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October 2024

October 28, 2024

CharisMAGA: The ‘nonwackadoodles’ are wackadoodles

Self-proclaimed "prophet" Jonathan Cahn literally built an altar to the Goddess Ishtar. He made unto...

April 2024

April 02, 2024

The Seven Mountains in the Rockies

A former cult leader is helping Andrew Wommack take "dominion" over one Colorado city.

March 2024

March 13, 2024

But not a real green dress, that’s cruel

Charisma is just straight up republishing stuff from Alex Jones and Andrew Tate these days....

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Critical Spiritual Warfare Theory

"Spiritual Warfare" theology OUGHT to anticipate and embrace the insights of actual Critical Race Theory....

January 2022

January 31, 2022

Jesse Gemstone and the Power Team

You can try to do a broad, over-the-top satire of the world of mega-churches and...

December 2021

December 10, 2021

A dishonest life ends in an honest death

Marcus Lamb's death from covid last week has caused me to revise my impression of...

November 2021

November 08, 2021

Confidence, man

The most effective lie any con artist can tell is also the simplest: "Yes."

November 03, 2021

Carlos, Starbuck, and the oldest con in the book

It's the same scam. Identify a "curse" that is cause of every hardship facing your...

May 2021

May 11, 2021

Pretty sure I heard this one before

"Historically speaking, the evangelical church understands it wasn’t a willing participant in the obliteration of...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

Safe and sound with nothing left to send

There's nothing wrong with playing cover songs -- unless you try to pass them off...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Settle down, settle down, what’s the commotion

"Matthew 18 has become a refuge for scoundrels." Plus: Following up on QAnon and Hudson...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

Postcards from the class & culture wars (12.29.20)

"Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn...

November 2020

November 20, 2020

If you don’t know who the mark is …

A member of the Trumpian Bethel Church has been arrested for an alleged $35 million...

November 11, 2020

Keeping false prophets accountable

These self-proclaimed prophets said God told them Trump would win. Trump lost (by a lot)....

September 2020

September 29, 2020

I ain’t got no home in this world anymore

Three stories about people who don't know what "politics" means. Plus: Free spiritual advice, and...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Helicopters over my house again

An Arizona jury does the right thing, acquitting Scott Warren of the "crime" of providing...

November 11, 2019

Bartender says ‘Is this some kind of joke?’

Taking a clickbait Bible quiz to prove that you know more than "most Christians" is...

November 09, 2019

I wouldn’t send a knight out on a dog like this

• Back when the "YouVersion" Bible app was first released in 2013, I mentioned that...

October 2019

October 10, 2019

I know I’m supposed to say ‘Jesus,’ but it sure sounds more like a squirrel to me

• When I was a kid back in the early 1970s, our small town's library...

July 2019

July 08, 2019

Better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone

Steve Strang is betting he'll be dead before these churches realize he's been lying to...

May 2019

May 07, 2019

All this work it just ain’t working

Whenever you hear someone talking about the "Jezebel Spirit," you're either dealing with a con-artist...

April 2019

April 01, 2019

Postcards from the class & culture wars (4.1.19)

"Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does...

April 12, 2018

Steve Strang is not a respectable person

The difference between social media laughingstock Liz Crokin and Charisma Media's Steve Strang is that...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Zzyzx and the long tradition of ‘INC Christianity’

The NRB's creation myth wants you to read the word "evangelical" and think of Billy...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

We build it up and build it up and build it up

Steve Strang's hagiography of Donald Trump gets the review it deserves. Plus: Swatting aside "ceremonial...

January 16, 2018

Stormtroopers

Steve Strang is basically the American Pope of Independent Network Charismatics, and he's giving his...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

Christianity, INC.

The INC apostles are not doing exactly what Simon did. They're not trying to obtain...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

It’s about to be writ again

Is there life on Mars? Republican House member seeks answers on Mars-ghazi. Plus: Backwards-masking and...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

Always Submit to the Church Administration

The cult-like Church of Christ (the other one) has produced a video that manages the...

September 2015

September 01, 2015

10 Other Things That Are Going to Happen Within 15 Days of the End of Shemitah

CharismaNews brings us the bold prophecies of one Michael T. Snyder in his prophetic post,...