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Every day, news happens and some of that deal with things of faith. But who knows what God is trying to say through these stories? In the days of Daniel, God's children knew when a withered hand wrote a warning on the wall. Today, those warnings are
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Cross Eyed: A savior that needs no introduction
Steve Harvey is known for his perspicacious and hilarious comedy. Yes, his mouth is full more vinegar than a Long John Silvers, but believe me, he is very saved and passionate about God. Without discl...
Should this pastor stick to his day job?
“A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones” (Proverbs 17:22) This is one of HiScrivener’s favorite verses in the Bible. Why? Because I love to laug...
Cancer Blunder from Down Under: Straight from the horse’s mouth
The one - and only - interview fraudulent worship leader and cancer survivor, Michael Guglielmucci, has finally made it on YouTube. It’s nine minutes, and is harrowing every second of the way. C...
MOVE 2008: Jesus, where were you last night?
First, it was Obama and his former raucous preacher. Then, it was Obama and his Christian revisionism. Next, Obama showed a few cracks in the faith-based foundation. Finally, it was Obama falling off ...
MOVE 2008: The fulfillment of a dream
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”(Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Cancer Blunder from Down Under: Stand by your man
In a selfless and sacrificial act, we have God doing what he does best amidst the horrendous claims, allegations and facts throughout the saga of fraudulent cancer victim and praise leader Michael Gug...
50% of MDs agree, “Maybe this God thing works”
Our latest submission to the “No. Really?” department is this axiomatic story from MSNBC entitled “God vs. Doctor.” Stand down cult watchdogs, this is not a story about Christi...
Cancer Blunder from Down Under: Guglielmucci sees a shrink
NEW BRICKHOUSE SERIES ALERT - HiScrivener will follow this one like a shadow to a fat dude. IJS. Yesterday, in case you haven’t heard, the Christian world (and its respective blogosphere) create...
Cross Eyed: In the glimmer of an eye
This week’s “Cross Eyed” video is a little longer than usual, but well worth it if you enjoy how ministry can happen without words. Have you ever heard of “The Splat Experience...
New controversial Bible: It’s about ‘time’
No, seriously. The debate is all about time - as in arranging the books of the Bible in chronological order, according to this story from USA Today. The Chronological Study Bible will be released thi...
Are these the last days for ‘end times’ teaching?
According to this story from OneNewsNow.com and famed eschatologist and acclaimed augury author (nice, huh) Tim LaHaye, “possibly”. “Today, we have some subtle teachers who have gone...
Cross Eyed: Are you ready?
You know, that’s the thing about a relationship with Jesus. Everything is honky dory, and then one day (in the words of the fraudulent crook Todd Bentley), “BAM!” Something happens t...
Gospel legend: Wright wants back in the pulpit
He can’t eat, drink or even breathe on his own. He lost his wife and grandson and couldn’t attend the funeral. And then there’s the rehab. For more than a month, the Wall has tracked...
The former Tom Cruise: “Scientology sucks”
Before there was Tom “The Don” Cruise in Scientology extraterrestrial crop circles, there was Jason Beghe. The guy, probably most noted for uh… I linked his IMDB page… um̷...
Todd Bentley: HiScrivener’s take on the Christian taker himself
The naval sojourner known to the masses as Popeye once exclaimed, “That’s all I can stands and I can’t stands no more.” So like the anchor clanker, I must let off some steam, e...
Tom Cruise: Godfather of Scientology
That’s right, Fame-o-philes. Get ready. America’s favorite couch-jumpin’, no-Prozac-takin’, psychiatrist-hatin’, vertically-challenged havin’ basket case, Tom Cruis...
Greg Laurie: “I still believe”
A man considered to be “Everyone’s evangelist,” Pastor Greg Laurie, recently experienced every parent’s worst nightmare - he lost his son. Horror probably overwhelmed him. Hear...
Apocalypse Watch: “Seeker-sensitive” Mosques?
Put down the bean pies and scream to the eastern sky! Here comes the mega-mosque! Thanks to this story from the Pew Forum, we learn that more of religion - be it Christian or any other - is solely abo...
New Study: Church needs to “man up!”
The article on that alarming study is here in USA Today. You know, it’s no surprise. Why would it be? You’ve heard the adage, “Behind every good man is a great woman.” Old sayi...
Christian prejudice abounds in Modesto, California
Very few topics get under my dander more than the accepted and nearly welcomed bigotry of Christians in the U.S. And for further proof that the U.S. Constitution applies to all races and religions, cr...
Snake-charming pastor got bit by the law
Once and for all, here’s this age-old argument for kooks like this pastor in Middlesboro, Tenn. and those of you who believe he is the personification of all Christians. Meet Gregory James Coots...
Josh Hamilton: The new King of New York
Every once in a while, God moves in front of the world and no one notices what is really going on. Tonight was one of those majestic nights at the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium. What the world sa...
UCF student kidnaps ‘Christ’
This, dear Wall watchers, is a prime example of the debate, “What’s the difference between religion and relationship as it pertains to Jesus.” Meet Senator Webster Cook. (Um, Senator...
New Study: Path to heaven not as straight as you think
You read that correctly. According to this recent study by the Pew Forum (and reported by FOX News), Americans believe (by and large) faith in Jesus Christ is NOT the only way to get to heaven. Seriou...
A church home on the range
Ever been to a rodeo? You know, horses running in circles, manly men wearing tight jeans and others draped in drag and makeup? Oh yeah, and tons of dirt. And then there’s that stench. Sounds lik...
Televangelist fraud alarm: Peter Popoff is popping off again
There are news items that should serve as writing on the wall because it’s alarming, scary to Christians and makes the Church look bad. Then there are actual people that should be forced to stan...
Women of the Church: Sing along
For centuries… millennia even… 1 Corinthinans 14:34 has been arguably the most widely distorted, heavily abused and self-serving piece of canonized scripture in the entire Holy Bible. Come on, red...
Ministry defined: ‘Whatever it takes’
Churches have used biker rallies and car washes, progressive dinners and bake sales for years. ‘Whatever it takes’ has been a mantra of the community church for decades. Whatever it takes ...
Depoliticizing the Pulpit: Preachers are listening
As much as HiScrivener would love to say preachers, ministers, pastors and evangelists everywhere are reading what’s on the Wall about taking politics out of the pulpit, I can enjoy coincidences...
T.D. Jakes on Obama: “I have visible goose bumps”
Bishop T.D. Jakes is an eloquent pastor, prolific speaker and a genuine human being (Trust me, I know from whence I write). That said, he wrote an introspective commentary for CNN last night as Sen. B...