What do Ted Haggard, Todd Bentley, and Roberts Liardon all have in common?
All either compromised with false doctrine or preached it even before their public falls from grace.
As we have warned repeatedly, like morally discredited false teachers from Jim Bakker to Paul Cain and Bob Jones, when someone goes off doctrinally it is a symptom that they have gone off morally. And when someone goes off morally, it is almost inevitable they will also go off doctrinally.
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Roger Oakland’s ministry “Understand The Times” has been such a blessing in my walk with the Lord. Here he explains the Emergent Pattern of The Emergent Church, a seeker friendly Christian movement touted to be the “New” Christianity for the Post-Modern World. But is the Emergent Church really a fresh approach to teaching sound doctrine, or is it part of the great end times apostasy predicted in the Bible?
In this video commentary, Roger Oakland explores the apostate pattern emerging from the Emergent [Continue reading ...]
With thanks to BereanBeacon on YouTube for posting the following two videos as of The Prophecy Conference 2004 wherein James Sundquist expounds the truth of the Church Growth Movement better known as The Purpose Driven Church, is primarily the world outreach of Willow Creek Church in Chicago and Saddleback Church in California. The religious leader of this postmodern neo-gnosticism paradigm is Rick Warren of Saddleback Church.
According to South West Radio Ministry, currently, 30 million copies of Rick Warren’s now infamous book [Continue reading ...]
John MacArthur
The tendency to venerate tradition is very strong in religion. The world is filled with religions that have been following set traditions for hundreds–even thousands–of years. Cultures come and go, but religious tradition shows an amazing continuity.
In fact, many ancient religions–including Druidism, Native American religions, and several of the oriental cults–eschewed written records of their faith, preferring to pass down their legends and rituals and dogmas via word-of-mouth. Such religions usually treat their body of traditions as a de facto [Continue reading ...]
Motivated by money, it invented Purgatory. And by the way, Purgatory is what makes the whole system work. Take out Purgatory and it’s a hard sell to be a Catholic. People hang in there because of the deception of Purgatory. Purgatory is the safety net, when you die, you don’t go to hell. You go there and get things sorted out and finally get to heaven if you’ve been a good Catholic. Take away that safety net, [Continue reading ...]
Pragmatism : its origin and meaning explained
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction—and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life—and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13-14
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From The Times : November 4, 2004
Spirited away: why the end is nigh for religion
Christianity will be eclipsed by spirituality in 30 years, startling new research predicts. Our correspondent reports on the collapse of traditional religion and the rise of mysticism.
In the beginning there was the Church. And people liked to dress up in their best clothes and go there on Sundays and they praised the Lord and it was good. But it came to pass that people grew tired of [Continue reading ...]
