A new survey shows that the majority of Americans no longer believe that Jesus is the path to salvation and instead believe that being a good person is sufficient. As part of the ongoing release of the Arizona Christian University-based Cultural Research Center's American Worldview Inventory, the latest findings — exploring perceptions of sin and …
Jim Wallis Gets Cancelled for Good
Sure looks that way: Jim Wallis, age 72, is a venerable Religious Left patriarch, having founded what became Sojourners magazine, originally called The Post-American, in 1971. Now Wallis has stepped down as Sojourners editor after he tried to delete an article accusing Roman Catholicism of rampant racism. His attempt prompted two other editors publicly to …
Azusa Street Participant George Studd: Seven Characteristics of Early Pentecostals — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — August 11, 1945 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 13 August 2020 When the Pentecostal movement began to take root at the Azusa Street Mission in 1906 under the leadership of William J. Seymour, there were other missions springing up in Los Angeles that joined with what […] …
There’s Hope Outside of the “Perfect Will of God”
One of those Evangelical concepts that hasn't quite resonated with me is that of the "perfect will of God" for your life, that it is imperative to find that will and to live it. If you don't, you'll miss it big time. It's not that God's will is not perfect, it's that the creation isn't, …
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The Sad Case of COVID and the Westmore Church of God
The reality of COVID 19--instead of just a dreary recitation of statistics--came home when an outbreak took place at the Westmore Church of God in Cleveland, TN. Things haven't gotten any better, with the passing of two of its members. All of this led to this message from its pastor, Kelvin Page: We are …
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J. Robert Ashcroft’s Remarkable Warning from 1957 about Secularism, Statism, and Paganism — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — July 14, 1957 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 16 July 2020 Sixty-three years ago, J. Robert Ashcroft delivered a remarkable address that encouraged the Assemblies of God to invest in Christian higher education. Pentecostals must train the next generation of “thinkers and doers,” he surmised, […] …
Jonathan Merritt is Out of His League Fooling With an Anglican
Anne Carlson Kennedy's post didn't sit too well with him, and he responded as follows: From top to bottom, this “essay” is a mess. The giant, unbroken paragraphs are a slog to read, and the grammar errors and made up words (what is “Tragical” exactly?) are impossible to ignore. But the worst part, perhaps, is …
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Don’t Like White Privilege? Quit Your Job!
That's Bernard Goldberg's sensible suggestion: Here’s the idea: Every white corporate CEO who thinks racism is ingrained in our culture, every white journalist who thinks racism has infected every facet of American life, every politician who thinks this is a fundamentally racist country — all of them should voluntarily give up their jobs, on one …
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What can Pentecostals learn from John Wesley, the founder of Methodism? — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — June 3, 1944 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 04 June 2020 What can Pentecostals learn from John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism? Wesley, an Anglican priest in England, helped to lay the foundation for large segments of the evangelical and Pentecostal movements. Despite living […] …
When Churches and Good Causes Are Hijacked — Stand Firm
When I was a callow student at Duke University, the verdicts from the Greensboro Killings state trial came in November 1980. Five Klansmen were acquitted of murdering four Communist Party members and an additional man during a protest a year earlier. I considered the result unjust and therefore joined a campus protest rally.But the speeches… via …
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