Evangelical stardom and the fans who feed it
Herescope: Sacred Cows and Stars The Cult of Evangelical Leadership From the earliest days of the modern evangelical movement the church followed the same sociological patterns as the culture at large...
View ArticleSovereign Grace Ministries hit with class action lawsuit
Finally. WASHINGTON – Three female plaintiffs claim an evangelical church group covered up allegations of sexual abuse against children, failed to report accusations to the police and discouraged its...
View ArticleSouthern Baptists won’t sell Glorieta Conference Center to David Jang’s...
The Tennessean: LifeWay spokesman Marty King told the paper that a National Association of Evangelicals report on Olivet’s theological compatibility with the Southern Baptist Convention’s resources...
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The King’s College President Dinesh D’Souza resigns after showing up with...
Tampa Bay Online: NEW YORK — The conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film that condemns President Barack Obama resigned Thursday as head of an evangelical college following a report about his...
View ArticleNicholas Cage to star in Left Behind reboot film?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Canadian Christian filmmaker Paul Lalonde has big news that has just moved on Charisma News. He’s planning a remake of his company’s first Left...
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Controversial Kansas City pastor now Executive Director of Crossroads...
Most people have never heard of Rev. Jerry Johnston. Canadians who watch 100 Huntley Street regularly have seen him a fair bit the past few months. I doubt viewers who watch 100 Huntley Street...
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Mr. Bentley strikes Norse letter writer as not unlike last month’s lutefisk
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission I found something of interest in a Norwegian paper, thanks to the Google Translate verion of a letter in a newspaper there. Letter writer Martin...
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Axcess Automation/Fund updates – Gordon Driver arrested, Reynold Mainse...
I’ve fallen behind a bit in updating the Axcess Automation/Funds saga. A lot has happened lately, with a couple of the key players in the ponzi scheme which saw investors lose millions. The Ontario...
View ArticleEven Hugh Hefner can’t make a go of it…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission. It’s not like Hugh Hefner will have to stand in line at a food bank any time soon, but something that I thought would never happen is...
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British Columbia coast earthquake
People in Terrace, Prince Rupert,Port McNeill, Kitimat, Smithers, Sayward, and Quesnel report significant shaking from a 7.7 quake, near Haida Gwaii, (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) 198 kilometres...
View ArticleWill Hugh Hefner outlive his magazines?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Another of the spinoff “Special Editions” of Playboy has announced that it is shutting down. I was at my corner store last night when I noticed...
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Citizen Kang
Don’t blame me, blame Rick.:^) Just acknowledging the day to the south of us. [Rick butting in here. The link to the famous Simpsons' parody of presidential elections is here......
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Bob Jones University hires G.R.A.C.E.
Well, hell just froze over. Greenville News: Bob Jones University said it has appointed an outside Christian organization as an ombudsman to review “past instances in which it is alleged that the...
View ArticleObama’s possible failings our fault, says the Lord
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. If you are not a supporter of Barack Obama, you could be making the President fail. Thus saith the Lord. Per Wendy Alec, at any rate. As you no...
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By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. Canadian Press is reporting that pro-life MPs have discovered another tactic that they can use in the House of Commons. Following the failure...
View ArticleHis Mom has extra reasons to cheer?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Fans of the Calgary Stampeders in Sunday’s Grey Cup may be interested to know that one of their players takes a position on the long running...
View ArticleFumbling this political football?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Damian Goddard, the sportscaster who was dismissed from SportsNet for sharing his views on gay marriage, knows exactly why the Argos won the...
View Article“We have the right to be stupid [about Todd Bentley]“
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Why does evangelist Todd Bentley, after the disgrace at Lakeland and being banned from entering Britain earlier this year, feel the need to keep...
View ArticleChicago Magazine Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church
Good read. Chicago magazine reporter Bryan Smith’s in-depth look at the culture of First Baptist Church of Hammond Indiana in Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church: Last September, Schaap,...
View ArticleTodd Bentley–MP died because he worked to have me banned from Britain
By Rick Hiebert. All Tights Reserved. Used by Permission. Don’t mess with Todd Bentley. He’ll have you “whacked” by the Lord. One of the local papers in Croydon, England–where Todd Bentley was to...
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