Subject: DITC e-Newsletter
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DITC e-Newsletter
Volume 85, Issue 9
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Dear Alexander,
Beware of false teachers and do not be deceived!
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Check out the new URL for Act TV. Disregard the former URL.
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Directed by Dallas Jenkins
Reviewed by Marsha West
Thousands of people, including many Christians, have tuned in to watch the series The Chosen. The series is about Jesus Christ and His disciples, both before and after their ministry began. The Chosen has been a great success and as a result another season is in the offing. In her piece The Chosen and The Shift, Ingrid McCullough warns that it’s not just a show:
Mr. Jenkins is involved in writing study guides and devotionals that go along with his portrayal of Christ and His followers. Churches and small groups will be watching episodes of The Chosen and using the accompanying materials for the sake of spiritual growth. He argues that The Chosen doesn’t replace Scripture but He does claim that God is the one behind it, wanting to use the series to bring people closer to Christ. This same line of reasoning is used by the LDS to promote the Book of Mormon…
And herein lies the problem and the reason for this article. My chief concern is that most people don’t realize that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a.k.a Mormonism, is involved in producing the series. And that should give Christians pause.
There are a whole host of pseudo-Christian cults around the globe. One of the most well-known cults is Mormonism. No doubt some will find my assertion that they are caught up in a cult humorous, while others may find it disturbing that I would even suggest such a thing. However, as a Christian I’m not called to be nice; I’m called to speak the truth in love; likewise, I’m called to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3).
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by Protestia, 7/2/21
“Stay far away from this deceitful man who rejects God’s word for his own popularity.” An analysis of the 10 hours of ‘Pastor’ Steven Furtick’s sermons has revealed woeful unfaithfulness to the scriptures and a watered-down message of sin and repentance, according to YouTuber Colin Miller. Using a software program, Miller uploaded nearly 10 hours of audio into an application that could detect and extract all the usages of certain words and phrases from his teaching, enabling him to track his usage and do a word analysis in order to see what sort of things are important, or in this case unimportant to Elevation Church.
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by PJ Media, 7/5/21
“Perhaps the Tolkien Society is acting on the assumption that no one will be able to speak on behalf of J.R.R. Tolkien to express what would certainly have been his utter disgust at having his works twisted to support the LGBT agenda.” This weekend, the Tolkien Society is hosting a virtual Summer Seminar, a short academic conference on a theme pertaining to scholarship about J.R.R. Tolkien, the British scholar and author of The Lord of the Rings.
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Why False Teachers Have So Many Followers
by Sandy Simpson
1 John 4:4-6 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit {Or spirit} of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
The reason why false teachers, who deny one or more of the core doctrines of the Faith, gain so many followers is that they are saying what the world wants to hear. They organize their churches so that they cater to unbelievers, and once non Christians come in they are fed a diet devoid of the essential nutrition of the Gospel and sound doctrine. False teachers conduct surveys to see what non-believers are looking for in a "church" and then provide those things. False teachers claim they are bringing people into the Kingdom when in fact they are bringing them out of the world and back into the world, the only difference now being that they are spending their money in support of some apostate leader and/or group.
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Featured Discernment Ministries
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Walking the Waves
by Juanita Simpson
$10.
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Dominionism!
by Steinkamp & Simpson
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Bible Studies in Discernment
Sandy Simpson
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Idolatry in Their Hearts
Simpson & Oppenheimer
$18.
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Lessons in Forgiveness
Sandy Simpson
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Finish the Race
Simpson & Simpson
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The New Apostolic Reformation
Sandy Simpson
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Letters to the Church
Sandy Simpson
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6-DVD Jude Study
Sandy Simpson
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ESC vs. ISC
Sandy Simpson
$10.
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Saturate 2020
Sandy Simpson
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Christocentric
Sandy Simpson
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Laodicea
Sandy Simpson
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The Overseer
Sandy Simpson
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Jesus Cares for You
Sandy Simpson
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Synergy
Sandy Simpson
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Almost Saved
Sandy Simpson
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Michael Brown
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Apologetics Coordination Team
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In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Apologetics Coordination Team
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