We are a people of faith committed to living into and out of the wisdom and compassion of the historical Jesus – a brown man of undetermined sexual orientation who arose from a people bowed down under Empire. His prophetic witness calls us to a risky engagement with powers and
In this edition of the Briefing, we talk about the Gospel Coalition’s transgender art show, their half gospel for advent, and their description of Jesus as a person who (much like a woman who has endless periods but no babies) failed to bloom. We then demonstrate the twisted, works-based, social
Yesterday, we brought you a story where, during an interview on the Dirty Glove Bastard podcast, Christian rapper Lecrae explained how really, anything is ‘church’, including his album release party where people were eating food and getting tattoos, further demonstrating that his theology has been progressing in a downward spiral and he’s
A few weeks ago we did a story on Bethel Church’s finances, the result of our curiosity after learning the 12,000-member megachurch led by Bill Johnson had broken ground on a nearly $100 million dollar Apostolic Training Center, and we wanted to throw some numbers and statistics at our followers, to
Former Megachurch Pastor Perry Noble has come out on social media bashing anyone who is critical of arch-heretic Joel Osteen, calling them angry idiots who are merely taking him out of context, while declaring he hopes the Lord continues to bless the famed prosperity preacher. For many people, the last
(Capstone Report) James Merritt defends his gay son’s preaching by lashing out at Southern Baptists who supported Donald Trump. James Merritt tweeted, “Sodomy is a sin. I disagree with anyone who says it’s not. But not all gays are practicing. I Also disagree with people Who think they’re courageous because
Several popular and prominent Christian figures have renounced their Christianity over the last couple of years including the former editor of Christianity Today, Mark Galli, popular Hillsong musician, Marty Sampson, purity culture pastor, Josh Harris, and recently Paul Maxwell. Maxwell is a former Desiring God and TGC writer and the author of the book, The
A quick perusal through Lifeway, the corrupt and compromised for-profit-publish arm of the Southern Baptist Convention reveals something interesting, which is how deeply it skews towards women authors. It really doesn’t matter what category it’s in. With perhaps the exception of ‘Men’s Bible Studies’, by and large, every segment is
When Kat Kerr, our favorite pink-haired charismatic meme-bot and “Dr. Michael Brown-approved prophetess” isn’t weaving an unbiblical tale of witchcraft and false theology by claiming that she has a picture of thousands of lioned-faced angels frog-marching chained demons across the sky in order to go to heaven for judgment, or that Miscarried Babies are
Andre Henry (MA Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a Los Angeles-based writer, musician, former editor of Relevant Magazine, and a wanna-be theologian who stopped believing in God years ago. In a conversation with fellow unbeliever Jo Luehmann, a self-described “Christian Atheist” who doesn’t believe in God but believes in Jesus,
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