Guest Post: Losing a Family Member to the Bethel Cult

This is a story about losing a family member to the Bethel Church cult in Redding, California. Its about someone who works in the medical profession who is skeptical about COVID because Bethel was first. This story in the view of this blog is about a strained relationship and how Bethel causes harm not only to the community of Redding but also to families as well.

Ongoing Cult Like Behavior at Acts 29

A troubling story emerges from an undisclosed Acts 29 church in an urban Midwestern US city. When Denise got involved after dealing with a stalker the church acted very authoritarian even forcing her into a hospital. The Acts 29 church was so controlling that it prevented her from spending Thanksgiving with her family. Elder issues from an unnamed elder also became a factor as well. Some of the issues here are similar to what is happening in other Acts 29 churches in the United States.

Guest Post: Matt Boedy on Charlie Kirk Attacking John Piper for his Comments on Idolatry

This is a guest post by Matt Boedy. After John Piper criticized evangelicals engaging in idolatry in how they support Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk tore into John Piper. This blog post is an analysis of Kirk’s comments and his Christian nationalism.

Guest Post: Matt Boedy on the Flawed Christian Nationalism of Charlie Kirk

This is a guest post by Matt Boedy that looks closer at the Christian nationalism of Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA. This post looks at the problems of Kirk’s Christian nationalism and the twisting of scripture to get to his intended result.

Another Warning About Lance Waldie’s Harvest Bible Church in Cypress, Texas

In 2019 this blog published a warning about Lance Waldie’s Harvest Bible Church when a person formerly involved shared her story. Another story comes forward from Lance Waldie’s church and reveals why another family rejected it and walked away. If there are other people who would like to tell their story with Lance Waldie’s church this blog will give them the platform to do so. 

Guest Post: Steve Baughman on Pastor Tom Nelson of Christ Community Church, Ravi Zacharias and Keeping Christian Secrets

At the EFCA’s Christ Community Church in the Kansas City and Kansas area Pastor Tom Nelson wrote a glowing tribute about Ravi Zacharias. Steve Baughman who wrote about the issues involving inflated academic scandals with Ravi Zacharias as well as his sexting with a married women wrote Tom Nelson a response to his blog post. 

Guest Post: Sarah Leitner is Expelled From Liberty University After Reporting Abuse on an Official School Internship to Jerry Falwell Jr. Liberty Also Denies the Abuse Occurred

This is a post about how Liberty University mishandled an abuse situation by Sarah Leitner.  Sarah who had experienced abuse while on an internship eventually reported it to Jerry Falwell Jr. At the time she was a PhD student in the School of Counselor Education of Liberty University. After reporting the abuse eventually Liberty expelled her and mishandled the situation. 

Guest Post: Doug on The Fruit of the Spirit and Evangelical Thinking and Donald Trump

This is a guest post from Doug. In it he looks at the issue of the fruit of the spirit and evangelicals supporting President Trump. This is a look about evangelicals and politics in the context of the culture wars.

Guest Post: Josiah Callaghan on The Great Reversal

This is a guest post by Josiah Callaghan of the Minneapolis area on George Floyd’s death and the riots. Josiah reflects on injustice and is inspired by the Mary Magnificat in Luke. This blog is thankful for Josiah’s thoughts. 

Guest Post by Steve Baughman: George Floyd and the Evangelist Ravi Zacharias. The Cognitive Dissonance of the Evangelical Industrial Complex When It Comes To Scandal

Steve Baughman is an attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. He is also the individual that researched and found the academic issues and other scandals with Ravi Zacharias. With Zacharias’s death I asked Steve Baughman if he would be interested in reflecting on how evangelicalism responded to him and the academic and sexting scandals involving the well known Christian apologist. This is a guest post on how the evangelical industrial complex looked the other way when it came to the scandals with Ravi Zacharias.