In case you haven’t heard, Pope Francis is in critical condition. I know that there are many people around the world who do not agree with the way Pope Francis has applied his Christian faith to social, cultural, and political […]
Jack Hibbs
Jack Hibbs says conservative pundits with big platforms, fame, and microphones should stop speaking on topics in which they have no expertise. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
Here is Jack Hibbs on people “qualified” to speak on this or that topic in the news: Hibbs says: Jack Hibbs is the Christian Right pastor with a large following. He has a microphone. He is famous. And he has […]
The Leviticus 8 thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
The Old Testament book of Leviticus, in chapter 8, deals with the consecration of priests. Here is how the passage describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons. The highlights are mine: The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the […]
Jack Hibbs breaks out the black robe
Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills began his sermon yesterday with a video of the Trump assassination. And that was only the beginning. Watch: Let’s break it down: 2:00ff: Hibbs is wearing a “colonial preacher’s robe.” It commemorates the so-called […]
Jack Hibbs once again spreads falsehoods to his congregation. This time it’s about the Maui wildfires.
Megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs appears to have a habit of spreading false information. We have called him out several times for his wrong and outrageous claims about American history. Now Hibbs is making some wild and unsubstantiated claims about the […]
Jack Hibbs is still talking about American history. And it’s getting worse.
Last week I called your attention to megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs’s atrocious handling of the history of the Continental Army at Valley Forge. Now he is back with more. Watch: OK, let’s break it down: 1:10ff: Hibbs says, with no […]
Jack Hibbs: “If we were writing the Bible today, George Washington would be included”
In this video, podcast the pastor of the Calvary Church-Chino Hill (CA) reveals just how the Christian Right manipulates the past to promote its political agenda. I can’t tell whether these pastors are just ignorant or they are deliberately lying. […]
MAGA evangelical leader tells churches to take political control of their towns
Yesterday I posted about MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau’s idea of evangelical Trumpists taking over their communities when they hear God say the word “diamond.” Today we have Floyd Brown encouraging local evangelical churches to take over their towns. Watch: Brown […]
Apparently the “Antichrist” does not approve of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
According to conservative evangelicals Charlie Kirk and Jack Hibbs, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is preparing the way for the Antichrist. In this video they stop just short of saying that the Forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab, just might […]
Beware of “insecure narcissists”: Jack Hibbs and Charlie Kirk on the “Global Reset”
Right-wing evangelical pundit Charlie Kirk recent joined pro-Trump, anti-mask pastor Jack Hibbs at Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills to talk about something they call “The Global Reset.” As I note below, this conversation is not only filled with half-truths and fearmongering, but […]
Jack Hibbs appears to be in violation of the Johnson Amendment to the U.S. tax code
Jack Hibbs, the pastor of Calvary Church in Chino Hills, California, is endorsing a candidate for the House of Representatives. Calvary Church does not pay taxes. Here is paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of the Section 501 of Title 26 […]
From the archives: Jack Hibbs dabbles in American history and it is a disaster. We need another Dudley Rutherford moment
This post is from July 13, 2021: In 2011, Dudley Rutherford, the pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, sat down in front of a camera and told the inspiring story behind the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” […]
CURRENT Mailbag: “My daughter has fallen into the hands of a sect with a cult of personality surrounding its authoritarian pastor”
We have posted about Jack Hibbs and Calvary Chapel–Chino Hills before. I have heard from area pastors who are concerned about his church and people who are worried about attending the Christian nationalist, pro-Trump, anti-mask, and anti-vaccine mandate congregation. Today […]
If you want to get a sense of how many white evangelicals understand American history, check out megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs’s Facebook page
We have written about Hibbs before. He is the vaccine mandate-hating, Larry Elder-loving, pro-Trumper who pastors Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California. Over the last several years, Hibbs seems to have become a bit of a history buff. In a […]
What California’s conservative evangelicals think about Larry Elder
Here is Jack Hibbs, pastor of Calvary Chapel–Chino Hills, coming just short of telling his congregation to pray that talk radio host Larry Elder replace California governor Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election. As is often the case with […]
“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their opinions.” The latest from megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs
If you want to see just about everything that is wrong with American evangelicalism today watch this clip (below) from Jack Hibbs‘s Sunday sermon at Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills. Hibbs is not leading a Sunday morning worship service here, he is […]
When celebrity megachurch pastors get too close to politicians.
Some California evangelicals love GOP gubernatorial candidate and conservative talk show host Larry Elder. None more than Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel–Chino Hills. Today Elder’s former fiancée and radio producer is accusing him of waving a gun at her while […]
Jack Hibbs dabbles in American history and it is a disaster. We need another Dudley Rutherford moment!
In 2011, Dudley Rutherford, the pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, sat down in front of a camera and told the inspiring story behind the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (The video has been removed from […]
Virtually every thing Jack Hibbs says in this video about Washington at Valley Forge is wrong
In the winter of 1777-1778 the Continental Army faced one of its lowest points in the Revolutionary War. British troops under the direction of General William Howe were in control of Philadelphia. George Washington’s soldiers were coming off major defeats […]