAN ROCKER SINCE HIS TEEN YEARS. Cary Schmidt took the pastorate of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Newington, CT, in 2012, after serving 22 years with Paul Chappell at Lancaster. He left...

More, from Paul Washer: https://sermonscript.com/paul-washer/regeneration-vs-the-idolatry-of-decisional-evangelism "I want us to look at the basic invitation for men to come to Christ that is most prominent in America today. A standard contemporary invitation: 'God loves you and has a...

More, from "Grace To You" web site: https://www.gty.org/library/Print/Blog/B160120 "Too many people assume their entrance into God’s family is a function of their own earnest desire. Phrases like 'Asking Jesus into my heart' or 'Accepting Jesus as my personal Savior' are emblematic of a...

This missionary says "no" - https://rootedthinking.com/2025/05/20/do-you-speak-churchese-ask-jesus-into-your-heart/ “'Ask Jesus into your heart.' You’ve heard it said. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. Often, it’s what we say to children as we encourage them to become Christians. I’ve heard it in...

Josh Crockett has gone back to his previous pastorate at Morningside Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina, although it appears that he will continue to have an unspecified "leadership" role at Bob Jones University. https://morningside.org/pastoral-transition Bruce McAllister is the new...

Seems like I keep on hearing about what a "giant of the faith" St. Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274) was - and not just here on this forum, by any means. So, let's talk about him. What did Aquinas teach that was so great? [Aquinas] "exploited the works of Aristotle for purposes of Christian...