According to leaked documents from the Hillsong Trove, Hillsong leaders gave their pastors some tips and “unwritten rules” on how to claim their generous housing expenses as deductions in order to minimize their tax burden, plaaying fast and loose with the rules in order to make things seem not as
In a recent video, prominent Christian influencer and former megachurch pastor Tim Ross claims that the lewd dancing by a professing ‘Christian Rapper’ Chance the Rapper that consisted of grinding against a half-naked dancer while slapping her butt was “inappropriate” but “not cheating.” By way of background, Tim Ross was
Kyle J. Howard, a ‘racial trauma counselor’ and a speaker and guest of honor at Julie Roys’ upcoming Restore Conference (despite being an incontrovertible racist, see note at end), has rapidly devolved over these last few years, becoming an avatar of one whose thinking is futile and whose foolish heart is darkened.
Chance the Rapper (real name Chancelor Johnathan Bennett) is a well-known rapper, singer-songwriter, and producer. Nominated for over 60 prestigious music awards, he broke out in 2016 with his album ‘Coloring Book’ which saw him being nominated for 7 Grammy awards and winning 3, including Best Rap Album, Best New Artist,
Mike Todd and Transformation Church have been involved in scandals on a regular basis, frequently unseen in any church before him. Some that come to mind include crowd surfing during his church’s worship service, hocking a loogie full of spit and snot into his hand and rubbed it in another man’s face,
Two years ago, David Platt gave an earnestly couched ultimatum to church members who were upset and contemplating breaking fellowship with other congregants who were promoting, working for, or voting for the pro-baby-killing Democratic party: maybe you should leave. Platt stressed the importance of the church’s unity, saying that peoples’ eternity is
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is the author of Jesus and John Wayne, a Calvin University faculty member, and a rising star in progressive circles because of her fight against the patriarchy, being gay-affirming, and seemingly unbothered by taking a billy club to parts of the bible she doesn’t like. She recently announced
Days ago Ron Hamilton, known for his persona of ‘Patch the Pirate’, passed away after a six-year battle with dementia. He was 72. A church music composer, singer, and evangelist, Hamilton lost his eye to cancer in 1978 at the age of 27. Wearing an eye patch, he adopted the
Shortly after Transformation Church put on their now infamous Easter production, they shared an emoji-filled message on Facebook, revealing that ‘this weekend over 500 people gave their lives to Jesus, and we want to let you know that all of heaven is rejoicing because of your decision.” They later added
A month before Brian Houston resigned from his position as Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church after being accused by the leadership of committing indiscretions with two women and having a drinking problem, including getting drunk and spending nearly an hour in a woman’s hotel room in 2019, he visited the
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