Shane Idleman

Shane Idleman

CP Guest Contributor

Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, just North of Los Angeles. Shane's sermons, articles, books, and radio program can all be found at shaneidleman.com or wcfav.org. He is the author of Feasting & Fasting, If My People, Desperate for More of God, and Help! I'm Addicted. Follow him on Facebook at: facebook.com/confusedchurch. You can also follow Pastor Shane on the new free speech platform Parler https://parler.com/profile/ShaneIdleman/posts. 

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  • Hope for the Broken: Married, Single, Separated, or Divorced

    Hope for the Broken: Married, Single, Separated, or Divorced

    Those who do not allow hurt to entrap them can turn brokenness into an unbreakable force, but those shackled by past pain are truly imprisoned by it. The walls we build to protect may eventually imprison.

  • Does Salvation Occur Only After Baptism? Will Infants Go to Heaven?

    Does Salvation Occur Only After Baptism? Will Infants Go to Heaven?

    Some believe that salvation occurs only after a person is immersed in water. Is this true?

  • Gay Marriage: What Does the Bible Really Say?

    Gay Marriage: What Does the Bible Really Say?

    I have nothing but compassion for those trapped in sexual sin. My hope is that readers will read the entire article before drawing conclusions. Those who strongly believe in the Bible and God's will regarding sexual behavior also strongly believe in unconditional love and forgiveness. To say that authentic Christians hate or fear those trapped in the homosexual lifestyle demonstrates a gross misunderstanding of the Christian faith.

  • Top 5 Reasons Why Young Christians, Some Pastors Don't Vote and Avoid Politics

    Top 5 Reasons Why Young Christians, Some Pastors Don't Vote and Avoid Politics

    Activists should not expect everyone to share their passion for politics, and those who believe Christians should stay out of politics must understand that God clearly calls some Christians to the political arena.

  • Altar Calls: Are They a Biblical Approach?

    Altar Calls: Are They a Biblical Approach?

    In our zeal to "get people into the kingdom," we sometimes run the risk of offering false assurance. This is a very real danger in the church today. Many come forward after a sermon, but do they change?

  • Are Churches Avoiding the 'S' and 'R' Words?

    Are Churches Avoiding the 'S' and 'R' Words?

    While we are concerned with terrorism, and rightly so, there is a greater threat from within. We are witnessing the rapid deterioration of a nation before our eyes.

  • Concern About Threat of Terrorism Justified, But Our Nation's Only Hope Is a Movement of God

    Concern About Threat of Terrorism Justified, But Our Nation's Only Hope Is a Movement of God

    While we are concerned with terrorism, and rightly so, there is a greater threat from within. We are witnessing the rapid deterioration of a nation before our eyes. We have become one nation "above" God, rather under God.

  • Sin Never Stands Still; How Do You Win the Battle Within?

    Sin Never Stands Still; How Do You Win the Battle Within?

    The enemy rarely pushes us off the cliff, so to speak. We're often led down one step at a time, one compromise at a time, one wrong choice at a time.

  • 5 Lessons From the Pastor Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church Blow-out

    5 Lessons From the Pastor Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church Blow-out

    I'm not defending, or criticizing, I don't have enough information to truly speak to the issues on either side, but I want to remind all of us that Christians are fallible and make mistakes. We should consider the total portrait of one's life, character, and ministry and evaluate on that basis.

  • The Legalist vs The Compromiser: Neither Is Right

    The Legalist vs The Compromiser: Neither Is Right

    The pendulum often swings when following truth (biblical principles). At one extreme is legalism. Legalists have self-righteous attitudes that rate spirituality by how well a person follows rules. The compromiser, sometimes referred to as a "Las Vegas Christian," is at the other extreme, and compromises God's word by their lifestyle.

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