The tangled web: Rick Joyner, Todd Bentley, Lakeland, Toronto, and more
Some of the major players of the Toronto Blessing—and how they fit together with Todd Bentley, the weirdo that strangely, none of these Christian ‘prophets’ saw coming.
Some of the major players of the Toronto Blessing—and how they fit together with Todd Bentley, the weirdo that strangely, none of these Christian ‘prophets’ saw coming.
Monsters dwell here. Thankfully, these monsters are very easy to fool. See, one of their leaders, Russell Moore, gave away the game recently. And now we can use his foolishly-spoken words to pass through this blighted land in safety. Come with me. I’ll show you how to fool a monster tonight.
If you ever found yourself teetering on the fence about this religion, then this post is for you—because that problem and Thom Rainer’s solutions to it are both dealbreakers
Today, I offer up a recent blog post from none other than Thom Rainer, one of the biggest names of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He wrote about how pastors should handle anonymous complaints. And y’all, his post reveals one of the most serious disconnects in the minds of authoritarian Christian leaders–and maybe even gives us a hint about why their churches have been doing so poorly for so long.
I came face-to-face with two completely untrue beliefs I held: that my god transformed people upon conversion, and that Christians would never lie while representing that god. Hooboy, don’t ya just have to laugh sometimes? I was so innocent. So this story is about how my then-husband Biff arrived at that dais to lie for Jesus. To get there, he had to fool a whole lot of people–and that is exactly what he did. Today, let me tell you what happened right before that devastating night.
Today, we look at Christian Accountabilibuddies, which are totally a real thing that many Christians do.
Evangelicals’ answer to this trilemma is painfully easy to discern. I’ll show you what these options are, what they tend to go with, and what it means for us.
Their behavior might seem just bizarre, but it all makes perfect sense when we understand what they really hope to achieve. Today, I’ll show you three different ways that such people act out–and why they do it. You’ll see that they’re getting exactly what they want, in that moment.
Christian leaders push hard to get their flocks to adopt rigid, unworkable rules about marriage. There’s a reason for it, of course.
The assault had a horrific effect on her emotionally, of course. She sought help afterward from the church’s associate pastor. It isn’t her fault she believed what trusted adults told her about themselves.