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A Warning about Saturate 2020by Sandy Simpson & Marco Quintana This DVD is a message based on this article. Saturate 2020 is another in a long line of Latter Rain revivals which do not meet the criteria of a Biblical revival at all (Acts 3:19). The Toronto "Blessing" and Brownsville "Revival" both came into towns all over the world with the promise that people were getting saved and nothing weird was going on at their meetings. This was always a lie as the true Gospel was not preached but instead people were invited forward to have hands laid on them in order to transfer an impartation. Meanwhile false doctrines were laid down in order to get people involved in churches like Bethel Church in Redding, CA. We are warned in Scripture about this. Galatians 2:4 But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage. 2 Peter 2:1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. The fact that some formerly Biblical churches have joined this circus is a testament to their lack of teaching discernment. Some of these denominations were warned repeatedly about the Latter Rain, Word of Faith and the New Apostolic Reformation yet they apparently wanted to remain "willfully ignorant". The people advertised as being involved with this latest "revival" are almost all associated with Bethel in some way and promoters of what they teach. This is not a true Biblical revival but rather a revival of the occult and New Age among Christians. This meeting is actually hurting the cause of Christ and will not have any real beneficial effect on the culture of California, which has turned decidedly evil for decades. These Dominionists will not be saving the planet, but are rather setting people up for the coming antichrist. Nor will they rid the world of coronavirus, but rather likely add to it. Go here for ordering information.
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Biblical discernment has, by in large, slipped away from the churches and Christian leaders. This is why discernment ministries are so important today.
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| by Gary Gilley, 9/17/20 
Biblical discernment today, if not at an all-time low, is surely bumping along at the bottom of the pond, and nowhere is that more evident than in Christian literature. Most people, if a book or blog post is written by a credentialed Christian author, and published by at least a semi-respected Christian publishing house, let down their guard and accept unquestionably whatever is disseminated. This is true not only of the average believer but also of many in leadership. For example, Subversive Sabbath, the Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World by A. J. Swoboda, won Christianity Today's 2019 Book of the Year award in the spiritual formation category, and thus would presumably represent spirituality as understood by mainstream evangelicalism today. Written by a pastor/seminary professor, the book's strength lies in its reminder that the believer needs rest as grounded in the Sabbath principle and modeled by the Lord Himself in the creation account. If the Lord rested after His work of creation, the author insists, so should we. On pragmatic grounds, Swoboda promotes Sabbath-keeping since, he claims, it will result in better health, more productivity, and freedom from a Messiah complex, in which we see ourselves as essential for the world to function. Yet, despite the many accolades and awards that it has received, Subversive Sabbath has virtually nothing to do with Sabbath teaching as found in Scripture. Rather it is an argument for rest in a hectic world (not a bad idea). The book, however, distorts the teachings of Scripture on the Sabbath, leads the reader in wrong directions, badly mishandles Scripture, and draws from a wide assortment of nonbiblical sources. That there is a Sabbath, or rest principle ingrained in God's universe, is a defendable position. That Sabbath is to be practiced as outlined in this volume is not. The central theme and message are well-represented by the first quotation given by none other than that eminent theologian Winnie-the-Pooh, "Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, or just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." Notwithstanding the source, this is a winsome invitation and explains the draw of the book.
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Revival or Revivalism (Video)
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by Mike Oppenheimer, 9/18/20 
Where did the new revivals originate from, what were they teaching? How did it progress? Who are the main people involved today? There are issues that we need to discuss that are not pleasant. What I'm referring to is the what is known as the signs and wonders movement that has brought a new (false) revivalism to be ingrained in the church. It started with none other than Benny Hinn, through Rodney Browne, to Toronto, to Brownsville to Todd Bentley to the New Apostolic reformation of Peter Wagner by the prophets. But we can go even further back and find these same concepts from the Latter Rain with William Branham. Drunk in the spirit as a Pentecostal experience, falling, shaking, numbness, dumbness all are manifestations of this new false anointing. This is probably the most important video we have produced, protect yourself and your church knowing what these men believe and want to achieve. We show the background of many of those involved and supporting this revivalism is word faith prosperity teachers We take a journey from the launching of laughter to today's fire anointing/baptism. There is a difference between a God sent revival under the preaching of the word and a man made revivalism focused on supernatural experiences. These experiences promoted by these revivalists are not taught in Scripture for the believer From Toronto to the Send (Lou Engle's new ministry) we Trace the current revivalism in the church and its roots. lots of video clips. Clips are put side by side of the gurus and other religious practices with the modern revival to show the similarities and show the source of the power. Refuting their teaching and experiential errors by the Bible.
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by Chris Lawson, 9/20/20 
?One wonders why Brian Brodersen, Don Stewart, Josh Turansky, and the Calvary Chapel Association Leadership Council allow Steve Berger (Calvary Chapel affiliate pastor and church leader) to continue selling his books in a Calvary Chapel context-as a Calvary Chapel affiliate church. This is very confusing...is it not? Pastor Steve Berger's "Grace Chapel Leipers Fork, Franklin, TN" church is listed as a Calvary Chapel affiliate church on the CalvaryChapel.com church finder. For many years now Steve Berger's church contact information has come up in the Calvary Chapel church locator search results, when one searches for Grace Chapel, Steve Berger, Leipers Fork, or Grace Chapel Franklin, etc.
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Walking the Waves
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Some of the following DVDs and CDs are available free on
A Warning about Saturate 2020
by Sandy Simpson & Marco Quintana
The Letter to Laodicea
Is a Warning to the TRUE Church Today
The Overseer
Jesus Cares for All your Needs!
Two Lessons from Jonah
Synergy
Almost Saved
The Forgotten Facts about Michael Brown of Brownsville
Bradford Pear Christianity
The Lord's Prayer - Our Prayer
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May the Lord bless you as you continue to be a Berean!
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
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