Recent content by illinoisguy

Agreed - these citations are missing the mark. The point of the quotes is to show that even many dispensationalists and fundamentalists admit that Jews after the flesh do not currently have any divine claim or entitlement on land in Palestine. The corollary of that is that Christians have no...

"We dispensationalists believe that the church has superseded Israel during the current church age, but God has a future time in which He will restore national Israel as the institution for the administration of divine blessings to the world." - Thomas Ice "There are a number of ways in which...

"There is no prophetic significance in the present partial worldly establishment of a Jewish state in Israel. . . . The present small and partial establishment of the nation Israel in unbelief is an entirely different matter from the tremendous miraculous event which is foretold in the Bible."...

Yes, yes, I know, Bill Gothard says we are not to listen to an evil report. It's better to keep covering up for clergy bullies. https://www.recoveringgrace.org/2014/02/silencing-the-lambs/ Silencing the Lambs: Listening to an Evil Report Series Overview: When reports of immorality became...

Here is Protestia's take, including MacDonald's side of the story, as well as the accusations by his former church, Harvest Bible Chapel: https://protestia.com/2023/07/24/disgraced-pastor-james-macdonald-responds-to-his-felony-assault-charges-i-blacked-out/ A Chicago area pastor once told me...

Francis Chan has been a bit of a theological loose cannon for some time now. https://protestia.com/2020/11/26/francis-chain-claims-to-be-jesus-heals-whole-village-without-the-holy-spirit/ Three years ago, Chan stirred up a fuss with some comments about the Lord's Supper which were...

The infamous "Cussing Pastor" Mark Driscoll is now pastor of Trinity Church in Phoenix [correction, should be Scottsdale] Arizona. Please tell any friends you may have in Phoenix to stay away! :mad...

Interesting item about an annual conference I never heard of until now, at First Baptist Church (IFB) in Rockford, Illinois. "The conference has always focused on conservative music and expositional preaching, though it has featured presentations of other sorts. Furthermore, CCGG was organized...

I met Dave Jaspers in 2007, at which time he was serving as visitation pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Schaumburg, Illinois. After that, he was the pastor of Ridgewood Baptist Church in Joliet, Illinois for some years...

The assumption behind some of modern-day evangelistic techniques is that if the prospect can be cajoled into reciting the "sinner's prayer," then he is automatically saved and secure. It is considered impertinent to question whether the prospect was "really saved," even if there is no evidence...

I checked out the Fallen In Grace web site referenced in post #47. It is a useful resource for understanding the warped mentality of advocates for restoration of fallen pastors. There are a lot of articles by Dave Hyles there, with a lot of weird stuff. In this article, he blames the people...

Looks like "fallen pastors" may be out of luck. There was some reporting in the past few years on how Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama was going to construct a retreat center for the restoration of fallen pastors. "The Lodge, funded by the church’s Legacy donations, is a $4.5...

https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/the-history-of-how-evangelism-was-corrupted.php This is a lengthy article but worth perusing. David Cloud cites John R. Rice and other authorities who taught repentance prior to the 1970s, such as Leon Maurer: "A rotely memorized prayer or some repeated...

Another convicted sex offender at Harvest Baptist Church (IFB) of Fort Dodge, Iowa, the new home church of convicted sex offender Cameron Giovanelli. Harvest was Jordan Webb's sending church when he was a missionary in St. Lucia. He was convicted of second degree sexual abuse of a minor, but...

https://cbctrenton.com/church-matters/2023/6/26/spiritual-influences-fundamentalism-and-its-many-manifestations "Weird Comes in Many Forms - The quest for safe spaces sent many Christian teens and their parents and pastors to packed sports arenas around the country where rapt audiences...