Joel Richardson

The Annual Gospel For Muslims Conference, April 20-21, Richland Hills, Texas

For those in the greater Dallas area, I will be speaking on April 20-21, 2012 at the annual 2012 MBB Muslim Background Believers Conference held at North Richland Hills Baptist Church. I highly encourage everyone able to make it, to attend. This conference promises to be a highly encouraging event. For More info, go to the Gospel for […]

Unto Death: Martyrdom, Missions, and the Maturity of the Church

Watch for Dalton Thomas’ new book to be released in May: “Jesus told us—in no uncertain terms—that unless we are willing to sacrifice everything, including our own lives, for the sake of the Gospel, we cannot be His disciples (Luke 14:26). As the majority of the Church today preaches an utter perversion of the true […]

Persecution of Christians Global Map

Barnabas Aid, an organization dedicated to asissting persecuted Christians globally has produced a new website – a global map plotting categorised stories of Christian persecution from the last year. While cases of Christian persecution is not exclusively restricted to Muslim-majority nations, the map clearly tells the story that the majority in fact do:

Personal Update

Just a few personal notes to update friends and supporters as to what is new and what is coming:

Rick Warren Blames The Messenger

Joel Richardson Pastor Rick Warren has responded to those who have criticized his methods regarding outreach to Muslims, which includes joining together with Muslims for the purpose of interfaith social projects. Warren’s response came in the form of an interview on Pastors.com, a site sponsored by Warren’s ministry. An editor’s note at the beginning of […]

Rick Warren’s Tower of Babel?

By Joel Richardson An article in the Orange County Register reports that Rick Warren, the man dubbed “America’s Pastor,” has launched a new program called “King’s Way,” the purpose of which is to promote peace and unity between Muslims and Christians. As part of their effort to promote their mutual goals, Warren’s pastoral staff and […]

Standing Firm For Israel

Despite being well aware of just how much potential for evil the human heart holds, I still sometimes find myself scratching my head at times when I ponder just how much some folks allow hatred to overwhelm them. I suppose it was always there, but the Internet certainly provides an excellent opportunity for some folks […]

The Caliphate: One Year Later

In the following program, Glenn Beck, General Jerry Boykin, Erick Stakelbeck, and Frank Gaffney discuss the Arab Spring and what they believe might be next. Discussion of Turkey’s role features prominently. Only a few years ago, the predictions that I made in my book Islamic Antichrist concerning the future of Turkey were often met with […]

New Bible Yanks “Father,” Jesus as “Son of God”

Joel Richardson In the world of questionable and sometimes downright silly Bible translations, one would think that it couldn’t get any worse. After all, we’ve seen the “In da beginnin’ Big Daddy created da heaven an’ da earth” Ebonics Bible, as well as the “Apostle’s Log” Star Trek English paraphrase Bible. In a more serious […]

Does Psalm 83 Describe the Next Middle East War?

Throughout the Christian church, an idea that has gained much traction in recent years holds that the next major Middle Eastern war is described in Psalm 83. According to this view, a contingent of Arab nations that immediately surround Israel will soon make an attempt to invade her, only to be utterly defeated by the […]

Creating a Home

As many of my long-terms readers know, I am not in full time ministry. I actually work three jobs. I run a small business, I travel one weekend a month to speak at various churches, synagogues and conferences, and I also write books and articles. But when all is said and done, writing is more […]

Looking Back…

“The question for now is whether the transition to a new Egyptian government can take place peacefully or if it will result in a type of civil war and massive bloodshed. Either way, in the short term, the Brotherhood, the ideological child of Sayyid Qutb and Hassan Al-Banna, will be the biggest winner. After the […]

New Book Complete

I just wanted to drop a note to my readers and regular visitors to let everyone know that my new book is finally complete. While we’ll keep the title a secret for now, the subtitle is “The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist.” The purpose of this book is to examine only the most pertinent […]

Just Released: Chrislam: Absolute Must Read

Chrislam: How Missionaries Are Promoting an Islamized Gospel Edited by Joshua Lingel, Jeff Morton and Bill Nikides Are there missionaries who promote converts from Islam remaining in Islam? Is Islam the primary identity for a new believer and how does this identity interface with one’s deliverance from a false religion? Which rituals and phenomena of […]

The Isaac and Ishmael Mandate

From Dalton Lifsey As of mid-November, around 25,000 people have visited thecontroversyofzion.com from different IP addresses around the world since the official launch of the site in September when the book was released. The majority of readers who visit the site are from one of these 10 countries: USA, NZ, UK, Israel, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, […]

Would Jesus back a Palestinian state?

By Joel Richardson ɠ2011 In a recent blog post for CNN, Middle East expert and evangelical Christian, Carl Medearis, wrote a piece arguing that Jesus would support a Palestinian state. I’ve met Carl on a couple of occasions. Carl is an amazing storyteller, a nice guy, and he truly loves Muslims. But his theology is […]

Why Being Pro-Israel is not Enough

By Dalton Lifsey One of the primary reasons that I wrote Ԕhe Controversy of Zion and the Time of Jacobӳ TroubleԠwas to address the rampant confusion in the Body of Christ pertaining to the question of the future of the Land of Israel; particularly among those who identify themselves as Pro-Israel. With issues like the […]

Israel’s abusive ‘boyfriend’

By Joel Richardson ɠ2011 Relations between Israel and its longtime ally Turkey continue to reach new lows, no thanks to Turkey’s Islamist regime and the very calculated words and actions of their supreme leader, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In recent weeks, Turkey suspended all military ties with Israel, sent top Israeli diplomats packing, pledged […]

Islam Symposium

I would like to encourage my readers to catch as much of the sessions from the Islam Symposium as possible. It was held in Kansas City, September 15ֱ7, 2011. This three-day seminar was designed to give a broad overview of some of the main challenges that Islam presents to the Church, and to provide some […]

The Controversy of Zion by Dalton Lifsey

I highly encourage everyone who wishes to better understand what the Bible says about the future of Israel and the present turmoil in the Middle East to read this book. The Controversy of Zion is a brand new book by Dalton Lifsey that promises to be an instant classic. Click on the image below to […]

The Jihad’s Messiah

For those of you who enjoy novels, author Nick Daniel’s has just released an end times novel based on the Islamic end-time paradigm. This first book in a series promises to be fantastic. Click here to purchase through Amazon.com THE JIHAD’S MESSIAH (JIHAD SERIES BOOK I) In a future when world power has shifted to […]

Rick Perry update…

Not surprisingly, my article on Rick Perry has stirred up a few folks. First, I want to draw everyone’s attention to a response written by A David Stein somewhat directed toward my article. I would encourage everyone concerned with grasping a fuller picture of this issue to read Mr. Stein’s piece below. Then let me […]

Rick Perry’s dangerous Muslim compromise

By Joel Richardson ɠ2011 There’s no doubt that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has made a massive national splash in recent weeks by calling for a large prayer and fasting rally in the Texas’ Reliant Stadium. The gathering garnered widespread support, as it should have, from a broad spectrum of evangelical Christians throughout America. Read the […]

Rumors of War Part II נFree

I would like to encourage everyone to watch Glenn Beck’s documentary Rumor of War Part II: The Last Days? This one hour documentary is normally only available to subscribers of GBTV, but Glenn has now made it available for FREE to everyone. Featured in this documentary are: Joel C. Rosenberg, Dr. Tim LaHaye, Andrew C. […]

Interview with an Islamist

By Joel Richardson ɠ2011 On Jan. 31, immediately after revolution broke out in the Middle East, I predicted that the end result would be anything but a grand victory for Western-style secular democracy. Instead, pro-Shariah law and pro-caliphate groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood would emerge as the greatest winners. Glenn Beck’s similar warnings stirred […]

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