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Preston Sprinkle, one of the original advisory board members of Revoice, the “gay Christian” movement within Evangelical churches, has been instrumental in shifting the church’s doctrinal stance on homosexuality and other aberrant sexualities. It is through Sprinkle’s extensive relationships with mainstream Evangelical leaders James Merritt, Matt Chandler, and even names like Beth Moore, that he has been able to popularize what was once denounced as forbidden fruit by Evangelicals. In a video clip published by Q Ideas, a ministry that is dedicated to mainstreaming controversial theological takes within Evangelical churches, Preston Sprinkle says that “listening” has been the most important...

Many sociologists now speak about the arrival of the post-Christian era in both America and the West in general. Way back in 1976, Newsweek Magazine spoke of “the year of the evangelical.” But church attendance is down in America. Young people abandon any semblance of their childhood faith as soon as they set foot in a university. This is a great concern in our churches. The Wall Street Journal recently published an analysis of national sentiment over the past 25 years on: · Religion: 62% in 1998 vs 39% today.· Having kids: 59% in 1998 vs 30% today.· Community involvement:...

The cultural conflict is no longer simply political. The economic value of socialism or capitalism is no longer the debate separating citizens. It is, rather, what our children are learning, whether in non-Christian state schools or even in some Christian schools, about their sexuality, their family life and the theological issues that determine ultimate meaning. The Sixties was a key moment for Western culture. It might be hard to imagine, but when I was growing up as a lad in working-class Liverpool, England, and even when I became a young man in the Fifties, I had never even heard the...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• MARTYRS IN THE BIBLE STEPHEN, FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS 6-7 STEPHEN “SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER” Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. The elders and the teachers of the law seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. They saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Stephen replied, “You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was...

3 October 2023 Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Ewaldi, Aplerbeck, Dortmund ( Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingZechariah 8:20-23 ©Many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of HostsThe Lord of Hosts says this: ‘There will be other peoples yet, and citizens of great cities. And the inhabitants of one city will go to the next and say, “Come, let us go and entreat the favour of the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts; I am going myself.” And many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of...

"And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not." "And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no...

Dear son, listen carefully: October this year will begin a period of great tribulation, foreseen by me when I was in France, in Portugal and in Spain. On those three occasions, I spoke about the cause for these [coming] tribulations. Be prepared, above all spiritually, for this period will not start with thunder, but will be gradual and will spread slowly throughout the world. The war [already] started will increase, as you saw above. There will be droughts, great storms and earthquakes in various places in the world. But as My Divine Son says: when you hear rumors, don’t be...

A Christian group that has called the seaside town of Ocean Grove in New Jersey home for over 150 years is in a battle with state officials and a local group over beach access on Sundays. The resort town — known as “God’s Square Mile” — has kept its beach closed on Sundays from 9 a.m to noon — a total of 45 hours a year — each summer so that residents can attend church services. But New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has issued Ocean Grove a violation letter stating the town is disobeying the law by cutting off...

The recent revelations about Andy Stanley’s gay-affirming theology come as no surprise to those who have watched the North Point pastor’s descent into heresy over the past decade. While not surprising, they do confirm unequivocally Stanley’s position and intent to affirm homosexuality in the Church. As reported extensively, Stanley’s “Embracing the Journey” conference provided a platform for speakers who actively promote acceptance and even celebration of homosexuality within the church, representing an unambiguous departure from historic orthodox Christian teaching on sexuality. However, the bigger issue is not Stanley’s own drift—as we’ve been covering this for years at The Dissenter—but the...

Earlier this week, North Point Community Church hosted the Embracing the Journey conference, a two-day event for parents who have LGBTQ children or loved ones in their lives. Notably, nearly all the speakers were gay-affirming, including two men who are in homosexual marriages. We’ve been writing about it for a long time, documenting the theological drift of one of the largest megachurches in America, frequently with exclusive reporting. Some of the stories include: North Point Church Is Sending Children to All-LGBTQ Therapists: We Profile One of The Counselors Celebrating Transgenderism?! North Point Church Staffers Rejoice After Man Comes Out as...

Update. Our first report on the conference is up here (on link) Here is a partial excerpt from Andy Stanley’s sermon today addressing the controversy over his gay-affirming conference. It was not streamed or publicly shared, but we have access to it, and we’re posting it in full at the end. Because we were present at the Embracing the Journey conference, we will be giving a full report starting on Monday, but we can reveal here that this sermon sits in stark and diametric contrast to what was said at the conference. Stanley is lying, and he is speaking out...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• MARTYRS IN THE BIBLEMARTYRED PROPHETS ZECHARIAH 2 CHRONICLES 24: The officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God’s anger came upon Judah and Jerusalem. Although the LORD sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen. Then the Spirit of God came upon...

2 October 2023 The Holy Guardian Angels on Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Wallis, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 8:1-8 ©The Lord will return to ZionThe word of the Lord of Hosts was addressed to me as follows:‘The Lord of Hosts says this.I am burning with jealousy for Zion,with great anger for her sake.‘The Lord of Hosts says this.I am coming back to Zionand shall dwell in the middle of Jerusalem.Jerusalem will be called Faithful Cityand...

"And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Revelation 9 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven...

Did you know that the globalists’ depopulation agenda points to another end-of-days prophecy? Jesus made this startling prediction in Matthew 24:21-22: “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.“ Although Jesus is referring to His return at the end of the Tribulation, talk of drastically reducing the earth’s population among today’s powerbrokers signals that Jesus’...

1 October 2023 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Basilica of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, crypt Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingEzekiel 18:25-28 ©When the sinner renounces sin, he shall certainly liveThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘You object, “What the Lord does is unjust.” Listen, you House of Israel: is what I do unjust? Is it not what you do that is unjust? When the upright man renounces his integrity to commit sin and dies because of this, he dies because of the evil that he himself has committed. When the sinner renounces...

On Sept. 20, 2023, during a meeting between Russia’s Defense Minister and Iran’s Minister of Defense and Armed Forces, the Iranian minister said: “Russia and Iran have developed to reach an unprecedented new level of cooperation and understanding.” “Our relations in the fields of defense and security have attained unprecedented development over the past decade.” “I have no doubt that our cooperation will lead to peace and stability on the world stage.” It would be wise to consider what God said along these lines more than 2,600 years ago. In the latter years and latter days, Gog (the dictator) of...

Movie about Phil Robertson (Duck Commander). Released on the 28th. In theaters, but they will include your church if you ask nicely.

For decades thousands of Christian lovers of Israel have participated in the Jerusalem March that takes place during the biblical feast of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. They do this in preemptive fulfillment of Zechariah 14:16, which tells us: “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.” They also do it in repudiation of Replacement Theology and centuries of Christian mistreatment of the Jewish people, and as...

30 September 2023 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Jerome Church in Walbridge, OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 2:5-9,14-15 ©'I will be the glory of Jerusalem'Raising my eyes, I saw a vision. It was this: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to find out her breadth and her length.’ And then, while the angel who was talking to me stood...