Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Event; Suspect in Custody

“WE. ARE. SO. BACK,” Kirk wrote at 2.23pm EDT. “Utah Valley University is FIRED UP and READY for the first stop back on the American Comeback Tour.”

(Newsmax) Charlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, the largest and most influential conservative youth organization in the U.S., was shot Wednesday during an event in Utah.

The Deseret News reported that bystanders saw Kirk shot near his neck during a Q&A with students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday. His condition is unknown. Continue reading

Trump’s Spiritual Advisor, Paula White, Praises Moonies Cult Leader: ‘I Believe In Your Calling’

“From my role in the Trump administration, I can also affirm that President Trump believes deeply in faith-based diplomacy. This is why he created the White House Faith Office and launched a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias and other religious biases. And he continues to advocate for religious freedom across the globe.”

(Protestia) Paula White-Cain is the head pastor of City of Destiny Church and one of President Donald Trump’s spiritual advisors. We last wrote about her after she insisted that Christians must not convert Jews and giggled while her husband recommended that Christian couples watch pornography together. Continue reading

Why Evangelical Pastors Lamented George Floyd But Ignore Iryna Zarutska’s Murder

This theological framework didn’t come out of nowhere. They have all been heavily influenced by John Piper-esque “hedonism” theology and this is the rotten fruit of his theological orchard. Piper has long baptized what he calls “Christian Hedonism,” but in practice it is little more than a re-packaged asceticism—a system where glory is found not in the joy of obedience to Christ, but in manufacturing elaborate ways to “suffer for the gospel.”

(The Dissenter) I saw this tweet by William Wolfe and Charlie Kirk this morning—Wolfe tagging Trevin Wax, demanding to know why he was quick to comment on George Floyd but has nothing to say about Iryna Zarutska. If you’re not aware, Zarutska was a white Ukrainian woman, a refugee of the Ukrainian war, who was brutally murdered by a black man, a 14-count repeat offender, in Charlotte. Continue reading

Entire Biden Presidency Was a Fiction From Which We’re Still Recovering

“The hard sell on Biden’s economy was really over the top. Paul Krugman hadn’t yet retired from The New York Times and was constantly churning out columns that all essentially boiled down to: Pay no attention to your financial struggles, you’re just too stupid to know how well this economy is doing. Variations on that theme were echoed throughout the MSM.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) It didn’t take long after January 20 of this year for evidence of all that we knew was wrong during Joe Biden’s sham presidency to start trickling in. That trickle soon turned into a flood of proof that it was all just as awful as we thought it was, if not worse. I haven’t written about a lot of it because, honestly, my Biden fatigue was already pretty bad by, oh, Super Bowl Sunday 2021. Continue reading

Love of this lost and dying world is a key marker of the apostate

15 Love not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man love this world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15 (1599 Geneva Bible) 

There is a certain type of love that God hates. We find that in John 15:18-20:

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours. John 15:18-20 (1599 Geneva Bible) 

God has no love for “love of the world system that is opposed to God.” Jesus made it clear in the passage from John 15:18-20 that those who are “of the world” are not of God nor are those whom He has selected from out of the world part of the world…. Continue reading

The Cost of Leniency: Iryna Zarutska’s Life and a Broken System

(Jon Harris – TruthScript) It is hard to describe the overwhelming anger and sadness I felt the first time I saw the video of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska’s murder. She was on her way home from work, riding a light rail train in Charlotte, when she was attacked and killed by Decarlos Brown.

Brown had a history of violent crime, including assaults and robberies, and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet he was still free, walking the streets, because of a broken justice system influenced by DEI-inspired ideology that prioritizes politics over public safety. Continue reading

The Christian Celebrity Music Industry is Run by Satan.

 

“Instead of addressing the reality—that attaching God’s name to an industry that celebrates sexual perversion profanes His glory—they smear the church with the world’s favorite insult. Racism. They cannot answer the charge of compromise, so they cry foul and demand silence. Of course, these clowns parade under the banner of Christ while spitting in His face….”

(The Dissenter) There, I said it. In the title of this article. That isn’t hyperbole, it’s the only explanation left after watching how this machine churns. Hillsong sold itself as a worship powerhouse while its leadership gorged on money laundering, tax evasion, and lavish “gifts” hidden from view. Continue reading

Hamas Leadership Suffers Major Blow

(Katie Pavlich – Townhall) After explosions in Doha Tuesday, the capital city of Qatar, the Isreali Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency confirmed strikes were carried out on Hamas leadership being harbored in the country.

“The IDF and ISA conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF released in a statement. “For years, these members of the Hamas leadership have led the terrorist organization’s operations, are directly responsible for the brutal October 7 massacre, and have been orchestrating and managing the war against the State of Israel.” Continue reading

License to Not Sin

“And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 2:2). 

Does forgiveness enable sin?

Probably the most frequent go-to verse for assurance of pardon in a worship service is 1 John 1:9. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

This assurance is honey to our flagging spirits when they are weighed down by the guilt of sin. It bathes the guilty conscience with the refreshing waters of God’s grace. Continue reading

Tim Keller vs Joel Webbon: Family Compromise

“Keller’s family life went viral over the weekend, and so did Joel Webbon. While I had known that Webbon had a communist brother, according to him, many, including myself, were unaware that his brother is also a tranny.”

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) One of the lesser-known issues with Tim Keller was his compromise on homosexuality. Indeed, The Gospel Coalition has been the leading organization pioneering the heresy of Side B theology which teaches that homosexual desires and identity are not sinful. But the reason for Tim Keller’s compromise was an “every single time” situation. Continue reading

LGBTQ Cross Carried Into St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo Urges Bishops to Celebrate Pride Mass

“These events are sponsored by Jonathan’s Tent, a pro-LGBTQ activist group dedicated to advocating for full acceptance, inclusion, and celebration of LGBTQ Catholics in the life of the Church. The group is named “Jonathan’s Tent” because they believe Jonathan and David had a homosexual relationship.” 

(Protestia) For the first time in history, a rainbow pride cross was officially processed into the heart of the Vatican after hundreds of LGBTQ Catholics attended mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, with the blessing of Pope Leo, who personally encouraged the vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Francesco Savino, to celebrate with them. Continue reading

Catholicism, ‘Invincible Ignorance,’ and the Exclusivity of Christ

“Paul was not canonizing ignorance in this passage, he was detonating it with a command to repent and believe, or else!”

(The Dissenter) An article at Patheos came across my radar recently that piqued my interest. It’s peddling the tired old Roman Catholic view of “invincible ignorance”, or the idea that maybe atheists can slip into heaven if they just don’t “know better.” It’s not nuance, it’s nonsense. It’s essentially universalism, and the Scriptures don’t pat ignorance on the head. It brands it rebellion and judgment. Continue reading

What are Wheat and Tares?

9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 Who said, I heard thy voice in the garden and was afraid: because I was naked, therefore I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 Then the man said, The woman which thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 ¶ Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15 I will also put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall break thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:9-15 Read Matthew 13:24-30 and Matthew 13:36-43 on the site.

When I lived in the Kansas City area, I had a preacher ask me what a tare was. He knew that I was from Oklahoma and he thought I would know. I am no country boy, but when I was a young man, I worked in a grain elevator. Actually, most wheat farmers I knew complained about a weed, which grew in their fields, they called “Cheat.”… Continue reading

Encountering the Living God

(Bill Muehlenberg – Culture Watch) I read the opening chapters of Ezekiel again this morning, and when I walked my dog afterwards, I prayed that I would have the experience that Ezekiel had. Let me explain. In chapter 1 we read about Ezekiel’s encounter with the glory of the Lord.

In verse 28 we read this: “Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.” Continue reading

BOMBSHELL: President Trump Was an FBI Informant Against Epstein

“They’re creating a hoax, just like they did with the Russian dossier, because they think it’s going to somehow be mud thrown on him. It’s not. He has no culpability in this thing at all. The president has clean hands. He wants all the records out. He has told me that himself.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) House Speaker Mike Johnson made a stunning revelation Thursday in response to questions from CNN’s Manu Raju about President Donald Trump’s use of the term “hoax” to describe the ongoing controversy surrounding the Epstein files. In defending the president, Johnson disclosed that Trump had once acted as an FBI informant against Jeffrey Epstein—a fact that has never before been publicly acknowledged by a sitting congressional leader. Continue reading

EU Speech Regulations Will Affect Americans

“If stating the fact that a man cannot be a woman is understood to be violence or terrorism, then your country is not living in reality, is not free, and is on the path to destruction. The UK seems to have gone through the Lewis Carol looking glass and is following the same path of confusion and backwards ‘logic’ into which Alice stumbled.”

(Thomas Gallatin – The Patriot Post) One of the most telltale giveaways of totalitarianism is the active suppression of free speech rights. That’s because people who are free to speak their minds are also free to influence others’ viewpoints and challenge the official state dogma. Continue reading

Minneapolis Shooter Had Another Target…and It Wasn’t Annunciation School

“Notice how this story has died quickly ever since Westman was identified as transgender and anti-Trump. The shooter hated everyone, but there was nothing the media could use to attack conservatives. Instead, we’ve seen the media play games, like not knowing what the motive was.”

(Matt Vespa – Townhall) Robert “Robin” Westman shot and killed two kids at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Another 17 were wounded during the attack, which was during a mass commemorating the new school year…. Continue reading

Damning New Evidence Emerges in Biden Autopen Scandal

“The expectation that autopen would handle Biden’s pardons and commutations says everything about how his White House operated and raises legitimate questions about who was really running the country. Staffers routinely mechanically applied Biden’s signature to legal documents, and now we know his own counsel admitted he never actually reviewed what he was supposedly signing.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Fresh revelations about Joe Biden’s autopen scandal paint a picture so damning that even his most loyal defenders should be squirming in their seats. Internal emails obtained by the New York Post show a White House in complete disarray, with staff frantically scrambling to figure out whether Biden actually knew what documents were being signed in his name. Continue reading

Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God

29 On the next day he sees  Jesus coming to him and he says, “Look the Lamb of God, the one taking away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 (translated from the NA28 Greek text to English)

In my Nave’s Topical Bible there is a subsection under “Atonement” titled “Atonement – Made by Jesus.” It covers half of page 85 and runs through half of page 88. I find it interesting that the post-modern leaders in the emergent church such as the late Brian McLaren focus so much of their energies on trying to deny that the Lord Jesus’ substitutionary sacrifice on the Cross to atone for the sins of His people was the primary mission of His incarnation…. Continue reading

Kennedy Turns Tables on Democrats in Fiery Hearing on CDC, Vaccines

Throughout the hearing, Democrats shouted at Kennedy and interrupted him, refusing to allow him to answer their questions even as they made incendiary accusations that he was “corrupt” and a “charlatan.”

(Joel B. Pollak – Breitbart) Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned the tables on Democrats on Thursday during a fiery Senate hearing in the wake of the recent firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez.

As the hearing commenced, Democrats held a rally outside the Capitol, demanding that he resign his post. Continue reading

The Ultimate Poison Pill: The Death of the Democratic Party and the Difference Between Good and Evil

“More Democrats have positive views of socialism (67 percent) than capitalism (50 percent). Strong liberals lead the way with 82 percent having favorable views of socialism compared to 28 percent who feel positive toward capitalism. Among Americans under 30, 62 percent feel favorable toward socialism, and 50 percent feel favorable toward capitalism.”

(Scott Pinsker – PJ Media) Theologians dedicate their lives to understanding the Almighty, but even the wisest, smartest theologian’s understanding is limited: A finite being is incapable of fully understanding an Infinite Being. The disparity is simply too great. Continue reading

Former GMA Dove Award Winner Holds Beachside ‘Wedding’ with Homosexual Partner

“The same man who once swore allegiance to the Lamb has now pledged allegiance to his flesh. After divorcing his wife of 33 years and announcing in 2008 that he was a homosexual, Boltz retreated into silence for a long time. But now, somewhere on a beach, maybe in Florida, we don’t know, that silence was broken—not with repentance, but with vows.”

(The Dissenter) Back in the 90s, few voices rang louder in evangelical youth groups than Ray Boltz. Choirs sang his ballads, even parents wept at his lyrics, and GMA Dove Awards were stacked on his shelf. Continue reading

Did the Jeffrey Epstein Victims Just Exonerate Trump?

“I thought this was about justice for the victims, who were abused by the dead New York financier and his right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell, who Democrats lusted to be deposed, got deposed, and then also exonerated Trump…”

(Matt Vespa – Townhall) The Jeffrey Epstein story was bound to become a circus, and the chances doubled once Democrats and the liberal media thought they could use it to take down President Donald Trump. The derangement exhibited by these people has long reached epic levels, to the point where rumor and speculation has replaced reality and facts…. Continue reading

Surprise, Jen Hatmaker Completely Denounces Church, Says She May Never Go Back

(The Dissenter) “The apostle John makes it clear: “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us” (1 John 2:19).”

To abandon the bride of Christ is not a side path in the Christian life—it is to abandon Christ Himself. There is no way around this truth. You cannot sever yourself from His people and pretend to cling to His Person. The bride and the Bridegroom are inseparably joined. Reject one, and you reject the other. Continue reading

Trump Orders U.S. Military Strike on Drug Boat, Killing 11 Tren de Aragua Terrorists in Warning to Traffickers

“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared, “We are going to wage combat against drug cartels that are flooding American streets and killing Americans,” as he prepared to depart on a trip to Mexico and Ecuador.”

(Bob Price – Breitbart) On direct orders from President Donald Trump, U.S. military forces launched a precision strike on a drug-laden vessel in international waters, killing 11 Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists en route to the United States. Trump declared the operation a clear warning to traffickers that those who smuggle poison toward American shores will face swift and lethal consequences. Continue reading