How Pastors get rich
15 ways to be exact. Mark Vrankovich at Cultwatch: How Pastors get rich. Rick just put a post up on Todd Bentley’s latest begging – Australia banned me. Please send…
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The tax court cometh – Winston Blackmore on trial
Winston Blackmore may have finally met his match: the taxwomen. It’s money – not polygamy, not a constitutional challenge to religious freedom and not criminal charges – that’s landed Canada’s…
Radio Topics, January 31
Good morning all, and welcome to the end of January! This week, at 8:05 we’ll speak with Simon Cameron, one of the Carleton students that won the North American Debating…
Australia banned me. Please send money
By Rick Hiebert All rights Reserved. Used by Permission Boy it costs a lot to be an evangelist. Just ask Todd Bentley. Earlier today, he sent an “urgent” e-mail asking…
In Which Climate “Skeptics” Drop the Lysenko Bomb. No, I’m Not Kidding….
Lysenko_in_field_with_wheat.jpg There has been a much justified uproar over last week’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which a group of scientific “skeptics” reiterate the old line that we don’t have…
Greenpeace Calls On SEC To Investigate TransCanada’s Inflated Jobs Claims
keystone_xl_jobs.jpg Greenpeace USA President Phil Radford sent a formal complaint this week to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling for an investigation into TransCanada’s use of wildly inflated jobs…
The Uneasy Relationship Between Explaining Science to Conservatives…and Explaining Conservatives Scientifically
democrat_and_republican_symbols.jpg Over the past year or more, I’ve profited from a series of conversations and exchanges with Yale’s Dan Kahan, the NSF supported researcher who has made great waves studying…
Andrew/Mars Hill story hits a chord
In my opinion, despite all the good deeds that might happen inside the machine, in order to measure a church’s worth, one must also take into consideration the souls, the…
The Liberal Identity
The Liberal Party lost the last election not because they didn’t know what they stood for, but because they stopped looking. After the last election many party officials, pundits and…
CJ Mahaney back as President of Sovereign Grace Ministries
Last year a small group of churches called Sovereign Grace Ministries with a celebrity leader named C.J. Mahaney were rocked when a former leader released a series of documents online.…
Andrew’s journey through church discipline at Mars Hill
Andrew left his independent fundamentalist church and headed out on his own to grow up and figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He was 20 years…
Richard Roberts arrested on DUI
Former Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts was arrested early Tuesday on complaints of driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper clocked Roberts’ 2006…
Australia’s customs balks at Mr. Bentley
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A big thanks to reader Riles who brings it to our attention that Todd Bentley is not being allowed into Australia…
Newt Gingrich on Science: The "Say Anything" Candidate
newt_gingrich.jpg After smashing Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary, former House speaker Newt Gingrich has now emerged as tied with the onetime Republican presidential frontrunner. So it’s time to…
Radio Topics, January 24
Happy Tuesday! We’ve got an exciting show lined up today: At 8:05, we’ll have folks in from Sock n’ Buskins new play Yerma, which debuts this week. At 8:45, we’ll…
There’ll be a revival whether I can verify it or not
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission The story in the Sunday Express newspaper aside, Todd Bentley is very happy with the “explosion…of miracles” during his recent trip…
To Infinity and Beyond: Media Matters Exposes Echo Chamber On Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims
Media Matters for America produced this spot-on video to highlight the manner in which the totally bogus Keystone XL jobs figures were echoed and inflated by Fox News and other…
Who’s Afraid of Kerry Emanuel? Why Republicans Are Attacking a Republican Climate Scientist
kerry emanuel.jpg Last week, MIT climate scientist and hurricane specialist Kerry Emanuel received email threats for his view on climate change. These were quickly and appropriately condemned by the progressive…
Canadian Blog Awards – Last chance to vote
Voting for The Canadian Blog Awards closes tomorrow. Bene Diction Blogs On wound up fourth out of fifth place in the first round in Best Religion and Philosophy Blog category.…
Unaccountable Oil: Is Enbridge Already Polluting the Canadian (Political) Environment?
Enbridge oil spill.jpg If the pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. is content to cower behind a 20-something blog manager rather than acknowledge its role in the recent attack on the patriotism…