When a commenter becomes annoying and dominates the online discussion, a lot of blogs will just ban the individual. But not here at City Business. No, here, we write a song parody about them. Below is ‘Scrupe’s ode to Antipas. …

I have to say the ex-members of Harvest Church are a pretty fired up group. We’ve had a lot of people roll through this blog, but none with quite the fervency of these folks. Recently, they created a petition asking Pastor … Cont

Below is an email we received from someone who recently got fed up with the superficiality of church. I edited the email to protect the writers identity.  I have been reading this blog for years but have never had the … Continue reading

There is an interesting debate taking place in the Mormon thread, regarding salvation and what it takes to get into heaven. In one comment, Antipas states: However, permit me to offer a “Jewish” perspective. Much of Pauls writings (ie Romans …

JP and I just received the most wonderful email from a reader who left City Bible. At some point, with the author’s permission, I am hoping to share the full email. However, here is an excerpt which I believe safely …

Saw this on the old Facebook and thought some of you might find it entertaining.

I’ve gotten a few comments from readers about Generation Unleashed’s new 56 foot screen. Reminds me of a certain delightful musical number — just imagine Poncho & Matt instead of Renee & Catherine. Generation Unleashed is a show, folks. And …

I’m not trying to get into a political debate about tax reform. Nor am I interested in a lengthy discussion on how much the rich pay in taxes versus the rest of us. Because, as everyone knows, I hate talking …

I spent the last 45 minutes trying to find something to write about, and all I could come up with is this interview with Stephen Colbert.  In it, he discusses the death of his father as a child and how … Continue reading

Bob Schilling has a request: I’m looking specifially for news items about people who have sincerely trusted God for healing and declined medical help and suffered or died as a result – would you have any links or direction for …

I love Tebow. But this is pretty funny.  

Here is an interesting comment from a reader who was a Christian, until she started attending City Bible. She decided to convert to Mormonism. I was saved as a lonely 15 year old in Ken Wilde’s church in Idaho. I …

This video, uploaded yesterday on YouTube, is going viral.

Reader Monte finds a news article on the settlement negotiations between First Bank and the Church at South Las Vegas (CSLV). For those unfamiliar with the story, CSLV stopped paying the mortgage on their church property when they determined that the mortgage …

The Pew Forum has released their new survey of Religion in America. They break the information down by affiliation, geography, political and social issues, demographics, etc. Pretty interesting stuff. As a Political Science major I found the section comparing social …

A reader of this blog, Pam Hogeweide, has written a book called Unladylike: Resisting the Injustice of Inequality in the Church. From the website’s blurb about the book, it appears Pam tackles the issue of women as church leaders. In … Conti

Conservative Christians are having a hard time rallying behind the Republican front-runner, Mitt Romney. A group of movement conservatives has called an emergency meeting in Texas next weekend to find a “consensus” Republican presidential hopeful, POLITICO has learned. “You and …

One of our readers sent me this press release about some local mortgage brokers with ties to City Bible (one of them married into the Callahan family).  Apparently they are going to prison for awhile due to some very un-Christ like behavior.  I …

It looks like the site is back up and running. To all who were concerned: the WordPress software was just really old and needed to be updated.  I didn’t quit. And no one pressured me to stop the blog. It was merely … Continue reading

OK sports fans, here is a topic of conversations for you.  In an interview with TMZ this week, Pastor Wayne Hanson of Summit Church in suburban Denver said that the Denver Broncos winning streak under quarterback Tim Tebow is not luck, but rather God's favor.  God is rewarding Tebow for his strong religio

The Christian world has been somewhat abuzz about the recent news of Bishop Eddie Long, who has announced a leave of absence from his pastoral position at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church just outside Atlanta Georgia, after his wife of 21 years filed for divorce last week.  Lo

From the "I lack complete self-awareness" file, you get this lovely story from a bankrupt megachurch in California:   Some members of a bankrupt Orange County, Calif. megachurch are expressing outrage after fielding an email request for congregants to deliver food to waiting limos so that it

Not really sure what this means, but City Bible sold their 217 campus to Westside Christian High. I assume City Bible is still going to meet at the building, they just won't own it. Whch I'm sure will cut down on their expenses. Not a bad move. But I can't help but think that maybe if they had [...]

Reader Just Thinking brought this Halloween news article to my attention. An Evangelical group is challenging Christians to pass out mini-Bibles instead of candy at Halloween this year. JesusWeen founder Pastor Paul Ade began replacing sugar with scripture in 2002. "All it took was putting a bible into every b

A reader recommended I listen to a conversation on Fresh Air with C. Peter Wagner where he discusses the New Apostolic Reformation. I didn't actually listen to the whole interview, but NPR has a thorough round up of the interview. Also, Detox mentions the conversation in one of her comments

An Oregon couple was recently convicted of manslaughter for failing to seek medical help for their infant son. The child was born premature, and the couple believed that at that point it was up to God whether their son lived or died. They belong to a church that believes that God can heal and that if [...]

Some interesing accusations from a reader.  Not sure how much of it is true. But if I attended the Church at South Las Vegas, I think I would stop tithing. I just want to know one thing: Since they will obviously NOT be building the “New Building/Church” which they state they collected all of thes

I've tried looking for something to write about these last few days, and frankly nothing has sparked my interest. I've looked for more information on the Church at South Las Vegas, but haven't seen anything. If any of you have any new information on how the bankruptcy is playing out, please post in the comments.

A reader asks a question:   I have been reading this blog and I would like to know if this is the same as the Church of the Harvest in Oklahoma…my daughter just left to do an “internship” there…she had to pay them $5000 and that only gets her a room with 5 other people…our family [...]