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The constitution of Harrison Street Bible Church in Oak Park, Illinois, adopted in 1947, stated: "We believe in separation from all worldly practices and in wholehearted devotion to the cause of Christ as the only scriptural basis for a happy and useful Christian life. We realize that it is...

"As I told the Chicago Sun-Times when Illinois lawmakers tried to weaken ALPR [Flock camera] programs with new restrictions: fewer crimes would be solved without them. I know municipalities that closed sexual assault cases using license plate readers that might have remained unsolved, perhaps...

"Just now some professedly Christian teachers are misleading many by saying that 'repentance is only a change of mind.'. . . The repentance that does not include sincere sorrow for sin is not the saving grace that is wrought by the Holy Spirit." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in "the Royal Saviour."...

Actually, Joel Osteen's preaching might go over quite well in hell: "Joel talks about God, but it’s always in a vague, amorphous sense. There is undoubtedly nothing distinctly Christian or Biblical about it. There’s nothing doctrinal or theological about the way he talks about God. Instead, He...

I do not have a "one size fits all" answer to the question of whether or not to allow sex offenders, or those with kinky predilections, to join and/or attend a local church. Such decisions are to be made within the congregation of each local church. However, I would suggest that when such...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the religious bookstore: https://churchleaders.com/news/2221086-the-shack-sequel-due-october.html "THE SHACK may do well for many in engaging the current culture, but not without compromising Christian truth. The book may be psychologically...

The story of a young man who survived sexual abuse. With heart-breaking details, scathing rebukes, and common sense (and biblical) solutions, this book is going to change your perspective on sexual abuse in the church. Whether you are a survivor of sexual abuse or a Christian looking for ways to...

https://www.epm.org/resources/2025/Aug/12/will-someone-who-prayed-to-receive-jesus-as-a-chil/ Question from a reader: "Nowhere does Scripture indicate that someone can repeat the words of a prayer but not show any signs of being changed by a relationship with Jesus. . . . We have to be...

https://sharperiron.org/article/rise-and-fall-of-kenny-baldwin "The idea that any of us could have fallen into the same sin as Kenny has come under intense scrutiny. IFB Pastor Stacey Shiflett, a sexual abuse survivor, responded to the suggestion that anyone could have committed the same sin as...

It's the return of the "should we teach people to invite Jesus into their heart" debate, which we discussed in another thread last year. https://rootedthinking.com/2025/05/20/do-you-speak-churchese-ask-jesus-into-your-heart/...

I'm not sure if I would care for Smith Wigglesworth's bedside manner: "Wigglesworth’s real calling card was something that’s all but lost in the modern Pentacostal faith: healing, which, for him, was a combination of prayer and violence. Wigglesworth believed that any sickness was actually the...

I'm concerned. It is my understanding that A Flock of Seagulls lead singer Mike Score has lost almost all of his hair and gone bald. It's not the way you look It's not the way that you smile Although there's something to them It's not the way you have your hair It's not that certain style But...

John Wilkerson Tony Shirley John Francis Andy Gomez Jr. Abdel Judeh Eddie Lapina Jubal Perez Ricky Torres Linda Wilkerson Becca Shirley 8 speakers from Hammond, Indiana and 2 from Marion, North Carolina - not a particularly outstanding nation-wide line-up of talent. https://www.fbchammond.com/yc/

"Smith divorced his wife (with whom he has three kids) and married his mistress (who also divorced her husband) this past spring. According to the Chattanooga Press, he told them his marriage occurred 'with the full support of our board and our pastors and counselors and families' . . . "If...

Department of Good News - attendance at Greg Locke's church is down 90%, and he's hurting for money. Weirdos in the pulpit, like him, need to be defunded. "But the congregation in the warehouse off Interstate-40 in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, has dwindled to a tenth of its...

https://churchleaders.com/news/408339-steven-furtick-facebook-post-ignites-false-teacher-claims.html https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/steven-furtick.html https://protestia.com/2023/04/27/stven-furtick-engages-in-rank-heresy-what-god-is-you-are/...

Well, he's baaaack! Another adulterous preacher restored to the ministry. Only took him slightly more than 2 years. "Four years after an adulterous affair with a staffer at his foreclosed Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Pastor Tavner Smith is raising money to move his growing...

More on the Second Baptist mess: "And this line, shocking as it may sound to Baptist ears, comes straight from the court record: 'The right to elect the senior pastor belongs solely to the senior pastor; and the MLT’s ability to remove the senior pastor is circumscribed.' "In short, the...

You are wise to express doubt that Dave Hyles will close down his fallen preachers "recovery" racket. As of February 2025, he was still in the recovery "ministry."...

The landmark 1983 Supreme Court decision, stripping Bob Jones University of its tax-exempt status, revisited: "The leaders of Bob Jones University argued that its dispute with the Carter Administration was mainly about religion, not race, because the school’s ban on interracial dating was a...