Ephesians 5:10-12, “Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”
After living on the island of Guam for 17 years, I decided to move 9,000 miles across the world to the city of Pensacola, Florida in July of 2021. I wasn't sure which church to attend at first, so I randomly chose to go visit Campus Church (which is literally located on the campus of Pensacola Christian College). Many people saw my black shirt with a “Guam” logo, or heard from others that I had come all the way from Guam.
To my horror and disgust, the name of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam kept coming up. I found out quickly that the Pensacola Christian College (PCC) camp are in bed fornicating spiritually with the reprobate Bob Jones University (BJU) crowd. I learned that the radio announcer here at Campus Church has a son, who operates the radio station for the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam. I realized quickly, to their utter contempt and shame at PCC, that they sinfully bid Godspeed to evildoers. BJU preaches hardcore Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation).
Read for yourself what BJU president Dr. Steve Pettit told 2,700 students and faculty on January 26, 2015 in chapel:
“You can't just speak about getting saved, and you accepted Christ, and then that's it! There is a justification; There is a sanctification; There's ultimately a glorification, and though there are three parts, they are all part of the whole, and you cannot separate them. In order for you to qualify for the award, you have to get into the race, you have to stay in the race, and you have to finish the race. If you want to win, you have to run to the end; and winning in the Christian life is everything, because if you lose—if you don't finish—you lose everything—you lose your SOUL. And so, the Christian race is the life of faith that begins, is run, and is finished when we cross over into Heaven!” —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - 11:34)
“God's people HAVE TO continue in the faith! They MUST PERSEVERE, because perseverance is the testimony of the reality of your faith!” [emphasis added] —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - 25:13)
No, the reality of the genuineness of my faith is MY FAITH ITSELF! You DON'T have to persevere to get to Heaven. The indwelling Holy Spirit automatically perseveres in us, so that we are eternally secure in the Father's hands. 1st John 5:20, “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” Jesus IS eternal life and God. If you have accepted Jesus as your personal Savior, then you have eternal life. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”“For the real reality of the genuineness of your faith is that you are faithful to run the race!” —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - 22:44)
Dr. Pettit is hypocritical to say you are not saved by works, but if you don't have works you're not saved! That is a manipulative backdoor approach to Lordship Salvation!!! Front-loading the Gospel is when you require meritorious works of a person to be saved. Rear-loading the Gospel is when you require meritorious works of a person after they are saved. Either way, preachers are perverting the Gospel when they ADD to it! Galatians 1:6-7, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.” Kindly, Dr. Steve Pettit is perverting the Gospel of free grace!!!
Dear reader, how you choose to live your life here on earth has absolutely nothing to do with your eternal destiny. And if it did, we'd all be hopelessly doomed to be punished in Hell forever. The Holy Bible teaches that Christ came to save, not to condemn. God loves you so much friend that He would rather die than live without you, so He has already made a payment on the cross. God wants to credit (impute) that payment to your account. All He requires is childlike faith in Jesus Christ. What saith the Scripture? Romans 10:3-4, “For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
Since the day I trusted Christ as my personal Savior in 1980 at age 13, there's never been another sin that could put me back into debt. God's righteousness was put (imputed) to my account by faith. Christ paid for my sins so that I wouldn't have to. Since we are all unjust by nature and by choice, we cannot save ourselves (Isaiah 64:6). CHRIST PAID THE PRICE IN FULL WITH HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD FOR MY SINS AND YOURS (1st Peter 1:18-19). That is the best news in all the world. I am going to Heaven on the merit of God's righteousness, not mine. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
Evangelist Steve Pettit is a theologically incompetent man, as is Marty Herron, Chuck Phelps, Gary Walton, Sam Horn and John MacArthur. These religious men are all to some degree Calvinists!!! “Calvinism” is damnable doctrine (as taught and popularized) by John Calvin (1509-1564). Calvinists complicate the Gospel by adding sanctification (living a changed life) to justification by faith alone. Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan (1628-1688) said it best:
So “faith” for salvation according to BOTH Ellen White and Steve Pettit is not simply trusting upon the Gospel to be saved; but also, salvation is a package deal that requires sanctification and glorification, and you cannot merely get saved and that's it! Folks, that is a works-based plan of salvation!!! Ellen G. White teaches that the Christian faith encompasses all of the obligations of living the Christian life. That is exactly what Steve Pettit teaches!
Since the day I trusted Christ as my personal Savior in 1980 at age 13, there's never been another sin that could put me back into debt. God's righteousness was put (imputed) to my account by faith. Christ paid for my sins so that I wouldn't have to. Since we are all unjust by nature and by choice, we cannot save ourselves (Isaiah 64:6). CHRIST PAID THE PRICE IN FULL WITH HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD FOR MY SINS AND YOURS (1st Peter 1:18-19). That is the best news in all the world. I am going to Heaven on the merit of God's righteousness, not mine. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
Evangelist Steve Pettit is a theologically incompetent man, as is Marty Herron, Chuck Phelps, Gary Walton, Sam Horn and John MacArthur. These religious men are all to some degree Calvinists!!! “Calvinism” is damnable doctrine (as taught and popularized) by John Calvin (1509-1564). Calvinists complicate the Gospel by adding sanctification (living a changed life) to justification by faith alone. Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan (1628-1688) said it best:
“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” [emphasis added] —Evangelist John Bunyan
This is the grave doctrinal error of Steve Pettit, Marty Herron, John MacArthur, Ray Comfort, Paul Washer and other ungodly false teachers today. These incompetent men utterly fail to keep sanctification totally separate from justification, and in so doing corrupt the inspired Word of God and cast stumbling blocks before the people. Sadly, and tragically, Pastor Jeff Redlin of Campus Church, and the rest of the Pensacola Christian College (PCC) camp, shamefully bid Godspeed to the Bob Jones cult!!! They employee each other's graduates and friends. They compete together in intercollegiate sports. It is a disgrace for PCC to hobnob with the Devil's crowd at BJU. BJU are a house full of infidels.
Look further at Steve Pettit's damnable heresy, seeing for yourself how Pettit's corrupt plan of salvation perfectly aligns with the damnable heresy of Seventh-Day Adventist prophetess Ellen G. White. Bob Jones University is a deadly religious cult!!! BJU uses, sells and supports the Devil's modern corrupt Bible revisions. I fully agree 100% with Brother Lester Roloff (1914-1982) that the inspired King James Bible is the only Holy Bible we need!!! I've never had a need in my entire life that the King James Bible did not fulfill. The beloved King James Bible has all the answers!!! The King James is not a mere “version,” it is the inspired Word of God.
If right doctrine mattered at PCC, then they would rebuke the false teachers at BJU. Why doesn't senior Pastor Jeff Redlin expose BJU as a deadly cult? Why is he such a coward, afraid to speak THE TRUTH as I do. Pasto Jeff Redlin shamefully accused me in July of 2021 of finding “weaknesses” in preachers. No, I am faithfully obeying God to “REBUKE THEM SHARPLY” (Titus 1:10-13). What Jeff was really admitting is that he and the PCC camp are dropping the ball for God, by not earnestly contending for the faith once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3). So while I'm faithfully contending for the faith, exposing the damnable heresies being preached by the BJU crowd today, Redlin is fornicating in bed with them. You never preach against and expose the devils you're sleeping with!!!
While I attended Campus Church for the summer of 2021, I often heard Pastor Redlin shamefully bragging on himself from the pulpit. He got up one Sunday, boasting that he saw an ambulance at a neighbor's house and rode his bicycle down to see what was going on. Yet when I shared my broken life with Pastor Redlin and asked for his help, he ignored me and made me feel like total garbage. That is NOT a faithful man! Proverbs 20:6, “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?” Redlin likes to brag on himself, but in reality he doesn't give a damn about hurting people.
Any good Redlin does he does to be seen of men, to brag on himself in sinful pride to impress his cult followers (John 12:42-43). If he really cared about people, then he would have prayed with me and told me that he cared, and would have said that I am loved and welcomed at Campus Church. It took one month of repeated emails, and me finally telling him that I loved him in Christ, before he had the decency to welcome me at church. I never heard from Redlin again! That is not a genuine man of God who cares about others. Pastor Redlin is a coward who loves to brag about himself, but is as shallow and phony as a $3 bill.
Yes, right doctrine takes low priority and a backseat at Campus Church. They speak eloquent words, but believe them not the Bible says. Proverbs 26:24-26, “He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.” God has given me a keen sense of discerning who a person is who fairly quickly. I knew very quickly that Jeff Redlin is a pathetic fake as a preacher, and a sad little man who selfishly serves his own belly and not the Lord Jesu Christ (Romans 16:17-18).
The first day I met Jeff Redlin at a 4th of July picnic at Campus Church, I kindly told him that I was sleeping in my car at Wal-Mart's parking lot. I saw the startled look on his countenance, as he got away from me as quickly as he good, lest I ask for his help for the night. What a shamefully coward and uncaring pastor!!! God knows that I never thought about asking for his help. The thought hadn't even crossed my mind, until I saw Redlin scurry away like a weasel, escaping a perfect opportunity to be a Good Samaritan. Instead, like the wicked Pharisee, Redlin went his way quickly to avoid helping someone in their time of need. I'll never forget that Jeff Redlin couldn't have cared less. First impressions are lasting impressions.
I have since attended numerous other Baptist churches around the Pensacola area, meeting some wonderful and loving Christians along the way. God has blessed me through other caring believers in Pensacola. You absolutely would be amazed if I told you how God has wonderfully blessed me, none of which would have happened if I hadn't left that crap-hole at Campus Church!!! I was sickened when Pastor Redlin announced that a meeting was going to be held at the church, to teach people how to share the Gospel, for a charge of $10. God pity Campus Church for their greed. Obviously they are scared about their future paychecks and want to maintain a big surplus in the church's bank account. The annual financial statement for Campus Church in July of 2021 shows that the church took in $3,500,000 in 2020. They finished out the year with a whopping surplus of $1,200,000. They gave $600,000 to PCC and left the rest in their bank account.
I was disgusted that with $600,000 still in the bank, Campus Church in Pensacola still charged people $10 to attend a class at the church on how to share their faith. That is plain ole stinking greed, lack of wisdom and an insult to the Lord. SHAME on Pastor Jeff Redlin! I am a strong advocate of Word of Mouth! That means telling others what you think about a local business. If someone treats me well, I will promote their business; and if someone mistreats me, I'm going to let everybody know about it. That goes for churches especially!!!
SHAME on Campus Church and PCC for bidding Godspeed to the BJU camp. Calvinism is not the Gospel, not even close!!! And furthermore, the shameful way that female BJU students dress nowadays is very disgraceful to the Lord.
I might visit Campus Church from time to time, just to drop in and share some love with the friends I made there during the months I attended. However, I am very disappointed with Pastor Jeff Redlin. He really needs to learn how to become humble and treat people the way he wants to be treated. There is a big difference between a man who is humble verses a coward who lacks integrity. I was kind and nice toward him, but he treated me like garbage. That speaks volumes about Redlin's phony walk with God. What a fake!
Shame On Pensacola Christian College For Supporting The Bob Jones Cult
The truth is that the message on how to be saved should always be the same, because it doesn't change with every preacher. 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 clearly defines “the gospel” as three things:
- Christ died on the cross for our sins.
- He was buried to certify that He was actually dead.
- After three days Jesus bodily resurrected from the dead for our justification.
So when you hear preachers saying to merely “trust Jesus” to be saved, that is not the Gospel message. The cross must be included. Jesus' bodily resurrection must be included, for if Christ is still dead then He cannot save anyone! 1st Corinthians 15:12-14, “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
As hard as it is to imagine, a local BBC radio station in England did a poll in 2017 and were shocked to find out that 25% of all professed Christians deny that Jesus resurrected from the dead 2,000 years ago! Goodnight in the morning, how can that be? How can a professed “Christian” deny Jesus' physical resurrections from the dead? I can tell you unequivocally, absolutely and confidently that anyone who denies Jesus' bodily resurrection from the dead is NOT a born-again believer!!!
The cross upon which Jesus diedIs a shelter in which we can hideAnd its grace so free is sufficient for meAnd deep is its fountain as wide as the seaThere's room at the cross for youThere's room at the cross for youThough millions have come there's still room for one . . .
Although different preachers use different styles of delivering their message, and there is such a thing as semantics in grammar, the fact is that the Gospel message in the King James Bible never changes! Everyone has a right to their own opinion, but no one has a right to their own facts. Christ's resurrection is a FACT of documented history (1st Corinthians 15:6).
So “faith” for salvation according to BOTH Ellen White and Steve Pettit is not simply trusting upon the Gospel to be saved; but also, salvation is a package deal that requires sanctification and glorification, and you cannot merely get saved and that's it! Folks, that is a works-based plan of salvation!!! Ellen G. White teaches that the Christian faith encompasses all of the obligations of living the Christian life. That is exactly what Steve Pettit teaches!
Dear reader, we have a responsibility as God's children to earnestly contend for the Christian faith (Jude 1:3). The only ones who aren't doing this are career pastors whose bread and butter (i.e., their paycheck) depends on sucking up to their corrupt peers. That is why Jesus warned everyone in Luke 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” It's all about making money today!
PCC and BJU have shamefully fined tuned their methods, so as to avoid discouraging and to maximize enrollment. So they lower their moral standards of dress, offer more secular career degrees instead of preparation for the ministry, and refrain from contending for the faith or exposing anyone (which could cause a loss of revenue). What manipulative predators!!! It is nauseating to see what is coming out of today's Bible colleges!!! Right doctrine doesn't matter anymore to today's corrupt Bible colleges. None of them contend for the faith anymore. They're all sleeping in a spiritual bed of fornication today, living large by parasiting off of the churches! Satan is very pleased with Pensacola Christian College PCC), as they bid Godspeed to the ungodly Bob Jones crowd and their wicked Calvinist false plan of salvation.
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