Protestantism

God Cockblocks Benny and Suzanne Hinn Remarriage

Benny and Suzanne Hinn, whose pending divorce produced some of the most-viewed posts in Navel Gazing history, were fixing to be remarried by Pentecostal pastor Jack Hayford Friday at the Orlando, Florida, Calvary Assembly where the re-bride's father once ministered. But that's now on hold because so ... More >>

The OCeeker: Orange Seventh-day Adventist Church and Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

Sometimes a man o'God wants to take a Sunday off. Especially during football season. Thankfully, the Lord, who understands our frames, that we are but dust, is a gracious God who, looking down the corridor of time, has given us a Saturday option for our church-going duties--the Orange Seventh-Day Ad ... More >>

The Silent Comedy

The Observatory

Hell al Dente

[Hey, You] Maybe you should read 'God's word' before you try to hand it out

WWJD? Who Would Jesus Deport? Evangelical Leaders, Including a Santa Ana Preacher, Weigh In With Political Statement

More than 150 evangelical leaders, including one of our very own right here in Orange County, have signed on to a statement calling for what they say is a righteous solution to immigration reform. The "Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform" calls for a bipartisan policy that " ... More >>

The OCeeker: Christ Reformed Church and a Riddlebarger With Extra Cheesus

There's something to be said for churches that tell you what they're all about in their name. In recent years, the hipper churches have gone for cool-sounding names that one could read any meaning into. Indeed, there are no shortages of "Journeys", "Wells" and fellowships with numbers in their ... More >>

Why Does Rick Warren Need to Defend His Interfaith Efforts with Muslims?

​It's called interfaith: different religious groups converging to recognize their common values and bridge the gap of misunderstandings, usually accompanied by tea and cookies.But some groups have a difficult time doing it, unlike Saddleback Church, which is possibly the only evangelical gathering ... More >>

A Bridge Over Troubled Warren: Rick Says Register Article on Chumminess With Muslims Filled With 'Multiple Errors'

​An Orange County Register article chronicling Rev. Rick Warren's efforts to broker a peace between evangelical Christians and Muslims attracted the typical knee-jerk rebukes from those saints who see Old Scratch behind any talk of loving their enemies and other liberal shit Jesus preached. But Wa ... More >>

The OCeeker: Mars Hill Church Orange County and the Sex-Crazed Preacher

​Editor's note: Ladies and germs, you might've noticed a new byline invading our asylum, that of Josh Dulaney--an Orange County boy who spent the past couple of years at the San Bernardino Sun harassing group sex-obsessed cops, horny priests, and white supremacists wanting to run for Mexi-dominate ... More >>

Will Saddleback Church Snap Up Albert Pujols, Christianity's Biggest Free Agent?

Warren and Pujols: A Murderer's Row for Christ?​Going off what Coker posted yesterday about Christians looking toward new Anaheim Angels slugger Albert Pujols to bring a bunch of Papist Mexis in la naranja toward Christ, the question then becomes: what local church will Pujols sign up for as his n ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence:] Izad Chavoshan Tried to Burn Down Irvine Church Four Times Over Masturbation Teachings

​UPDATE, AUG. 19, 11:24 A.M.: Huntington Beach's Izad Chavoshan, who tried four times to burn down Orange County Church of Christ in Irvine because of its teachings against masturbation, was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison.Not only did Chavoshan earn the ridicule of r ... More >>

Is Being a Robber and an Illegal Immigrant the Same Crime?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why are there Mennonites in Mexico?

George Saieg, Anaheim Muslim-to-Christian Evangelist, Wins Free Speech Ruling

​Somehow we missed this one from a couple weeks ago, but George Saieg recently won an appellate court decision regarding his free-speech rights and mistreatment by the city of Dearborn, Michigan, which had barred the Anaheim evangelist from passing out pamphlets urging Muslims to convert to Christ ... More >>

[UPDATED With Latest Twist] Benny Hinn Drops Suit Over Tweet Saying He and Paula White are Engaged

​UPDATE, MARCH 31, 12:13 P.M.: It's safe to say this: Benny Hinn's scandalous relationship with fellow evangelist Paula White--whether sexual or not--is certainly keeping lawyers busy.The latest court maneuver involves Hinn dropping a lawsuit he filed after media consultant Phil Cooke tweeted in J ... More >>

Gorillaz Add New Member to the Band

​Welcome to the world of technology. It's pretty cool that musician Damon Albarn and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett created Gorillaz, their virtual cartoon band consisting of lead vocalist/keyboardist 2D, bassist/guitarist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Noodle and drummer/percussionist R ... More >>

Christianity Today Editorial Tells Readers Not to Blast Robert Schuller--Then Blasts Him

​It's quite an Orange County issue for the latest Christianity Today. Yesterday, we reported on a great profile of Roberta Ahmanson, the wife half of the wacky-cause-giving Ahamansons. Turns out there's another titan of Orange County Christianity also discussed in the January 2011 issue--the Rev. ... More >>

Roberta Ahmanson, the Wife Half of the Conservative-Causes-Donating Ahmansons, Profiled in Christianity Today

​I haven't heard from my unlikely friend, Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. in a while, but I know the reclusive multimillionaire--heir to the Home Savings & Loan empire, an empire he has subsequently donated to every wacky right-wing cause you can imagine--continues to read Navel Gazing, leaving commen ... More >>

Forgive Him Father for He Has Sinned: A Phil Aguilar Web Exclusive

Weekly cover boy Phil Aguilar​It's been over two years since Phil Aguilar, founder of the Anaheim-based Set Free Church, and several members of his motorcycle ministry, the Set Free Soldiers, found themselves in a brawl with a couple of Hells Angels. A few weeks after the fight, in which a member ... More >>

The Laramie Project

Grand Central Theatre

Court Reinstates Evangelist's Defamation Suit Against ABC

The Price is Right!​The United States Court of Appeals has overturned a federal judge's ruling that ended a wealthy Southern California preacher's defamation lawsuit against ABC "20/20" and former correspondent John Stossel.Judge R. Gary Klausner had decided that even though Stossel's broadcast to ... More >>

[UPDATED] Why Would This Man Try to Burn Down His Beloved Church?

Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's Office Izad Chavoshan's booking photo. ​UPDATED WITH COMMENT FROM A CHURCH OFFICIAL . . . The bizarre case of the Huntington Beach man charged with trying to burn down Orange County Church of Christ not one, two, three but four times (!) just ... More >>

A Man For All Seasons

Bay Theater

Rev. Wiley Drake Prays for Obama's Death

Somehow, we here at Weekly HQ missed that the Rev. Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park not only declared last week that the murder of Kansas abortion Dr. George Tiller had been the answer to his "imprecatory" prayers, but that the so-called Man of God later announced he'd mad ... More >>

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No Chaff

Kansas

Stint in OC inspired Obama to run?

Last month's edition of The Atlantic profiles Barack Obama in several articles. One of them, "Teacher and Apprentice," a must-read piece on the Obama-Clinton relationship by Marc Ambinder, contains a couple of theories about what lit a fire under the man's ass and made him decide to seek presidency. ... More >>

Pilfering Peter's Pence

If you stuffed a few bucks into Salvation Army kettles this past holiday season, there's good news-- it's very likely your dollars (or coins, if you're a cheap bastard) found their way to wherever General Booth's soldiers intended they should go. The New York Times reports: The Salvation Army is wid ... More >>

Beast of Burden

Remake brings back memories of growing up to The Omen

The Good Book

Aslan the lion vs. the lamb of God

Lake Forest

'I Really Like the One on VD'

The First Jesus Freak

A pot-smokin, LSD-droppin seeker turned Calvary Chapel into a household name. So why is Lonnie Frisbee missing from church history?

Laguna Calling to the Zombies of Death

Les Stones VOODOO is undead on arrival

Beyond Belief

Jesus-freak satire panders to Christians and heathens alike

You Want Christ With That?

Chick-fil-A sticks God in the deep fryer

A Byrd in hand is worth two Bushes

AnAlmostInterestingMoment

Cathy Rigbys husbands Late Night Catechism

In the Name of the Father

Growing up Wiley Drake Jr.

RE-CREATED HOMESPUN, SALT-OF-THE-EARTH WISDOM

a.k.a. ''The World According to The Orange County Registers Letters to the Editor''*

Thou Shalt Be Rich

Selling your soul-at a profit-with TBN's divine guidance