Category: Op-Ed

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Hey Pastor, Online “Church” is Still a Sinful Deception

As churches are returning to “normal” after cowering in the face of COVID-justified government tyranny, there has been almost no true repentance for the sin of closing down Christ’s church. Rather, world-pleasing innovators in the pulpit are continuing to push yet another distortion of biblical church practice that just so

Mike Winger, Allen Parr, and the Darker Side of Christian YouTube

Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash, say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will

The De-vangelism of the Southern Baptist Convention

Every week, faithful church members dutifully write checks to support the Lord’s work at their local Baptist church, and thousands of these churches turn over a percentage of this giving to the para-church cooperation known as the Southern Baptist Convention. The bulk of this funding goes to support international evangelism/church

Discerning Praise and Worship – A Primer

Knowing that I’m a musician, many readers of Protestia and followers/supporters of Protestia Tonight have asked me how I approach the selection of worship music from a biblical perspective. In response, I’d like to humbly offer my rating system for figuring out if a given song belongs in your church

Op-Ed: How Doug Wilson and Co. Are Getting Lost In the Culture War

Last month we brought you this post How Doug Wilson and Co. Are Wailin’ on the Culture War, explaining why many are drawn to them. This is absolutely required reading before this post, being the first part of it, so click the link, give it a read, and then check

Op-Ed: Was the Apostle Bartholomew Even Martyred? Myths that’ll Preach

Well-meaning people frequently give a well-known apologetic as evidence regarding the resurrection of Christ, usually during The Easter Sermon. Preachers, teachers, theologians, and laypeople point to the Apostles’ deaths as circumstantial evidence concerning that event. They say things like, “People will die for a cause if they believe it to be

Op-Ed: The National Association of Evangelicals Fiddles While Healthy Breasts Burn

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) was founded in 1942 as a new coalition to ‘unify evangelicals and to function as a “middle way” between the bitterly divided fundamentalist and progressive streams of American Christianity.’” In actuality, they emerged as an ecumenical organization designed to serve as controlled opposition to