Staff Writer, Author at Protestia

Podcast: Christian Nationalists, Sex Abuse Scandals, Are Women More Courageous than Men, and Why James White Probably Owes Us an Apology

April 8, 2023

On Protestia Tonight, David discusses the SBC sex abuse scandal, the common ground between self-described Christian Nationalists and classical liberals on the responsibilities of Christians in Western societies, and why James White owes us an apology for bashing us over our skepticism of Rosaria Butterfield, who just recently publicly repented

Op-Ed: Protecting Your Church Against Mass Violence

April 8, 2023

It’s another sad day in America. A week ago, a Christian school was shot up, leaving six dead. Yesterday we reported another disturbed trans man was planning to shoot up a church, leaving a terror in his wake. Violence in church is really nothing new. In fact, about 10 percent of

‘Amen Church’ Removes ‘The Bible is Inspired’ From Their Statement of Faith+ Does Dante Bowe Agree?

April 7, 2023

A week ago, Amen Church founder Dr. Field Harrison shocked concertgoers attending the ‘Amen Nights’ worship concert when he attacked the inspiration of the Bible and came out fully as LGBTQ-affirming. Telling the gathered throng, “there are some people that want to treat the whole Bible as equal, just not this

Hillsong Church Gives T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer $150K for One Sermon

April 7, 2023

Hillsong Church likes to spend their congregation’s tithes and offerings like it’s burning a hole in their pockets. From their leaders staying in $22,000/night hotel rooms to pastrix Bobbie Houston buying $18,000 in designer clothing in a single day, to say they have sorely abused their people’s sacrifices would be

Federal Judge Dismisses Sex-Abuse Lawsuit Against Vindicated Paige Patterson

April 5, 2023

Despite being “credibly accused” of covering up sexual abuse while president of Southwestern Baptist Theologua Theology, a federal judge has dismissed the entire slate of claims against Paige Patterson and SWBTS. In 2018 SWBTS President Paige Patterson was then under fire for a spate of offensive comments that were unearthed

SBC’s Sex Abuse Task Force Pivots Away From Guidepost Amid Pushback

April 5, 2023

A month after the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) announced that Guidepost Solutions was chosen to develop a “Ministry Check” website to “establish and maintain a public database of “pastors, denominational workers, ministry employees, and volunteers who have at any time been credibly accused of sexual abuse and who have

Yea and Amen! Rosaria Butterfield Repents of Using Personal Pronouns

April 4, 2023

Rosaria Butterfield is the author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, and The Gospel Comes With a House Key. She’s one of the prominent Christian held up as an example of the power of the gospel on account of being a lesbian Women’s Studies professor who was saved and sanctified.

Pastor at Center of ‘Regrown Toes Miracle’ Announces He’s Stepping Down

April 4, 2023

Two weeks ago, a woman attending James River Church’s faced scrutiny and worldwide skepticism after releasing a video claiming that three of her toes that were previously amputated were miraculously regrown during a healing service Bill Johnson was speaking at. Lead pastor John Lindell co-signed the miracle, recounting, “As the

Hillsong Gives Ann Voskamp $107,000 in Honorariums for One Appearance

April 3, 2023

Ann Voskamp, perhaps best known for her bizarre writing where she declared that she “made love to God” in Paris one night, and whose mystical descriptions of her encounters with the Lord come across as some sort of spiritual sexytime with Jesus where he’s always trying to cop a feel. We

Transformation Church Addresses Carl Lentz Hiring During Service; ‘It Made National News that Somebody Got a Job’