Shai Linne is no stranger to those who love Christian Hip-Hop music (he’s been my personal favorite for years).   He is not even a stranger to those who don’t love Christian Hip-Hop, although I’m convinced that Shai is on Phil Johnson’s playlist (see Phil Johnson’s GTY post here).   But now he is apparently no stranger to Paula White Ministries either.

Shai Linne’s new album “Lyrical Theology” features the pre-release single “Fal$e Teacher$”, which calls out 12 well known prosperity preachers.   So who made the list?  Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Paula White, Fred Price, Kenneth Copland, Robert Tilton, Eddie Long, Juanita Bynum, and Paul Crouch are all identified as false teachers (each of whom we could spend an entire post on).   Continue Reading…

Maybe I’m just old fashioned.  Yes, I still like preaching in a suit and tie on Sunday mornings (I know how to tie a Double Windsor knot and will be teaching my son).  Yes, I prefer paper books to digital books (maybe I’ll plant a tree to make up for all the ones I’ve killed in my library). Yes, I taught my kids to say “Yes Sir” and “No Sir” (it may not always reflect a submissive heart, but it still sounds good).   And Yes, I think some language should be reserved exclusively for the Son of God, and should not be shared with His followers, like…incarnation.

Is anybody else just a “wee bit” uncomfortable with the phrase “incarnational ministry”? Continue Reading…

When you looked into the mirror this morning, who did you see? Certainly not a cold-blooded killer…right? Maybe you should look again.

Just yesterday, I struck up a conversation with a couple that I sat next to, on a flight home to Baltimore. Eventually the discussion moved to the evil that struck Newtown, CT. “I’m no health professional” the husband said, “but something must have been fundamentally wrong, for someone to do that.”

“There is”, I replied, “and it’s the same thing that is fundamentally wrong with all of us. It’s sin.” Continue Reading…

According to a recent CNN poll, Obama and Romney are virtually tied in the presidential race. Our nation is split down the middle, and who will occupy the White House seems like anyone’s guess.  But a reliable source reveals that November’s election is not as uncertain as people may think.  The next president of the United States will not be determined by hanging chads and dimples on the ballots in Florida.  It won’t even be decided by the elite electoral college (regardless of what you may have heard).  A reliable source reveals that this year’s election has already been fixed. Continue Reading…