A Second Great Awakening
I've listened to every word of Bethel's response to the Mike Winger exposure video of Shawn Bolz. I've read the responses on X. There are some really good things that Kris and Bill had to say. There were also some problematic things. I will address all of them here. If you're not aware, last week, Mike Winger dropped a 6-hour video on YouTube exposing the false prophet Shawn Bolz, not only for using Facebook to bring "words of knowledge" (a charismatic way of saying prophecy) to people, but also for being sexually abusive and perverse. It lit a firestorm, and
We’re Selling Indulgences Again and We Don’t Even Notice
A little Church history never hurt anyone. In this case, I think it's critical that we take a look at our past because it has become obvious to me and a few others that the Church has slipped right back into the very practices that necessitated the Protestant Reformation without batting an eye. Namely, the sale of indulgences. If you're not familiar with the concept, in a nutshell, sometime in the 1500s, Martin Luther and others in the Church grew weary and skeptical of the Catholic practice of selling indulgences. Priests would offer blessings, offer to pray for family members
