Mathis The Sailor Ram

Got some new art from Arwenology/MorwensCafeCorner on Etsy! 😀 Here Mathis is kneeling in a green meadow by a calm river, meditating on the promises of the Good Shepherd and His Word, the Holy Bible. ✝️🐏🔖

Other videos are here, and what Chambers says is mostly solid (although I don't agree with his KJV Onlyism, his comments on the NIV I believe are in error, and unfortunately video 8 has no working sound): @pawcreekchurch2370" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@pawcreekchurc…

As much as I do like MacArthur, I think Joseph Chambers would have to disagree with him on that: youtube.com/watch?v=oYL8oP…

FWIW, I say it differently. Charismatic individuals—from the movement—have made contributions. However, the movement has contributed nothing positive 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. That is, no pretend-tongue or prophecy or word of knowledge/wisdom has resolved a knotty issue or clarified a challenging doctrine. Ever. In that way, the movement has entirely failed to contribute any 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 good to the Body.

I miss Voddie, he was one of the best pastors who walked the face of the earth, and God used him wonderfully. 🥺🙏

I watched Kenneth Copeland "preach" yesterday and I saw him do two things I've never seen him do before. He is clearly in declining health. Here's a video I posted earlier today: youtube.com/watch?v=4ZHgYQ…

I don't even know how many Jesse Duplantis sermons I've listened to over the years. I can honestly say that, outside of his made-up trip to Heaven sermon, I don't think I've ever heard him preach one in which he did not brag about how much money he has. He can barely go 10 minutes without talking about his filthy lucre.

Have they repented? No. Vallotton and Johnson may have apologized for not warning the Bethel and broader body of Christ about Shawn Bolz, but that is not repentance. They knew about Shawn Bolz prophesying by data mining social media for over a decade. Bolz has been doing this for at least 13 years. The picture is a composite of screenshots of Bolz getting "words of knowledge" by looking directly at his smart device (he used both his phone and tablet, depending upon how the mood struck him). He did this routinely in the direct presence not only of Vallotton and Johnson, but every staff member of Bethel. Every single one of them knew full well what Shawn Bolz was doing. Anyone with two firing neurons in their skull could tell what he was doing. They didn't find out about this in 2019, they knew about it since Bolz started doing it - and they encouraged it. This is congruent with their other willful deceptions like putting gold glitter in their ventilation system and repeatedly lying (very recently, actually) about angel feathers appearing in their services. I, Steven Kozar, Chris Rosebrough, and others have been exposing this for a full decade in many YouTube videos. But because we are not charismatic, charismatics (the vast majority anyway) did not care. Know this: every single staff member at Bethel has either directly lied about all of these things or remained silent in their knowledge. They have lied to their members and to the millions of people around the world who follow them. Bolz is not only a "Google prophet," he is also a sexual deviant with who knows how many victims. They all knew about it and yet they still endorsed him and platformed him. Even after Mike Winger's video dropped, Vallotton came out and did his usual gaslighting and attacked the messenger. It was only after his horrible response got such universal pushback that he then "had an encounter with the Lord" and became apologetic. Stop blaming the Lord for your sin, Kris. The Lord gave you 66 books full of instructions and commands as to how to deal with someone like Bolz and you ignored them all. An elder must be able to "teach sound doctrine and refute those who contradict" (Titus 1:9). There is not a single person on staff at Bethel who can do either one of these tasks. Bethel has platformed and endorsed not only obvious liars and hucksters, but also the most egregious and blasphemous heretics ever to disgrace the name of Christ. This pseudo-church has regularly taught blood-curdling heresy from which anyone with even basic biblical discernment would recoil. They praise and platform Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. If you cannot refute Kenneth Copeland or Benny Hinn, you cannot refute anyone. And it's not just Bethel who knew all of this. Heidi Baker knew. Todd White knew. Stacie Campbell, Che Ahn, Sean Feucht, Michael Koulianos, Daniel Kolenda, Rodney Howard Browne, Patricia King, James Goll and many others all knew. They said nothing because they are all cut from the same wolfish cloth. Real repentance bears real fruit. Tangible fruit. Zaccheus kind of fruit. If Vallotton, Johnson, and the Bethel staff were truly repentant, they would realize they are not qualified to be behind the pulpit. They would immediately and permanently get out of ministry, shut down Bethel, liquidate its assets, and join a doctrinally sound church led by biblically qualified men, sit in the pew and learn. Anything less than that makes a mockery out of repentance. If you attend Bethel, or are a BSSM student or follow Bethel in any way - please, please leave. The staff at Bethel does not care about you and they certainly do not care about God. If they did, they would resign in shame. Leave Bethel and find a good church where you will be truly fed and cared for. Good churches are not a dime a dozen, but they are out there. One final way to tell they haven't learned anything? Attached is a screenshot of a "Prophetic Conference" Bethel is hosting next month. They advertised this last night on a loop minutes before Vallaton and Johnson got up with their crocodile tears. Bethel. is having a conference...on prophecy. Say, Bethel staffers, make sure you've got a good WiFi signal for your "prophets." That really helps them to get those 'words of knowledge' from God. And, if these folks were really prophets, they should have seen all of this coming. I'm not a prophet. I do not believe there are modern prophets. But I knew it was coming. How? Numbers 32:23 - "Be sure your sin will find you out." That is a more sure word of prophecy.

What's happening in Britain cannot be ignored here in the US. We are looking into a glimpse of our future if we choose inaction. We need to start pushing for policies wherever we can to make the encroachment of Islam harder.

@megbasham Having families, having lots of children if the Lord grants them, and caring for family members will be one of the most important forms of witness to the world in the coming decades, just as it was in the first centuries of the Church.

Extended family is going to become increasingly important and Christians are going to need to model for the world care of those elderly aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The way some pastors casually dismiss the seriousness of “restricting our freedoms” demonstrates how Covid authoritarianism was allowed to flourish. Because even our pulpits were saying, *even if we don’t have all the information, even if this is the most disruptive and unconstitutional way of handling the risk, let’s go ahead and support government overreach and mass violation of our human rights.* And some are still saying it. Which tells you what they will do if it happens again. And this is why we can’t just move on without talking about it. Because it cannot be allowed to happen again.

This is bittersweet to me. Great get for CBS, but Douthat really is the only incisive Christian voice at the New York Times so it’s a tremendous loss for them.

So what if I said its impossible to change genders - that it's not an opinion but a fact. Tired of calling it an opinion - its reality. If you aren't happy with it, keep scrolling but you better not expect us to be forced onto your delusions. Learn to love who you are and not something you aren't. Dont let others try to influence you. Ive been in the boat and that didn't work- I got tired of it in the Sonic fandom. Wake up people

170 fathers and sons at our annual rustic camping trip in northern Michigan with Christ the Word Church. What a beautiful thing!

this is 🤌🤌🤌🤌

Scott is wrong.

This is great to hear! You're doing a good work. 💪💪💪💪

BREAKING: I’m back preaching Jesus in the max-security prison. Recently, I was banned from preaching the Gospel at one of the prisons. God has moved that mountain. Lord willing, I’ll be back next week preaching the Good News, in solitary confinement, one level above death row. To God be ALL the glory!

Some of the work I did today! I wanted to do more, but my body won’t let me Time to rest up 💤