Warren Throckmorton
Warren (Hustorian) Throckmorton
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Andy Wood Chooses Not to Answer Questions about Mark Driscoll – Warren Throckmorton
On August 12, Andy Wood, incoming pastor of Saddleback Church, addressed in a tweet a growing chorus of voices calling on him to explain why he featured Mark Driscoll as a speaker at his leadership conference in May, 2021. > In the past I interviewed Mark Driscoll to help pastors learn from his mistakes. Since then additional controversy and pain has come out. My choice hurt and confused many… → Read More
Grace Community Church and LA County See Today’s Superior Court Action Differently; Updated with Court Orders – Warren Throckmorton
Today, Judge Mitchell Beckloff of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles twicw took up the matter of the County of Los Angeles v. Grace Community Church. According to the minute orders available from the County of LA court website, the judge ruled that the “Defendants (Grace Community Church) request for ‘expedited preliminary injunction discovery’ and a continuance of the… → Read More
Trump Foundation Pays Damages and Dissolves – Warren Throckmorton
In any other administration, this would be huge news and perhaps rise to the level of impeachment talk. In early November, the state of New York filed a settlement with the Trump Foundation which required the organization to close and give nearly $4-million to charities. That sum includes a $2-million fine and the remaining $1.8 million in Foundation assets. I have been reporting on churches,… → Read More
Eric Metaxas Appears to Minimize His Part in Spreading False Bonhoeffer Quote – Warren Throckmorton
In 2016, I discovered that this famous quote could not be found in any of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works: > Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. The quote attributed to Bonhoeffer was popularized by Eric Metaxas after it was published on the jacket of his best selling book on Bonhoeffer in 2010. To my… → Read More
Regret in Medical Transition: Research from the Amsterdam Gender Dysphoria Study
One of the significant issues in treating gender dysphoria is an examination of regret, if any, experienced by patients who engage in surgical interventions. In a remarkable paper published recently in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, a report of cases seen from 1972-2015 in the largest gender identity clinic in Amsterdam is presented. The sample was … → Read More
Gospel for Asia's Believers' Church Medical Center Dumps Poor Patient
Gospel for Asia’s field partner in India is Believers’ Church. K.P. Yohannan is founder and CEO of Gospel for Asia and he is Metropolitan Bishop of Believers’ Church. GFA has sent hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars to India to support Believers’ Church and Believers’ Church has built an impressive array of schools and medical … → Read More
Gloria Copeland: Jesus Gave Us the Flu Shot
Since October 2017, over 2300 Texans have died due to the flu. In the face of that fact, Gloria Copeland, wife of word of faith preacher Kenneth Copeland, took to Facebook yesterday to declare that there is no flu season. Although she doesn’t explicitly discourage getting a flu shot, it certainly sounds like she wants … → Read More
Kenneth Copeland Loves His New $36 Million Jet
Kenneth Copeland is one lucky dude. It seems pretty obvious to me that his ministry is about him and how much stuff he can accumulate. In this video, he can barely contain his gleeful pride in his latest acquisition: a $36-million jet. Watch: Why does Copeland need another jet? According to him, flying commercial would … → Read More
I Have a Dream Speech
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. today, I link to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Be inspired. For a transcript of the speech, you can consult the National Archives at this link. It is fascinating to examine … → Read More
Trump Administration Halts Contracted Work on National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices
Yesterday, a contractor for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration alerted program participants that funding for work on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices had been terminated “for the convenience of the government.” According to a source with the contractor, the work was not terminated due to any problems with their … → Read More
Was Ravi Zacharias a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University?
The short answer is no. There are some facts mixed in with a misleading statement, so let’s examine the claim. Zacharias said he studied at the University of Cambridge in 1990. In his book, Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows, Zacharias wrote: Was Ravi Zacharias a Visiting Scholar at the University of … → Read More
Fact Checking Claims about Ravi Zacharias' Credentials: Is Dr. Zacharias in the House?
Last week, I posted a link to an article by Steve Baughman at Ordinary Times on Culture and Politics on the academic credentials of Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias. In his article, Baughman summarized claims he first made two years ago. He said Zacharias falsely used the title “Dr.” and embellished his connections to Oxford and … → Read More
Just How Divided Is the Republican Party?
Everybody knows how divided the GOP is but these two tweets within inches of each other in my Twitter feed depict the situation. First, Sen. Jeff Flake: After what we know, for Republicans to support Roy Moore over Doug Jones is political tribalism at its worst. We shouldn’t succumb to it — Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) … → Read More
Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality
Yesterday, net neutrality became a dominant topic of conversation on social media because FCC Chair and Trump appointee Ajit Pai announced plans for a December 14 vote on Obama-era net neutrality rules. Pai wants to scrap them despite an overwhelming outpouring of public comment against his plan. A majority of commenters to the FCC want to … → Read More
W.H. Chief of Staff John Kelly Can't Get the Confederacy Right
As has been widely reported, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly last night on the Laura Ingraham Show said Robert E. Lee was an honorable man and the Civil War was fought because the North and South couldn’t compromise. Kelly was brought into the White House to keep Trump from stepping on verbal landmines. However, … → Read More
Pay a Bill or Give to K-LOVE?
Last night, during K-LOVE’s pledge drive, the on-air personalities played a testimony of a young woman who said she once was at a point where she had enough money to pay a bill or give to K-LOVE, but not both. She chose to give to K-LOVE and believes God blessed her for it. The on-air personalities … → Read More
Mark Driscoll and K.P. Yohannan: Welcome to Patheos!
Allow me to be among the first to welcome Mark Driscoll and K.P. Yohannan to Patheos! Mark Driscoll announced his new blog today via the Patheos Evangelical Facebook page. Watch: Judging from a couple of tweets I have seen (for instance here), he must have announced on Twitter too. I wouldn’t know it since he blocked … → Read More
David Barton Likens Confederate Statues to Holocaust Ovens
In an appearance on Friday’s Joe Pags (Joe Pagliarulo) radio show, David Barton invoked the existence of Nazi ovens and Gestapo headquarters in Germany as analogous to the existence of Confederate monuments in the U.S. You can listen to the podcast here (within the first 10 minutes). A transcript is below: We’re looking at taking … → Read More
Source: Steve Bannon is Out
A source in a position to know just indicated that Steve Bannon has been fired. Although his departure had been rumored with many calling for his job, apparently Bannon has been let go. Developing… → Read More
Did the American Founders Want the Bible in Schools?
Tim Barton, son of self-styled historian David Barton, wants you to believe the founding fathers wanted the Bible taught in schools. → Read More