by Fred G. London

Right before Candie arrived home from work, I was quickly reminded as to why I rarely watch "Christian" Programs much any more. As I was perusing the channels, I stumbled upon one of the Christian networks, and lo and behold, it happened to have one of its "bless me" ministries on the channel. If I didn't have such a strong sense of consequences, I think I would have put my foot right through that TV! The hostess of the show was an attractive and well spoken woman with a "dynamic" teaching ministry (they always are, you know) with her guest, a man who looked about sixty. He sported a sort of bad "Beatles" haircut, and I assume he was a theological doctor as that was the title preceding his name. Yes, he was a doctor all right, as in "quack"! Read more...

by Van Robison

Dear Jesus,

I am writing this personal letter to you, because I have questions and issues about this thing called "church", which seems to falsely represent who you really are. From the time I was a child I have always believed in God. When my dad passed away, I was a child of eleven years old, and having no mother, my relatives didn't take me to church as my dad always did. As a young man of the age of eighteen, I became very interested in church again and I listened to a man preach on the radio. I thought he spoke truth, and so when I left the Air Force, I joined this church. After twelve years of this particular church, with all of its authoritarianism, legalistic teachings from the Old Testament, and three different tithes and endless offerings, and other odd teachings, I took my family and left. Read more...

by Van Robison

It is nothing short of astonishing how so many Christians today allow themselves to be plundered and robbed by spiritual pirates in the pulpits. In the New Testament, Jesus called these spiritual pirates false prophets and false teachers (Matthew 24:5). They are also called false apostles in 2 Corinthians 11:13 ("apostles" meaning "one sent"), and they have not been sent. These preacher pirates have appointed themselves to represent Jesus Christ, and in that role, they have plundered your gold and silver and emptied your bank account into their private treasure chest. Many of these "angels of light" live in million dollar or multi-million dollar homes, and some even own private jets worth millions, and drive around in Rolls Royces or other luxury vehicles, and all at the expense of their megachurch sponges in the pews and their television money donors. Read more...

by Van Robison

In reading the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, I searched in vain for even one church name or church corporation, or non-profit church organization or affiliation known today, and found none to be mentioned in the teachings of Jesus Christ. The world of Protestantism has splintered into literally many thousands of different groups over the years. The following church names are missing from the four Gospels, and for that matter from the entire New Testament. Jesus Christ never mentioned the name of even one of today's church organizations as we know them, and easily verifiable by checking the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance for any of the following. Read more...

by Van Robison

Earlier this year, I was watching a few minutes of the INSP (Inspiration Network), whose President is David Cerullo, son of the famous Morris Cerullo. I was amused by the catch phrases they flash across the screen while they are soliciting donations. I wrote most of the catch phrases down on paper and I list them here just for the purpose of proving what some of the television prosperity gospel preachers do. Read more...

by Van Robison

Many churches teach that tithing 10% of one's income to the church is a part of obedience to God and a requirement in the New Testament, as well as the Old Testament. They love to quote Malachi 3:8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me, but you say, wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings." The truth is that when anyone does an in-depth study of the tithing issue, it will be found that the concept of "tithing" is very misunderstood, even from an Old Testament perspective. Many different authors have presented in-depth studies on tithing, covering all the issues in both the Old and New Testaments. While preachers love to make Christians think that "tithing" represents 10% of one's "income", it is easy to prove that in fact, tithes in the Old Testament involved several tithes, used for different purposes and that tithing is not at all what Christians have been led to believe. Read more...

by Van Robison

Battered sheep are only battered by human pastors, man-made religions, human governments, and other human beings. If you have ever experienced spiritual abuse, then you can know assuredly that Jesus Christ is not responsible. Jesus Christ does not batter or abuse as do human governments or religions or human beings. Atheists love to point to the incredible violence that is found in the Old Testament and to say, that if God is love, how can this be? A valid question indeed and some of the answers that preachers give for many things in the Old Testament are not satisfactory, and that is because human beings simply don't have answers to many questions in life. Like some others, I too see a great difference between God as presented to the world in the Old Testament and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. I cannot personally comprehend the difference and so therefore I reserve some questions to ask Jesus Christ, for which no preacher has a valid answer. Many things assigned to "God" in the Old Testament are for me enigma's, and being one who questions everything, I don't assume that we necessarily have the answers. Read more...