Lancaster Baptist Church
- June 24
Lancaster Baptist Church of Lancaster, California, pastored by Paul Chappell, is spawning large numbers of contemporary churches by graduates, associates, and former staff members. Examples are Rock Hill Church, Fontana, California (pastored by Chappell’s son Matt); Coastline Baptist Church, Oceanside, California (pastored by Chappell’s brother, mentored Matt Chappell); Grace Gathering, Santa Barbara; Ambassador Baptist Church, Fresno, California; Southridge Church, San Jose, California; Citypoint Baptist.. see full report
Lancaster Baptist Church of Lancaster, California, pastored by Paul Chappell, is spawning large numbers of contemporary churches by graduates, associates, and former staff members. Examples are Rock Hill Church, Fontana, California (pastored by Chappell’s son Matt); Coastline Baptist Church, Oceanside, California (pastored by Chappell’s brother, mentored Matt Chappell); Grace Gathering, Santa Barbara; Ambassador Baptist Church, Fresno, California; Southridge Church, San Jose, California; Citypoint Baptist.. see full report
Rick Warren
Friday Church News Notes
- June 20
RICK WARREN EXHORTS ROMAN CATHOLICS TO FULFILL CHRIST’S GREAT COMMISSION (Friday Church News Notes, June 20, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, spoke at a Roman Catholic evangelism event in Rome last week. Global 2033 is a “worldwide movement to unite Catholic believers in fulfilling the Great Commission.” The year 2033 refers to the 2000th anniversary of Pentecost. Rick Warren is a second generation Southern Baptist pastor who, after Billy Graham, has probably done more than any other one man in this generation to build a one-world “church.” Warren has.. see full report
- June 20
RICK WARREN EXHORTS ROMAN CATHOLICS TO FULFILL CHRIST’S GREAT COMMISSION (Friday Church News Notes, June 20, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, spoke at a Roman Catholic evangelism event in Rome last week. Global 2033 is a “worldwide movement to unite Catholic believers in fulfilling the Great Commission.” The year 2033 refers to the 2000th anniversary of Pentecost. Rick Warren is a second generation Southern Baptist pastor who, after Billy Graham, has probably done more than any other one man in this generation to build a one-world “church.” Warren has.. see full report
Sorrow in the Christian Life - June 19
The following is excerpted from What Is the Emerging Church?, a free eBook which is available from Way of Life Literature, www.wayoflife.org.
The born again child of God can be very puzzled by the experience in sorrow when he thinks he should have only joy, but the Bible is very clear on this subject. There is sorrow in the genuine Christian life. Consider some examples:
- There is sorrow because of sin and our fallen condition. We live in “a body of death” (Ro. 7:24). We are subject to “the bondage of corruption” (Ro. 8:21). “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 Jo. 1:8). We have the “old man” (“that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man,” Eph. 4:22). We have “the flesh” (Ro. 13:14, “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”). David described a severely sorrowful condition that came because of his sin. “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.. see full report
The following is excerpted from What Is the Emerging Church?, a free eBook which is available from Way of Life Literature, www.wayoflife.org.
The born again child of God can be very puzzled by the experience in sorrow when he thinks he should have only joy, but the Bible is very clear on this subject. There is sorrow in the genuine Christian life. Consider some examples:
- There is sorrow because of sin and our fallen condition. We live in “a body of death” (Ro. 7:24). We are subject to “the bondage of corruption” (Ro. 8:21). “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 Jo. 1:8). We have the “old man” (“that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man,” Eph. 4:22). We have “the flesh” (Ro. 13:14, “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”). David described a severely sorrowful condition that came because of his sin. “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.. see full report
The Emerging Church: A Magnet for Rebels - June 18
The following is excerpted from What Is the Emerging Church?, a free eBook which is available from Way of Life Literature, www.wayoflife.org.
The emerging church is a magnet for those who have rejected the “old-fashioned” New Testament faith and who despise traditional Bible-believing churches, dogmatic biblical preaching, and biblical “judgmentalism” in regard to lifestyle choices.
Many of the books I have read by emerging leaders make this admission.
For example, in Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller tells how that he refused to be restricted by the teaching of traditional-type churches. He wanted to drink beer and watch raunchy movies and talk trashy and run around with atheists and other rebels. In discussing his involvement in church in his youth he says, “I wished I could have subscribed to aspects of Christianity but not the whole thing” (p. 30). He complains, “In order to believe Christianity, you either had to reduce enormous theological absurdities [i.e., Garden of Eden, universal flood] into children’s.. see full report
The following is excerpted from What Is the Emerging Church?, a free eBook which is available from Way of Life Literature, www.wayoflife.org.
The emerging church is a magnet for those who have rejected the “old-fashioned” New Testament faith and who despise traditional Bible-believing churches, dogmatic biblical preaching, and biblical “judgmentalism” in regard to lifestyle choices.
Many of the books I have read by emerging leaders make this admission.
For example, in Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller tells how that he refused to be restricted by the teaching of traditional-type churches. He wanted to drink beer and watch raunchy movies and talk trashy and run around with atheists and other rebels. In discussing his involvement in church in his youth he says, “I wished I could have subscribed to aspects of Christianity but not the whole thing” (p. 30). He complains, “In order to believe Christianity, you either had to reduce enormous theological absurdities [i.e., Garden of Eden, universal flood] into children’s.. see full report
God’s Mercy and the Psalms - June 17
The following is excerpted from the Way of Life Bible Commentary Series, Psalms -
The Psalms celebrate God’s mercy, compassion, kindness, and longsuffering. These lovely characteristics are often mentioned together to emphasize this aspect of God’s character. It is in these terms that God’s love is expressed in the Psalms. These are the characteristics of God as Saviour, Father, Shepherd.
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth” (Ps. 86:15).
“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Ps. 103:8).
“The LORD is gracious, and.. see full report
The following is excerpted from the Way of Life Bible Commentary Series, Psalms -
The Psalms celebrate God’s mercy, compassion, kindness, and longsuffering. These lovely characteristics are often mentioned together to emphasize this aspect of God’s character. It is in these terms that God’s love is expressed in the Psalms. These are the characteristics of God as Saviour, Father, Shepherd.
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth” (Ps. 86:15).
“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Ps. 103:8).
“The LORD is gracious, and.. see full report
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Friday Church News Notes
- June 13
DOWN SYNDROME ABORTIONS (Friday Church News Notes, June 13, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “Scotland’s shame,” The Bridgehead, May 30, 2025: “According to a 2013 study, almost 99 percent of people with Down syndrome report being happy with their lives; 96 percent like how they look; 97 percent like who they are. While rates of mental illness, loneliness, and chronic misery are at all-time highs across many Western countries, people with Down syndrome are a happy exception. Despite that, babies with Down syndrome are being systematically targeted and killed in the womb.. see full report
- June 13
DOWN SYNDROME ABORTIONS (Friday Church News Notes, June 13, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The following is excerpted from “Scotland’s shame,” The Bridgehead, May 30, 2025: “According to a 2013 study, almost 99 percent of people with Down syndrome report being happy with their lives; 96 percent like how they look; 97 percent like who they are. While rates of mental illness, loneliness, and chronic misery are at all-time highs across many Western countries, people with Down syndrome are a happy exception. Despite that, babies with Down syndrome are being systematically targeted and killed in the womb.. see full report
Logos Bible Software, Mark Ward, and the KJV
- June 12
We are pleased to announce the free eBook The Deceptive Dangers of Logos Bible Software by Brian Snider. It is available at https://www.wayoflife.org/free-ebooks/
It is a well-documented warning about how that Logos is at the forefront of the ecumenical blending and merging that is producing a one-world “church” in preparation for the day of the Lord and the full-blown Mystery Babylon of Revelation 17-18.
Following is an excerpt:
MARK WARD and the KJV
Those who love error must of necessity hate the.. see full report
- June 12
We are pleased to announce the free eBook The Deceptive Dangers of Logos Bible Software by Brian Snider. It is available at https://www.wayoflife.org/free-ebooks/
It is a well-documented warning about how that Logos is at the forefront of the ecumenical blending and merging that is producing a one-world “church” in preparation for the day of the Lord and the full-blown Mystery Babylon of Revelation 17-18.
Following is an excerpt:
MARK WARD and the KJV
Those who love error must of necessity hate the.. see full report
Education on Discerning Music Styles - June 10
Few things are more dangerous doctrinally, philosophically, and spiritually to a Bible-believing church than contemporary Christian music and contemporary worship music. It is at the heart of the blending and merging that is creating the end-time, one-world “church” which will come into full bloom in the day of the Lord. Contemporary worship music is a bridge to extremely dangerous things.
The victory is not merely “keeping the hymnal.” The victory is in proper, ongoing education for the entire assembly. Tradition and ignorance will not do.
The Satanic Attack on Sacred Music consists of a textbook and a video series with about 18 hours of teaching, packed with photos, graphics, audio and video clips. One previewer commented, “The series is broad .. see full report
Few things are more dangerous doctrinally, philosophically, and spiritually to a Bible-believing church than contemporary Christian music and contemporary worship music. It is at the heart of the blending and merging that is creating the end-time, one-world “church” which will come into full bloom in the day of the Lord. Contemporary worship music is a bridge to extremely dangerous things.
The victory is not merely “keeping the hymnal.” The victory is in proper, ongoing education for the entire assembly. Tradition and ignorance will not do.
The Satanic Attack on Sacred Music consists of a textbook and a video series with about 18 hours of teaching, packed with photos, graphics, audio and video clips. One previewer commented, “The series is broad .. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - June 6
ATTEMPT TO PERFORM BREAD WAVING RITUAL ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT (Friday Church News Notes, June 6, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Levites associated with the Temple Institute attempted to perform a ritual on the Temple Mount on Saturday, May 31. Consisting of waving two loaves of bread, the ritual was interrupted by Muslim police. The Returning to the Mount movement said, “We salute the activists who renewed the Temple service for the first time in 2,000 years. Renewing the priestly service and the offering of sacrifices on the Temple Mount is the only solution to end the multi-front war and bring back the hostages. We call on.. see full report
ATTEMPT TO PERFORM BREAD WAVING RITUAL ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT (Friday Church News Notes, June 6, 2025, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Levites associated with the Temple Institute attempted to perform a ritual on the Temple Mount on Saturday, May 31. Consisting of waving two loaves of bread, the ritual was interrupted by Muslim police. The Returning to the Mount movement said, “We salute the activists who renewed the Temple service for the first time in 2,000 years. Renewing the priestly service and the offering of sacrifices on the Temple Mount is the only solution to end the multi-front war and bring back the hostages. We call on.. see full report
Northern Fundamental Baptists Today - June 5
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org -
Another destructive element at Highland Park Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, under the leadership of Pastor Lee Roberson was the no “criticism” policy.
Dr. Roberson often said, “Critics are a dime a dozen,” and there is plenty of truth to that, but without godly discernment and testing, sin and error go unrecognized, unchallenged, and uncorrected.
A Tennessee Temple professor said, “We don’t want anyone around here who is negative.. see full report
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org -
Another destructive element at Highland Park Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, under the leadership of Pastor Lee Roberson was the no “criticism” policy.
Dr. Roberson often said, “Critics are a dime a dozen,” and there is plenty of truth to that, but without godly discernment and testing, sin and error go unrecognized, unchallenged, and uncorrected.
A Tennessee Temple professor said, “We don’t want anyone around here who is negative.. see full report
The No Criticism Doctrine - June 4
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org -
Another destructive element at Highland Park Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, under the leadership of Pastor Lee Roberson was the no “criticism” policy.
Dr. Roberson often said, “Critics are a dime a dozen,” and there is plenty of truth to that, but without godly discernment and testing, sin and error go unrecognized, unchallenged, and uncorrected.
A Tennessee Temple professor said, “We don’t want anyone around here who is negative and has criticism for the school” (Wigton, Lee Roberson: Always about His Father’s Business, 99).
We agree wholeheartedly that criticism can be wrong and dangerous. I have often said that it is easy to sit in a church and criticize what others are doing, but the first question that needs to be asked is what am I doing to build things up? Churches are frail.. see full report
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org -
Another destructive element at Highland Park Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, under the leadership of Pastor Lee Roberson was the no “criticism” policy.
Dr. Roberson often said, “Critics are a dime a dozen,” and there is plenty of truth to that, but without godly discernment and testing, sin and error go unrecognized, unchallenged, and uncorrected.
A Tennessee Temple professor said, “We don’t want anyone around here who is negative and has criticism for the school” (Wigton, Lee Roberson: Always about His Father’s Business, 99).
We agree wholeheartedly that criticism can be wrong and dangerous. I have often said that it is easy to sit in a church and criticize what others are doing, but the first question that needs to be asked is what am I doing to build things up? Churches are frail.. see full report
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches - June 3
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org --
The Union of Regular Baptist Churches was founded in 1928 under the leadership of T.T. Shields, pastor of Jarvis Street Baptist Church, after that church was voted out of the Ontario and Quebec Convention.
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
In 1953, the Union of Regular Baptist Churches and the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches merged to form the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada (FEBC).
The Baptist Missionary Fellowship of.. see full report
The following is excerpted from The History and Heritage of Fundamentalism and Fundamental Baptists, www.wayoflife.org --
The Union of Regular Baptist Churches was founded in 1928 under the leadership of T.T. Shields, pastor of Jarvis Street Baptist Church, after that church was voted out of the Ontario and Quebec Convention.
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
In 1953, the Union of Regular Baptist Churches and the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches merged to form the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada (FEBC).
The Baptist Missionary Fellowship of.. see full report
Friday Church News Notes - May 30
DESPERATE TIMES FOR INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES (Friday Church News Notes, March 4, 2011, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Over the past 30 years we have seen dramatic changes among independent Baptist churches. Everywhere I travel for Bible conferences, pastors tell me about churches in their areas that have capitulated to the contemporary philosophy and are now enemies of what they used to stand for, or they no longer exist. Consider Akron Baptist Temple of Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1935 by Dallas F. Billington. By 1949, the church claimed 10,000 members and built a 2,800-seat auditorium. (Obviously most of the “members” were absentee, which was typical of the Quick Prayerism program.) In the 1960s, the church boasted the title “the world’s largest Sunday School” with high days of more than 5,700. In 1978, a 4,000-seat.. see full report
DESPERATE TIMES FOR INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES (Friday Church News Notes, March 4, 2011, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Over the past 30 years we have seen dramatic changes among independent Baptist churches. Everywhere I travel for Bible conferences, pastors tell me about churches in their areas that have capitulated to the contemporary philosophy and are now enemies of what they used to stand for, or they no longer exist. Consider Akron Baptist Temple of Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1935 by Dallas F. Billington. By 1949, the church claimed 10,000 members and built a 2,800-seat auditorium. (Obviously most of the “members” were absentee, which was typical of the Quick Prayerism program.) In the 1960s, the church boasted the title “the world’s largest Sunday School” with high days of more than 5,700. In 1978, a 4,000-seat.. see full report
Sermons on the Clothing Issue - May 29
Two of the messages at the recent Contenders Conference hosted by Cornerstone Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, deal with the subject of the Christian’s clothing.
The videos of the Contender’s Conference 2025 are available online and can be found HERE.
Session 4 - “Clothing Matters” by David Cloud
I. Clothing is a major issue because clothing is a language.
2. Clothing is a major issue in the battle for the character of churches today.
3. Clothing is a major issue to the world.
4. Clothing is a major issue in the Bible
Session 5 - “Bible Principles on Modest Attire” by David Cloud
A word-by-word study of modest attire in 1 Timothy 2:9-10: modest, shamefaced, sobriety, broided hair, gold, pearls, or costly array, adorn, good works,
“The apparel issue is part of a package of things.. see full report
Two of the messages at the recent Contenders Conference hosted by Cornerstone Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, deal with the subject of the Christian’s clothing.
The videos of the Contender’s Conference 2025 are available online and can be found HERE.
Session 4 - “Clothing Matters” by David Cloud
I. Clothing is a major issue because clothing is a language.
2. Clothing is a major issue in the battle for the character of churches today.
3. Clothing is a major issue to the world.
4. Clothing is a major issue in the Bible
Session 5 - “Bible Principles on Modest Attire” by David Cloud
A word-by-word study of modest attire in 1 Timothy 2:9-10: modest, shamefaced, sobriety, broided hair, gold, pearls, or costly array, adorn, good works,
“The apparel issue is part of a package of things.. see full report
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