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When The Ends AND The Means Are
Unjustifiable
by Sandy Simpson

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"... we ought to see clearly
that the end DOES justify the means. What
else possible could justify the means? If
the method I am using accomplishes the goal I am
aiming at, it is for that reason a good
method. If, on the other hand, my method is
not accomplishing the goal, how can I be justified
in continuing to use it?"
(C. Peter Wagner, "Your Church Can Grow - Seven
Vital Signs Of A Healthy Church", 1976, pg. 137. -
emphasis in original)
Way back in 1976 C.
Peter Wagner had already expressed a foundation of
sand upon which his entire "apostolic" kingdom is
built. To back up his notions, he and his
friends such as John
Wimber, Paul
Cain and many others
began to get the cart before the horse. They
tried to create revival where there was none with
unbiblical and even heretical ideas. They
imported occult ideas from false religions into the
churches, such as "slain
in the spirit" and called
the results "revival". The means they used
were the counterfeit revivals of the Word Of Faith
Movement, the Vineyard
movement, the Toronto
"Blessing", the Brownsville
"Outpouring" and on
down the line to latest Todd
Bentley "Lakeland Revival". The
proof that the means have all been unjustifiable is
in the unjustifiable ends. Lakeland has now
come to an apparent abrupt end due to false healing
and dead raising claims, many false teachings, a
false "transferable" anointing, and sexual
misconduct. You can read about these things in
our Todd
Bentley section. Yet
the leadership of the New
Apostolic Reformation has
not even been slowed by yet another bad end brought
about by the self-destruction of the means. In
the latest ElijahList the false prophets are
prophesying even greater revivals to come.
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The Handkerchief Phenomenon
Addendum to
“A Whole Lot Of Wishful Thinking These Days”
by Sandy Simpson
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There is a new
phenomenon especially among some island churches
where handkerchiefs are being handed around a
congregation claiming that they have an anointing
that can cause people to be healed and other
miraculous things happen to them. The problem with
this idea is especially evident in two things: (1)
that this can and is being considered by many to be
Christian magic and (2) that it is being taught as
being something that should be a normal part of the
Christian experience. It is taught that if you
have faith you will believe in touching the
handkerchief that you will be healed, freed from
demons, or get a special anointing. But faith
is not proven by signs and wonders.
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Baha’i
& YWAM's "Indigenous People's Movement"
(IPM)
by Sandy Simpson
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This chart should be of
grave interest to those in YWAM and those
supporting YWAM and its agenda with the IPM or
"First Nations" movement led by people like Daniel
Kikawa (Perpetuated In
Righteousness), Don Richardson (Eternity in Their
Hearts:Startling Evidence of Belief in the One
True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the
World), John Dawson (Taking Our Cities
for God: How to Break Spiritual Strongholds), Richard Twiss (One Church, Many
Tribes : Following Jesus the Way God Made You), Terry LeBlanc (Creating
Christian Indians: Native Clergy in the
Presbyterian Church) and many others.
You will notice a very close comparison in this
chart between false religion and so-called
"Christian" leaders. Please read what YWAM, The
Emerging Chuch, the WCGP and
others are teaching that are almost exactly what
the Baha'i teach.
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Three Fallacies Of Third Wave
Spiritual Warfare Teachings
by Sandy Simpson

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When
so-called Christians employ Biblical pagan methods
to rid themselves of demons, they end up giving
the enemy an opportunity to deceive them and a
foothold in their lives. When Israel
disobeyed the Lord's command to come down to
Jerusalem and worship Him in the temple under the
Law, and instead chose to set up altars in the
high places, the result was that they ended up
worshiping demons. They thought they were
worshiping God, but ended up worshiping Baal and
Ashtoreth. You cannot live a life glorifying
to the Lord unless you obey Him.
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The Duties of
Christian Leadership
by Sandy Simpson

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Christians, and especially Christian
leadership, are called to be salt and light in a
dark world.
Matt.
5:13-16 "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be
made salty again? It is no longer good for
anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by
men. "You are the light of the world. A
city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people
light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they
put it on its stand, and it gives light to
everyone in the house. In the same way, let your
light shine before men, that they may see your
good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
When the
Lord tells us to be salt and light, He states both
the positive and the negative. That is the way
with all Scripture. We can’t just take the
positive and be done with the subject. We have
to consider all the ramifications of being salt and
light. Salt is used to season food and make it
taste good. It was and still is used as a
preservative. In the same way Christians are
to be salt in the world. Without the witness
of Christ, without standing for the truth, life is
ultimately tasteless and rotten. Anyone here
who was a sinner for any length of time without the
Savior knows what I am talking about. But the
flip side is that salt can lose its saltiness.
Christians can lose their saltiness by diluting the
Gospel message to the point where it is
useless. Let me give you an example of a
washed out Gospel often preached in churches
today.
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Smack Dab in the Middle of the
Apostasy
by Sandy Simpson

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Christianity Today ran the following
article:
'Antichrist'
No More: Evangelicals Praise Pope
Most are unreserved
in their praise on political, social,
and even theological
matters, but critique of papacy remains.
Compiled by Ted Olsen,
04/05/2005 04:30 p.m.
Among the names mentioned, who praise the
Pope in this article, were "Evangelical" leaders
such as: Evangelical
Episcopalian Fred Barnes; Wheaton College's Mark
Noll; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod President
Gerald B. Kieschnick; National Association of
Evangelicals President Ted Haggard; Focus on the
Family President James Dobson; Charles Colson who
organized the evangelical side of the Evangelicals
and Catholics Together; Paige Patterson, President
of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary;
Presbyterian Church in America Pastor-brothers
David and Tim Bayly; Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary President Al Mohler; Dallas Theological
Seminary President Mark Bailey; Credenda Agenda
Editor Douglas Wilson; and Evangelical Alliance,
the United Kingdom's version of the stateside
National Association of Evangelicals.
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Marriage
A
Biblical Illustration Of Our Faith Commitment To
Jesus Christ For Salvation
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
Marriage as a metaphor for our
relationship to Jesus Christ.
Marriage is used as a metaphor for our
relationship to God many times in the Bible.
Let's look at the picture God wants His people to
see about their relationship to Him, and His
relationship to them.
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The New
Powerless Gospel
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
TI have been
challenged lately to think again about what the
Gospel message is all about. This has come as
a result of hearing what I considerto be, at the
very least, "gospel lite" and at the most no gospel
at all being presented by a number of
neo-evangelicals, Third Wavers and
outrightheretics. The interesting thing is
that many seem to be preaching the same message.
What is most intriguing is that false teachers like
Benny Hinn, ecumenicals, and even some preachers I
would considerto be orthodox in their theology are
preaching a "gospel" that is very similar.The
question is: Is this new gospel message really the
Gospel at all?
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Leviathan
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
This
creature that existed, and may yet exist, is used
as a description of the might and
power of the enemy.
Isaiah
27:1 In
that day the LORD will
punish Leviathan the
fleeing serpent, With His fierce and
great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the
twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in
the sea. (NASB)
Speaking of the “day of the Lord”,
when the Lord comes back again to rule and judge
the earth, Isaiah says that the Lord will punish
Leviathan the dragon. Satan
is likened to leviathan, a serpent, and he is said
to live in the sea.
Revelation
13:1 And the dragon
stood on the sand of the seashore. Then
I saw a beast coming up out of the sea,
having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten
diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous
names. (NASB)
Again the dragon comes out of the
sea, which is symbolic of the nations of the
world, but perhaps is also tied to a literal
meaning. He
has multiple heads which are symbolic of the heads
of the nations of the end times, but he is also
said to have multiple heads before the symbolism
of the nations of the revived Babylon come into
being, as recorded in Ps. 74:14 and Job.
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Pre
Millennial and Post Millennial Doctrines Do
Not Mix
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
Many Christians today (having allowed themselves
to be diapraxed by false teachers on TV, in books,
in seminars and on tape) have begun to accept a
mixture of Pre Mil and Post Mil doctrines.
Many claim they still hold to a Pre Trib Rapture
(or another Pre Mil scenario) and at the same time
would claim that Christians are in a great end
times revival, that "Transformation" is taking
place all over the world, and that our mandate is
to retake dominion over the whole world including
its businesses, social agendas and political
arenas (a Post Mil scenario). But what many
"Christians" today do not realize is: the
mixture they have accepted is oxymoronic.
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New
Age & Eastern Mysticism in the Churches
by Sandy Simpson
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There are two kingdoms being taught
in many churches today. Teaching about one of the
kingdoms is on the decline while the other is
being promoted all over the place. I am
warning Christians that they need to check out who
is using the word "kingdom", the books they have
been reading and recommend on building "the
kingdom", the people they have been hanging out
with at conferences, and what they mean by "the
kingdom".
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"He
Was A Murderer From The Beginning"
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
John 8:44 You belong
to your father, the devil, and you want to carry
out your father’s desires. He
was a murderer from the beginning,
not holding
to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When
he lies, he speaks his native language, for he
is a liar and the father of lies.
Revelation 21:8 But the
cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
murderers, the sexually immoral, those who
practice magic arts, the idolaters
and all
liars—they will be consigned to the fiery
lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Revelation 22:15 Outside are
the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the
sexually immoral, the
murderers,
the idolaters and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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Exposing the "I Am God" Blasphemers
by Sandy Simpson

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There are so many people who claim
to be Christians today, claiming that they are God. Not just a “little god” but
God Almighty. I hate to
tell them but there is only one God/man who could ever
claim that and His name is Jesus Christ.
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Why False
Teachers Have So Many Followers
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
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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False Apostles
of
the New Apostolic Reformation
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
The NAR proponents
claim to be foundational Apostles to the modern
church. This claim is exactly what Paul warned
the Church about regarding false apostles. The
term "false apostles" is used only once in the Bible
in 2 Cor. 11:13. False apostles are identified
as those who claim they are equal with
the the foundational Apostles. The NAR
proponents go even further! They claim to be GREATER than
the original Apostles.
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Jude Study
6 DVD Series
(DVD 1) Jude Lesson 1 - Verses 1-4
(DVD 2) Jude Lesson 2 - Verses 5-10
(DVD 3) Jude Lesson 3 - Verse 11
(DVD 4) Jude Lesson 4 - Verses 12-15
(DVD 5) Jude Lesson 5 - Verses 16-19
(DVD 6) Jude Lesson 6 - Verses 20-25
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
Jude 1:1-2 Jude, a servant of
Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who
have been called, who are loved by God the Father
and kept by Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace and love be
yours in abundance. Jude was the brother of Jesus
Christ. But it is significant that he calls
himself the brother of James. Jude wants everyone
to know that, though he is a half-brother of Jesus
Christ through his mother Mary, he considers
himself to be a servant of Jesus. I’m sure there
were those who tried to idolize him for being the
brother of Jesus Christ. If he had the character
of some of the current large crop of false
teachers, he would have written “Jude, the brother
of Jesus Christ.” I’m sure if some of these modern
heretics could trace their roots back to Christ,
they would use that information to get support for
themselves and power over people. But Jude does
just the opposite. He calls himself the servant of
Jesus Christ. He is addressing this letter to
those who have been called, and who are loved by
God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ. So he is
addressing this letter to Christians. God has
called every true believer.
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A Word of Encouragement
from Paul
Run the Race, Win the Prize
by
Sandy Simpson

This DVD is a message based on this article.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we
eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus
Christ, who, by the power that enables him to
bring everything under his control, will transform
our lowly bodies so that they will be like his
glorious body. Jesus Christ is coming
again. We are citizens of heaven, not this
earth, and Jesus will come to take us to our
homeland. So true believers eagerly await
His coming, unlike those who oppose the cross of
Christ who think they must take dominion over the
earth or laugh at the idea of the Rapture.
There are many of them today. We know that
when Jesus comes, by His power, He will bring
everything under His control. We are not
called to do that as the Church. Jesus will
do that when He comes, and when He comes we will
be changed and receive our everlasting bodies that
will never wear out.
1 Cor. 15:51-57 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We
will not all sleep, but we will all be changed in
a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will
be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
When the perishable has been clothed with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory." "Where,
O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your
sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power
of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives
us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Entertainment-style Christianity
vs. Interactive-style Christianity
by Sandy Simpson

This DVD is a message based on
this article.
Today, in a majority of
churches, we see the result of the
seeker-friendly,"purpose-driven", church
growth, Third Wave, New Apostolic Reformation
methods and teachings and their product I am
calling"Entertainment-style Christianity"
(ESC). But ESC churches are not only
missing out on the cutting edge of true
Christianity, but areheading down the road to
apostasy.
True biblical Christianity is
"interactive". Those in ESC are taughtto
be spectators at mega-church entertainment
events. They are not taught the Bible
but rather to be enamored with the
oratoricalskills of the preacher, and to not
dare question anything that is shoved down the
throats of the "laity" by the ruling
"anointed"elite. They are treated to a
circus atmosphere including wild CCM music
with people flailing around and acting like
they are on drugs, topreachers who tell
endless stories about themselves and joke
about everything while actually making
profundity mundane, to hula dancing,to banners
and marching in the church and around it, to
the blowing of shofars, to slain in the spirit
and wild manifestations. Theirsears are
tickled by guest speakers who make up sermons
out of their own imaginations instead of the
written Word. They are entertainedwith
gold dust, gold fillings, "angel" feathers,
"angel" footprints, drunk in the spirit
antics, and during these displays they can go
outand get a latte and a snack at the church
snack bar. They come into these mega
churches and leave without being personally
challengedother than with tired worldly
psychology, and without anyone being able to
find out what they are doing in their private
lives. A smallpercentage attend "cell
groups" where they are diapraxed into
consensus instead of challenged to be Bereans
and think and act forthemselves. They
live like the world during the week, then come
to church where the world is not only welcomed
but accommodated.
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Saturate 2020 adherants are those
who are drunk and think they can save the planet
by Sandy Simpson
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Commentators
seem to think that this section of Habakkuk was
addressing the Ceasars and
their drunken desire for power. Seems
these two things often go together.
Those
who love drunk in the spirit are no exception. They
are trying to get others to share in their
debauchery and the false hope of an end-times
worldwide revival, currently through the
Saturate 2020 events. Though
these were two of the heretical distinctives of
the New Order of the Latter Rain, these ideas
are nothing new. The
righteous continue to live by faith, while the
proud boast in their drunken state.
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A Warning about
Saturate 2020
by Sandy Simpson &
Marco Quintana
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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.
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Should Biblical Churches Be
Christocentric?
by Sandy Simpson
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Should biblical
Christian churches be Christ-centered
(Christocentric)? Should the doctrines of the
Father (Patriology) and the Holy Spirit
(Pnematology) also be equally emphasized? Can
a church be Patriocentric or Pnemacentric and be
biblical?
The answer to
these questions are quite simple from a biblical
perspective. There have been charges leveled
at some movements such as the Pietist Movement in
Germany and other movements that they place too much
emphasis on Christ to the exclusion of the Father
and the Holy Spirit. This may be true to a
certain degree. The doctrines of the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit must be taught with equal
emphasis so that Christians will know what they
believe.
But should a
church be Patriocentric or Pnemacentric?
No. For instance, there are far too many
churches today, having been influenced by
hyper-Pentecostalism and the Latter Rain, that are
Pnemacentric. They spend most of their time
focusing on the Holy Spirit to the exclusion of
preaching the Gospel while, in fact, they don't even
have a biblical doctrine of the Holy Spirit. I
believe that because classic Evangelicals, to a
certain degree, dropped the ball in defining the
Person and role of the Holy Spirit it gave an
opening to Third Wavers to step in with their
erroneous ideas of Pnematology.
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The Letter to Laodicea
Is a Warning to the
TRUE Church Today
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
Rev.
3:14-22 And unto the angel of the church
of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God; I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
would thou wert cold or hot. So then because
thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I
will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou
sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and
have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou
art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me
gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do
not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve,
that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant
to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Much has been made of this passage, using it to
point out what is happening today in the
apostate churches around the world. It is
true that they believe they are rich in
spiritual things when they are very poor.
It can be applied in one sense to the Word of Faith movement.
It is true that the "River" movement of Latter
Rain teachings do think they are hot when
actually they are cold.
But this letter to the end
times church of Laodicea is actually talking to
biblical Christians who are born again. The
apostate movements of the Latter
Rain, Third
Wave, Toronto
"Blessing", Vineyard, Brownsville
"Outpouring", Word
of Faith, New
Apostolic Reformation, World Gathering on
Indigenous People, Manifest
Sons of God, Seeker
Friendly, Church
Growth, Emerging
Church and many others
have already had their lampstands removed (Rev.
2:5) because of their apostasy and have already
been spit out of the Lord's mouth (Rev.
3:16). We can know this because of what the
Bible says about those who teach false doctrines
(1 Tim. 6:3-5, 2 Tim. 4:3) and make false
prophecies (1 John 4:1). These false churches,
false movements and false brethren (Gal. 2:4) are
already under the judgment of the warnings of the seven letters,
as all but two of the original first century
churches are today (only the two who Jesus did not
warn still survive today). Therefore the letters to the
churches apply to those
churches who have not had their lampstands removed
and been spit out of the mouth of God because of
heresy and false prophesy. So the warning to
the true biblical churches today remains.
Why is this warning significant to us?
It
is significant because, by in large, it is the
true Church today that has allowed the movements
mentioned above to infiltrate and take over the
agenda for what is called "Christianity" today.
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The Overseer
A
Study Of Titus 1:6-11
by Sandy Simpson

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In
Titus 1:6-11 Paul tells Titus to
appoint "overseers" in the
churches. The word "overseer"
is episkopos in
Greek and means bishop, curator,
superintendent, guardian, watchman.
Overseers are to be shepherds to the
sheep, watchmen, guardians.
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Jesus
Cares for You
by Sandy Simpson

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n this article.
Read
Passage: John 6:1-15
The
story of the feeding of the 5000 is found in all
the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
When something is repeated in the Bible it means
that it is important and is something we must try
to understand. There is often a deeper meaning in
sentences or stories that are repeated.
In
this same story repeated in Mark 6:34 it says:
"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had
compassion on them, because they were like sheep
without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many
things."
One of the main things that Jesus is... is
compassionate. He cares for His people. He was
compassionate then and He is still compassionate
today. Jesus came and saw the needs of the people.
So He did two things. He met their physical need
of hunger for bread, and He also met their
spiritual hunger for the bread of life. As Jesus
told us in John ... He is the bread of life. The
Bible, the Word of God, being the word of the
Father and the Son, is also the bread of
life. Jesus is the living example of the
Word as it also says in John "The Word was made
flesh and lived among us".
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General Jerry Boykin
and his ties to The Knights of Malta and Rick Joyner
compiled by Sandy Simpson

This DVD is a message based on tis article.
This paper exposes
what General Boykin has been doing in Calvary
Chapels and his associations.
He
is Grand Chancellor of
the Vatican's Jesuitical "Knights of
Malta", an ecumenical society under the
leadership of Rome where Catholics, Protestants
and a plethora of others unite in what cannot be a
unity of the Faith.
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Two Lessons from
Jonah
by Sandy Simpson
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We just finished as study in the book of
Jonah in our Bible study groups. As we
studied through that true story I became aware of
an application for Church leaders today.
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What Does The Bible Teach About
"Synergy"?
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
Synergy is also a concept being adapted and
taught today as a major tenet of the Third Wave, New
Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. Dutch
Sheets was one of the first to introduce this
concept to that movement back in the National School
of the Prophets - Mobilizing the Prophetic Office
Conference at Ted Haggard's New Life Church in
Colorado Springs, CO on May 12, 2002.
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Upgrade Your Old
Hymns For The New Paradigm!
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
HUMOR: Time for a rewrite of the
old hymns. In this day and age of Third Wave
revival movements and Word-Faith dominion, the old
hymns just aren't cutting it anymore. Not
only are they old fashioned musically, but the
lyrics are, for the most part, particularly
depressing. They talk of sin, death, repentance,
the cross, the blood of Jesus and a whole host of
other disgusting subjects. There are also
too many lyrics in them, frankly, which takes away
from the "worship" atmosphere. Repetitiveness is
what we need, not dead doctrinal concepts. The old
hymns are just too biblical. Give us a beat to
move our feet, not concepts to move our hearts and
minds!
Here is a list of some hymns that
could be "upgraded" to meet the criteria of the
Third Wave, Word-Faith, Latter Rain, Manifest Sons
Of God, New Apostolic Reformation. This list
is by no means complete. If you don't
recognize the hymns mentioned perhaps it would be
worth your time to go back and read them, then
compare what they say to the new doctrines.
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Almost Saved
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
“To be almost saved is to be
totally lost.” – Adrian Rogers
There are many so-called
“Christians” today who are clearly “almost saved” by
their testimonies and/or actions.But to be “almost saved” is to
be completely lost.A
person who is drowning and almost saved drowns.A woman who is almost
pregnant is not pregnant.King Agrippa said, “You are almost
persuading me to be a Christian (Acts 26:28)” but
being almost persuaded is not enough to be saved.
The
word “almost” means “very nearly”, “not quite.” In
light of this we may conclude that to come close
to the target, or “almost” hit it, means to
completely miss the mark. (Shalem Evangelical Church
Bush Hall Yard Gap, St. Michael)
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"Silence
the
noise of your songs"
by Sandy Simpson, 5/26/19
Amos 5:21-27 “I hate, I reject your
festivals, nor do I delight in your solemn
assemblies. “Even though you offer up to Me
burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not
accept them; and I will not even look at the peace
offerings of your fatlings. “Take away from Me the
noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the
sound of your harps. “But let justice roll down like
waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing
stream. Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain
offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house
of Israel? You also carried along Sikkuth your king
and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which
you made for yourselves. Therefore, I will make you
go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose
name is the God of hosts. When I first reread this
passage in Amos, a few things struck me. First
of all the Lord is bringing judgment on Israel for
carrying on religious ceremony without true
dedication to the Lord. They sing songs and
present their offerings while harboring idols.
I was reminded of how the Lord must view the
heretical apostate mega church celebrations of
today. There is a lot of pomp and
circumstance, yet little or no obedience to the Word
of God. The Lord does not look favorably upon
worship of that type, no matter the hype, no matter
the noise, no matter the show. He actually
“hates” it.
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How To Find A Good Church
by Sandy Simpson, 2003
Here’s how to find a good
church. What you need to find is a church that
not only has orthodox doctrinal statements but
teaches, both explicitly and implicitly, in line
with the core doctrines of the Faith. These
are Bible-believing Christ-centered churches that
are balanced in their theology. Be sure to
test all churches before you become involved.
It is acceptable to get involved with a house church
or Bible study as long as there is someone who has
the gift of teaching there to lead the study of
God’s Word.
Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own
assembling together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another; and all the more as you see
the day drawing near.
The Christian life is not one to be
lived alone. Trust me; I have sympathy for
those who have been spiritually injured by false
churches, false prophets, false teachers and false
apostles. It is often a long road back from
the diaprax of heresy. But to undo the
brainwashing you will need help, especially from
those who are already ahead of you on your journey
back. The first century church was known for
the following:
Acts 2:42 They were continually
devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
This is a good gauge to tell if you
are involved in an effective assembly of believers,
no matter how small. Remember that the first
century churches were in homes. In my
experience smaller churches are much better at doing
the above and more. Avoid mega churches.
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This book was written by my mother
and is about my family's experience as missionaries
in Micronesia. Juanita went to be with the
Lord in August of 2018. This book has been a
blessing to many people around the world and I want
to share it with you. - Sandy Simpson
This is the story of a young woman who
goes to the ends of the Earth with her pastor
husband and two small children. While
describing the hardships of living in a remote
village on a remote Pacific Island in the
60's, it also gives us a vision of the joy the
family experienced as well. The heart of the
book is the story of how the author survives
the death of her husband and goes on to serve
God and the Micronesian people in her own
right.This book
reveals a woman of great faith and courage. In
addition, the book is well written and a
pleasure to read.Having met the author, I
will add that there are thousands of people
throughout Micronesia who love her and who
have benefited by her faithfulness and
commitment over the years. Read the book and
get to know this wonderful woman. Review
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Deliverance!
A Biblical
Guide To Freedom from "Another Spirit"
The Possible
Consequence of the Unbiblical Practice of "Slain
In the Spirit"
by Sandy
Simpson
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The cases are legion. Let's
look at John (a pseudonym) as one case in thousands
that I read through the years in the emails sent to
my site.
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A Short
History of Dominionism
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
In order to understand where the
modern fusion called “Dominioism”
comes from, I want to first give you definitions
of Kingdom Now, Dominionism
and Reconstructionism.
Dominionism is
sparsely defined as follows:
“Dominion Theology (also known
as Dominionism)
is a group of Christian political ideologies
that seek to institute a nation governed by
Christians based on their personal
understandings of biblical law. Extents of
rule and ways of achieving governing authority
are varied. For example, Dominion Theology can
include theonomy,
but does not necessarily involve advocating
Mosaic law as the basis of government. The
label is applied primarily toward groups of
Protestants in the United States.” [1]
It is more closely defined this
way:
“Dominionism,
or Christian Dominionism
is a term coined by social scientists and
popularized by journalists to refer to a
subset of American Christianity that is
conservative, politically active, and believes
that Christians should, and eventually will,
take control of the government. The term is
sometimes used as a “catch-all” by bloggers to
describe any politically active Christian, but
not every conservative, politically minded
Christian is a Dominionist.
Christian Dominionists
believe that God desires Christians to rise to
power through civil systems so that His Word
might then govern the nation. The belief that
“America is a Christian nation” is sometimes
called “soft dominionism”;
the idea that God wants only Christians to
hold government office and run the country
according to biblical law is called
“hard dominionism.”
[2]
“Hard Dominioism” as it is
called in the above definition, is what C. Peter
Wagner (deceased) of the New Apostolic
Reformation (a term he coined) have been
advocating, following the teachings of the New
Order of the Latter Rain and Reformed Theology “Reconstructionism”.
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Maturity
Training
by Sandy Simpson
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Heb. 5:14 But
solid food is for the MATURE, who by
constant use have trained themselves to
distinguish good from evil.
At the
core of maturity in Christ is the issue of
training to be able to distinguish between
good and evil, right and wrong. But in today’s
churches this issue has not only been
downplayed, but actually swept aside.
I run a
website and get hundreds of emails every week.
Since the website deals with apologetics
against false teachers and false prophets,
about half the email I receive is blasting me
for even bringing up the issue. These emails
are from “Christians” who claim I am not
“anointed”, don’t understand the work of the
Holy Spirit, etc. I am forced to remind them
of Hebrews 5 and Ephesians 4 and the biblical
definition of maturity in Christ. Maturity is
not defined as following dynamic speakers,
running after people who claim the ability to
perform signs and wonders, those with wealth,
charismatic teachers with large numbers of
followers, those with name recognition, and
prophets who make wild prophecies. It is
defined simply as training ourselves to know
the difference between good and evil.
Where
do Christians get solid food? From voices in
their heads, intuition, imaginations, flights
of fancy, signs, wonders? No. Solid food is
consumed by feeding on the meat of the written
Word of God.
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Bill Johnson
Quotes
by Sandy Simpson
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In this article, I will detail some
false ideas, especially from Johnson’s books.
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The Use of
Invective
in
Apologetics
by Sandy Simpson
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This article is about the use of
invective while attempting to do apologetics or
teaching discernment. Invective is defined as
a noun: insulting, abusive, or highly critical
language ie. "he let out a stream of
invective". I admit to using invective at
times in the past. My goal is to stop that
practice and focus on the facts, not attack an
individual’s ability to comprehend.
In the case of Christians, the first
thing to consider when doing apologetics is our
mandate to reconcile people to Christ, no matter who
they are.
2 Cor. 5:18-21 Now all these
things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself
through Christ and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not counting
their trespasses against them, and He has
committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were making an appeal through us; we
beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our
behalf so that we might become the righteousness
of God in Him.
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Ten Questions
For those who Claim the "Supreme Beings" of the
Nations are the True God
by Sandy Simpson
This booklet is taken from this
article!
I have some questions for those of
the World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People
(WCGIP) adherents such as Don Richardson,
Daniel Kikawa,
Richard Twiss
(deceased), Terry LeBlanc, Danny Lehman,
Aloha KeAkua, YWAM as well as many
in the Emergent Church (EC) ... the questions
arise from their claim that the "supreme beings"
of the nations are all the True God, YHWH, the God
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You can read
more on this subject in our book "Idolatry In Their Hearts" or
in the WCGIP
section of my site.
My
main question for them is this: When did ANY of
the Patriarchs and Prophets in the Old Testament
and the Apostles or Jesus Christ in the New
Testament EVER claim that the "supreme beings" of
the nations were Elohim/YHWH,
the one True God? Let's look at some
examples in the form of questions and you can
check out the source links as well.
10
Questions is available is now
available in booklet format. You can order
here or at Lighthouse Trails here.
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Real
Revival
by Sandy Simpson
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Acts 3:19 Therefore repent
and return, so that your sins may be wiped
away, in order that times of refreshing
may come from the presence of the Lord;
There has been so much hype of
"revival" in our modern day that it is easy to
forget the true biblical criteria and definition
of revival. Revival cannot be brought about by
signs and wonders or "laying" on of hands to
transfer apostolic or prophetic "anointings". In
fact there is no such thing in the Bible.The
Biblical criterion for revival has, as a
precondition, repentance. The word "refreshing" is
also defined as "revive".
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Peter
Popoff
Back to his old tricks!
by Sandy Simpson

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I received a letter
from Peter Popoff. This infamous televangelist,
in the past, was found to be guilty of wearing
an earpiece so that his accomplices in his sound
booth could feed him personal information on
people in his audience while he was claiming to
get personal messages directly from God.
This letter proves that, not only is he back as
a regular on TV, he is also back to his old
tricks.
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Occult
Practices in the Churches
How the occult has been
fully integrated into many Christian lives and
fellowships
by Sandy Simpson

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article.
The Bible is quite clear about occult
practices.Neither Israel nor
the Church is to have anything to do with the way
the world tries to gain secret knowledge.The Gnostics were and are known
for promoting new revelation that is either loosely
tied to Scripture taken out ofcontext or not at all.The Israelites seeking information
from the dead or in omens were judged harshly by the
Lord who had warned them numerous times to stay away
from that stuff.
Yet due to the influences
of heretical teachers in the New Apostolic
Reformation, Word of Faith, Emergent Church, and the New Age many have been
successful in getting lots of churches and
denominations into occult practices that have been
thinly disguised as “Christian�?.Many
of those who follow these people, I’m sure, have no idea how far they have
strayed into the occult.
First I want to give the
dictionary definitions and then Biblical warnings
against these practices.Then I
will give examples in the churches taken mainly from
the ElijahList
e-newsletter.
List of Practices Detestable To
God
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
“When you enter the land which the Lord your God
gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the
detestable things of those nations. There shall
not be found among you anyone who makes his son or
his daughter pass through the fire, one who
uses divination, one who practices witchcraft,
or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or
one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who
calls up the dead. For whoever does these
things is detestable to the Lord;
and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will
drive them out before you.
Isaiah 8:19When they say to you, “Consult the
mediums and the spiritists
who whisper and mutter,�? should not a
peopleconsult their God?Should theyconsultthe dead on behalf
of the living?
Using the above list from Deuteronomy
and Isaiah, let’s take a look at each individual
practice.
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New Important Book!
Dominionism!
How Unbiblical Action Can
Change The Churches
by Dr. Orrel Steinkamp &
Sandy Simpson
Preface
By Sandy Simpson
The title and cover art of this work
are a play off of the book by C. Peter Wagner
entitled “"Dominion! How Kingdom Action Can Change
The World". In contrast to this specious claim
we have titled this book “Dominionism! How
Unbiblical Action Can Change The Churches�?.
We think that is far more in keeping with what we
will present in this series of articles and essays
on the subject of Kingdom Now/Dominionism.
Indeed, many churches have already
been changed by accepting the false teachings that
constitute Dominionism. This started decades
ago under Reformed Reconstrucionism and Latter Rain
theology, but even before that in the Roman Catholic
Church (RCC). The attempt of Constantine to
protect Christians from being persecuted, since he
claimed he had become one of them, turned out to
begin a journey in syncretism and Dominion. It
wasn’t long before corrupt church officials began to
try to seize power all over Europe and beyond as the
“Holy Roman Empire�?. The Reformation itself
was a reaction to the lengths to which the RCC had
gone to take control over the Scriptures, the
nations, the kingdoms, and the people for financial
gain. They sold indulgences, promising those
who came up with enough money a much shorter time in
Purgatory. Those same ploys are being used
today on what has been loosely called “Christian
television�? by the sale of trinkets and promises of
healing, financial gain and even salvation.
These ideas all coalesce in
Dominionism. If it were true that the Church
needs to take over the planet, then we would be
seeing the unstoppable plans of God’s physical
Kingdom unfolding. But we do not. All we
see are failed prophecies, empty edicts and
declarations coming from false apostles and false
prophets. They love to fool Christians with
talk of the “kingdom�? when it is clear they are
talking about a different “kingdom�?; a Kingdom Now
not a Kingdom come. Jesus taught us to pray:
“Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven�?. The implication is that we are
to be about building His spiritual Kingdom while
praying for and expecting His physical Kingdom to
come. The only way we can do that is to
continue in the Great Commission till He comes, not
attempt to rule where God has not given the Church
the authority to rule. Jesus will do that when
He returns. If we go off on the tangent the
Dominionists want us to go, we will not only miss
out on the blessings of His Kingdom to come, but may
well be deserving of judgment.
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Seeds, Soil & Fruit
by Sandy Simpson
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Bad seeds from a bad tree yield bad
fruit.
Matt. 13:38-39 The field is
the world, and the good seed stands for the sons
of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the
evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the
devil. The harvest is the end of the age,
and the harvesters are angels.
Matthew 7:17 Likewise every
good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree
bears bad fruit.
Original sin is the bad seed in
everyone. We all start with a bad seed.
Jer. 17:9 The heart is
deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who
can understand it?
Rom. 3:23 for all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom. 5:12 Therefore, just as
sin entered the world through one man, and death
through sin, and in this way death came to all
men, because all sinned
We need to have the bad seed
destroyed and replaced with good seed.
Gal. 5:24 Those who belong
to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful
nature with its passions and desires.
Rom. 6:6 For we know that our
old self was crucified with him so that the body
of sin might be done away with, that we
should no longer be slaves to sin
1 Pet. 1:23 For you have been
born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and
enduring word of God.
The good seed is the Word, the
Gospel.
Luke 8:11 "This is the
meaning of the parable: The seed is the word
of God.
1 John 3:9 No one who is born
of God will continue to sin, because God's
seed remains in him; he cannot go on
sinning, because he has been born of God.
Bad seeds are from the enemy and are
full of false doctrine and a false gospel.
Matt. 13:38-39 The field is
the world, and the good seed stands for the sons
of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the
evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the
devil. The harvest is the end of the age,
and the harvesters are angels.
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Will the Real Blasphemers
Please Stand Up?
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
This subject is one so serious that I
do it with great fear and trepidation. Nonetheless,
because I get so many e-mails accusing me and other
Bereans of blasphemy, among other serious charges, I
felt it was necessary to clear up some issues on
this topic. Because of my stand for the truth of
God's Word juxtaposed against all the false teaching
that is going on today, I think it is important to
do a quick study on what blasphemy is actually all
about from a biblical standpoint. There are
many references to blasphemy in the Bible and from
them we can find out how and why that term was used.
You will see that the word
"blasphemy" in the Scriptures is the very definition
of what the false teachers and false prophets are
doing today!
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"Glitter Christians"
by Sandy Simpson
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Glitter Christians.
This is a name I came up with for
people attending and teaching at Oral Roberts
University in the 70s. Even back then I had
come to realize that their way of representing
Christianity was not in line with the
Scriptures. At that time I didn’t know that
Oral Roberts was carrying on the Word of Faith
traditions of New Thought practitioners such as
Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Essex Kenyan,
Norman Vincent Peale, Robert Schuler, and many other
false teachers of the time. Though I didn’t
know anything about Word of Faith or New Thought
then I knew that the way they were representing
Christianity was just not right somehow. Their
desire to portray Christians as rich, beautiful,
healthy, perfect, and virtually sinless (holiness)
went directly against the example of Jesus, the
Apostles and the early church.
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The articles below are
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Perfect
travel listening material!
"Transformed By The
Renewing Of Your Mind" (Rom. 12:2)
Studies in
worldview.
By Sandy Simpson
(1) "They
Will
Believe The Lie"
(2) Satan,
The
First Postmodernist
(3) A
Tale Of Two Kingdoms
(4) One
Of
Satan's Final Masquerades
(5) Nightmarchers
And
UFOs On The Big Island
(6) The
Missionaries
Brought A Foreign God
(7) Monotheism
In
Ancient Cultures
(8) The
History
Of The Knowledge And Worship Of God
(9) Replacement
Theology
On Steroids
(10) Catholic
Syncretism
(11) The
Gospel Entrusted To The Saints
(12) The
Responsibilities Of A Good Shepherd
(13) "... and all
liars"
(14) Four
Books
That The Enemy Has Used To Corrupt Christianity
(15) Glitter
Christians
(16) Is It
Possible To Believe In Jesus ... And NOT Be
Saved?
(17) Testing
The
Spirits
Studies in Worldview MP3 CD
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Screwtape Legacy
by Sandy Simpson
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The book by C.S. Lewis called
"Screwtape Letters" was a clever idea in exposing a
number of tactics of the enemy. Those
principles are still at work today in many
churches. Following is a list of some of the
things the enemy wants to see in churches and
Christians in order to bring them down.
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Bradford Pear Christianity
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
I was driving along and noticing that
spring has sprung here in North Carolina. One of the
first trees to bloom is the Bradford Pear. I began
to notice how that tree has proliferated almost
everywhere and then my wife looked up the
information on this tree on the web. As she began to
read the facts about this tree and its proliferation
I began to see an allegorical parallel to what is
going on in much of Christendom. But before I get
into what the Bradford Pear can show us about the
churches, I need to present the facts about the
tree.
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The Lord's Prayer, Our
Prayer
by Sandy Simpson
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Matt. 6:9-13 This, then, is how
you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed
be your name, your kingdom come, your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today
our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we
also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil
one."
This model
prayer that Jesus taught the disciples to pray
contains many important precepts. It should
probably be called "The Disciple's Prayer". It
starts with a very important concept in the first
verse.
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The Fallacious Arguments of
Neo-Universalists
by Sandy Simpson
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The new Universalists are not as
vocal about their Universalism ideas but are far
more deadly to the Church as they are not rejected
like classic Universalists were decades ago.
The new Universalists would include Emerging
Church leaders like Brian McLaren, Leonard Sweet,
Spencer Burke, Alan Jones and others like
Wycliffe, Society of Biblical Literature,
World Christian Gathering of Indigenous Peoples,
Richard Twiss, Daniel Kikawa, Terry LeBlanc, Rick
Warren, Henry Nowen, YWAM, Tony Campolo, Robert
Schuller, George Otis Jr., and even Billy Graham.
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The future of apologetics
and discernment ministries
by Sandy Simpson
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I admit that I
am very skeptical about the future of discernment
and apologetics ministries. I don't see the next
generation coming up to replace those who have stood
for the truth for so long. Fortunately many
apologists have gone to be with the Lord but who
will replace them? I don't see replacements coming
up who will take the place of those who have been
fighting the fight the years. I run a web site where
I collect articles and materials from all over the
world and present them in a sort of Reader's Digest
format so that people can come to one place to get
the latest information on heresies in the churches
as well as research past ones. What I've seen in the
last couple of years is that the production of
regular materials is declining to the point where
it's becoming difficult to find one article for my
site to post every day. Of course I write my own
articles but don't have enough time to write an
article on a daily basis. I am very concerned
because of the tsunami of false ideas from the enemy
in the churches. At the same time, unfortunately, I
see a lot of younger people who don't even recognize
anymore that something is wrong.
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Church History & The
Core Doctrines
by Sandy Simpson
This 4-DVD set is a combination of a
condensed study on Church History and the Discernment
Toolkit series which deals with the core doctrines of
the Church and how to use them to discern error.
The Church History DVD takes a different approach to
Church History in that it does not celebrate the
Catholic Church but rather exposes it as false
Christianity. It covers World religions, false
Christianity and finally a study of the true remnant
Church through history following the story of the many
martyrs who stood up for true Biblical faith.
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The "Weight of Glory"
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for
us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory; (KJV)
This is both an incredible source
of hope for Christians who are downtrodden, and a
source of escalating heresy in many churches.It is
critical that we understand what Paul was talking
about when he wrote the phrase “weight of
glory�?.Jacob Prasch has repeated this phrase in
his teachings over the years … “A text, out of
context, in isolation from co-text is always a
pre-text."A huge problem today is that individuals
and movements tend to yank verses out of their
context and build a cult of heresy around
them.This is called eisegesis or plugging your own
ideas into the Scriptures instead of exegesis,
gaining understanding and interpretation of the
Bible by studying it in context and in the scope
of the whole written Word.
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Did God Put "Eternity In
Their Hearts"
or "The World In Their
Hearts"?
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
In the introduction to Mike
Oppenheimer's and my book "Idolatry In Thier
Hearts" I exposed the fact that Don Richardson
pulled the phrase "Eternity In Thier Hearts" to
use as his book title from it's context in Ecc.
3:11. He did this to support his thesis,
which actually contradicts the second part of that
verse, where it states that man cannot fathom what
God has done. Richardson, rather, sets forth what
has become the foundation for the false teachings
of the WCGIP, YWAM, a number of Bible translation
societies and the Emerging Church ... the
propostion that men from Gentile cultures have
always been seeking God and that Gentile cultures
were already worshipping the true God before
missionaries came with the Gospel.
But as I further investigated this
verse I found that Richardson even ignored the
true meaning of the FIRST half of the verse in
favor of a few translations that use the phrase
"eternity in their hearts".
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Christians who “turn
away�?
by Sandy Simpson
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Jeremiah 3:10-11 And yet for
all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not
turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly,
saith the LORD. And the LORD said unto me, “The
backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than
treacherous Judah.�? (KJV) Israel had turned away
from the Lord and had gone after the gods of Canaan,
namely Baal and Asherah. Because
Israel had prostituted herself with false gods in
worshipping the polytheistic gods that started at
Babel, God had declared He was divorcing Israel and
would send them into exile until they again returned
to the true God. But Judah prided itself in doing
what God had commended as they had Jerusalem and the
Temple. They disdained Israel for setting up
altars to Baal and Asherah poles on high
hills. Yet God was not fooled by Judah’s
pretence. In the KJV it says they were not
worshipping God with their whole heart but
“feignedly�?.
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Prophets for profit
by Sandy Simpson
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2 Cor. 2:17 Unlike so many, we do
not peddle the word of God for profit. On the
contrary, in Christ we speak before God with
sincerity, as those sent from God.
There are many false teachers on TV
these days who peddle the word of God for
profit. They make promises of healing that do
not come true by claiming if they are given a
financial gift the person will receive healing and
riches. When what they promised does not
happen the person is blamed that they did not have
enough faith. This often destroys the faith of
people who fall into the traps of these snake oil
salesmen. I have no problem with people
charging for their materials if they cost to be
produced, even though it is hoped that when a person
cannot afford to pay for books and DVDs they will
receive them free of charge. But the charges
levied on people for conferences and speaking
engagements is often excessive. A minister of
God can ask for support and deserves it if they are
being diligent in their study and proclamation of
the Word. But experiences and feelings often
come with a price today and that is not right.
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"Mistake" or "Sin"?
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
Today we often hear the word
"mistake" coming from pulpits, and especially in
defense of false teaching and false
prophesy. "Cut him some slack! He just
made some mistakes". "We all make mistakes,
so don't judge lest you be judged." We even
hear the word "mistakes" being substituted for the
word "sin" in many presentations of what I have
termed "Gospel Lite" today. So is it proper to
substitute the word "mistake" for the word
"sin"? We'll look at the problem of one word
"mistakenly" being used for the other.
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Holy Ghost IGNORED!
by Sandy Simpson
This 3-DVD set is a message based on this
movie review.
"Holy Ghost Reborn" is the second
film in the "Holy Ghost" series released by Bethel
Church in Redding, CA. Tim Wirth and I
reviewed the first "Holy Ghost" film and that
review is freely available on YouTube here:
Holy
Ghost
Movie Expos"
Reviewed
by
Tim Wirth & Sandy Simpson
A
Simply Agape Project Production
I am sorry to say this but Bethel
is clearly a cult of Christianity holding to most
of the teachings of the Latter Rain and Word of
Faith. They have demonstrated repeatedly a
manipulative atmosphere targeting young people in
particular while preaching rank heresy. This
new film is a continuation of those false
teachings and practices. I pray for the
young people in that church that they will come to
know Jesus Christ as their Savior and thus come to
know the true Holy Spirit.
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Holy
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IGNORED! Part 4 - Addendum with Tim Wirth &
Sandy Simpson
This "Holy Ghost IGNORED! Part 4 -
Addendum is part of a 3-DVD series by Sandy Simpson
reviewing the film "Holy Ghost Reborn". This
addendum features a number of false teachings of
Bethel Church in Redding, CA that I was not able to
include in the 3-Part series. Get
the whole thing! It is very important to see
what has become the "new" Christianity.
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Servant Authority
by Sandy
Simpson
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The world system has always been a
"top down" structure, starting at the apex of the
pyramid and going down to the bottom. In kingdoms we
have the king at the top, then the princes, common
people, slaves. In a democracy we have the President
at the top, the VP, the Sec. of State on down to the
citizens. In business we have the CEO at the top,
upper management, lower management, office workers
and the janitors. Unfortunately, sometime in
the third century, the church started to have a top
down structure. This is also when the church began
to be in error. The church of Rome began to have a
"top down" structure that started with the pope,
then cardinals, then bishops, then priests, then the
people. Well, what about that? Eph 4:11 It was
he who gave some to be apostles, some to be
prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be
pastors and teachers, This all sounds like a
"top down" structure. But the problem is that people
have not seen an important fact about these gifts of
the Spirit -- man looks at function and title, God
looks at aim and goal! Read on. Eph.
4:12 to prepare God's people for works of
service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.
These are not gifts given for title or to give
people job descriptions. They are given because
there are people out there who need our help! The
church needed the Apostles. They were the ones who
were the foundation of the church. They were the
ones who saw Jesus in the flesh and were taught by
Him personally. They wrote the New Testament
Scriptures. Though the gifts of apostle and prophet
are different today than in biblical times, the gift
of evangelism, pastoring, teaching and others are
still the same. A person who is an evangelist does
not just have a title so he can rule over people.
The reason that he has the gift to be an evangelist
is so that he can tell others the good news. Why do
we have pastors? Are they supposed to rule the
church and get everyone to support them and bow to
their demands? No. They are to serve the church by
helping people to come to a fuller knowledge of
Jesus Christ, to equip the saints to become more
like Jesus every day.
The true structure of Christianity is
symbolized as an inverted pyramid!
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�Overtake you like a thief�
by Sandy
Simpson
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1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you,
brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would
overtake you like a thief; How serious will it be
for a person to be overtaken in �that day� like a
thief overtakes a household when he slips in and
steals? Will it just be a surprise for those
who claim to be Christians who will get a slap on
the wrist by the Lord but still proceed to
heaven? Will they simply lose rewards but
still gain the ultimate reward? What is this
darkness that the brethren are not in? 1
Thessalonians 5:3-5 While they are saying,
�Peace and safety!� then destruction will come
upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a
woman with child, and they will not escape.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the
day would overtake you like a thief; for you
are all sons of light and sons of day. We
are not of night or of darkness;
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Generic and Specific
by Sandy Simpson
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In my article �Blasphemizing
the
Bible� I give a number of examples of how a
lot of modern Bible translation societies are
putting the names of �supreme beings� in the Bible
in the place of God or YHWH. In this article I'm
going to examine two of the excuses they make for
making those substitutions in the Bible in many
hundreds of different languages today.
(1) They claim that God has many
different names and therefore they think they are
justified in putting the names of various gods of
various cultures in Bibles, as long as they are
considered �supreme beings�.
(2) The second excuse they give is
that the names of the �gods� they are placing in the
Bible are generic terms for God, like the words
�God�, �Theos�, �Dios� and �Elohim�. By generic I
mean a word that can be used for any deity whether
of the one true God or other false gods who claim to
be God.
I will go through both of these
excuses and show that they are both unbiblical,
therefore the Bibles they have translated with names
of other gods in them, or names they claim are
generic, prove that they have �blasphemized� those
Bibles.
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The Ugly Side of Diaprax
by Sandy Simpson
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There has been a concerted effort by
the false teachers from many movements inside the
church such as Word of Faith, New Apostolic
Reformation (NAR)/Latter Rain, World Gathering on
Indigenous People and Emerging Church among others
to diaprax people into thinking that the church has
been ineffective until they came along with their
new and improved ideas on how to take over the
world. This is always a feature of the
Hegelian Dialectical process put into action by
praxis, thus diaprax. In order to form a new
paradigm or worldview the leadership of these
movements must vilify orthodox Biblical
Christianity.
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Deluded!
by Sandy Simpson
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There are so many "Christian" leaders
out there that teach delusional teachings.
These teaching are dangerous and can lead a person
to shipwreck their faith.
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Healer?
Heal Thyself!
by Sandy Simpson
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A good subtitle for this article
might be "Practice What You Preach!" There is
no doubt that God can and does heal people
today. But the false doctrines of the
Word-Faith Movement about "declaring" healing,
"name-it-and-claim-it", etc. have been proven to be
lies by the very people who sell this deceit.
If you don't know about where these famous "faith
healers" go when they need healing, you may be
surprised. Why couldn't they heal themselves
when they purported to be able to heal others by
virtue of their superior faith? What happened
to the extraordinary faith they claimed to have,
enough faith to heal and be healed? Since they
are the ones who taught that all you have to do is
claim the healing that is in the Atonement (Is.
53:5) why did they not do so? Don't their
deaths prove that what they were preaching was a lie
and pragmatic witchcraft rather than biblical
relality?
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God�s Attitude toward the
�Supreme Beings� of the Nations
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
It is quite clear from Scripture that
YHWH does NOT consider the �supreme beings� of the
nations to be Himself, the One True God. This
is in opposition to the teachings of Don Richardson,
Daniel Kikawa, Richard Twiss and many others
promoting the World Christian Gathering of
Indigenous People movement, Emergent Church and
Liberal theologies. I have proven this time
and time again in my articles on the subject but I
am going to consolidate the information from the
Bible in this article by studying the false gods
named in the Bible. I am sure I will not be
able to cover every instance of supreme beings
mentioned in the Bible but I (1) want to deal with
some of the major ones (2) show you where they are
found in the Word, and (3) prove that they were the
�supreme beings� of those nations named by the
patriarchs, prophets and Apostles and that they were
not monotheistic gods but polytheistic in the
tradition of Babel where the false religion of
polytheism first took root through the worship of
Nimrod and Semiramis.
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You need to "nip it in the
bud"!
by Sandy Simpson
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I am writing this article to
address a subject that I have often
observed. It is the fact that if you do not
get the leaven out of your church the leaven will
become the leadership.The Bible teaches quite
clearly that if you let the leaven in you will
leaven the whole lump.
Galatians 5:9 A little
leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
We see this often in the
case of many �Christian� movements that have
allowed a small error to exist in their churches
and have not dealt with those issues. It
then ends up metastasizing into worse and worse
problems as time goes by.
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The New Panentheistic "God"
Of Christendom
by Sandy Simpson
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Now, I bet you read the title of this
article and thought I had misspelled the word
"pantheism". Just so that those of you who
write to me advising me of words I have misspelled
in articles (and I do often) I want to tell you that
I am using the term "panentheism" as coined by Karl
C. F. Krause. You can read more about this
word and concept in an excellent book called "A Time Of
Departing" by Ray Yungen.
There is a new "God" being promoted
in the Third Wave, New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)
and Word of Faith movements whose teachers are
regularly seen on TBN, Daystar, SkyAngel, CBN and
other "Christian" TV networks. Some of those
teachers even have, what would be considered, a
fairly typical statement of faith or doctrinal
statement they endorse. But by what they teach
they end up promoting a false unbiblical view of
God, especially through their actions and
experiences. The whole phenomenon of "slain in
the spirit" and all the antics that go with it are
brainwashing an entire generation of Christians to
put their faith in another Jesus, another Spirit,
another Gospel. This new "Jesus" and "Holy
Spirit" is clearly pantheistic or panentheistic in
nature. Though some of these teachers would
claim to be believing in the God who is One God in
Three Persons, by what they teach they deny the very
revealed character of God from Scripture.
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What Should I Say?
by Sandy Simpson
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How do you answer an invitation to
attend a meeting where you know nothing about the
speaker or what will be done there? What happens if
they want to announce the meeting at your church and
invite everyone? What do you say to a person who
tells you that you don�t have the Holy Spirit even
though you are a Christian? What should you do if
you think something is wrong, or your conscience is
bothering you about something that was said or
done? The answer?
Go to the Scriptures!
The Bible has all the answers to your
questions. This little booklet is an attempt to deal
with a few of the typical statements you will hear
from people who have become involved in the Third
Wave revival movement. By �Third Wave� I am
referring to teachers, �prophets� and any meeting
associated with the Toronto �Blessing�, Brownsville
Assemblies of God, Rodney Howard-Browne, Benny Hinn,
Kenneth Copeland, Rod Parsley, Marilyn Hickey, Joyce
Meyers, Bethel Church, Lakeland and many others who
appear on the Trinity Broadcasting Network and the
700 Club on TV.
Hopefully the statements and answers
in this booklet will set you off on an investigation
of your own in the Word. If you need help, and you
have access to the Internet, you can visit my web
site called �Deception In The Church� that deals
with these issues and has the articles mentioned in
this booklet.
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Luring People To Destruction
By The Unscrupulous Use Of
The "Gospel" Message
by Sandy Simpson
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Phil.
1:14-18 Because of my chains, most of
the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to
speak the word of God more courageously and
fearlessly. It is true that some preach Christ
out of envy and rivalry, but others out of
goodwill. The latter do so in love, knowing
that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition,
not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up
trouble for me while I am in chains. But what does
it matter? The important thing is that in every way,
whether from false motives or true, Christ is
preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I
will continue to rejoice,
If you see what I see in this
passage, this argument cannot be used for people
like Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and the hundreds,
even thousands of Third Wave ministers today who are
not merely envious and self ambitious, but are also
teaching outright false doctrine. Paul was not
talking about heretics in this statement, but
"brothers in the Lord" who preach the Gospel with
wrong motives. Third Wave teachers not only have
wrong motives, they also have the wrong
message. This argument cannot be used for
people like Hinn, even if they manage to preach
enough of the "Gospel" for people to come to a
saving knowledge of the Lord, because they are also
teaching and practicing heresy.
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One of Satan�s Final
Masquerades
by Sandy Simpson
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2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an
angel of light.
Satan often disguises himself
with the purpose of deceiving people. One way
in which I believe he is putting on a masquerade is
by appearing as �Mary� to millions of people
worldwide.
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Attack Of The Enemy
On The Churches
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
So much heresy is entering the
churches these days. As you would suspect,
sometimes it is due to a pastor attending a
conference or reading a book and becoming diapraxed
with unbiblical ideas. He then starts to weave
those ideas into his messages and begins to invite
speakers to the church who expound on those
ideas. Then when confronted by someone in the
church who has reservations about the new stuff
being taught, they are told to not talk about it and
just go along with the program. If that person
does not they are ostracized, slander behind their
back, and often told to leave (which is what they
should do in any case).
But my observation is that it is not
only the pastor who causes unbiblical changes to
influence a church. Often the pastor is
blissfully unaware of influences coming into his
church. They often come in through (1) the
worship team (2) women�s groups (3) bookstore (4)
children�s programs (5) interdenominational prayer
efforts and (6) relief and mission
organizations. If unchecked this type of
infiltration is much more subtle and can become
deeply rooted.
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Marks Of False Religion
by Sandy Simpson
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Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one
takes you captive through philosophy and empty
deception, according to the tradition of men,
according to the elementary principles of the world,
rather than according to Christ.
In context Paul is especially
addressing, though perhaps not to the exclusion of
other false religion, what had become the false
religion of the Pharisees and Jewish
leadership. There were many Jewish so-called
�Christians� making the rounds among the fledgling
early churches who were trying to get the Gentiles
to come under the Law from which Christ had
purchased their freedom. John Gill states this
case well in his commentary.
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Universalism in the
World
has Permeated the Church
by Sandy Simpson
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The current fad of interfaith
solidarity and unity is simply a thin guise of
inclusivism, Universalism and pluralism.
Universalism is defined by
Dictionary.com as: The doctrine that emphasizes
the universal fatherhood of God and the final
salvation of all souls. (Source)
Universalism is a religion and theology that
generally holds all persons and creatures are
related to God or the divine and will be
reconciled to God. (Source)
Pluralism is defined as: The
doctrine that reality is composed of many ultimate
substances. � The belief that no single
explanatory system or view of reality can account
for all the phenomena of life. (American Heritage
Dictionary, (Source)
Inclusivism is: "Inclusivism
posits that even though the work of Christ is the
only means of salvation, it does not follow that
explicit knowledge of Christ is necessary in order
for one to be saved. In contrast to pluralism,
inclusivism agrees with exclusivism in affirming
the particularity of salvation in Jesus Christ.
But unlike exclusivism, inclusivism holds that an
implicit faith response to general revelation can
be salvific. God expects from man a response
proportional to the light given. Saving faith is
not characterized so much by its cognitive content
as it is by its reverent quality." (Ken Keathley,
None Dare Call It Treason: Is an Inclusivist
a Paul Revere or a Benedict Arnold? (Ken Keathley,
Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, (Source)
We deal with these old heresies
brought forward to modernity, these ideas that all
men have have a relationship with God that will
cause them to be able to avoid judgement in our
book on the teachings of the World Gathering on
Indigenous People movement called �Idolatry In Their
Hearts�. The idea that all men who
worship a �god� are worshipping the true God,
YHWH, has bubbled up to the very top of our
societies and religions, and even Christendoom,
and should sound a warning alarm to true Biblical
Christianity. Instead, as usual in our day,
most Christians are asleep at the wheel while
Universalists claim that you can pray to a �god�
like Allah and be praying to the true Trinue God,
YHWH. I also dealt with the fact that Allah is not
YHWH, both in our book and in the article �Is Allah The Same As YHWH?�.
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What We Need Is A Reverse
Paradigm Shift!
by Sandy Simpson
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I'm going to warn you now. I am
going to let you in on some information tonight that
is going to radically change your world view.
You are likely going to experience the beginnings of
a reverse paradigm shift and after tonight there
will be no way to go back the way you came.
You will be faced with choices that you may never
have known you had. You will be faced with a
new way of looking at things that is going to cause
you to rethink everything that is being taught in
the Emerging Latter Rain churches. It is going
to be radical because the basis for this message
doesn't come from Jesus Christ visiting my room last
night bodily, but from His holy written Word.
So buckle down your seat belts, you're likely in for
a bumpy ride!
Matt. 7:15-23
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in
sheep�s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious
wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do
people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from
thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good
fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree
cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear
good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good
fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus,
by their fruit you will recognize them. "Not
everyone who says to me, �Lord, Lord,� will enter
the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the
will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say
to me on that day, �Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out
demons and perform many miracles?� Then I will
tell them plainly, �I never knew you. Away from
me, you evildoers!�
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False Teachers Revisited
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
I often receive requests to present
updated false teachings and false prophecies by the
myriad of heretics out there. We do try to
keep up with all the latest. But I have to
remind people that those we have exposed as false on
our site have not repented of what they have already
done in the past, which is why they are still on our
site. So what they are doing now has no
relevance as to whether or not they are now to be
considered a true Biblical teacher. If and
when they repent, that is renounce their false
teachings and false prophecies, make restitution to
those they have deceived, and begin to teach sound
Biblical doctrine we will give you that
information. As of now NONE of the people we
have exposed have repented of their Latter Rain,
Word of Faith teachings, heretical practices or
their false prophecies. But in the interest of
helping you to respond to a person who inquires by
saying: "Those articles are old and you need newer
materials" well, here is some newer stuff you can
add to the pile. For you and me this really
makes no difference, but for those who are living in
deception perhaps it might demolish one of their
arguments against the truth.
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Testing The Spirits
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
Sometimes I really wonder why someone
who claims to be a Bible believing pastor, for
instance, refuses to listen to the truth. It
frankly boggles my mind. I don't know if it is
as a result of the postmodern paradigm or just that
they have no love of the truth left. I don't
know how that can happen in a truly regenerate
person. You would think that the Holy Spirit
would confirm the truth to them, first in their
conscience, and finally through the written
Word. But these days it is a miracle if it
gets that far. I don't know if their
conscience has been so seared that they don't hear
the Spirit or if they just don't want to know the
truth because then they would be responsible for
it. I know that I cannot know their motives or
the reasons why they reject truth and refuse to talk
about false teaching, but I do know one thing: we
are called as true believers to test the
spirits. We must do this even if the result is
not to our liking or befuddles us as to the reasons.
1 John 4:1 Dear
friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the
spirits to see whether they are from God, because
many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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Questions for Those Who
Claim the "Supreme Beings"
Of the Nations Are the True
God
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
I have some questions for those of
the World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People
(WCGIP) adherents such as Don Richardson, Daniel
Kikawa, Richard Twiss (deceased), Terry LeBlanc,
Danny Lehman, Aloha Ke Akua, YWAM as well as many in
the Emergent Church (EC) ... the questions arise
from their claim that the "supreme beings" of the
nations are all the True God, YHWH, the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You can read more on
this subject in our book "Idolatry
In
Their Hearts" or in the WCGIP
section of my site. My main question for them is
this: When did ANY of the Patriarchs and Prophets in
the Old Testament and the Apostles or Jesus Christ
in the New Testament EVER claim that the "supreme
beings" of the nations were Elohim/YHWH, the one
True God? Let's look at some examples in the
form of questions and you can check out the source
links as well.
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How To Discern, Test &
Judge Rightly
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
In
running a web site with thousands of articles, 1-2
million hits per month from all over the world,
and hundreds of e-mails per week, I have come to
realize, with time, that there is a terrible
problem in Christendom today. The problem stems
from an existential subjective view of the world
that has filtered into the church from secular
society, but also from the teachings of heretical
wolves who have taught an entire generation of
churchgoers completely unbiblical methods of
discernment or to get rid of any discernment
altogether.
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We need a firm foundation to
weather the storm of false ideas
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and
said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God. (KJV)
Matthew 7:24 "Therefore everyone
who hears these words of Mine and acts on them,
may be compared to a wise man who built his house
on the rock.
How firm a foundation, ye saints of
the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His
excellent word!
© 1787 Joseph Funk & Robert
Keene
A house built on the rock will
stand. The Rock is God and in particular,
Jesus Christ. Therefore His written Word is
the teachings of the His Holy Spirit and a Rock we
can depend on. Anyone who wants to prove
anything theologically, historically, scientifically
or anything else needs to start with correct
information. If you start with a faulty
foundation, as you build your arguments, they begin
to fall apart because they are not supported in
God"s truth. If you want to build on a firm
foundation, you need to start the process by a
careful study of God"s Word in context of the verse
and according to the whole counsel of God"s
Word. The Bible is the best commentary on the
Bible.
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Karma (by any other name)
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
According to Wikipedia:
"Karma means action, work or deed;
it also refers to the principle of causality where
intent and actions of an individual influence the
future of that individual. Good intent and
good deed contribute to good karma and future
happiness, while bad intent and bad deed
contribute to bad karma and future
suffering. Karma is closely associated with
the idea of rebirth in some schools of Asian
religions. In these schools, karma in the
present affects one's future in the current life,
as well as the nature and quality of future lives
- or, one's samsara. With origins in ancient
India, it is a key concept in Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism, Sikhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Ching Hai and
others."(emphasis mine)
Mirram-Webster defines it this way:
the force created by a person's
actions that is believed in Hinduism and Buddhism
to determine what that person's next life will be
like: the force created by a person's actions that
some people believe causes good or bad things to
happen to that person
Given the definitions of "karma"
above, this same idea, usually without the
reincarnation aspect in Christian circles, has been
taught for decades in New Thought movements such as
the Positive Thinking/Positive Confession teachings
of Norman Vincent Peale & Robert
Schuller, the Word of Faith ideas of Essex
Kenyan, Kenneth
Hagin, Kenneth
Copeland and Benny
Hinn, the mixture of Eastern Mysticism and
Christianity by Korean false teachers such as the
"force of faith" Paul
Yongii
Cho, and newer renditions and fusions by
people like Joel
Osteen, Joseph
Prince, T.D.
Jakes (recently agreeing with Oprah Winfrey
who teaches karma on her WHO network), and others
such as Ernest
Angley, John
Bevere, Markus
Bishop, Juanita
Bynum, Morris
Cerullo, Kim
Clement, Paul
Crouch, Creflo
Dollar, Jesse
Duplantis, Marilyn
Hickey, Brian
Houston, Rodney
Howard-Browne, Larry
Huch, Bishop
Eddie
L. Long, Clarence
McClendon, Joyce
Meyer, Myles
Munroe, Steve
Munsey, Mike
Murdock, Rod
Parsley, Peter
Popoff, Fred Price, Oral
Roberts, R.W.
Shambach, Robert Schuller, Karl
Strader, Robert
Tilton, Paula
White, Ed
Young and many others.
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His Name, The Only Name
by Sandy Simpson
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Zechariah 14:9 NIV The LORD will
be king over the whole earth. On that day there
will be one LORD, and his name the only name.
The reason I wrote this
article based on Zech 14:9 is that I was reminded of
how many so-called Christians, who are influential
in the churches, are promoting the worship of God in
the names of other gods.
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Replacement Theology On
Steroids
by Sandy Simpson
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article.
So, as you can see, the root of
this teaching is that Israel no longer holds the
distinction of being the tree from which the Root
of David (Jesus-Rev. 5:5, 22:16) came. They
are no longer the "natural branches" (Israel-Rom.
11:21) on to which Gentile Christianity (the wild
shoots-Rom. 11:17 or wild branches-Rom. 11:24) are
grafted in (Rom. 11:17-24). According to
Replacement Theology, Christianity has now become
its own branch apart from Israel (the natural
branch) that produced the Root and all the
promises of the Bible to Israel have been taken
away from them and given to the Gentile
Church. This is why you hear so many false
teachers taking verses out of context from the Old
Testament and willy-nilly applying them to the
Gentile Church. This methodology has been
going on for decades in liberal churches and has
been popularized by many false teachers on TV. But
the fact is that Replacement Theology is utter
false doctrine. It denies promises made to
Israel, some of which have already been fulfilled
and some which are yet to come to fruition. But
when you add the fact that the Inclusivist WCGIP
proponents are now saying that God planted
hundreds of different trees, cultures all over the
world, that are not connected to the natural
branch, tree and Root, you have what can only be
termed Replacement Theology on steroids!
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Those Who Do Not Lead
Christians to Maturity
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article.
The Scriptural definition of maturity
is to learn to discern truth from error so that the
Christian will no longer be double minded, blown
about by every wind of teaching and by the schemes
of crafty people. But the problem today is
that so few Christian teachers are feeding their
flock's solid food. They are serving up milk
and, because of that, people are starving. Yet they
often don't even know they have been on a starvation
diet. Amos 8:11 "The days are coming,"
declares the Sovereign Lord, "when I will send a
famine through the land - not a famine of
food or a thirst for water, but a famine of
hearing the words of the Lord."
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"... and all liars"
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
Lying is a problem for all people
(Ps. 116:11). We are all sinners (Rom.
3:23). Those of us who are Christians are
"sinners saved by grace" (Eph. 2:8) indwelt by the
Holy Spirit in our "new self" (Col. 3:10). But we
still live in our "old self" which we must "put off"
(Eph. 4:20-25) by taking up our cross daily and
following Christ (Luke 9:23). The difference
between unbelievers and those who are truly born
again is that believers no longer "practice sin" (1
John 3:9, see my Bible study on 1 John!) They
have the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:11) who
convicts them when they lie (John 16:8). True
believers then repent (1 John 1:9) and go on to
"practice righteousness" (1 John 2:29) with the
Lord's help. The unregenerate, the false
brothers, or those who have fallen away (Gal. 5:4,
Mark 4:17), practice lying. They practice a
lifestyle of lying because their consciences are
seared (1 Tim. 4:2) and the Holy Spirit, when
convicting them, cannot break through the hardness
of their unrepentant hearts (Eph. 4:17-19, Heb.
3:13).
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Four Books That the Enemy
Has Used To Corrupt Christianity
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article.
The four books that have changed the
church by giving an introduction to the false
teachings of the New Apostolic/Latter Rain (NAR),
the Emerging Church/Contemplative/Catholic Mysticism
(EC), pragmatic Church Growth (CG) methodologies of
C. Peter Wagner, Robert Schuller and Peter Drucker,
and the teachings of the World Christian Gathering
on Indigenous People (WCGIP) are as follows:
Surprised by the Power of the Spirit
by Jack Deer, Celebration of Discipline by Richard
Foster, Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren &
Etnerity In Their Hearts by Don Richardson.
These four books were widely
read by Christians from virtually every
denominational background before their ramifications
and the movements they would spawn were known.
They lay error alongside truth so were considered
not to be a threat to churches. Therefore
these books then became part of the consciousness of
many Christians and churches, thereby laying the
basis for the introduction of the modern day false
teachings of the NAR, EC, CG and WCGIP that have
become part of the landscape of Christendom
today.
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Night Marchers and UFOs on
the Big Island
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
With the resurgence of the old
religion of Hawaii and the continual invocation of
Pelé and other "deities" for years in the secular
culture and even in churches with regards to
worshipping 'Io, is it any wonder that those
beings are beginning to manifest again? In a
story called "Night
Marchers" on the Kawaihae site and in a YouTube video on
the same subject, eyewitnesses claim all kinds of
sightings that they think are the warriors,
ancestors and demi-gods of Hawaii coming
back. Interestingly the
first
book the Hawaiian Heritage site recommends
in its "Suggested Reading" list is "Perpetuated
in
Righteousness" by Daniel Kikawa that we
reviewed in our book "Idolatry
In
Their Hearts" by Sandy Simpson and Mike
Oppenheimer. Since Kikawa claims that 'Io is the
True God and one that the Hawaiians worshipped in
secret, we have to wonder if Kikawa also thinks
'Io is showing up in these night marches? Since
YWAM, Aloha Ke Akua and Hilo New Hope participated
in worshipping 'Io at the "edge of Hale-ma'uma'u
Crater" it sounds like they have all been inviting
the old "gods" to return to Hawaii.
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"They Will Believe
The Lie"
by Sandy Simpson
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I am doing a Bible study right now on
what I would call "renewing our minds". It is
based on this verse:
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the
pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to
test and approve what God's will is - his good,
pleasing and perfect will.
The only way to renew our minds is to
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, confess our sins,
and be saved, then to study the written Word and
allow the indwelling Holy Spirit to teach us.
Our minds are corrupted by virtue of the sin nature
and what we have learned in life because our filters
are off. I gave an illustration of straining coconut
to make coconut milk. If you use a 1 inch
screen everything will pass through. Even if
you use a quarter inch screen you will get mostly
coconut meat in your milk. You have to use a
fine screen in order to separate the milk from the
leftover. Our filters are off and the first
thing God begins to do is correct our worldview,
because if your worldview is off you will not
understand God's reality. We need to learn to
see things from His perspective. This is why I
started this study by going back to an original
problem.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The coming
of the lawless one will be in accordance with how
Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of
power through signs and wonders that serve the
lie, and all the ways that wickedness
deceives those who are perishing. They perish
because they refused to love the truth and so be
saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful
delusion so that they will believe the lie
and so that all will be condemned who have not
believed the truth but have delighted in
wickedness.
This has always been an interesting
passage to me for a few different reasons.
What is "the lie" that is talked about here in verse
9 and 11? What are the ways that "wickedness
deceives those who are perishing" and how long has
this been going on or does this only begin to happen
at the coming of the lawless one? In what way
does "the lie" cause those who do not believe the
truth to "delight in wickedness"?
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The First Nations Movement
Deceiving The Nations!
4-DVD Series
Critical
Missiological Issue!
The "Indigenous People's" (IPM) or
"First Nations" movement is an unbiblical movement
teaching heresies and doctrines of demons. It is
being spread worldwide by YWAM, Don Richardson, John
Dawson, Richard Twiss, Terry LeBlanc, Daniel Kikawa
and many other adherents. The IPM or World
Christian Gathering On Indigenous People is full of
the false teachings of the Third Wave, New Apostolic
Reformation (NAR), Word-Faith, Dominionism, Latter
Rain and many other false theological systems.
But it does have it's own distinctives that are
driven by the works of Daniel Kikawa, Richard Twiss,
and Don Richardson in particular. They are
teaching Christians to "redeem" their cultures by
worshipping their former gods, pretending they are
YHWH.
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The First
Nations Movement 4-DVD Set
The First
Nations Movement DVD 1
(1) Perpetuating Nations' Myths -
Mike Oppenheimer
(2) 11 Reasons To Reject This
Movement, Part 1 - Sandy Simpson
The First
Nations Movement DVD 2
(1) The Fingerprints Of God? - Mike
Oppenheimer
(2) 11 Reasons To Reject This
Movement, Part 2 - Sandy Simpson
The First
Nations Movement DVD 3
(1) The New Indigenous "Christian"
Religion - Sandy Simpson
(2) Did God Put Eternity In Their
Hearts? - Sandy Simpson
(3) The Missionaries Brought A
Foreign God - Sandy Simpson
(4) Catholic Syncretism - Sandy
Simpson
The First
Nations Movement DVD 4
(1) "Monotheism" In Ancient Cultures
- Sandy Simpson
(2) The History Of The Knowledge Of
God - Sandy Simpson
"Christians" Who Try To Poke
Holes In Sola Scriptura
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article: "Christians"
Who Try To Poke Holes In Sola Scriptura
There are a number of the
leadership of the Emerging Church (EC) who do not
believe that the Bible is the highest authority
for the Christian faith. Most do not believe
that the Bible is inerrant in the original
manuscripts and many do not acknowledge that the
Bible is our highest revelation. Yet this is
a core doctrine over which true believers and
false brethren must separate. Those who try to
poke holes in Sola Scriptura make excuses like (1)
we need to reinterpret the Bible through the lens
of postmodern culture and religion (2) the Bible
never uses the words "Sola Scriptura" therefore it
is not a Biblical concept (3) there is new
revelation for the church through the Holy Spirit
apart from what is written and the precepts of the
Bible and (4) the Bible just doesn't address our
postmodern situation therefore we cannot rely on
it for the truth and answers for our problems
today. I will prove that all the above
arguments, and more, from EC leaders and others is
exactly what they are teaching. I will give
you quotes from their teachings, videos and books.
The postmodern church and its "movements" are
abandoning Sola Scriptura in their rush to be like
the Roman Catholic Church, which takes its
authority from a mix of Scripture and tradition.
"As a result the Church, to whom
the transmission and interpretation of Revelation
is entrusted, "does not derive her certainty about
all revealed truths from the holy Scriptures
alone. Both Scripture and Tradition must be
accepted and honored with EQUAL sentiments of
devotion and reverence." (Roman Catholic
Catechism, Given October 11, 1992, the thirtieth
anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council, in the fourteenth year of my
Pontificate. Page 31).
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Updated DVD!
The Question Of Dominion
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article: The
Question Of Dominion.
I am writing this article as an
apologetic against the Third Wave, Latter Rain,
Word of Faith and Reformed Theology teachings that
the Church is to rise up and take over the systems
of government, businesses and every other aspect
of life. "See, the problem is, is that Satan has
had too much of his way in our society because he
has a government! And the only way to overthrow a
government is with a government. It won't
happen otherwise. So therefore the
government of the church has to get into place in
the extended church just like we do have it very
well in place, we haven't reached our goal yet
..." (Transcript of C. Peter Wagner, Arise
Prophetic Conference, Gateway Church, San Jose,
CA, 10-10-2004) Wagner has substituted the
"government of the church" for the coming
government of Jesus Christ in the Millennial
Kingdom. Wagner is "Kingdom Now" while the
Bible teaches "Kingdom Come". What I wanted to do
with this article is put the issue of dominion to
rest by studying the definition the Bible gives to
dominion and ruling authority. When we look
at the subject we can easily ascertain what is
going on today and what God requires of the
Church.
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Shepherd Or Hireling?
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on the
article: "Shepherd
Or
Hireling?"
The Bible lays out the definitions
of both an overseer (under shepherd) and a
hireling. John 10:11-13 I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for
the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the
shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth:
and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the
sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an
hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
(KJV) 1 Tim. 3:1-3 Here is a
trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on
being an overseer, he desires a noble task. Now
the overseer must be above reproach, the husband
of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled,
respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given
to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not
quarrelsome, not a lover of money. (NIV)
Titus 1:7-13 Since an overseer is entrusted
with God's work, he must be blameless, not
overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to
drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest
gain. Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves
what is good, who is self-controlled, upright,
holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the
trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that
he can encourage others by sound doctrine and
refute those who oppose it. For there are many
rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers,
especially those of the circumcision group. They
must be silenced, because they are ruining whole
households by teaching things they ought not to
teach - and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans
are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."
This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them
sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith.
(NIV) A hireling does not really care about being
a watchman, but is more concerned with protecting
his reputation, position and income. A true
watchman will guard the flock against wolves from
within (Acts 20:30) and without (Acts 20:29) no
matter the cost to his reputation, position or
income. Following is a little quiz you can take to
see if you are a true Biblical under shepherd as a
leader in your church, are becoming a hireling, or
are one now.
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Testing Music In The
Church
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on these
articles: Testing
Music
In The Church, Testing
Music
In The Church-Part 2, and Worship
Song
Ratings.
Too many churches today are
allowing music to be used in their services that
is not glorifying to the Lord and can actually be
a hindrance to the teaching of sound doctrine.
Pastors and leaders should be using their
leadership role to test what is being played and
sung in their churches. Though some are quick to
test preaching and teaching from their pulpits,
many ignore the music being used in the same
services. This is a tragic mistake. Music is a
powerful medium. It is something that effects
deeply the body, mind and emotions. It is a proven
fact that music often stays with a person far
longer than what is taught or preached. Songs roam
around in our heads, especially if the melody
appeals to us. What is often overlooked is the
serious impression music makes on people, and the
teaching they are getting over and over again as
they allow the song to repeat in their minds and
on their lips. Music teaches things much more
subtly yet sometimes far more effectively. That's
why the lyrical content of music in the church, as
well as its effect on the spiritual lives of those
who perform and listen, should be vigorously
examined by the leaders of the church. This is a 2-DVD set.
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Examine Yourselves &
Hold On!
by Sandy Simpson
This DVD is a message based on the
articles "Examine
Yourself To See If You Are In The Faith" and "Hold On!"
2 Cor. 13:5 Examine
yourselves to see whether you are in the faith;
test yourselves.
Do you not realise that Christ
Jesus is in you - unless, of course, you fail the
test?
People who call themselves followers
of Christ or "Christians" and claim they are born
again must believe certain things. If they do
not then they fail the test of faith. They can
claim they are born again all they want and "once
saved, always saved" but if they fail the test of
faith there is no eternal security. Only God
knows who will be saved, from beginning to end,
because of His foreknowledge and omniscience (Rom.
8:29, 1 Pet. 1:2). God did not make an
arbitrary judgment about who would be saved and who
would not. His Spirit is given to those He
foreknew, when convicted of sin by His Holy Spirit,
would choose to believe and commit themselves to
Jesus Christ. We are not God and we do not
have His omniscience. Therefore, according to
Paul, we must be sure our belief system is in the
right place once our eyes have been opened to the
Truth. I am not saying we do not have
assurance of salvation, but our assurance comes not
only because of His Atonement and promises of
salvation but from our continuing in the Faith,
which is always the Biblical criteria. Those who
would be Bible teachers must teach according to the
whole counsel of God's Word. Let me be clear.
There is only one way to salvation.
That is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ
alone. I will deal with a few of those issues
following, but it is important to recognize that
being saved is not just a matter of believing that
Jesus lived, or that He was a man, or simply giving
mental ascent to His existence in whatever form.
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"Blasphemizing" The Bible
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
I am going to go over an article I
wrote back in 2006 in preparation for the book I
wrote with Mike Oppenheimer called 'Idolatry in
Their Hearts'. This book is an apologetic
against the false teachings of the World Christian
Gathering on Indigenous People movement, the
Emerging Church and the New Apostolic Reformation
which got their ideas from the book "Eternity in
Their Hearts" by Don Richardson. At the time
that book came out no one really saw the dangerous
ideas Richardson was promoting. All they would
have had to do was look at the two subtitles of that
book to understand the implications. The first
subtitle in the 1981 edition read: The Untold Story
of Christianity among Folk Religions of Ancient
People. Those who read this book found some
interesting cross-cultural ideas but apparently
missed the false premise of the book starting with
the subtitle. How could Christianity be "among folk
religions" where the Gospel had not been preached
(Rom. 10:14-15)? At that time Christians who read
the book were apparently satisfied that, though
there was some questionable material present, it
made for an interesting discussion on how to do
cross-cultural ministry. The subtitle it has today,
which was first published in 1984, is as follows:
Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in
Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World.
This should have been a red flag for many Christians
but then, who reads subtitles? But how could
the "One True God" be known to Gentiles who did "not
know God".
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Resources For Pastors
including
"Good English Bible
Translations"
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
I was talking with a pastor after a
Wednesday night service and he mentioned that I said
I had done an article comparing English Bible
translations. He called me up later and asked
me to come back and present the contents of that
article I sent out in about 2002 to my mailing list
for the Pacific Waves Newsletter which,
unfortunately, I can no longer afford to publish and
mail. However an archive of past issues of
that newsletter can be found here.
In that article I detailed a number of good and bad
resources for pastors including Bible translations,
concordances, commentaries, Bible dictionaries,
etc. I present an edited version of part of
that article on this DVD, particularly dealing with
English Translations of the Bible. Translation
is a very detailed endeavor and should only be
undertaken by those with a proper education in that
subject and a sound doctrinal background. I
read a few books on that subject and it helped me
understand the complexities involved. Hebrew
is a rich language so it is hard to distill one
Hebrew word down to one English word. Greek is
a very technical language and it is also not easy to
translate. This is why it is imperative to use
the good English translations out there for
comparison along with a good concordance and Bible
dictionary.
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A TALE OF TWO KINGDOMS
Kingdom Now or Kingdom
Come?
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
There are two kingdoms being taught
in many churches today. Teaching about one of the
kingdoms is on the decline while the other is being
promoted all over the place. I am warning
Christians that they need to check out who is using
the word "kingdom", the books they have been reading
and recommend on building "the kingdom", the people
they have been hanging out with at conferences, and
what they mean by "the kingdom".
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BIBLES STUDIES IN
DISCERNMENT
by Sandy
Simpson
Bible studies in Galatians,
Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 John, 2 John,
3 John and Jude with a focus on applying timeless
discernment priciples to our modern times.
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BIBLES STUDIES IN
DISCERNMENT
Companion
CD!
by Sandy
Simpson
Contains the PDF text to the book
BIBLE STUDIES IN DISCERNMENT plus extra studies by
Sandy & Juanita Simpson covering many issues of
apologetics and discernment.
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A Whole Lot Of Wishful
Thinking These Days!
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD series is a teaching based on
this article.
In this DVD series I want to
detail a number of beliefs people have these days
that have no basis in Scripture. I am going
to roam all over the map, so to speak, and try to
give fairly short answers on a number of topics
and also give you useful links to articles that
will help you deal with any particular
issue. It is truly amazing how many false
ideas people cling to without giving a thought to
what the Bible has to say on the subject.
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Signs Of Apostasy In The
Churches In The End Times
by Sandy
Simpson
This 2-DVD series is a teaching based
on this article.
There are many signs of the great
Apostasy, or falling away (2 Thes. 2:3) indicating
we are living in the end times (Mt. 24:
3-14) I am going to go through some
indications of the Apostasy in the churches as a
follow up to the signs of the times in the world.
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The Responsibilities of a
Good Shepherd
by Sandy
Simpson
This CD is a message based on this
article.
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What's Up With Christian
Bookstores?
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article.
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ordering details!
The ElijahList
The
biggest promoter of false prophecies in
cyberspace!
2004-2007
by Sandy
Simpson
This 2-DVD set is a message based on this article.
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The ElijahList
The
biggest promoter of false prophecies in
cyberspace!
2008
by Sandy
Simpson
This 2-DVD set is a message based on this article.
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The Extreme Prophetic
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
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ordering details!
Emerging Church CD &
Free DVD
All the
links to resources and articles we have on the
Emerging Church on one CD.
by Sandy
Simpson
(The Emerging Church only is
downloadable!)
When you
purchase the "Resource Tools - Emerging Church" CD
for $10. plus s/h you will also receive a
brand new free DVD called "The Emerging Church"
that features Gary Gilley, Ray Yungen, Joanna
Michaelson, Mike Oppenheimer and Sandy Simpson.
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From Church To Emerging
Church DVD Series
by Sandy
Simpson
The issue of the Emerging Church and
it's introduction into many churches and mission
organizations has reached a critical point.
Many do not undersand what is being leavened into
churches by the EC leadership. Many would be
shocked to know their belief systems involve
Universalism, New Age, defense of postmodernism,
Interfaithism, and many other false doctrines.
In order to reach out to this generation the EC
leadership is proposing a whole new "map" to deal
with what they perceive is a lack of understanding
on the part of the churches on how to
communicate. EC proponants believe the
"scripture" for today is evolving and must change in
order to reach postmoderns.
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Idolatry In Their Hearts
Landmark
Book!
by Sandy
Simpson & Mike Oppenheimer
Does having eternity in your heart
mean that you know God and are His child? Could
Gentile cultures understand the Gospel from the
stars? Did God create man's cultures? Has God always
been in the process of redeeming cultures from the
time of Babel by placing in them a true revelation
of Himself? Is there the worship of YHWH in all
cultures and religions through the names of supreme
beings? Have all cultures always had a way to
make things right between them and God? These
questions and many more are answered in this book
that addresses the false teachings of The New
Apostolic Reformation regarding missiological
methods as being carried out by many agencies
including the World Christian Gathering on
Indigenous People, YWAM, and many Bible societies.
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The New Apostolic
Reformation - What is it and where is it going?
Every
Pastor Needs This!
by Bill
Randles, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Jacob Prasch, Mike
Oppenheimer, Orrel Steinkamp, Gary Gilley, Dave
Hunt, Sandy Simpson and others.
This is a 6-DVD
expose of the NAR and it's leadership
of C. Peter Wagner, Cindy Jacobs, Chuck Peirce,
Dutch Sheets, Bill Hamon, Jack Deere and others.
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Lessons In Forgiveness
Great Study!
by Sandy
Simpson
Through the
years I have been presented with many
opportunities to forgive. Sometimes the
situation was so severe that it took me some
time to forgive and start the process of healing
for myself, and eventually for others. I learned
that a Christian needs to forgive other people
even if they have not repented of their sins.
That can be really hard if we let it be hard.
But if we give our burdens over to the Lord, He
will carry them and that frees us up to treat
other people with love, compassion, and be in
the right frame of mind and heart to set them up
for reconciliation with Jesus Christ. That does
not mean we tolerate their sin. We simply
forgive them for what they have done to us,
whether perceived or real, and move on to
looking for ways to redeem them. We can then
present to them the "truth in love" even when we
have to rebuke them.
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by Sandy
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was written
to help believers to realize the absolute
necessity of growing to maturity in Christ. Many
churches are urging Christians to push aside
discernment in favor of experience. It is our
hope that this book will inspire many believers
to fight the good fight, finish the race, and
keep the faith (2 Tim. 4:7).
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The New Apostolic
Reformation - What is it and where is it going?
Companion Book!
by Sandy
Simpson
is now available in book form. This
is the DVD script plus commentary by Sandy
Simpson. The commentary of the DVD series is not
in the book, but there are many more quotes
available than in the video series. Good
reference material. Also available on
CD-ROM.
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Letters To The Church
Timely!
by Sandy
Simpson
is a fitting manual for the
Revelation Christian. All the precepts are in the
seven letters in Revelation 1:9 - 3:22 to help us
keep the faith, stay in sound doctrine, and reach
out to those who are perishing. I hope and pray
that this book will help
the reader to be an "overcomer".
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details and how to order!
DISCERNMENT TOOLKIT
Demolish Arguments!
by Sandy
Simpson
Want to be able to see your way
through to clear biblical discernment? Want a set
of tools that will allow you to disciple your
loved ones so they will stand firm in the Faith?
Want to sort out many of the false arguments and
teachings that have invaded the churches? Then DISCERNMENT TOOLKIT book is for you!
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DISCERNMENT TOOLKIT
DVD Study Series!
by Sandy
Simpson
is taken from the book but includes
a lot of footage of false teachers and false
prophets. It covers the core doctrines, how we can
use them to test, and examples on the DVD that can
be paused for discussion. Also includes a
teacher guide and links to resources on the
web. This 3-DVD series is available now!
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SPIRIT OF TRUTH OR SPIRIT
OF ERROR?
Important Video
Information
On Benny Hinn!
by Sandy
Simpson, Mike Oppenheimer & Jacob Prasch
features tons of
video showing the teachings and prophecies of
Benny Hinn. This is a proven tool to keep
people away from heresy.
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LIVING WATER 2003
Discernment Conference
Featuring
Bill Randles, Gary Gilley
& Ray
Yungen
3-DVD Set
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DISCERNMENT 2001
Conference
Featuring
Dave Hunt, Duane Magnani, Mike Oppenheimer,
Jacob Prasch, Jewel Grewe & Bill Randles
6-DVD Set
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THE EMPTY PULPIT
Highly Recommended!
by Mike
Oppenheimer
What is Christianity? What
significance does the cross have? Are there
teachings that can wreck our faith? We live in an
age unlike any other in the history of man. To
follow the Lord among the unique challenges we
must understand Scripture and live by it.
Available for $20- includes shipping. Apologetics Coordination Team
HIGHLY recommends this book. It deals with
many crucial issues for the Church today.
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Articles on
Ecumenism and interfaith "unity".
(1) The
"Evangelicals
and Catholics Together" Document
"A formal declaration boldly documents the Evangelical
and Catholic commitment to work together to evangelize
and bring about social reform in the world. The
Evangelicals
and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the
Third Millennium has, in effect, laid the
groundwork for Evangelicals to set aside their
distinctive doctrines and unite with the Catholic Church
and other religions which are coming together by 2000
A.D." Also read the article "The
Evangelical
Seduction"
by T.A. McMahon.
(3) Billy
Graham Interview With Robert Schuller by
Joseph R. Chambers, D.D., 1998
This unfortunate interview was conducted by Rev. Robert
Schuller in 1997. For a copy of the video tape
this interview came from, call Robert Schuller
Today at 1-800-9POWER9, and order the $20 video tape of
the May 31, 1997 (Program #1426) Hour of Power TV
broadcast message titled, "Say 'Yes' To Possibility
Thinking." Please note that the corresponding $5
audio tape DOES NOT contain the interview with Billy
Graham - i.e., you really have to cough up the $20 if
you want to see this evidence that one of the men God
has used to bring countless millions to salvation has
now given in to the spirit of the age, the spirit of
false unity called Ecumenism and Inter-Faith. We
must pray for people like Billy Graham, whom God has
used in the past to preach the message of the gospel,
but is now old and is apparently being misled by people
who are wolves in sheep's clothing. We do not
agree with Graham's stance on ecumenism nor do we
endorse his practice of sending new believers back to
apostate churches. For more evidence that Billy
Graham is either losing his critical faculties or is
just plain deceived, read Billy
Graham's
Disobedience To The Word Of God. For his
ecumenical view of RCC, read Billy
Graham
& His Bible. For other quotes from
crusades and articles, read Billy
Graham
- The Facts.
(4) Luis
Palau by Biblical Discernment Ministries,
1998
Like some other well known evangelists, pastors and
teachers, Luis Palau has been slipping further and
further into ecumenicalism -- unity for unity's
sake. How could this happen to a man whom God has
used to preach the gospel to millions of people?
This article details that slide and is a vivid reminder
that just because a Christian with the gift of
evangelism is famous does not mean Christians should
stand for unsound doctrine that is preached or practiced
by that person. It takes more to preach the gospel
than to simply declare a formula on how to be
saved. It looks to us as though Palau is watering
down the gospel message; making overtures to a number of
apostate churches, sending people back to them after
they allegedly make a decision to follow Christ; and
joining organizations with doctrinal stands that are
against Scripture. Luis Palau is perhaps one of
the greatest communicators of our age. Although
this article tends to nitpick at some issues that are
secondary, in our opinion, it does highlight the fact
that Christians need to be very discerning about
advising non-believers to go to a crusade where new
believers are sent back to apostate churches such as the
Roman Catholic Church or Third Wave churches that have
been spawned from such movements as the Toronto
"Blessing" or Brownsville A/G to be discipled with
unbiblical doctrines and practices.
(5) Schuller
Meets With Cho And Pope by The Calvary
Contender, 1998
Things are really gearing up for the Jubilee 2000
celebration around the world. All the "biggies"
will apparently be there to "ride the beast".
(6) Ecumenism
- Where Do You Draw The Line? by Sandy
Simpson, 1998
"This is a short essay to illustrate just how
unbiblical, subjective and relativistic Ecumenism
really is. Ecumenism starts innocently enough.
Is begins with a tolerant perspective of other
denominations. Then it moves on to cults.
Finally it ends in an acceptance of other religions,
evolving into what is called "Inter-Faith".
(7) Let
No
One Deceive You With Ecumenical Evangelism by
Mike Gendron, 1998
"As we approach the new millennium, we are witnessing
the greatest push toward ecumenical unity the world
has ever seen. Under the banner of AD 2000 all
professing Christians are urged to join hands to
fulfill the Great Commission before the year 2000.
This pronounced urgency for ecumenical evangelism is
an attempt to provide Jesus a wonderful 2000th
birthday present when He returns. The movement
has easily captured the fancy of many
Christians. However, the proposal for all
Christians to forget their differences and unite for
the purpose of evangelizing the world, completely
ignores the fact that Roman Catholic, Orthodox and
many Protestant churches preach a false gospel that
denies the sufficiency of Jesus Christ and His
finished work of redemption. A key to the success of
this effort to unite has been a commitment to
"tolerate one another's beliefs and just love Jesus."
Overlooked in their zeal is the fact that if they all
loved the same "Jesus" they would not tolerate a
compromised gospel."
(8) Promise
Keepers
We can no longer support Promise Keepers because of many
problems with doctrines that are taught, the background,
teachings and guiding force behind the movement
(Vineyard, Latter Rain, Joel's Army), their compromised
doctrinal statement, and especially their ecumenical
goals. Here is an article
that has many quotes from leaders of this organization
providing ample proof that they are ecumenical and
aberrant, if not heretical in doctrine. This long
article
details a lot of what has been taught by Promise
Keepers.
(9) Promise
Keepers
Changes Doctrinal Statement To Appease Catholics
by David W. Cloud, 1997
"When Promise Keepers first published its brief
statement of faith, it did not include the phrase "by
faith alone." It was added because of the outcry of
those who protested that the absence of this phrase
leaves room for false gospels which mix grace and
works, faith and sacraments. You see, false gospelers
do not deny that salvation is by faith and by grace.
What they deny is that it is by grace ALONE through
faith ALONE without works and sacraments of any sort.
Now we see that Promise Keepers has again modified its
statement to remove "by faith alone" to please the
Catholic leaders with whom they are fellowshipping.
Promise Keepers vice president, Paul Edwards, tells us
that PK's doctrinal statement is "dynamic" and "open
to change." This is typical of those with an
ecumenical agenda. They claim that sound doctrine is
precious to them, but in practice they are incredibly
flexible and nonchalant about the most foundational of
doctrines."
(10) Promise
Keepers Woos Catholics by Jim Kirksey,
Denver Post Staff Writer, 1998
"Bill McCartney and his Promise Keepers were embraced
by the Denver Catholic Archdiocese ... at a gathering
of more than 250 men, and a handful of women, at the
John Paul II Center in south Denver. "
(11) Who Is God by
Luis Palau, 1997
Here is a "Luis Palau Responds" article that seems odd
to us. See if you agree with this sentence taken
from the article: "The bottom line is you can be any
religion you want to be, as long as what you believe
about God corresponds to reality." Is this
really true? How can a person find Jesus Christ as
a Buddhist, as Palau indicates? How can a person
find salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone in
the Roman Catholic church? How can a person be of
ANY religion other than true Christianity, even Judaism,
and not acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the
Messiah? How does Luis Palau think God views
worshipping Him while continuing to worship other
gods? No other "religions" own God at all.
No religion does. But only Judaism and
Christianity worship YHWH. Other religions worship
demons. God has revealed Himself to this age
through His Only Son, Jesus Christ who is made evident
through the body of Christ, the Christian church.
You cannot exclude the body of Christ or the Scriptures
from the process of coming to the full knowledge of
God. It is impossible. These statements by
Luis Palau indicate just how far he has slid into
ecumencalism and interfaith compromise. (Original
location of this file was at:
http://www2.gospelcom.net/lpea/archive/lpr/09-11-97.shtml
but it has since been taken off the web.)
(12) Pacific Revival Center -
Wolves Among The Flock by Deception In The
Church, 1998
"There is a church that is trying desperately to
ingratiate itself with the rest of the body of Christ
on Guam. This article is a warning that they are
hiding behind the fact that they "went out from us"
long ago (1 Jn. 2:19). The church is affiliated
with the UPCI (United Pentecostal Church
International). It has recently changed its name
to Pacific Revival Center. They have managed to
get their church prominently displayed in the Pacific
Daily News in the Lifestyle section, have advertised
"miracle" and "revival" meetings at which unseemly
pleas for money were made, and have started a
semi-regular "Worship & Praise" event that they
are inviting all churches on Guam to participate in."
(13) The Dangers Of The Alpha
Course by Deception In The Church,
1998
"The Alpha Course, though teaching some truth, also
lays truth alongside error. The wooing of people
using the gospel message, only to later enslave them
in ritualism, works salvation, and occult
manifestations is one of the great deceptions of our
time. One of the cleverest ploys of the enemy in
our day is to allow "unprincipled" men to use the
salvation message as an enticement to unsuspecting and
untrained people, while they secretly introduce false
doctrine, thereby giving "the devil a foothold" for
fleshly manifestations and temptations in their
lives. The men who designed this course are
laying error alongside truth, introducing error
secretly ("pareisaxousinin" in Greek) the result of
which will ruin the faith of the believer in the
end. The Bible says of this process: "But there
were also false prophets among the people, just as
there will be false teachers among you. They will
secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying
the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift
destruction on themselves." (2 Pet. 2:1) Beware of the
Alpha Course!" Read this
article also by Chris Hand.
(14) Assemblies
Of God & World Council Of Churches Together
by Ecumenical News International, 1998
A recent Ecumenical News report mentioned that a
World Council of Churches "continuation committee"
included a "respected Pentecostal representative" from
the Assemblies of God and a representative from the
Roman Catholic Church. (9/21/98) The committee's
objective is to form a global ecumenical forum.
(15) March
For
Jesus - What Do They THINK They Are Doing?
by Peter Glover, 1998
A neo-evangelical global movement
based on a theological lie.
(16) Rick Joyner, Paul Cain, Knights Of
Malta, And Saddam Hussein by Paw Creek Ministries, 1998
"Something breathtaking is happening among key
Charismatics (Third Wavers) like Rick Joyner and Paul
Cain. Rick Joyner recently announced that he was
knighted by the Knights Of Malta. Apparently,
Paul Cain had already been knighted or was knighted at
the same time." For a follow-up on this story, check this out!
(17) Pope John Paul II Receives The Mark
of "Aarti", A Prayer To The Hindu Goddess Durga
This is a photo of the pope receiving the mark of a
prayer "aarti" to the Hindu female goddess Durga by a
professing Christian Hindu woman. By the time this photo
was taken, however, the pope had already been involved
in a number of pagan rituals on his trip to India in
1986, including taking the mark of Shiva. Here is
the documented quote: "Still at Madras on February
5, 1986, 'A sugarcane, fashioned into the form of a
cross, signifying a Hindu offering to a carnal god,
was brought into the presence of the Pope. A little
later, during the offertory procession, a coconut was
carried to the altar, a typical Hindu offering, which
they offer to their idols. Finally, a man placed
sacred ashes on his forehead. IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF
TILAC BUT OF SACRED ASHES OR VIBHUTI. (*164) THREE
DAYS EARLIER, ON FEBRUARY 2, HE HAD RECEIVED ON HIS
FOREHEAD THE TILAC OR TIKA, THE RED POWDERY PASTE OF
THE HINDUS, THE SIGN OF THE ADORERS OF SHIVA. (*165)
*164 �Msgr.� Lefebvre, op. cit. p.177. *165 La Croix
of February 6, and 'I' Express' of February 7/13,
1986, with photo." The Catholic objections
to this photo, and their deceptive tactics to try to
hide what the pope did on the web, have unearthed even
further evidence of the interfaith dabbling with demons
by the papacy.
(18) Some
Scandalous Photographs of John Paul II
More photos of compromising situations where the Pope is
seen in a display of interfaith "unity" with those
outside of what would be considered "Christian"
circles. But, as you can clearly see, we are not
talking about a Christian organization when we talk
about the Vatican. We are talking about an
apostate cultic version of "Christianity" that is trying
desperately to position itself to ride the coming U.N.
global government.
(19) Preach That Gospel, John Paul II!
Here's a lesson on how to win friends and influence
people. Don't preach that Jesus Christ is the only
Way, Truth and Life but entice people with the concept
of a female deity! I'm sure this went over well
with the Hindus in attendance from Bombay. What
better way to use every opportunity we have to witness
for Christ! This article was taken directly from
the official Vatican site at vatican.va and is an
official documentation of a "General Audience" with the
Pope.
(20) Evangelical Leaders Participate In
Papal Mass by David Cloud, 1998
"Pat Robertson and Bill Bright participated in a
papal mass in New York's Central Park during John Paul
II's October visit to the United States. According to
the Religious News Service, Pat Robertson marched at
the head of an ecumenical procession (which included
Bright) to the papal altar and was seated with
Protestant, Orthodox and other Christian leaders.
Robertson is the Charismatic head of the 700 Club and
Bright is the head of Campus Crusade for Christ."
(21) The Significance Of Filled
Stadiums by Ed Tarkowski, 1996
"What makes this unity dangerous is this: (a)
Doctrinal differences are being set aside in order to
tear down denominational walls for the sake of
demonstrating what is being called biblical
unity. (b) This is the door through which Latter
Rain "manifestations" of "glory" enter! "
(22) Paul
Cain/Rick
Joyner - Preparing For The New World Order by
Paw Creek Ministries, 1999
"Key Charismatics, such as Rick Joyner, Paul Cain,
and others are helping to prepare for the New World
Order."
(23) Latter
Rain
And Promise Keepers by John Yonge,
1999
"After joining the Kansas City crew, Cain prophesied
that stadiums the world over will be filled with
Christians enroute to building the "army" and taking
the world for Christ. And wouldn't you know it that
shortly afterwards, the leader of Promise Keepers,
Bill McCartney, who is a Latter Rainist from the
Vineyard church in Boulder, Colorado, started filling
stadiums with Christian men from all denominations."
(24) The Alpha
Course - Final Answer Or Fatal Attraction? by
G. Richard Fisher, 1999
"When the April 27, 1998, edition of Christianity
Today magazine ran a full-page advertisement promoting
a new line of resources by the respected Christian
publisher, David C. Cook Communications, how could one
doubt the trustworthiness of such materials? If along
with that, they were endorsed in that same promotion
by J.I. Packer, Alister McGrath, Luis Palau and
Leighton Ford, how could one hesitate even for a
moment � how could one resist? Surely this is a
bandwagon worthy of a ride. The Alpha program sounds
like a great idea. After all, with such heavyweights
backing it and a program to facilitate an introduction
to the Christian faith (with weekend retreats and
group discussions) it has to be good � or does it? If
nothing else, one must admit that Alpha is packaged
impressively for maximum sales. Popularity does not
mean that something is true. If it did, Santa Claus
and the Easter Bunny would be real entities.
Popularity does not automatically equal truth nor can
it create truth."
(25) A Study On ECT I
With Commentary by Rev. Jerry Moser,
1999
The entire text of ECT I with commentary is presented
here.
(26) ECT II
Commentary by Rev. Jerry Moser, 1999
Commentary on ECT II.
(27) The
"Evangelical Celebration" Document by Rev.
Jerry Moser, 1999
"It must be questioned by serious Bible believers
whether drafting yet another document is the biblical
way to address compromise in presenting the
Gospel--since following the biblical method is as
essential as the Gospel itself. The Apostle Paul�s
method in defending the Gospel is like that of the
Lord Jesus Christ Himself. It is to lay a charge
against those who teach false doctrine, and in so
doing to glorify the Father. After the Apostle
pronounces the judgment of God on those who continued
in a false gospel, he explained his guideline for
doing so, "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I
seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should
not be the servant of Christ." (Galatians 1:10)
Four of the endorsers of ECT II were involved in the
actual drafting of this present document. They are J.
I. Packer, Timothy George, Thomas Oden, and John
Woodbridge. Leading Evangelicals together with these
four men have drafted and published EC. It is of the
utmost importance to ask if these four signatories to
ECT II--men who now have been included as drafters of
EC--have repented both privately and publicly of what
they had previously signed? If so, to whom was the
statement made and where may their public repentance
statement be found? Have they formally responded to
the resolution passed at the 1999 Ex-Catholics for
Christ (ECFC) conference which called for them to
"publicly renounce the ECT accords and ask the church
at large for forgiveness for their past participation
in these accords?"
(28) Tony Campolo - Interfaith ...
Here We Come! by Andy Neckar, CNV News
Service, 1999
"On a recent edition of CNN's Crossfire, Tony Campolo
refused to say Jesus is the only way to heaven. The
panel was discussing events at the Southern Baptist
Convention in Atlanta. Campolo would not answer the
question directly but said, "The Apostle Paul says
that there are people who have light that is not
Christian light, and they will be judged on that
basis." Also, read this article called "Tony
Campolo
- Shedding Light Or Spreading Leaven?" by Cecil
Andrews, "Take Heed" Ministries
(29) The
Alpha
Course by Neil Richardson in Vanguard
Magazine, 1998
"My purpose is that you may see what Nicky Gumbel
stands for (in my view one of the four most
influential figures on the British religious scene,
the others being George Carey [CoE], Basil Hume
[Catholic] and Clive Calver [EA]), and that you may
welcome his Biblical ideas, and question those which
could be of human origin."
"A
Tale
Of Two Cities" Part 1 - Rome
"A
Tale
Of Two Cities" Part 2 - Toronto
(30) Dialectic,
Praxis
And The Alpha Course by Wendy
Howard...Editor of Despatch Magazine, 1998
"Alpha is being used as a weapon against
Christianity, yet the people of Christendom, at the
end of this millennium, are overwhelmingly deceived by
this cunning program! Where will you stand reader,
with God's Word and its fearless proclamation, or with
those who walk in darkness? [I John 1: 5-7]."
(31) The
Alpha
Course - Friend Or Foe? by Wendy
Howard...Editor of Despatch Magazine, 1998
Article on "Information gathered from �The
Alpha Conference� held at St. Matthews,
Sherwood Anglican Church Brisbane,
Q�ld., Australia. 1998."
(32) The Cell Church Model - Alpha
Course Lite? by Sandy Simpson, 1999
"The cell group model out of Singapore is Alpha
Course Lite! It is simply another front for the
Third Wave, another way to seduce churches, looking
for a more personal approach, to be more like the
house churches of the first century ... and to subtly
introduce heresy. Remember the M.O. of false
teachers: 2 Pet. 2:1 But there were also false
prophets among the people, just as there will be false
teachers among you. They will secretly introduce
destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord
who bought them--bringing swift destruction on
themselves."
(33) Alpha
-
The Last Word In Evangelism? by Chris Hand,
1998
"Many people claim to have been helped through going
on the Alpha course and believe it has brought them an
understanding of God and how to respond to Him.
Testimonies and accounts of wonderful things that have
happened to individuals abound. In the light of
all this, surely there cannot be anything wrong with
it? With so many in today's society gripped by
materialism and atheism, can Alpha be anything other
than a good thing? As young people become
hopelessly enmeshed in a godless culture, should we
not applaud the efforts of Alpha and help make it a
success? We wished that the answers to these questions
could be an emphatic 'Yes'. But closer examination of
Alpha prevents such a clean bill of health being given
to it. Why this concern? There are six
vital reasons we would like to bring to your
attention."
(34) Contending Earnestly For The
Faith - Volume 5, Issue 2 by Philip L.
Powell, Christian Witness Ministries, 9/99 Articles on
ecumenism, Rodney Howard-Browne in New York, Benny Hinn,
and White Cane Religion by Steve Hill. To read
this .pdf file you will need Adobe Acrobat. You
can also visit the CWM web site at: http://www.christian-witness.org/
(35) Houses
Built
Upon The Sand - A Biblical Examination Of The
Lighthouse Movement by Delusion &
Apostasy Watch News, 9/25/99
There are a few interesting facts in this series of
articles. First, there is a list of the current
participating church denominations and parachurch
organizations who have already covenanted with
Lighthouse. Second, we find out that Lighthouse is
attempting to sign up and collect personal information
into a very large computer database on all its members
and churches. Third, we can see looming behind
this veiled attempt at evangelism an agenda leading many
into the apostate Third Wave and ultimately to the
"woman who rides the beast". The people behind
this organization, such as C. Peter Wagner and Edwardo
Silvoso are, on the one hand, at the forefront of
promoting and organizing the "New Apostolic Reformation"
where they are attempting to build a new foundation for
the "church", and on the other attempting to implement
this Lighthouse scheme that is supposed to benefit the
cause of Christ. After reading this information it
becomes clear what true believers and the true Body of
Christ ought to do ... (1) stay out of this organization
(2) do not submit your information to this database
(3) remain in your local church in the area the
Lord has called you to (4) continue to do the work of
preaching the gospel and taking care of the less
fortunate without the assistance and materials of
programs like these (5) and avoid any association with
these people or any events they promote.
(36) The
World
Christian Movement - Evangelism Vs. Evangelization
by Albert James Dager, Media Spotlight, Volume 22 -
Number 1 (Summer 1999)
"The Lord's prophecy concerning the greatest end-time
deception should warn us that things are not always as
they seem. For a deception to be so seductive that
even the very elect would take pause to wonder if it
is of God, it would have to have all the earmarks of a
true work of God. That means it would come in the name
of Jesus, it would have a great deal of solid biblical
truth, it would affirm the Gospel, and it would be a
"good work." And signs and wonders would accompany it.
Those who might recognize and expose the deception
would be looked upon as divisive, hateful and deceived
themselves. For the most part, the churches would go
along with the deception." Read Part
1, Part
2, Part
3. Part
4 is actually a seperate article on Dominion
Theology.
(37) Vatican Hosts International
Meeting On Inter-Religions Dialogue Weekend
News Today by Andra Brack, Source: ArabicNews,
10/17/99
"The encounter, to be attended by more than 200
representatives of 50 countries, seeks to "consolidate
inter-religions dialogue for a future of peace and
solidarity among all humankind," the organizers said."
(38) Cell Churches alias Life
groups (cells), Cell groups, Neighborhood Groups,
Oikos (household), Basic Christian Communities,
Shepherd groups etc., by Jo Gardner, Adullam News
No. 7, Feb. 97
"Just what we wanted! What a wonderful idea!
recognition of house fellowships as churches! But
wait! Jesus does say that �where two or three come
together in my Name, there am I in the midst�
Matthew 8:20. Such a group IS a church in action,
perhaps more so than some Sunday services. It has the
imprimatur of Christ Himself."
(39) Observations
On
The Alpha Course by Alan Morrison, Jonathan
Bayes and William Horsburgh, 1999
"These days it would appear that if you are bold
enough to admit that you do not use the Alpha Course,
you are likely to find that people look at you with
gaping-mouthed disbelief, as if to ask, "And which
planet do you live on?" The present popularity of the
Alpha Course means that we need to evaluate whether we
might be able to use it, and if we conclude that we
ought not, then we need to be able to explain why we
do not use it. Such evaluations and explanations have
to be theologically based. It is not helpful to others
to reject something of which we know nothing simply
because of the stable from which it has
emerged. If we do reject it, we need to explain our
reasons for doing so soundly but graciously."
(40) Interfaith
Meeting
Look To 'Mainstreaming' Interreligious Dialogue
by Elaine Ruth Fletcher, Religion News Service,
1999
"Here, international representatives of the three
major monotheistic religions met for what organizers
said was the first time on Arab soil along with a host
of other traditions, including Buddhists, Shintos,
Hindus and Jains as well as a smattering of indigenous
religious people from Australia and Latin America."
(41) The
Trojan Horse In The Temple by Alan
Morrison, 1999
"'The Hidden Agenda of the Ecumenical Movement' -
This is an updated manuscript of a book by Alan
Morrison -- originally published in 1993, but now out
of print in its English edition -- entitled 'The
Trojan Horse in the Temple'. The new internet
edition of this 30,000 word book also incorporates
additional material from the final chapter of "The
Serpent and the Cross", entitled 'Not Pilgrims,
but Strangers -- Christianity & World Religions'."
(42) Wake Up, Bright, And Early! by
Sandy Simpson, 2000
"Here again we have more evidence, for those
Christians who are skeptical about the ecumenical and
interfaith agenda of Bill Bright and Campus Crusade
For Christ, that he is well off the path of
orthodoxy." A story about Bill Bright and his
participation in Awakening 2000.
(43) More Bewildering Statements From
Billy Graham by The Calvary Contender,
1/15/00
Billy Graham's says that his pick for "Man Of The
Century" would be Pope John Paul II. Graham also
discusses what he expects Jesus to say to him when he
goes to heaven.
(44) TBN Communist Manifesto
by Jackie Alnor, Cultlink, 2/00
"Paul Crouch televised excerpts
of a recent meeting he had in Washington, DC with
the ambassador from the People�s Republic of China
on Thursday�s (Feb. 3, 2000) Praise the Lord program
on TBN. Aides of the ambassador arranged the
�I�ll scratch your back if you�ll scratch mine�
meeting to seek Crouch�s help in spreading China�s
propaganda against a recently outlawed religious
group, the Falun Gong."
(45) The Pope Kissing The Qu'ran
from Zenit/Rome News Report, 2000
Further photographic evidence of the inter-religious,
interfaith agenda of the pope and the RCC.
(46) Report From Singapore On FCBC
& Cell Church 2/00
Regarding FDBC, the main source of Cell Church materials
to the world.
(47) The Pope's Strange
Prayer Meeting by David W. Cloud,
Fundamental Baptist Information Service, 1/19/00
"As we dig in the ecumenical walls for 1986 the most
striking event we see is the Day of Prayer for World
Peace. Never before in Christian history has there
been a clearer fulfillment of the New Testament
prophecies of the great falling away from the faith
and of the formation of the Harlot one-world religion.
Indeed, in this now famous peace meeting we see that
the hour is very, very late, brethren." Keep
in mind that this is an Independent Baptist
perspective. Be aware that DITC does not agree
with everything on this web site! However, this is
a good article on the RCC and Interfaithism.
(48) True Bible-Believers Denounced At
Papal Conference by Unknown Author,
1999
"As reported in the Associated Press, with the
Tibetan god-man, the Dalai Lama, sitting at his right
side, this October in Rome the Pope presided at a
special council of some 200 religious leaders of
various faiths, sects, and cults."
(49) The Day of Pardon and Papal
Penitence Century 21: Biblical Unity or Papal
Conformity? by Richard Bennett and
Michael de Semlyen, 2000
"On Sunday, March 12, the first Sunday of Lent, the
Pope presided over a solemn ceremony called �The Day
of Pardon� in St. Peter�s Basilica, Rome, in which he
asked God for forgiveness for the historical wrongs of
the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). The ceremony was
presented as another profoundly significant event in
the RC Church�s �Millennium Jubilee Holy Year� and a
further step, unprecedented but necessary, in the
process of unity. It was a modern media event staged
for maximum impact to encourage �unity�. The
impression given is that it is a genuine attempt to
wipe the slate clean and to apologize for the past
wrongs of the Church. Careful examination, however,
shows that the Pope�s �Day of Pardon� was in fact not
an apology, but rather a day of deception."
(50) Jerry
Falwell
Praises Catholic Cardinal And Charismatic Prophet
by David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information
Service, 5/9/2000
"Recently Falwell praised the late Catholic Cardinal
John O�Connor and Charismatic prophet Benny Hinn."
(51) The
Tie
That Binds: Cautionary Remarks On The Ecumenical
Tendencies Of The Assemblies Of God by
Matthew Shaw, 2000
"The ecumenical movement has finally, it would seem,
found a 'common denominator' that is explicity
Pneumocentric and is ossifying renewal-minded
Christians into a superstructure that will exceed and
transverse
doctrinal barriers to join hands as the comprehensive
and potentially apostate 'Body of Christ.' "
(52) Church Of England Clergy Join
Druids And Pagans At "Spirit Of The Land 2000"
The Sunday London Telegraph, as cited in World Affairs
Report, 5/22/00
"Senior Church of England clergy are to join Druids
and pagans at a controversial conference designed to
help "reconcile" the traditions, much to the alarm of
Church leaders. The conference, Spirit of the Land
2000, is described as 'a Christian-Druid dialogue and
reconciliation meeting for the new Millennium'."
(53) Church
Unity by Dr. Opal Reddin, 3/00
"Ecumenical pressures will continue to mount, and
diverse winds of doctrine will blow fiercely against
the Church. Should we succumb to a "fortress"
mentality, hiding behind our orthodox doctrines and
waiting for the Rapture to set us free from conflict?
By no means! Jesus is building His Church, and He
invites us to march with Him as we storm the gates of
hell, setting captives free, and establishing churches
where the rue Gospel is preached in power and glory. "
(54) The Great Betrayal
by Dave Hunt, The Berean Call, June 2000
Dave Hunt comments on the betrayal of Martin Luther and
the Reformation by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
signing of the Joint Declaration on Justification (JD)
with the Roman Catholic Church (RCC).
(55) Pope Says Belief In
Christ Proscribes Contempt For Other Faiths
Copyright 2000 by Agence France-Presse
"Pope John Paul II said Sunday that the Catholic
Church did not consider other religions with contempt,
even if it strongly defended Jesus Christ as the
world's only saviour."
(56) Celebration
Jesus
2000: End Times Confusion In St. Louis by
David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service,
6/29/00
"These conferences present a microcosm of the
end-times ecumenical movement. The fact that the error
is intermingled with and glossed over with truth makes
the ecumenical movement attractive to large numbers of
people and extremely dangerous." This report on
the Celebrate Jesus 2000 conference was done by an
Independant Baptist. It brings up many valid
points, although we disagree with their position on
KJV-Only.
(57) THE
CALL
DC- All The Streams Converging! by
Cross+Word, 7/00
"Following "Stand In The Gap" comes "The Call DC", a
youth gathering designed to ignite passion for
world evangelisation and revival. The plan involves
thousands of young people and parents gathering in
Washington, D.C. for a "sacred assembly" to fast
and pray for revival. The PK leadership are deeply
involved, as are YWAM and leaders from every part of
the revival and global church agenda."
(58) The Holy Roman Pope Fosters
Ecumenical Meeting Between Orthodox & Catholics
The Daily World Affairs Report (8/2/00) as reported by
Bible Prophesy Research (BPR)
"John Paul II asked the one billion Catholics around
the world to join, spiritually, the prayer vigil,
which will be held in Rome on August 5, the eve of the
feast of the Transfiguration, at the petition of
Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople."
(59) Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association (BGEA)
Promotes Alpha Course
with comments by Sandy Simpson, 8/00
"The BGEA is now apparently openly promoting Alpha
Course. Read the following news story from
Amsterdam 2000."
(60) Letter To Billy Graham
by Sandy Simpson, Deception In The Church, 8/27/00 - No Answer From BGEA As Of This
Date!
"I am writing this letter to
you to ask you to respond to a number of statements
you have made, some very recently, that are of
concern to the body of Christ." Addendum:
read this response, not to
my letter, but to a recent letter to BGEA in 2009.
(61) Jumping
On
The Bandwagon - Australian Christian Churches
Seduced by the Beat of a Different Drummer? by
Hughie Seaborn, 9/00
"I think my title "Jumping on
the Bandwagon" is an
appropriate description for the
subject I am about to discuss, that of the February
2000 launching of Australian
Christian Churches (hereafter,
ACC), the result of an initiative of the National
Executive of the Assemblies of God in Australia
(hereafter, AOG). The initiative called for an
alliance between various Pentecostal and Charismatic
denominations in Australia with
Brian Houston, General Superintendent of the
Australian AOG, installed as the
inaugural President. The
launching of the ACC has been hailed in both secular
and Christian press as an enormous success in
bringing together a number of independent Christian
bodies for the purpose of "making a real difference
in the community" and "offering a dynamic spiritual
dimension missing from many people's lives." But is
the ACC alliance really anything more than just a
numbers and money game using secular and new-age
business principles in
conjunction with questionable, but popular, and very
successful church growth programs?"
(63) True
Vs.
False Unity by David Cloud, Way Of
Life Literature, O Timothy magazine, Volume 12, Issue
1, 1994
"The Bible speaks of unity in
two different ways. (1) A false unity based upon
man's desires and goals independent of God (Gen.
11:1-9). The Bible condemns any proposed unity which
is not founded in God's truth. The cry of the hour
is unity of the world and unity of religion, but
that is the false unity of the Antichrist (Rev.
17-18) and should be resisted by God's people.
Ecumenism means the whole world, and it is the
spirit of the end times apostasy. (2) A biblical
unity based on apostolic truth (Ep. 4:3,13). In this
passage we see true biblical unity. It is far
removed from the ecumenical philosophy!"
(64) The
Gospel Of Unity by Mike
Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
"The Bible speaks of unity in
two different ways. (1) A false unity based upon
man's desires and goals independent of God (Gen.
11:1-9). The Bible condemns any proposed unity which
is not founded in God's truth. The cry of the hour
is unity of the world and unity of religion, but
that is the false unity of the Antichrist (Rev.
17-18) and should be resisted by God's people.
Ecumenism means the whole world, and it is the
spirit of the end times apostasy. (2) A biblical
unity based on apostolic truth (Ep. 4:3,13). In this
passage we see true biblical unity. It is far
removed from the ecumenical philosophy!"
(65) Lutherans
Ready
To Accept Pope As "Spokesman" Copyright
2000 by United Press International, 10/18/00
"Lutherans might be willing to
accept the Pope
as "spokesman for all
Christianity worldwide," their leading prelate in
Germany said Wednesday."
(66) Dominus
Iesus:
Rome Exalts Her Throne - A Kiss of Death for the
Ecumenists by Richard M. Bennett
"It has been but a short time
since Charles Colson, like some modern day
Chamberlain alighting from his aircraft, held aloft
the ECT and declared, �Peace in our time.� It
has been a mere six years; yet the folly of their
deeds, apparent to many before, has now been made
apparent to all. We can only conclude that if
the �evangelicals� who signed that notorious
document do not denounce the Vatican, then their act
was not one of wishful thinking, but willful
betrayal. Rome has dropped her mask; the empty
ecumenical charade has ended, and therefore it is
time for those who love God�s word to sound the
alarm in earnest. Let us play the man, for our
people, and for the cities of our God."
(67) Heaven
Open
To Everyone, Says Pope by Bruce
Johnston in Rome, Electronic Telegraph, ISSUE 2023,
Friday 8, December 2000
"THE Pope has amended a Vatican
pronouncement that the Roman Catholic Church was the
"only way to salvation", saying that Heaven is open
to all as long as they are good."
(68) DITC Commentary On The
Story: "Heaven Open To Everyone, Says Pope" by
Sandy Simpson, 12/00
"Recently the comments from the
pope in the story Heaven
Open
To Everyone, Says Pope raises many questions."
(69) Alpha
Course
- In A Nutshell by Neil
Richardson, Vanguard Magazine, Volume 6.2, Issue 22,
12/00
"It's been on my mind for some
time to try to collate all the sources for
information on the Alpha course, and bring together
a point-by-point overview of it. This is principally
for the reason that Alpha course can be hard to
digest, simplify and pass on some of the pieces that
have been written about it. Are there, at our
fingertips, say, 5 clear reasons why we have
reservations about the Alpha course?"
(70) Youth
With
A Mission Experiments With New, Unscriptural
Missions Strategy by Watchman's Trumpet -
2000, Foundation Magazine, Dennis W.Costella, May -
Jun 2000
"Several international missions
organizations, including Youth With a Mission
(YWAM), are testing a new approach to missionary
work in areas where Christianity is unwelcome.
A March 24, 2000, Charisma News Service report said
some missionaries are now making converts but are
allowing them to "hold on to many of their
traditional religious beliefs and practices" so as
to refrain from offending others within their
culture. "
(71) Excerpt
From
Billy Graham Interview On Larry King Live, January
22, 1997
RealPlay video of a very
unfortunate interview by Larry King of Billy
Graham. He made statements such as the
following:
Larry King: "What do you think
of Mormonism, Catholicism, other faiths within the
Christian concept?"
Billy Graham: "Well I think I
am in wonderful fellowship with all of them."
Larry King: "You�re comfortable
with Salt Lake City. You�re comfortable with the
Vatican?"
Billy Graham: "I am very
comfortable with the Vatican."
We are still waiting a reply to our letter to Billy Graham
but still no repsonse!
(72) Graham Museum Honors First
Pope As An Evangelist by David
Cloud, 7/01
"...The Billy Graham Museum honors the first Roman
pope as a great evangelist. This is in the Rotunda of
Witnesses which is at the beginning of the tour. It is
a circular room containing nine 20-foot tall banners
or tapestries depicting various alleged fathers of
evangelism. Museum literature says, "Each banner bears
an individual witness selected from Christian history
and was chosen on the merit of its revelation of
Christ as Lord and Savior." The banners begin with the
Apostle Paul and end with Oswald Chambers. Two of the
men featured in this evangelistic hall of fame are
Gregory the Great and Francis of Assisi. Both of
these, of course, are Roman Catholics who preached a
false sacramental gospel of faith-works."
(73) Salvation
Army
And The Roman Catholic Church by
Rebecca A. Sexton, 8/01
"We, along with James, pray that the Salvation Army
will reconsider its position of support for the
doctrines of the Roman Catholic church. Roman
Catholicism is a cult parading around as �Christian
brothers�. If true Christians do not stand up against
the lies of the RCC, then millions of Catholics will
perish because we have failed to preach the truth to
them, and perhaps millions more will be deceived into
believing that truth must give way to unity."
(74) Evangelicals
and
Catholics Together by Gary E. Gilley,
Pastor-teacher of Southern View Chapel, Volume 1, Issue
2, December 1994
"Was the Reformation a mistake, or do fundamental
points of doctrine still separate the Roman Catholic
Church from us?" Read Part
1, Part
2 & Part
3.
(75) Globalism & Interfaith -
Here We Come! by Sandy Simpson,
9/16/01
"As the days wear on in the aftermath of the attack
on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon, we are
watching a globalist, interfaith agenda unfold on
worldwide television. I am here to say that if
this continues the full wrath of God is bound to come
upon our nation and the world!" - This article is
also available in The Midnight
Herald, November 2001, Volume V, No. 2 - Subscribe
here.
(76) QUEEN
OF
MUSLIMS, QUEEN OF ALL - The Marian Apparitions' Plan
To Unite All Religions Under The Catholic Church
by Jim Tetlow,. August 2001
"Almost all of the apparitions have stated that Mary
is going to usher in a new era of peace and unity.
Under her mantle all people will gather in peace and
solve the problems facing the world. Her emphasis on
unity and ecumenism has garnered attention from the
media."
(77) The
Papacy
And Islam by Richard M. Bennett &
Robert J. Nicholson, Posting 55, 2001
"In spite of the catastrophic events of September
11th, the Pope has continued faithfully the Roman
Catholic Church policy of affirmation and approval of
Islam."
(78) World
Religions
Peace Summit Planned By Pope by Chuck
Missler, Koinania House, November 20, 2001
"Believing we have reached a historic moment for
humanity, Pope John Paul is calling the world's
religious leaders together to pray for peace and to
work to overcome armed conflict."
(79) Bishop Swing Rewrites
Christianity And History
To Bring Them In Line
With The Globalist Agenda
Of His United Religions
Initiative and the United Nations Commentary
Report By Lee Penn, THE CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE (Washington,
DC), July 12, 2001
"CALIFORNIA EPISCOPAL BISHOP WILLIAM E. SWING,
founder of the United Religions Initiative (URI),
promoted his interfaith movement to members of the
prestigious Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on
April 25--with the support of a nationally-known,
liberal Roman Catholic university president."
(80) Another Interfaith Papal
Prayer Meeting At Assisi by Zenit.Org,
1/23/02
DITC Comments: The pope organized yet another
interfaith prayer meeting for world peace. As with
the last Assisi prayer event, almost every religion
showed up as well as many Protestants. But to pray
for world peace to pagan gods is ludicrous. Oh,
it's nice to get together with other people for potluck,
but to pray? Who are they praying to? Does
it even matter anymore who God is to these people?
Perhaps he has simply become a fig newton of the
imagination of man? So many religions, cults and
sects of Christianity were present. Catholics,
charismatic Catholics, Orthodox, Jews, Muslims,
Buddhists, Shintoists, Confusionists, Zoroastrianists
and others all got together with the Anglican Communion;
World Lutheran Federation; Alliance of Reformed
Churches; Pentecostals; World Baptist Alliance; Friends
World Committee for Consultation (Quakers); Salvation
Army; and the World Council of Churches. The only
world peace these people are going to accomplish is the
short lived peace of the antichrist!
(81) The
Exclusiveness
Of Christ - Understanding the Present War
by David Wilkerson, October 29, 2001
"Satan's ecumenical union of churches will bring
about a great persecution. And the union itself will
be the chief persecuting force. Even now, the
Russian Orthodox Church is pressuring Russia's
government to shut down all evangelical churches in
that country. They want to drive out evangelical
Christianity completely from their midst. Here in
America we see the beginnings of the same kind of
pressure. I was handed a videotape of a network TV
interview with a well-known evangelist. The
interviewer asked the minister point blank: "Will
Muslims be saved? And will Jews be saved if they don't
believe in Jesus?" Clearly, the evangelist was being
pressed into a corner. He knew if he answered with
Peter's statement, "There is no other name whereby men
can be saved except Jesus Christ, the Son of God," he
would have been despised. The press would have
crucified him. Instead, the evangelist was applauded
for his answer: "Muslims love Jesus. And Jews have the
Spirit of Jesus in them. Yes, they'll both be saved."
I couldn't believe what I heard this committed
Christian leader saying."
(82) Amalgamation
of
Apostates - Word of Faith, Pentecostal and
Charismatic Leaders Unite by Charisma
News Service, 6/5/02
"Almost 30 senior figures representing Word of Faith,
Charismatic, traditional Pentecostal and Oneness
Pentecostals met for three days at a Washington,
D.C.-area hotel to talk and pray in an unprecedented
move toward unity."
(83) Evangelicals
And
Pagans Together by Bill Randles, Dicernment
Newsletter, September/October 2002
The world loves this kind of spirituality but God
hates it. Jehoshaphat, a genuinely godly king of
Judah, attempted a "good" thing -- all in the name of
unity, of course. This "good" thing was joining forces
with the apostate King Ahab in a war against the
Syrians. After barely escaping with his life, and that
by the mercy of God, Jehoshaphat was confronted by
Jehu the prophet with a message that perhaps applies
to our leaders in this day: "Shouldest thou help the
ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord?" (2 Chron.
19:2)
(84) Dr.
Billy
Graham's Universalism: Again And Again by
Dr. O. Talmadge Spence, Christian Purities Fellowship,
February/March 1998, Volume 26, Number 1
I simply believe that those who were genuinely saved
under the Billy Graham ministry have now a
responsibility
to the world of a judgment that heretofore they
may have thought they did not have to make. I had
rather for them defend Graham's message instead of
myself. But the Billy Graham evangelistic theological
ball is now in their own court. I wonder what they
will do with it. The world has given too much aura to
one man.
(85) A Chink In The Armor
by
Jacob Prasch, edited for print by Sandy Simpson,
Discernment Conference 2001, Calvary Chapel Pearl
Harbor, Honolulu, HI, 3/11/01
Jehoshaphat
was a good man, a good man who made bad
errors. And right before our eyes there are
good men today making that same bad errors.
May God in His mercy correct them and protect us.
(86) Universalism
A
Problem For Everyone by Mike Oppenheimer,
Let Us Reason Ministries, 3/03
What is the ultimate end for the teaching of unity
that is entering the church - 3 part article.
(87) Trinity
Broadcasting Network (TBN) by Mike
Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 3/03
Is this a Christian television station or a mixture
that will bring a unity of Christianity with the world
and other religions?
(88) In Bed
With TBN by Jackie Alnor, Christian Sentinel
Report, May 2003
The Christian Sentinel and many others have written
to respectable church leaders who are regular guests
on TBN or have their own programs on that network. We
have asked them their reasoning for it. Half of our
letters over the past couple of decades remain
unanswered, but those who did respond -- to a man --
agree that TBN is full of spiritual poison. They
defend their position as trying to be light in the
darkness. But our argument is that they can�t do that
without compromise. One word spoken against the
Word/Faith heresies and they will be cut off.
(89) The
Papacy
And Islam by Richard Bennett and Robert J.
Nicholson, 2003
The Pope's profession of a �civilization of love� in
his rapprochement with Islam represents only another
tactical re-appraisal of circumstances and
opportunities for Rome. It is merely the old
idol of humanistic sentiment religiously recycled and
held out to the world as the cohesive force that will
unite all sincere religious people in a concordat of
international condemnation against the kind of
anti-social fanaticism that led to the September 11th
horror. The profound danger for Evangelical
people is that they,
unthinking, might come to embrace Rome�s claim to be
the true spokesman for Christ on this earth, a lie
which is deeply embedded in this new thrust for
inter-faith ecumenicity.
(90) Ecumenism
Fostered
By Mysticism by Ed Tarkowski, STAND &
COMFORT Newsletter #47 (Vol 3 No 14)
The trend toward mystical exercises and experiences
continues to rise, spurred on by interdenominational
fellowship within Christianity and fellowship and
prayer with non-Christian religions brought about
through public tragedies. The meditations and
contemplations are basically the same in purpose,
though the names they are given vary depending on
one's religious affiliation (Christian, Hindu,
Buddhism, etc). Is there danger in these like
spiritual experiences being practiced across the
board?
(91) Fuller
Seminary
to Create Interfaith Code of Ethics Compiled
by Ted Olsen, Christianity Today, 12/08/2003
"One of the nation's leading evangelical Christian
seminaries has launched a federally funded project for
making peace with Muslims, featuring a proposed code
of ethics that rejects offensive statements about each
other's faiths, affirms a mutual belief in one God,
and pledges not to proselytize," Times religion writer
Teresa Watanabe begins her story.
(92) Is
This
Evangelicalism's Terminal Generation? by
Albert Mohler Author, Speaker, President of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, 6/1/2004
The shape of the evangelical challenge in postmodern
America comes down to this--we must be continually on
the alert to defend the faith, for the Christian faith
now faces unprecedented attacks. The rise of a
postmodern culture has produced an intellectual
context in which the very concept of truth is held
under suspicion, and claims to revealed truth are
simply ruled out of order.
(93) Open
Letter
To Ravi Zacharias by Bud Press, Christian
Research Service, 11/04
Mouw must be held accountable for his statements. He
needs to repent and apologize to those who work
tirelessly to promote the real Jesus to the Mormons,
as well as other non-Christian cults.
(94) Can
Two Walk Together And Not Agree? by Mike
Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 3/9/05
Can Christians and Mormons stand together? A dialogue
to bring us closer in unity. ... Greg Johnson,
director of Standing Together Ministries, located in
Utah has teamed up with Mormon representative, Robert
Millet, to go on a public tour of what they call,
dialogues between an Evangelical and Mormon. Robert
Millet and Pastor Greg Johnson are trying to develop
relationships between the two �churches� in a new way.
(95) Why
the Heavens Hold Back its Rain by Mike
Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 3/22/05
Ecumenical unity, the church heading to the global
church of the world. Read the following articles
in this series:
Why
the
Heavens Hold Back its Rain pt.1
Ecumenical unity, the church heading
to the global church
The
Roman Catholic Issue of Interfaith pt .2
How has the Evangelical Church become
agreeable for interfaith.
How
to
get from A to Z through Dialogue pt.3
The ways of establishing interfaith
unity.
When
Doctrinal
Beliefs Become Irrelevant pt.4
What comes together and what comes
apart with the new unity.
A
spirit being poured out on all flesh (pt.5)
The spiritual transformation taking
place in the world.
(96) Open
Letter
To Pastors Supporting "Standing Together (with the
Mormons!) by Bud Press, 3/21/05
This letter is written in the spirit of love and
concern. I pray you will receive it as such.
(97) A
Departure from Sound Doctrine by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us
Reason Ministries, 4/27/05
What the church is now
facing in epidemic proportions.
(98) Walter
Martin
Ministries withdraws its membership from Evangelical
Ministries to New Religions (EMNR) by Kevin Rische and Jill Martin
Rische, Directors, Walter Martin Ministries, 8/26/05
Walter Martin Ministries
withdraws its membership from Evangelical Ministries
to New Religions (EMNR) because of accountability
issues and compromise from Liberal Apologists and
their 'Politics of Appeasement'.
(99) Why The LDS/Mormon
Church Will NEVER Be Part Of The Body Of Christ
by Sandy Simpson, 10/26/05
An answer to the efforts of people like Greg Johnson
(Standing Together), Richard Mouw (Fuller Theological
Seminary), Craig Hazen (Biola University), Ravi
Zacharias (RZIM) and many others who are attempting to
forge some kind of "Evangelicals And Mormons Together"
alliance out of thin air.
(100) WCC,
NAE,
Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus by Herescope,
Discernment Research Group, 5/12/06
It isn't just the neo-evangelical leaders who are
finding common ground with other world religions (see
this week's Herescope posts). The 9th Assembly of the
World Council of Churches, held February 14-23 in
Porto Alegre, Brazil is leading the charge. And the
NAE isn't far behind!
(101) The
Pursuit
of Common Ground by Brian Flynn, from Running
Against
the Wind - the transformation of a new age medium and
his warning to the church, 1/19/07
While Thomas Keating�s unwitting goal of a �great
awakening� could bring in the needed numbers, if there
is going to be such a great awakening based on
mysticism rather than the gospel, it is going to be
one of great deception.
(102) The
Growing
Ecumenical Vortex by Watcher's Lamp,
2/19/07
Earlier this year it was noted that 2007 is set to be
the launch pad year for global unity initiatives.
(103) Will
the
Real Evangelicals Please Stand Up?
Great
Commission
or Great Omission? by Sherry Neese, Apostasy
Alert, 8/21/07
Pope Benedict�s recent statement removed any shadow
of doubt as to the unbreachable chasm that exists
between the religious system he represents and the
biblical view of salvation. According to the old
adage, "Hope springs eternal" one might think that
dispelling this myth would bring all ecumenical
overtures to Rome to a screeching halt. Not so. A
meeting was held August 8-12 in Toulouse, France,
jointly hosted by the Vatican and the World Council of
Churches for the purpose of coming to a meeting of the
minds on a code of conduct for evangelizing.
(104) Bush:
All
religions pray to 'same God' reported by
Roger Oakland, Understanding The Times, 10/7/07
Based on facts provided in the following article, the
United States of America is headed for judgment.
President Bush, who professes to be a Christian, does
not understand biblical Christianity. He is a player
who is dedicated to moving the world towards a one
world religion for the cause of peace that is
ANTICHRISTIAN.
(105) Can
a
Christan pray to Allah? by Pastor Chuck
Baldwin, Food For Thought, 10/07
Therefore, when President Bush says Muslims and
Christians worship the same god, he is saying the Lord
Jesus Christ is not superior to the pagan moon god,
Allah. Or to turn it around, Bush is saying the pagan
moon god, Allah, is equal to the Lord Jesus Christ.
And it would appear that Bush would have the same
belief regarding the Shinto gods, or any other pagan
god, for that matter.
(106) Trading
Truth
for Solidarity by Berit Kjos, May 2007
It's no secret that the today's world system is
driven by a vision of global solidarity and spiritual
pluralism. We don't know God's precise schedule, but
He warned us long ago to prepare for a time of
"falling away," when people with "itching ears" would
trade truth for myth and reject the "sound doctrine"
needed to guard against deception. Do those
signs describe our times?
Part 1 - From
Pentecost
to Pluralism
Part 2 - Training
Teens
to Twist the Truth
Part 3 - Shaping
the
Global 'Christian' Youth
Part 4 - Deeds,
Creeds,
and Mother Teresa's Despair
Part 5 - Bush
Believes
in Universalism?
(107) �In
the name of� Interfaith, liberalism and
Multiculturalism- be united� (this issue: Terrorism,
Earth news, Lineage of false teachers, the Secret)
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries,
10/20/07
What we are witnessing: 1. The world continues to
rush toward a major conflict in the Middle East that
will lead to a change in government[s] and bring about
more war. 2. There is a paradigm shift going on in the
minds of Americans and others on Islam and its
threat.3. The church seems to be following it in step
with all the talking points of the liberals. 4. The
differences are shrinking between the liberals in
politics and the liberal movement that is growing in
the church.
(108) The
Unity of the Apostates by Mike Oppenheimer,
Let Us Reason Ministries, 11/04/07
Liberal Christianity's influence in the modern
church.
(109) "What Did You Really
Mean By That" by Orrel Steinkamp, The
Plumbline, Volume 12, Nov 6, November/December
2007
Comments on Evangelicals and Mormons Together and
Evangelicals and Catholics Together.
(110) Christian
Leaders
Invite Muslims to Love God, Neighbors Together
by Ethan Cole, Christian Post Reporter, 11/23/07
Christian leaders across denominational lines
responded to the unprecedented open letter signed last
month by 138 representative Muslim leaders with their
own letter, calling on the two Abrahamic faiths to
love God and neighbors together. Over 100
theologians, ministry leaders, and prominent pastors
have thus far signed the response letter issued by the
Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Signers include Jim
Wallis, president of Sojourners; Rick Warren, founder
and senior pastor of Saddleback Church; John Stott,
rector emeritus of All Souls Church in London; and
Leith Anderson, president of the National Association
of Evangelicals.
(111) Evangelical/Mormon
Dialogue? by Bud Press, Christian Research
Service, 12/07
This page contains articles, news releases, and
additional information from Christian and Mormon
sources. Mormonism is a cult, and is extremely
dangerous to the spiritual welfare of the believer, as
well as those searching for the real Jesus Christ.
Reader discretion is advised. For information on
Mormonism and how it differs from Christianity, please
refer to the articles and information from the
following Christian ministries:
http://www.letusreason.org/LDSdir.htm
http://www.christianresearchservice.com/Mormonism.htm
http://www.spiritual-research-network.com/cults_general.asp
(112) Hope '08 a
statement by The First Plumb-Line Church, 1/1/08
What can be seen from
a simple perusal of the official Hope08 website is
that this is an exercise in Ecumenism and Inter-faith
dialogue which is all a part of what is described as
the, �Emerging Church,� (Aka Great Apostasy.)
(113) What
is
Hope 2008? by First Plumbline Apologetics,
1/08
A page on the ecumenical/inferfaith Hope 2008.
(114) God's
Relationship
to Everything by Herescope, 1/30/08
This teaching -- that God is IN everything -- is at
the heart of the emerging syncretism of global
spirituality. It is a key doctrine of New Age
spirituality, and increasingly shows up in the
evangelical world.
(115) Influential
Evangelicals
Withdraw from Christian-Muslim Statement
by Lillian Kwon, Christian Post Reporter, 2/9/08
The Christian-endorsed statement � which included
such signatories as Rick Warren of Saddleback
Church, Billy Hybels of Willow Creek Community
Church, and Leith Anderson of the National
Association of Evangelicals � urged for interfaith
dialogue that would build relations and reshape the
Christian and Islam communities. Christian leaders
also asked for forgiveness of sins committed against
Muslims in the Crusades and excesses of the war on
terrors in the letter.
(116) Going
Downhill Always Goes Faster Than Going Uphill
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries,
2/08
The emergence of a new world religion through
Christianity and the churches timidity.
(117) "Oprah
and
Friends" to teach course on New Age Christ
by Warren Smith, November 2007
Oprah Winfrey will be letting out all the stops on
her XM Satellite Radio program this coming year.
Beginning January 1, 2008, �Oprah & Friends�
will offer a year-long course on the New Age
teachings of A Course in Miracles.1 A lesson a day
throughout the year will completely cover the 365
lessons from the Course in Miracles
�Workbook.�
(118) The
Next
Wave Of The Spirit by Roger Oakland,
Understanding The Times, 5/15/08
Catch the wave - that�s a common expression to hear
these days in charismatic circles. Over the years
there have been several waves � the Latter Rain
wave, the Toronto Blessing wave, the Pensacola wave.
The claim is the Holy Spirit comes in waves and that
a tsunami is coming that will sweep the world. What
about this idea?
(119) Heartlines
Review by Salvador Ung Hayworth,
6/06
A new project has been undertaken in South Africa.
It is an initiative, which will use television,
radio and print media to tell stories in order to
get the nation of South Africa talking and thinking
about values. The campaign is called �Heartlines�
and starts on 16 th July 2006. It will run for eight
weeks and each week will show a film that highlights
one of the eight values that it seeks to deal with.
The eight values are �second chances,
responsibility, forgiveness, perseverance,
self-control, accepting difference, compassion and
honesty�. This project is seeking to promote a
conversation, based on these values, in order to
bring out a transformation in South African society.
Hence Heartlines is a �Values-Driven
Transformation�. So what has this got to do with the
Christian Church? Well as a matter of fact there are
people who are stating that this is a Christian
movement to �further the kingdom of God�.
(120) Update On
The Heartlines Project - 4th June 2008 by
Salvador Ung Hayworth, 6/08
In July 2006, the first phase of the campaign was
launched. This included two main initiatives: a
national broadcast of eight HEARTLINES films or
dramas, with supporting print and below-the-line
media components and the start of social
mobilisation of faith-based organisations, during
which FBOs were given relevant tools to teach values
and were encouraged to undertake discussion-based
activities.� Since doing the review of the
Heartlines website and of the Values Booklet I
thought that though not many people would give heed
to the warning concerning the project, that at least
it would die down and become another fad. What I did
not know is that that stint was just phase one in
Heartlines agenda.
(121) Are
Evangelical
Pulpits About To Praise Islam? by Jan
Markell, 8/4/08
Following a four-day conference last week at Yale
University, Christian and Muslim leaders from around
the world announced the first step of the �Common
Word� exchange drafted last November. A joint
statement was affirmed in their support of religious
freedom and further interfaith dialogue based on their
common love for God and neighbor. But something is
very wrong with this picture. Over 140 conference
participants unanimously approved a cooperative
statement that signaled a �new beginning of
collaboration between Christians and Muslims� where
stronger assertions of faith would be required. So the
statement began by affirming the �unity and
absoluteness of God� and God�s merciful love as
central to both religions.
(122) Carlton
Pearson's
Universalist Teachings End Up Shuting Down His
Church, Associated Press, 9/28/2008
TULSA, Okla. - A once prominent leader in the
charismatic movement has been forced to shut down
his church in the wake of a radical change in his
theological beliefs.
(123) Hope 2008 Videos by Miguel
Hayworth, YouTube, 9/08
J. John Part
1, Part
2, Part
3 & Part
4. Also When
Hope came to Manchester, When
Hope
came to Wigan, Hope
2008
Examined (PART 1), Hope
2008
Examined (PART 2), Hope
2008
Examined (PART 3)
(124) A time
to come together by Mike Oppenheimer, Let
Us Reason Ministries, 3/09
This is a three part series on Ecumenism and
Interfaith.
Part 1: A time to
come together
Part 2: The
Jump from Ecumenism to Interfaith
Part 3: The
Goal of the Journey
(125) Further
Thoughts
on
the Manhattan Declaration and a Response to Frank
Beckwith by James White, 11/25/09
(126) The
Manhattan
Declaration a response by Alistair Begg,
11/23/09
In accord with others who have chosen not to sign,
my reservation is not with the issues themselves, or
in standing with others who share the same concerns,
but it is in signing a declaration along with a
group of leading churchmen, when I happen to believe
that the teaching of some of their churches is in
effect a denial of the biblical gospel. I wonder
whether it might not have been more advantageous for
evangelicals to unite on this matter, rather than
seeking cooperation with segments from Rome, Eastern
Orthodoxy and the Latter Day Saints. The
necessary co-belligerence, as far as I�m concerned,
can never be rooted in a Gospel other than that
which has been given to us.
(127) Our
Regretful
Inability To Become A Signatory - The Manhattan
Declaration by Jacob Prasch on behalf of
Moriel Ministries, 12/02/09
We again emphasize that we are not opposed to Roman
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, or Mormon people
personally and we share in the convictions contained
in this declaration. While sanctioning the contents,
however, we can never become signatory to anything
published under the demonic auspices of ecumenical
deception.
(128) Unity,
Diversity
and Division that Glorifies God by Claude
T. Stauffer, Calvary Chapel of Hope, 12/3/09
There is a unity that glorifies God. There is a
diversity that glorifies God. There is a division
that glorifies God. God is clear on what unity,
diversity and division is acceptable to Him and
brings glory to Him. The Bible reveals that in the
Last Days there will be a one world religion. This
religion of unity is referred to as Mystery Babylon
and has its roots at the Tower of Babel (Genesis
11). This false religious system will ultimately be
brought down by God (cf. Revelation 17). The unity
of Mystery Babylon is not glorifying to God but
opposes God with all deception and rebellion against
Him and His word. This false unity is on the rise
today. That is a unity true Christians do not want
to be a part of. Having a Biblical God ordained
understanding of how unity, diversity and division
relate to one another is critical to glorifying God
by both what we participate in and what we separate
from.
(129) United
in prayer - United in error by Mike
Oppenheimer, 11/29/09
The United in Prayer movement's false claims of
change in Hawaii documented.
(130) The
Manhattan
Declaration: Another Dominionist Covenant
by Herescope, 12/4/09
Whenever you see a broad ecumenical coalition
gathering together to sign some sort of agreement,
statement, covenant, declaration, manifesto, or
whatever name they call it, be on the lookout for
Dominionism. The agreement, statement, covenant,
declaration, manifesto, etc. may sound all well and
good. It probably represents any number of worthy
causes, ideologies and agendas. And this is
precisely how people are hooked in to signing on.
After all, how could you be AGAINST saving unborn
babies, good marriages, and morality?
(131) Manhattan
Declaration:
�Perhaps Millions� Being Led Toward the New
Age/New Spirituality by Lighthouse Trails,
12/4/09
Given the fact that a large number of the main 149
signatories have directly or indirectly promoted
advocates of the New Age/New Spirituality (i.e.,
contemplative/emerging), it is not difficult to see
that (even with good intentions) the Manhattan
Declaration may provide an appealing and subtle
avenue into the New Spirituality for a vast
number of signers, many of whom might not otherwise
have had exposure to it given the conservative
tendencies of most of the signers.
(132) Evangelicals
and
Catholics Together and the Rejection of End-Time,
Bible-Believing Christians by Roger
Oakland, 12/7/09
If you haven�t already noticed, anti-Christian
sentiment is growing toward those who believe in a
biblical last days/Book of Revelation scenario prior
to Christ�s return. A 2005 article titled �Lutheran
leader calls for an ecumenical council to address
growing biblical fundamentalism� should help
convince you. The article shows not only this
growing resentment towards Bible-believing
Christians but also the interspiritual path this
change in attitude is taking.
(133) Manhattan
Declaration by Mike Gendron, Proclaiming
The Gospel Ministries, 12/12/09
Whereas it is good to unite as co-belligerents with
a united voice to fight moral and political issues,
any accord that attempts to overlook, dismiss,
nullify or compromise the Gospel is antithetical to
the command for all Christians to earnestly contend
for the faith.
(134) The
Manhattan
Declaration: Aiding the Counter Reformation?
by Chris Pinto, Adullam Films, 12/13/09
Understanding the information we put forth in A
Lamp in the Dark could not be more relevant to the
Church today, especially as it pertains to the
Counter Reformation. The devil�s latest
deceptive ploy is called The Manhattan Declaration �
so named because of an ecumenical group that met in
Manhattan in 2009.
(135) The
Manhattan
Declaration by Gary Gilley, Think On These
Things, February/March 2010 - Volume 16, Issue 1
Instead of drawing moral/political lines in the
sand, courageously and even defiantly declaring that
we will retreat no further, maybe this would be an
excellent opportunity to evaluate whether we have
already retreated concerning the gospel. That
ground may have been given because of ecumenical
expediency, pluralistic pressures, biblical
illiteracy or faith in statements such as The
Manhattan Declaration which minimize the uniqueness
and narrowness of the gospel message in an attempt
to change society. Rather than giving ground
maybe this would be a good time to take a fresh look
at the gospel. Maybe we should define it more
carefully, guard it more tenaciously, proclaim it
more boldly, and believe in its power more
profoundly. For, after all, Paul tells us it
is the power of God unto salvation. And, after
all, it is what Christ has commissioned us to do.
(136) Christians,
Muslims,
Jews Worship at Evangelical Megachurch by
Lillian Kwon, Christian Post, 2/3/10
It was an unusual Sunday morning worship at
Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. Christians,
Muslims and Jews sat together in the megachurch to
hear an evangelical pastor preach about Jesus. As
Northwood Senior Pastor Bob Roberts said Sunday, the
three groups are making an attempt to get to know
one another, understand the different teachings and
worldviews, and become friends.
(137) Christian
school
teaches how to lead a mosque - Hartford Seminary,
Islamic Institute launch graduate certificate
by World Net Daily, February 22, 2010
Muslims who want to become an imam in the U.S. can
now train at an institution founded in the 18th
century by members of the Congregationalist
denomination to prepare pastors and other Christian
ministers for service.
(138) The
Manhattan
Declaration by Gary Gilley, Think On These
Things, February/March 2010 - Volume 16, Issue 1
The Christian village is all abuzz these days about
The Manhattan Declaration, yet another brainchild of
Charles Colson (along with Timothy George and Robert
George) in his ever vigilant attempts at societal
improvement and ecumenical unity.
(139) (Tony)
Blair
courts controversial US pastor Rick Warren in bid
to unite faiths by Jamie Doward and Paul
Harris, The Observer, Sunday 14 March 2010
Tony Blair is preparing to launch a "faith
offensive" across the United States over the next
year, after building up relationships with a network
of influential religious leaders and faith
organisations.
(140) Edinburgh
2010 by Gary Gilley, Think On These
Things, April/May 2010 - Volume 16, Issue 2
Recently all branches of Christendom have placed on
par the so-called Cultural Mandate with the Great
Commission. The Cultural Mandate carries the
implication that as caretakers of the earth,
mankind, including Christians, has been authorized
by God to solve the socio-political problems facing
the world. With this presupposition the
evangelical church is increasingly seeing the gospel
as two-pronged � proclaim the good news of
redemption in Christ and the good news that working
together we can solve the injustices prevalent all
over the globe. Without denial of our role as
stewards of God�s creation, the Cultural Mandate
(once referred to as the Social Gospel) confuses the
mission given to us by Christ and dilutes the
resources to do what only the church has been called
to do � tell people how they can be reconciled to
God through Jesus Christ.
(141) Uniting
Religions
for World Change: The G8 World Religions Summit
by Carl Teichrib, Chief Editor of Forcing Change,
7/12/10
Points to Ponder About Christian Interfaith
Involvement: 1) The interfaith approach is
rationally directionless. If all religions are
equally valid or hold some common level of spiritual
authenticity, as the interfaith movement asserts,
then all religions are ultimately baseless.
Therefore, the nonbeliever can logically reject
Christianity as a meaningless sect among many
meaningless faiths. For by acknowledging another
religion as a vehicle that proclaims the revelation
of God, even tentatively, the exclusive nature of
God as revealed in the Bible (Isaiah 45:18-22; John
14:6-7) can no longer be viewed as exclusively true.
The door has now been opened to consider any other
spiritual claim as legitimate; and to not accept
these other claims would demonstrate an intolerant
exclusivity. Either Jesus Christ is who He claimed
to be, the great I AM � the only true God � or He�s
only one way among many and His claim is false. It�s
an all or nothing position (see Joshua 24:14-24). 2)
The interfaith position muddies the Christian
mission of bringing the good news of Jesus Christ as
God incarnate come to redeem sinful humanity.
Inter-religious bridge building bolsters the idea
(continued on page 17)
(142) Uniting
Religions
for World Change: The G8 World Religions Summit
by Carl Teichrib in "Forcing Change", 7/19/10
Points to Ponder About Christian Interfaith
Involvement: 1) The interfaith approach is
rationally directionless. If all religions are
equally valid or hold some common level of spiritual
authenticity, as the interfaith movement asserts,
then all religions are ultimately baseless.
Therefore, the nonbeliever can logically reject
Christianity as a meaningless sect among many
meaningless faiths. For by acknowledging another
religion as a vehicle that proclaims the revelation
of God, even tentatively, the exclusive nature of
God as revealed in the Bible (Isaiah 45:18-22; John
14:6-7) can no longer be viewed as exclusively true.
The door has now been opened to consider any other
spiritual claim as legitimate; and to not accept
these other claims would demonstrate an intolerant
exclusivity. Either Jesus Christ is who He claimed
to be, the great I AM � the only true God � or He�s
only one way among many and His claim is false. It�s
an all or nothing position (see Joshua 24:14-24). 2)
The interfaith position muddies the Christian
mission of bringing the good news of Jesus Christ as
God incarnate come to redeem sinful humanity.
Inter-religious bridge building bolsters the idea.
(143) World
Council
of Churches to Host Muslim-Christian Dialogue
comment by Roger Oakland, Understanding The Times,
8/13/10
The road towards a One World Religion is being
constructed at an incredible rate. While the Word
Council of Churches is one of the leaders in the
construction process, there are many other
contributors as well. For example, Pastor Rick
Warren has publicly stated that he has no problem in
working together with Muslims, as long as there is a
common goal to work together for the cause of good.
We are living in perilous times!
(144) Evangelical Leaders
Embrace Syncretism
Date: October 08, 2010
Host: Brannon Howse
Guest: Ingrid Schlueter
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Brannon begins by telling people that one of his
greatest concerns is the rise of false teachings in
America. He points out that as Christians we are
called to expose such teachings and to destroy every
argument raised up against the principles of Christ.
With that in mind, Brannon described six
characteristics of a false teacher:
--They will look and sound like Christians.
--They will produce fruit and doctrine that is
anti-Christ.
--They love titles.
--They deny the deity of Jesus Christ.
--They have a form of godliness yet deny God, the
gospel, and salvation through Christ alone.
--They proclaim a false Jesus and a false
gospel.
Brannon shows how these characteristics are causing
some evangelical leaders to be open to a
syncretism/pluralism that has them attempting to
seek common spiritual ground with those of Mormon,
Islamic, and other unbiblical faith systems.
Ingrid Schlueter draws an important conclusion by
saying that although doctrinal distinctions won�t go
away completely, there�s an obvious worldwide effort
afoot to build a common �spiritual well� that
everyone can draw from.
(145) �Half-Baked�
Christianity
- A Meditation Upon Hosea 7:8 by Pastor
Larry DeBruyn, 10/19/10
In a previous generation, a churchman observed of
the church's relationship to the surrounding culture
of that era and said: "I looked for the church and
found it in the world. I looked for the world and
found it in the church." In the history of American
Christianity there perhaps has never been a time
when the criticism uttered by that Englishman
against the church of his day is not also an apt
indictment of Christianity in our culture today.
(146) Church
Hosts
Global Faith Forum For World's Religions by
Paul Proctor, News With Views, November 17, 2010
The Christian Post reported recently that NorthWood
Church in Keller, Texas, scheduled a Global Faith
Forum for Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus,
Buddhists and atheists in hopes they would �listen
to one another and even build friendships.� The
report stated, �the forum isn't a gathering of
theologians to debate religions,� but instead, an
�opportunity for people of multiple faiths to get to
know one another, start conversations, and learn
from each other.�
(147) All
false
religions lead to Rome: Korean interfaith
delegation visits Vatican courtesy
of True Discernment, from The Korean Herald,
12/22/10
Korean religious leaders met Pope Benedict XVI on
Wednesday to exchange views on promoting inter-faith
harmony with the Vatican, according to Yonhap News
Agency.
(148) Dali
Lama
Sends His Monks To Methodist Emory University For
Training In Science by Associated Press,
1/3/2011
ATLANTA - Some of the newest students at Emory
University in Atlanta -- home to a Methodist
seminary and school of theology -- are Tibetan monks
sent by the Dalai Lama to learn science. Wearing the
traditional crimson robes and closely shorn heads,
the six men -- most in their 30s -- are taking
physics, biology, and chemistry classes with hopes
of returning to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in
India to teach science to other monks and nuns.
(149) The
Rise
Of Chrislam? by Ken Silva, 2/23/11
As an example of how CSM leads to syncretism
consider Doug Pagitt Excited About Interfaith
Powwows At Solomon�s Porch and Samir Selmanovic
Defends Worshipping With Witches; it�s deeper into
mainstream evangelicalism than you may even know as
evidenced by The Daniel Plan of Purpose Driven Pope
Rick Warren because The Daniel Plan Of Rick Warren
Encourages Unbiblical Meditation. But could this
lead to a blending of Christianity and Islam i.e.
Chrislam?
(150) Rick
Warren
and Saddleback Unveil Tony Blair Peace Program
by Ingrid Schluter, Crosstalk Blog, 3/3/11
Rick Warren believes the world can have peace
without the Prince of Peace. He is awarding Tony
Blair, a pro-abortion, Roman Catholic convert with a
peace prize in a few days at Saddleback Church.
Click here for Warren�s details. As we see Dr. John
Piper�s open embrace of Warren at his Desiring God
conferences, one of which will be held at Warren�s
church in April, we are reminded of the emergence of
a new spirituality that is without the cross of
Jesus Christ (just ask Tony Blair about his plan to
unite world religions), of �peace� without the
author of peace, Jesus Christ, and of an apostate
evangelicalism that has now linked arms with the
United Nations to push Agenda 21 goals.
(151) National
Association
of Evangelicals seeks common ground with Mormonism
by Ken Silva, 3/11/11
Notice carefully that God the Holy Spirit doesn�t
say anything about the Apostle Paul looking for
common ground on issues where they could work
together. Instead, God tells the Christian that we
shouldn�t be aligned with unbelieving pagan
idolators, which is precisely what the Bible teaches
they are:
(152) Unveiling
the
Global Interfaith Agenda by Carl Teichrib,
Chief Editor, Crossroad, 3/15/11
Religious pluralism isn�t a new concept, but it has
made tremendous inroads during the past ten years.
This development hasn�t been confined to churches
only, but now tracks through international politics,
economics, and major social structures. In past
issues of Forcing Change various aspects of this
movement have been expounded on, including
environmental links. However, the following article,
which is divided into two parts, offers a unique
window into the growing clout of the interfaith
agenda and its deeper meaning. Increasingly, this
socio-religious pluralism will find its way into
more local programs and actions, including community
functions, civic politics, and economic �justice�
agendas. All of this will impact churches, from
local congregations to national boards, and will
become increasingly visible in secular fields such
as public education and the workplace. Already this
is happening. As mentioned, this article is
comprised of two parts: the front section, �An
Inside Look,� details my observations while
attending a 2001 interfaith event in St. Petersburg,
Florida. A special emphasis is placed on what to
watch for regarding the impact of the
inter-religious agenda at the more local and
discernable level. The second part of this article
is a review of the 2004 Barcelona Parliament of the
World�s Religions. While I didn�t attend this event,
the information and intelligence that came out of
this gathering gives us an interesting �big picture�
sweep of the global interfaith program, including
its linkages to issues of economic governance.
(153) Muslim
Worship
in Christian Churches by Crosstalk,
4/12/11
Dr. Alex McFarland is a renowned expert in
Christian apologetics (one who explains and
rationally defends faith). He is the author of many
books including the devotional book series for
teens: Stand: Seeking the Way of God; Stand:
Unleashing the Wisdom of God and Stand: Diving Into
God�s Words. Dr. McFarland served as the president
of Southern Evangelical Seminary in North Carolina,
and has spent over two decades training teens and
adults in biblical worldview reasoning, much of that
time working with Focus on the Family. Last
September, Heartsong Church in Cordova, Tennessee,
let members from the Memphis Islamic Center hold
Ramadan prayers. Aldersgate United Methodist Church
in Alexandria, Virginia, allows the Islamic Circle
of North America to hold regular Friday prayers at
their facility while a new mosque is being built.
While respect and tolerance are certainly biblical
virtues, are the two churches mentioned above
examples that cross a line leading into unbiblical
affirmation and endorsement? Can we share a platform
with those of other beliefs as long as we aren�t
doing it in the sense that we believe that all
beliefs are valid? From discussion of youth groups
and sanctuaries to reverence for worship, our
slipping standards in these areas all point to why
many in Christianity are tolerating heretical
speakers and philosophies in their churches today.
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Host: Vic Eliason
Guest: Alex McFarland
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(154) Chrislam
- the bottom of the slide by Mike
Oppenheimer, 6/20/11
The converging of two diametrically opposed
religions.
(155) Jerry
Boykin
and the Calvary Chapel Connection by Roger
Oakland, Understanding The Times, 6/21/11
Understand The Times has discovered that
Calvary Chapel has been, and still does, promote a
high officer in the Vatican�s Jesuitical, �Knights
of Malta�. Jerry Boykin, former commander of the
United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare
Center Special Forces Psychological Operations, is
that man. The Order of Malta is a religious order of
the Vatican. Jerry Boykin holds the title of Grand
Chancellor with the Vatican�s Jesuitical, �Knights
of Malta�.
(156) What
would
Jesus think? Churches now promote Islam -
Spiritual treason' seen as 'something hostile to
Jesus Christ himself' by Michael Carl,
WND, 6/24/11
Dozens of Christian churches, from Park Hill
Congregational in Denver to Hillview United
Methodist in Boise, Idaho, and First United Lutheran
in San Francisco to St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
in Honolulu, are planning to send "a message both
here at home and to the Arab and Muslim world about
our respect for Islam" with a time to read the Quran
during worship this Sunday.It's not just wrong, but
dangerous, according to Christian trends analysts.
(157) Interfaith
Alliance and Islam by Matt Slick, CARM,
6/25/11
On Sunday, June 26th, the Interfaith Alliance group
is promoting a "Faith Shared" event where the Quran
will be read in Christian Churches.
(158) The
Interfaith
Alliance� and Islam, followup by Matt
Slick, CARM, 6/27/11
An organization called �The Interfaith Alliance�
promoted a �Faith Shared� project where churches
across the U.S. would do things like have a Muslim
Imam read the Quran in the Christian Pulpit.
(159) Green
Bay
Catholic Priest David Ricken leads Mass at
Lifefest Before Joint Worship with Greg Laurie
by Lighthouse Trails, 7/12/11
LTRP Note: Today, a pastor sent Lighthouse Trails
the link to the following news article. In view of
our article on 7/11/11, �The
Jesuit
Agenda and the Evangelical/Protestant Church,�
we post this news item. Bishop David Ricken who led
Mass at Lifefest is on the Bishops Advisory Council
at Creighton University, a Jesuit school. OSHKOSH �
Bishop David Ricken always wanted to go to Lifest.
But since taking over as head of the Catholic
Diocese of Green Bay in 2008, something else always
came up. [Bishop] Ricken led 9 a.m. Mass from the
Thrivent Café Stage on the final day of the 13th
annual Lifest celebration at Sunnyview Expo Center.
Hundreds worshipped as intermittent showers trickled
down on the large tent. Protestant devotions, a
children�s service and the Catholic Mass each were
held separately before joint worship at 11 a.m. on
the grandstand featuring Lenz; Greg Laurie, senior
pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside,
Calif., and head of the international Harvest
Crusades.
(160) Bishop
Ricken,
Marian Apparitions and the Connection with Greg
Laurie by Understanding The Times,
7/15/11
Since Greg Laurie shared the platform in Oskosh,
Wisconsin at the Lifest Celebration with Roman
Catholic Bishop Ricken, another news item now places
Laurie and Ricken in the headlines. This time it is
the fascination with Marian apparitions that Ricken
supports and has been promoting. It is well known
that Jesuits are behind the devotion to �Our Lady of
Peace� also called the "Queen of Heaven." This will
be an important part of developing a One World
Religion for Peace that will usher in the
Antichrist. The questions that need to be asked are
these: Why would Greg Laurie endorse Roman Catholic
Jesuit Bishop Ricker by sharing the platform with
him at the Lifest gathering? Is Laurie aware of the
damage he has done to Calvary Chapel by doing this
or is this just part of the game plan? While this is
only speculation, one could also ask, why does
Laurie link hands with Rick Warren who has linked
hands with the Pope of Rome through Tony Blair for
the P.E.A.C.E. Plan? Would someone (for example)
Chuck Smith or Brian Brodersen please stand up and
explain what is happening to the Calvary Chapel
movement?
(161) In
Progress:
The Building of the New World Religion by
Heidi Swander, July 18, 2011
"The New Age is upon us and we are witnessing the
birth pangs of the new culture and the new
civilization. This is now in progress. That which is
old and undesirable must go . . . The spirit has
gone out of the old faiths and the true spiritual
light is transferring itself into a new form which
will manifest on Earth eventually as the New World
Religion." So said occultist Alice Bailey
(1880-1949) while under the influence of her spirit
guide, Djwal Khul. As I wrote in an article last
March, Bailey and her demonic counterpart actually
laid the foundation for the New World Order. The New
World Religion piece of that coming global order is
advancing successfully on at least three fronts:
(162) The
Vatican, Jerry Boykin, David Barton, and more
Jesuit agendas by William Saunders, Real
Time Fellowship, 7/30/11
Report on the ecumenical, interfaith, Dominionist
agenda of the Knights of Malta and Jerry Boykin.
(163) Is
the God of Chrstianity and the God of Islam the
same? by Matt Slick, CARM, 8/3/11
No, the God of Christianity and the God of Islam
are not the same. First of all, the God of
Christianity is a Trinity where the God of Islam is
not. The Trinity is the monotheistic teaching that
God exists eternally as three distinct persons: the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In Islam, this
is blatantly denied.
(164) Chuck
Smith
- Calvary Chapel - Knights of Malta - Vatican
connection by First Plumbline Apologetics,
8/6/11
Sorry to break this to you, but Chuck Smith is
going to far, recently Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa is
promoting and highly esteeming the The Grand
Magisterial Chancery for the Knights of Malta -
Jerry Boykin. Jerry Boykin is a returning visitor to
Calvary Chapel. YouTube video.
(165) Chrislam
�
Another New Kind of Interspiritual �Christianity�
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries,
8/13/11
While Terry Jones wanted to burn the Qur�an there
are pastors that want to read the Qur�an in church
to their congregations. In response to a local
Qur�an burning, Larry Reimer, a minister of the
United Church of Gainesville, decided to read
Scripture from the Qur�an as part of worship
services on September 12, 2010, prodded further
about religious relatives. �Christianity, Judaism,
and Islam are all part of the Abrahamic tree of
faith. We all believe in the same God, and in many
aspects we are all trying to accomplish the same
goals.�
(166) Land
buys
a big Tri-Faith leap (Christians, Jews &
Muslims) by Christopher Burbach, Omaha
World Herald, 12/15/11
Omaha Jewish, Muslim and Christian organizations
have purchased land for neighboring houses of
worship, and at least one, Temple Israel, plans to
begin construction in the spring of 2012, leaders of
the Tri-Faith Initiative said Tuesday. Construction
also is expected to begin next year on a planned
fourth building, called a Tri-Faith Center, with
social, educational and conference facilities that
all the groups could use.
(167) James
Robison:
The
Lord wants Protestants and Catholics to unite as
one by Sue, Suze Blog, 12/19/11
James Robinson sounds like the new spokesperson for
Catholicism on his TV broadcast show Life Today.
Robinson praised Fox News Contributor Fr. Jonathon
Morris, claiming the Lord was upon him and we should
listen to him.
(168) Keep
Thy
Heart with All Diligence by David
Dombrowski, 12/21/11
A growing and subtle tactic that is actually
producing more �bridges� is to invite speakers of
differing values, perspectives, and doctrines to the
same conference and thereby make the speaker of
compromised or apostate teachings appear more
credible.
(169) Countering
the
Counter Reformation in the Midst of Evangelical
Christianity by Roger Oakland,
1/10/12
In June of 2005, Paul Smith recommended that
Another Jesus: The Eucharistic Christ and the New
Evangelization be given out to the Calvary pastors
at the annual senior pastors conference at Murrieta.
As UTT did with New Wine and the Babylonian Vine,
the books were donated through Calvary Distribution
and handed out. In the back of the book is a
commentary called �Passion Evangelism� that exposes
Mel Gibson�s plan to win the world to the
Eucharistic Christ. By many accounts, the conference
was deemed to be a watershed. A panel discussion one
afternoon about Calvary basics ended up in a
free-for-all. Greg Laurie led the way with Bob Coy
in stand-up comedy. Things got serious when Greg
Laurie chastised pastors for not participating in
Harvest Crusades just because of his desire to be
linked with Purpose Driven globalist pastor, Rick
Warren. The only pastor who seemed to be in favor of
studying the Bible instead of someone�s book was
Mike Macintosh.
(170) Wheaton
College
�Dialogue� Evening � Exploring �Common Ground�
with Catholicism in �A Conversation on Unity�
by Lighthouse Trails, 1/31/12
On March 26, 2012, Reformed pastor John Armstrong
and Catholic Cardinal George of Chicago will come
together at Wheaton College for �A Conversation on
Unity in Christ�s Mission.�
(171) Global
Ecumenism:
The High Road to Trampling Truth Underfoot
by Chris Lawson, Spiritual Research Network,
2/13/12
In summary, the heavily coalescing global
ecumenical movement is a counterfeit Christianity.
It is rapidly blending with Liberal churches and an
entire generation of pagans and churchgoers that
have been born and steeped in societies rife with
�politically correct� thinking and New Age Christ
Consciousness Interfaith teachings. In the name of
the ecumenical Jesus which cannot save from sin and
hell, people around the world are embracing this
movement as a movement of love, tolerance and unity.
To many it is a movement where the Divine, the
Silence, the Divine Mystery, mystical Ecstasy,
Samadhi, Enlightenment and much more can all be
experienced and where �archaic dogma� such as the
Bible is downplayed and cast out. [33] Even things
as extreme as consciousness altering contemplative
(occult) meditation are taking place in churches
that at one time used to effectively teach the
Bible. The end result in all of this is a mystical
system that utterly rejects Jesus Christ as the only
way to God, or morphs Him into something He is
clearly not. It is a system that is accepting of
anyone and everyone that says that Mary is
�Co-Redemptrix,� that �Eucharistic Adoration� is
true worship [34] and that �mystically� all paths
can lead to God!
(172) Sharing
Speaking
Platforms: Compromises and Consequences - When
Leaders Wrongly Share Speaking Platforms with
Ecumenists and Teachers of False Doctrineby
Chris Lawson, Spiritual Research Network,
2/21/12
Many years ago Pastor Chuck Smith�s long-time
associate, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa�s Associate
Pastor, L.E. Romaine, once told me personally�Don�t
complain about it unless you first try to do
something about it.� Pastor Romaine was exhorting us
(pastors) not to complain about anything, unless we
seek first to aright the situation, no matter what
it is. Obviously, the Bible says we are not to
grumble and complain, and Romaine knew that too.
Romaine was simply communicating to us that we ought
to deal with issues and not make messes in the
church; theological, or otherwise. The following
material is not meant to be a complaint, but an
introduction as to why Calvary Chapel is not
standing against Ecumenical compromises. I am not
complaining, I am telling the truth.
(173) What
is
More than Gold? by First Pumbline
Apologetics, 2/25/12
More than Gold (MTG) was formed in VANCOUVER Canada
in 2004, as a means to use the Olympics as a
platform for promoting Church Unity, with the added
Roman Catholic agenda to eventually bring people
directly under Papal subjection.
(174) Rick
Warren
builds bridge to Muslims by Carlos
Delgado, OC Register, 2/27/12
The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church
in Lake Forest and one of America's most influential
Christian leaders, has embarked on an effort to heal
divisions between evangelical Christians and Muslims
by partnering with Southern California mosques and
proposing a set of theological principles that
includes acknowledging that Christians and Muslims
worship the same God.
(175) Concerning
Ecumenism?
The people speak! - Open Letter To David Sedaca
And LCJE, 2/27/12
Ecumenism is not a side issue. It is a matter of
utmost importance that we resist the tide. Below are
some of the people who have signed the petition to
call Lausanne Consultation for Jewish Evangelism to
renounce their ecumenism and to guarantee their
abstinence from any ecumenical partnerships. They
are all from different churches and ministries but
that are all united in this belief that Ecumenism is
a danger to the body of Christ.
(176) Rick
Warren's
"Bridge to Islam" - Joseph Farah challenges
megapastor over latest friendship overture
by Joseph Farah, 2/29/12
Here is the key to illustrating his error: Do
Muslims even claim to worship the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, as Christians and Jews do? No, they
do not. They believe God did not create a covenant
with Isaac and Jacob, but rather with Abraham�s
firstborn son Ishmael. They believe the Jewish and
Christian Bibles are misrepresentations of truth.
They believe the Quran accurately and faithfully
represents the true personality and will of God.
(177) Calvary
Chapel
Pastors and CCOF Ministry Reject Warnings About
Ecumenical Jerry Boykin by Chris Lawson,
Spiritul Research Network, 3/1/12
Letter to Roger Wing (CCOF Ministry). This
material is being presented here because I have
spent hundreds of hours researching, writing, and in
correspondence with many people from Calvary Chapel
fellowships who are tired of the numerous big-name
Calvary Chapel pastors who are compromising
Scripture for the sake of ecumenical relations. I
have no personal issues with Jerry Boykin, nor am I
on a diatribe against fellow pastors. I am however
extremely concerned about the continued Calvary
Chapel slide into popular Christianity and the
ecumenism that many have been grievously observing
for years now. It is clear to many that next to
nothing is being done about it and as a pastor I
refuse to be a bystander while the flock of God is
being ravaged from within.
(178) Apprising
Ministries
Exclusive On Rick Warren, Jim Hinch and Islam
by Ken Silva, 3/5/12
Apprising Ministries has long been a leading critic
of the semi-pelagian (at best) doctrine of Southern
Baptist megachurch pastor Rick Warren. In articles
like Rick Warren And Teachings Of Demons I�ve also
clearly documented his sinful ecumenicism as well.
Of course that�s merely one of the fruits festering
within apostatizing evangelicalism because of its
foolish fascination with corrupt Contemplative
Spirituality/Mysticism.
(179) Rick
Warren,
Islam, and the Real Issue by Eric Barger,
3/7/12
Warren can deny the word "Chrislam" all he wants.
He can line up surrogates to speak for him day and
night. But until he recants the Yale document and
clearly defines that Islam's prophet, Isa, isn't
Jesus Christ and that Islam's false god, Allah,
isn't Jehovah, lots of us are going to speak louder
and louder. No matter how you slice it, to confuse
Islam's deity with God Almighty is a denial of the
one true and living God and His only Son.
(180) Does
Rick
Warren Believe Christians & Muslims Pray to
"Same God?" by Understanding The Times,
3/9/12
Rick Warren denied the contents of a February 23
Orange County Register article that said Warren's
church and Muslims worship the "same God." However,
documents recently released by Jim Hinch to Ken
Silva of Apprising Ministries show how Hinch came to
his conclusion in his story "Rick Warren Builds
Bridge to Muslims." The OC Register reporter shared
a part of the King's Way document that was agreed
upon by local Muslims and Warren's church. This
document shows how Hinch came to his conclusions.
(181) Rick
Warren
Doublespeak by Understanding The Times,
3/9/12
Rick Warren is an expert at saying one thing one time
and then making public statements saying that he did
not say what he said. On March 25, 2011 Rick Warren
spoke at Saddleback along with Tony Blair and they
explained their coming idea for a PEACE Plan that
could unite all religions. Warren is a master at
double-speak.
(182) Rick
Warren
Says No Kingsway Document And No Saddleback "Staff"
Involved by Ken Silva, 3/12/12
To get to the bottom of this, someone needs to sit
Rick Warren down and make him define the words he�s
using.
(183) Looking
to
the Past to Unravel Confusion About Rick Warren,
Islam, and Warren�s All-Inclusive �Second
Reformation� by Lighthouse Trails,
3/14/12
A recent Orange County Register news story titled
�Rick Warren builds bridge to Muslims� has
caught the attention of many people including several
online news sources. The story resulted in a rebuttal
by Rick Warren, denying the allegations the article
made. For those who are trying to figure out what Rick
Warren�s true beliefs are regarding Muslims and
Christians uniting, we think the best way to unravel
the confusion is to take a look at the past.
(184) More
On
The Kings Way Presentation At Saddleback Church
by Ken Silva, 3/16/12
Apprising Minsitries continues our coverage of what�s
becoming Kings Way-gate. Unfortunately, leading
Southern Baptist pastor Rick Warren seems to be
sounding more like SBC politician Bill Clinton than a
Christian pastor.
Updated! (185)
Rick
Warren once again caught up in controversy
by Marsha West, Renew America, 3/21/12
Rick Warren has been pushing interfaith dialogue for
years. So it's no surprise that he's attempting to
build a bridge between Christians and Muslims. There's
nothing wrong with doing that as long as the primary
purpose is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mark
16:15-16 However, Jim Hinch stated that he was told by
Pastor Tom Holladay "King's Way was an effort to build
bridges of friendship and cooperation, not an attempt
to evangelize." (Online source) Rick Warren once said,
"I see absolutely zero reason in separating my
fellowship from anybody." In his ecumenical outreach,
Southern Baptist Pastor Rick Warren has associated
with the apostate Roman Catholic Church, the United
Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the
Tony Blair Faith Foundation. These last two
organizations have as primary goals setting up a
global government and bringing all religions of the
world together, respectively. Pastor Warren awarded
the former Prime Minister of Britton, who is a recent
convert to Catholicism, the annual International Medal
of PEACE. Read Part
1 & Part
2.
(186) Rick
Warren,
Emergents, and Muslims by Joe Schimmel, Good
Fight Ministries, 3/30/12
Video on the issue of Rick Warren's beliefs on
Muslims.
(187) �Chrislam�
-
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
by Pastor Larry DeBruyn, Gurading His Flock Ministries,
3/31/12
Some Christians naively and mistakenly equate that
because Christianity and Islam are monotheistic faiths
(belief in one God), Christians and Muslims worship
the same God, the synthesis of the two religions being
labeled, �Chrislam.�[1] Mega church leader Rick Warren
calls the reconciliation King�s Way.[2] To advocates
for the synthesis, any differences between the two
religions are viewed as superficial. Differences can
be overcome by an ecumenical appeal to the �nobler
side� of the different religion�s devotees. After all,
only the names for God differ. Muslims call Him
Allah, while Christians address Him as Lord. The
singleness of God is thought of as an ecumenical
rallying point, a basis for mutual understanding, if
not some kind of unity, between the religions.
(188) When
Love
Divorces Doctrine and Unity Rejects Truth - A
Response to End-Time Ecumenism by Dr. John
C. Whitcomb, Whitcomb Ministries, Inc., 7/24/12
It is evident that leading neo-evangelicals believe
that our main goal is to eliminate doctrinal
distinctives and to emphasize unity among those
claiming to be believers.
(189) A
Rising World Religion - Neo-paganism, Neo-satanism,
Neo-christianity.... What's the difference? - Not
much! But the consequence of rejecting Truth will
be tyranny and persecution! by Berit
Kjos, 8/10/12
Don't forget: As the post-Christian nations of the
West turn from God's Truth and ways to popular
alternatives as did ancient Israel, He may well raise
up powerful enemies -- today's version of Babylon --
that will conquer and oppress our nation.
(190) Surprising
List
of Speakers at �Rediscovering God in America�
Conference Draws Strong Concerns by Roger
Oakland, 8/11/12
As I pen these words, a conference is taking place
this weekend that is further indication of the
spiritual deception and the blurring of lines
happening in the church today. Some call this
deception in the church a conspiracy. In our view, the
deception should be called outright heresy and part of
the Great Apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Will anyone
wake up and smell the smoke? Apparently, no one is
willing to say a word. Where is the discernment? Where
are the pastors who should be warning?
(191) The
Evangelical
Ecumenical Apostasy of the Present Day (YouTube
video) by Richard Bennett, The Berean
Beacon, 4/10/13
At the present time, an appalling Evangelical
Ecumenical Apostasy has happened. What is at stake is
the very righteousness of Christ Jesus the Lord in His
perfect, finished work that is proclaimed in the
Gospel. In fact, many well-known Evangelicals in their
endeavors to attract people have concealed the Gospel
of grace. The video that you are about to see gives
the names of those who embrace this horrendous
apostasy. We ask that you make this video known to
your church. The hour has come for biblical separation
from those who have perverted the very Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ. In face of all this abounding
deception, how do we live and reign daily with Christ
Jesus? The Apostle Paul gives us the answer, �For if
by one man�s offence death reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift
of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus
Christ� (Romans 5:20-21). As you profess your faith in
Jesus Christ alone, if you can, let us hear from you
at: richardmbennett@yahoo.com It is imperative that we
do something, so kindly make the video known to others
by forwarding its URL to your church, family, and
friends.
(192) Texas
Mega-Church
Welcomes Islamists to �Global Faith Forum�
at Understand The Times, 5/29/13
The 3,000-member NorthWood Church of Keller, T.X. is
holding a �Global Faith Forum� in November. In yet
another Islamist-attended interfaith event, Christians
will hear from a former Saudi intelligence chief, a
former director-general of Al-Jazeera, officials from
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entities and the non-Muslims
who embrace them.
(193) When
All
Religions Become One by Mike Oppenheimer, at
The Berean Call, 6/21/13
It's been stated that there are only two religious
systems in the world, though there are thousands of
religions. The most popular system is that man makes
his own way to God and does various works to please
Him, to be accepted by Him (or her, or it). The other
way, the true way -- that God came from heaven, became
man, did the work for mankind that no other man could
do, and man needs to accept it and live by it.
(194) Youth
build
multi-faith community in Bossey by World
Council Of Churches, 9/3/13
This article is for infomation pruposes only. We
certainly do not agree with WCC programs.
(195) Chrislam
�
The Blending Together of Islam & Christianity
(Booklet) by Mike Oppenheimer, 9/3/13
Chrislam � The Blending Together of Islam &
Christianity written by Mike Oppenheimer is our newest
Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet Tract. The booklet
tract is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single
copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off
retail. Below is the content of the booklet. To
order copies of Chrislam � The Blending Together of
Islam & Christianity, click
here. There is also an Appendix titled
�Rick Warren�s Muslim �Man of Peace.�
(196) Assembly
of
God CEO forms ties of faith with Church of LDS
by The Berean Call, 10/3/13
�God is playing a role in all religions and that
Christians are more united than they sometimes think.�
~ George O. Wood
(197) Is
Luis
Palau A Wolf in Sheep�s Clothing? Why Are Roman
Catholic Priests Permitted To Hear Confessions, and
Rosary Beads Distributed At His Crusades! by
Soul Refuge, 10/9/13
Luis Palau has been working hand in hand with the
Roman Catholic Church, at his evangelistic crusades,
for decades now. In a recent interview with
Christianity Today, Luis Palau spoke very highly about
his friend Jorge Bergoglio, better known as the
Catholic Pope Francis.
(198) An
Evaluation
of Muslim Dreams & Visions of Isa (Jesus)
by Dennis McBride, 10/19/13 - Read Part
1 & Part
2
Conclusion: If Muslims were having dreams about
Jesus, which resulted in opening their hearts to the
gospel, I�d say, �Praise the Lord�, because I believe
the Holy Spirit can use natural dreams to convict
people of their need for salvation and direct them to
the gospel if He so chooses. However, the reports I�m
hearing and reading claim that Jesus Himself, in the
person of Isa, is appearing to Muslims in dreams. I
must reject the accuracy of those claims for all the
reasons outlined above, and conclude that such dreams
and visions lack biblical authority and must therefore
be viewed as extra-biblical experiences generated from
sources other than the Holy Spirit. I must also
continue to pray that the gospel of Jesus Christ, not
dreams and visions of Isa, will permeate Muslim
communities throughout the world for the glory of our
Lord and the salvation of many precious souls.
(199) Toward
Big
Hearted Ecumenism: Pope Francis Speaks to Lutheran
Leaders and Shows Us the Way by Deacon Keith
Fournier, Catholic Online, 11/5/13
Pope Francis met with members of the
Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity. Like his
predecessors, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Francis
is a Pope of Christian unity. Francis said: "We must
try to bring about unity. Today, I spent 40 minutes
with an evangelical pastor. And we prayed together,
seeking unity." Timothy George, the dean of Beeson
Divinity School wrote a piece entitled, Our Francis,
Too: Why we can enthusiastically join arms with the
Catholic leader. He wrote: "Catholics and evangelicals
are the two largest faith communities in the body of
Christ. Without forgetting the deep differences that
divide us, now as never before we are called to stand
and work together for the cause of Christ in a broken
world!" Mike Gendron of Prclaiming The Gospel
comments: Biblical unity is a sovereign work of the
Holy Spirit, not man. This unity occurs with the Holy
Spirit baptizes believers, who share a common faith in
the Gospel, into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13;
John 1:12-13). False unity is a work of man's prideful
ambitions and can only be accomplished by suppressing
or rejecting doctrinal truth (Genesis 11:1-9).
(200) Apostasy
and
Ecumenism Exposed - The exponential growth of
apostasy and resources to help you avoid it
by Chris Lawson, 11/23/13
Excellent Bible study and research link
recommendations.
(201) Nevada�s
Interspiritual
Scene � �Faith Leaders� Pray to the �Gods� For Rainat
Lighthouse
Trails, 2/8/14
LTRP Note: Out of House News Source posted for
informational and research purposes and not as an
endorsement. PRLog (Press Release) - Christian,
Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha�i and other
faith leaders participated in a joint prayer service
in Nevada on February one afternoon urging for divine
intervention in view of persistent drought conditions
in Western USA. Held at Mormon Chapel in Sparks, this
Service included religious leaders from Roman
Catholic, First Congregational Church of Reno,
Northern Nevada Muslim Community, Universal Society of
Hinduism, Reno Buddhist Center, North Tahoe Hebrew
Congregation & Temple Beth Or, Baha�i community,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS),
International Community of Christ, Unification Church
and Circle�s Edge Center for Spiritual Living;
who prayed in their respective traditions seeking
God�s blessings for rain and snow to help farmers,
ranchers and others. Sparks Mayor Geno R. Martini also
participated and delivered his words of support.
(202) Christlam:
Merging
Christianity with Islam by Laurie Roth, News
With Views, 2/14/14
There is zero relationship at all with Islam,
Muhammad and Allah, and Christianity, Jesus Christ and
Jehovah. It is blaspheming Christ and the Holy Bible
to dare even talk about combining the two faiths with
christlam.org. Any �poser� pastor, including big dog
Rick Warren and any other who dares include Islam as
part of the Christian family is false, evil and from
the pit of hell...
(203) Hope
2014 by First Plumbline, 3/9/13
Since 2008, Hope Together has been working
effortlessly in making sure that many of the
evangelical churches are given over to the RCC, with
little or no resistance from Pastors and leaders, we
encourage you do not let your particular church group
fall victim and pray to the ecumenical movement
through Hope Together, in our experiance we have seen
first hand through Hope Together is caperble of using
decietful means, with regaurds to Roman Catholosism
history shown the results of what the Vatican is
capable of even to the point of covering up its past
crimes and covertly giving misleading information even
by keeping its atrocities secret, and this had been
recently proven by the media and Victims on the
following subjects, Trafficking and abduction of
babies in Australia, UK, Spain and Argentina, the
sexual abuse of children and even in its history of
both the Spanish Inquisition and the Medieval
Inquisition, Historical documents on the victimes of
the Catholic Inquisitions and in recent history during
WWII such as Jasenovac in Croatia and in Balkan
history we know the Vatican cannot be trusted, in the
UK much of the information on Romes history today is
forgotten until recently but many evangelicals are
simply not learning from its past.
(204) Christian
Leaders
Continue To Endorse "Chrislam" by Christine
Pasciuti, 3/20/14
Rather than trying to pretend we believe the same things
- a frank and honest discussion about our differences
would seem to make much more sense.
(205) Christians
Are
Being Duped Into Believing the �One God� Doctrine of
Chrislam by Christine Pasciuti,
4/19/14
In greater numbers, well-meaning Christian leaders
all over the U.S. are calling for an ecumenical
embrace of their Islamic brothers and sisters, even
mingling Christian and Islamic doctrine in their
church services, in the hopes of finding common ground
in the worship of �one God.�
(206) Pope
calls
Muslims 'brothers' at Dome of the Rock at
Understand The Times, 5/27/14
Pope Francis on Monday urged his "brother" Muslims to
never abuse God's name through violence as he opened
the third and final day of his Mideast pilgrimage with
a visit to the Dome of the Rock, the iconic shrine
located at the third-holiest spot in Islam.
(207) The
Islamizing
Of America�s Churches - How Some Pastors Are Selling
Out The Faith by Al Dagar, Media Spotlight,
6/17/14
As for true give-and-take
in these �dialogues,� would
any Muslim imam invite
Christians into his mosque
to say that Mohammed is not a true prophet
of God? Or to say that he was a false prophet, or that
Islam is a satanic religion? Would anyone ever be able
to say anything negative about any aspect of Islam, no
matter how small? Never. These Christian leaders who
kowtow to Islam are not even good enough to be called
hirelings as described by Jesus, who run when they see
the wolves coming to feed on the flock. They open the
gates and invite the wolves in, then stand there
smiling while the flock is being devoured. Then they
tell the wolves to come back at a later date; they�ll
have more lambs for them to eat.
(208) Pope
Francis
Orders Vatican To Create First Ever Art Exhibition
To Promote Chrislam by NTEB News Desk,
6/26/14
Pope Francis can best be described as a man on a
mission. That mission seems to be the unification of
the Vatican�s Roman Catholic system with Islam. This
demonic hybrid is what is more commonly known as
Chrislam. Francis is building on the already
impressive body of work in this field started by
apostate Emergent Church preacher Rick Warren. German
website DW reports that for the first time ever, the
Vatican is staging an unusual exhibition in the
Emirate of Shajah. The show is seen as a sign of
openness and cooperation between religions.
(284) Rick
Warren's
Ecumenical Path to Rome Continues by Roger
Oakland, 6/29/14
Understand the Times has posted a new commentary
called Rick Warren And The Chaplet Of Divine Mercy.
This is part 5 of a 5 part series on the topic of
Warren's interview with Raymond Arroyo of EWTN. For
those who are not familiar with EWTN, then more
information is necessary at this time. EWTN stands for
Eternal Word Television Network. This American-based
network is better known as the Roman Catholic
Television Network founded by Mother Angelica, which
began broadcasting in 1981.
(285) TV
Preachers
[Copeland, Robison] Glowingly Describe Meeting with
Pope to Tear Down �Walls of Division� by
Lighthouse Trails, 7/3/14
ROME � Two controversial TV preachers recently met
Pope Francis in an effort to work toward tearing down
the �walls of division� between Catholics and
Protestants.
(286) An
Evaluation
of Muslim Dreams & Visions of Isa (Jesus)
by Dennis McBride, 7/9/14
My Goal: The goal of this paper is to evaluate the
reported phenomenon of Jesus (Isa) appearing to some
Muslims in dreams and visions, and to discern if such
reports fit the pattern of Scripture as determined
through conservative grammatical/historical principles
of interpretation (hermeneutics). My Concerns: I first
became aware of the Muslin dreams phenomenon through a
Christian brother who spoke with great excitement
about a special moving of the Lord within Muslim
communities. I wanted to share his excitement because
I knew something of the difficulties of Muslim
evangelism, and the great joy missionaries experience
over even one Muslim coming to faith in Christ.
However, over the course of our conversations my
questions and concerns started to mount. In short, I
questioned if it was really Jesus appearing to these
people, and if so, why? What special circumstances at
this point in redemptive history would necessitate Him
personally intervening, when He said it would be the
Holy Spirit�s role to convict the world of sin,
righteousness, and judgment through the preaching of
the gospel by human preachers (John 16:8; Rom.
10:14-15; 1 Cor. 1:21)? I had no desire to resist or
even question what God might be doing, but I feared
these dreams of Isa might be little more than
extra-biblical psychological or spiritual encounters
that could supplant God�s Word and potentially lead
their participants away from biblical authority rather
than into it. And I was greatly concerned to hear the
supposedly biblical rationale some of my fellow
conservative Bible teachers were offering in defense
of this movement. Some former defenders of the
centrality and sufficiency of God�s Word in evangelism
seemed suddenly to be sacrificing that doctrine on the
altar of subjective mystical encounters. I needed to
understand why, and to evaluate their rationale by
God�s Word. I also needed to examine Isa�s
communication to determine if it was consistent with
Christ�s communication while He was on earth. Read
Part
1 & Part
2.
(287) Pope
Francis
Meets Evangelical Delegation at The Berean
Call, 7/11/14
[TBC: Rome has consistently stated it has never
changed. Consequently, only the �evangelicals� have
compromised their position. In the hope of sharing
�love� to a �hurting world,� we must first of all
share the biblical gospel�something denied by
Catholicism with its gospel of works.]
(288) Evangelical
Church
Takes Another Big Step Toward Rome�This Time?
Franklin Graham by Lighthouse Trails,
8/27/14
Editor�s Note: As we continue on with our coverage
regarding evangelical leaders and their ecumenical
moves toward Roman Catholicism, we once again wish to
state that we bear no animosity toward individual
Catholics, but we are compelled to challenge these
leaders on their compromise of the Christian faith
according to Scripture.
(289) �Stage Managed�
Ecumenism by Orrell Steinkamp, The
Plumbline, Volume 19, No. 4, July/August 2014
Unbelievable and largely unseen ecumenical coalitions
and ad hoc alliances are forming. These alliances are
being forged by a small cadre of seeker-driven mega
church celebrity pastors/authors. These vision-casting
celebrities are in effect acting as power brokers in
forming ecumenical coalitions. As with all coalitions
these players are attempting to gain something for
themselves and their �ministries� and the expanding of
their personal reputations. They are willing to
exchange their platforms and pulpits with other
celebrities of like class and clout. These platform
exchanges often cross boundaries into false and even
heretical territory. Consequently, these celebrities
become an endorsement of false teaching to the masses
of low information evangelicals who are fans of these
various Christian celebrities. The opportunity for
these maneuvers is that classical evangelicalism as a
theologically descriptive word is becoming near
meaningless. Gregory Thornbury, now president of Kings
College states: �the evangelicalism I signed up for is
gone forever....In fact many leading theologians today
see evangelicalism as a relic of a by gone era.�
(Thornbury, Recovering Classic Evangelicalism,
Crossway, 2013, pp. 223) The vacuum
created by the disappearance of classical
evangelicalism, unfortunately has been filled by TV
ministries, bookstores, stadiums rallies, mega
churches and extended mega church campuses and their
media promotions.
(290) The
Catholic
Church�s Role in the Coming One-World Global
Religion by Roger Oakland, 9/7/14
I am not certain when I first realized that the Roman
Catholic Church, particularly the Jesuits, were the
root force behind the coming one-world religion. If I
were pressed to come up with an original time, it
would be difficult. Coming to this realization was
more of a process for me. The Bible foretells the
coming of the Harlot. G.S. McLean always instilled in
me that the harlot was apostate Christianity. This I
still believe is the proper definition.
(291) Russell
Moore,
Rick Warren to Join �Pope Francis� With Muslims,
Buddhists for Interfaith Conference at
Understand The Times, 11/10/14
Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention, and Saddleback megachurch leader Rick
Warren will team up with Roman Catholic Pontiff
Francis later this month for an interfaith Vatican
conference on marriage and family. �Complementarity of
Man and Woman,� will be held Nov. 17-19 at the
Vatican, and is expected to feature more than 30
speakers from over 20 countries. According to the
Catholic News Service, those of the Jewish, Islamic,
Buddhist, Hindu, Jaina Shasana, Taoist and Sikh
religions will be present, as well as Roman Catholics
and professing Christians.
(292) Catholics
and
Muslims, working together to serve others at
Understand The Times, 11/13/14
The third seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum was
held in Rome from 11 to 13 November, on the theme
�Working Together to Serve Others�. Three specific
issues were considered: working together to serve
young people, enhancing interreligious dialogue, and
service to society.
(293) In
a
first, Washington National Cathedral to host Friday
Muslim prayer service at Lighthouse Trails,
11/14/14
Washington National Cathedral, known for presidential
funerals and other major spiritual services, will host
a Muslim prayer service for the first time Friday.
(294) Rick
Warren
at the Vatican Humanum Conference: "We All Love
Jesus Christ" by Do Not Be Surprised,
11/21/14
Rick Warren spoke on the "Biblical Meaning of
Marriage" Tuesday at the Vatican, where he is among 30
global religious leaders examining the changing roles
of marriage and family in the world. Warren joined
leaders from 23 countries and 14 religions invited by
Pope Francis on at the kickoff Monday to The
Complementarity of Man and Woman: An International
Colloquium. �It�s great to be with leaders from
different streams of Christianity from all over the
world,� Warren said from the Vatican on Monday.
�Although we have some differences, we all love Jesus
Christ and we all want marriages and families to be
healthy and strong.� Upon meeting Pope Francis, Warren
said: �Up close, you can feel the humility and
compassion that others see from afar.�
(295) Muslims
Chant
to Remove Jesus at Washington�s National Cathedral
by Roger Oakland, 11/24/14
It looked like a chilling scene from a Last Days,
anti-Christ-takes-over-the-world disaster movie.
Hundreds of Muslims take over America�s most notable
church, prostrate on their prayer rugs as their
unified chant echoes out in full volume: �There is
only one god, he begets not and I bear witness that
Muhammad is His only servant and Apostle." Only this
was not a movie. This was the scene, last Friday, for
the first time in history, at the iconic National
Cathedral in Washington, where orthodox Muslim clerics
were invited to lead an Islamic prayer service. A
congregation of hundreds were lead by an Imam in
declaring that �god has no son, that Jesus Christ
cannot be his son, and that there is no god like
Allah.� Only a single middle-age woman jumped up in
the middle of the service and shouted, �America was
founded on Christian principles. .?.?. Leave our
church alone!� She was escorted quickly out of the
church by security guards.
(296) Will
Rick
Warren Play a Role In Persuading Some Calvary Chapel
Pastors To Follow His Lead Towards Ecumenical
Evangelicalism? by Understand the Times,
12/5/14
On November 17-19, 2014, an interreligious conference
was hosted at the Vatican to discuss the sanctity of
marriage under the definition that marriage is a
relationship between a man and a woman. Beside
numerous representatives of the Roman Catholic Church,
the conference was attended and addressed by members
of the Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, and Mormon
faiths. Also, well-known Christian evangelical leaders
from the United States�Pastor Rick Warren and Russel
Moore�played a major role and were in attendance.
(297) �Pope
Francis�
Bows Head in �Silent Adoration� Beside Islamic Grand
Mufti in Turkey�s Blue Mosque by Heather
Clark, 12/6/14
ISTANBUL, Turkey � In a move that drew some concerns
from onlookers worldwide, the Roman Catholic pontiff
known as Francis visited Turkey�s Blue Mosque on
Saturday, expressing reverence during a moment of
prayer observed by the nation�s grand mufti, who led
him on a tour of the Islamic facility. According to
reports, Francis took off his shoes, folded his hands
and bowed his head, standing silently next to Rahmi
Yaran, who serves as the nation�s highest Islamic
leader as grand mufti. The two faced Mecca as Yaran
prayed with his palms raised.
(298) City
Calls
on Allah, Zeus, Satan by Bob Unruh,
12/12/14
He prayed: "Mother Earth, we gather today in your
redeeming and glorious presence to invoke your eternal
guidance in the universe, the original creator of all
things. May the efforts of this council blend the
righteousness of Allah with the all knowing wisdom of
Satan. May Zeus, the great god of justice, grant us
strength tonight. Jesus might forgive our shortcomings
while Buddha enlightens us through his divine
affection. We praise you Krishna for the sanguine
sacrifice that freed us all. After all, if almighty
Thor is with us, who can ever be against us? And
finally for the bounty of logic, reason and science,
we simply thank the atheists, agnostics, humanists,
who now account for one in five Americans and growing
rapidly. In closing. Let us above all, love one
another, not to obtain mythical rewards for ourselves
now, hereafter or based on superstitious threats of
eternal damnation, but rather embrace secular-based
principles of morality, and do good for goodness sake.
And so we pray, so what?"
(299) Rick
Warren
on Roman Catholicism: "We have more in common than
what divides us" at The Berean Call,
12/17/14
Warren, whose Purpose Driven Life and Purpose Driven
Church books have sold millions of copies around the
world, recorded a video interview for the Catholic
News Service in which he said: "We have far more in
common than what divides us." He continued: "When you
talk about Pentecostals, charismatics, evangelicals,
fundamentalists, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists,
Presbyterians ... Well, they would all say we believe
in the trinity, we believe in the Bible, we believe in
the resurrection, we believe salvation is through
Jesus Christ. These are the big issues. (ACT
Commentary: I'm sorry to say this but Warren has proven
himself, yet again, to be one of the biggest ignoramuses
in Christianity. Trinity? They have basically
added Mary to the Godhead. The Bible? They believe
that the Scriptures and Tradition are equal in
authority. Salvation? They do not believe that
salvation is by grace alone, and the pope has indicated
that all major religions worship the same God. How
then is Catholicism ANYTHING like Biblical
Christianity?)
(300) New
Trend:
�Radically Inclusive� Churches That Embrace All
Religions And All Lifestyles by End Of The
American Dream, 3/27/15
If you want as many people to attend your church as
possible, why limit yourself to just Christians?
All over America, �radically inclusive� churches that
embrace all religions and all lifestyles are starting
to pop up. Church services that incorporate
elements of Hinduism, Islam, native American religions
and even Wicca are becoming increasingly common.
And even if you don�t believe anything at all, that is
okay with these churches too. In fact, as you
will see below, one Presbyterian minister in Oregon is
even inviting people to �bring their own god� to
church. But if these churches don�t really stand
for anything at all, what is their purpose? And
what does the popularity of these churches say about
the future of religion in America?
(301) Pope
Francis
says it's the devil who divides Protestants and
Catholics at Understand The Times,
6/4/15
Pope Francis has described the division between the
different denominations of the Church as the work of
the devil. "Division is the work of the Father of
Lies, the Father of Discord, who does everything
possible to keep us divided," he said in a video
message a 'Celebration of Christian Unity' event
organised by the John 17 Movement in Phoenix, Arizona
on Saturday. The movement is named after the biblical
passage in which Jesus prays for his disciples "that
they may be one as we are one".
(302) Rick
Warren
Will Speak At Papal Mass In Philadelphia by
Marsha West, 7/5/15
Southern Baptist pastor Rick Warren will be a part of
the ecumenical and interfaith gathering this September
where Pope Francis himself is expected to appear. In
the Catholic Herald piece we learn that the most
important thing that can happen at the week long
congress is conversion so that �families can become a
force of change for good.� Obviously the conversion
they�re referring to is placing their faith in Roman
Catholicism. So it�s doubtful that the purveyor of
pragmatism, Rick Warren, will share the true gospel of
Jesus Christ during his speech, as that would
certainly be viewed as divisive. But we shall see. The
Catholic Herald�s report begins: More than 1.5 million
people are expected for the Mass with Pope Francis in
Philadelphia this September, said organisers of the
next World Meeting of Families. A high-level
delegation from Philadelphia, led by Archbishop
Charles J Chaput, was in Rome as of Monday to meet
Vatican officials, review some of the planning and
promote the week-long congress.
(303) Letter
to
the Editor: Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, Marianne
Williamson Speaking at �Parliament of the World
Religions� at Lighthouse Trails,
7/20/15
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I wanted to alert you of the
2015 PARLIAMENT of the World Religions, taking place
Oct.15-19 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For the first
time in more than 20 years, they are holding this
conference in the U.S. The last time it was held
in the U.S. was 1993 in Chicago. (Previous Parliaments
were held: 2009 in Australia, 2004 in Spain, 1999 in
South Africa, 1993 in Chicago, 1893 in Chicago). Of
note is that this 2015 PARLIAMENT of the World
Religions is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, the
Mormon capital of the world! Here is the website:
http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/index.cfm?n=35&sn=14
Notable speakers include those you have warned your
readers about in the past: 1) Marianne Williamson (New
Age Leader and Rick Warren supporter) See link:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?s=marianne+williamson&search=Search
2)
Brian McLaren (Emergent/Contemplative/Universalist
Author & Speaker, CANA Initiative founder) See
link:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?s=brian+mclaren&search=Search
3) Jim Wallis (Sojourners founder, �social-justice
gospel� advocate, �Christian Palestianism�/anti-Israel
advocate) See link:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?s=jim+wallis&search=Search
Other notable speakers include: -The 14th Dalai Lama
(Current head of Tibetan Buddhism, 1989 Nobel Peace
Prize winner) -Swami Suhitananda (Indian Guru) -Tariq
Ramadan�founder of the European Muslim Network,
advisor to the European Union -Michael Bernard
Beckwith��New Thought� (or New Spirituality) Leader
and founder of Agape International Spiritual Center -A
Lakota nation tribal leader (Native-American) -a
Mormon author -a U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for
International Religious Freedom Satan is putting
together this ONE WORLD RELIGION through unbiblical
�interreligious� conferences like this one. Marianne
Williamson, Brian McLaren and Jim Wallis are part of
this false ecumenical �ONE� global movement. Truth and
error are no longer being discussed. It�s all about
dialogue and �interconnecting� in relational
�ONE-ness.� This global conference, being held in the
U.S. after more than 20 years, is an example of these
sobering days we are living in�In Christ, CONCERNED IN
CALIFORNIA
(304) Goddess
Kali
projected on New York's Empire State Building
at Understand The Times, 8/13/15
In a breathtaking spectacle, Goddess Kali was
projected on the Empire State Building in New York.
Artist Andrew Jones designed the portrait of the
goddess to make the point that Mother Nature now more
than ever needs a fierce avatar to fight the dangers
of pollution and extinction, Firstpost.com reported.
(305) Ecumenism
or
Separation � Which? a transcript of a
message given in Motherwell, Scotland, by the evangelist
and Bible teacher William Trew (1902-1971)
We today have a responsibility to the future
generation, to hold inviolate all the precious truth
of God and to pass it on to them complete. Our only
safety lies in being content to be guided by the
Scriptures, satisfied to live within the limits of the
revealed will of God, whatever the consequences. The
judgment seat of Christ is before us when �Every man�s
work shall be made manifest� and �The fire shall try
every man�s work of what sort it is� and �in that day�
it will be faithfulness begotten of devotion to Christ
that will count, and it will be sweet to hear Him say,
�Well done thou good and faithful servant.�
(306) Singing
for
Pope Francis in an Ecumenical Setting at The
Berean Call, 8/26/15
Christian songwriter Darlene Zschech is singing for
Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. She will appear
alongside fellow worship leader Don Moen and classical
tenor Andrea Bocelli at the "Voices in Prayer" event
held by Catholic charismatic group 'Renewal in the
Spirit'. Thousands are expected to gather in St
Peter's Square for the event, which will include
prayer for persecuted Christians. Darlene Zschech, who
has written many popular worship songs including "My
Jesus, My Saviour (Shout To The Lord)", posted on her
Facebook page that she was "honoured" to be asked to
sing at the Vatican. "This is a celebration of unity
and peace in the Renewal of the Holy Spirit. Amazing
days for the Body of Christ", she wrote.
(307) Pope
Francis
U.S. Visit 2015 Schedule and Dates: Pontiff Invites
Rick Warren To Speak at Philadelphia Conference on
Family at Understand The Times, 9/3/15
Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church, has
announced he will be speaking in Philadelphia later
this month at the World Meeting of Families event to
commence Pope Francis' highly anticipated visit to the
United States. Warren announced his plans to attend
the event during the Sunday morning worship service at
the Lake Forest, CA church. "Next month, Pope Francis
is coming to America for a world gathering on
families," he told the congregation. "I'm not a
Catholic, and we have many differences with Catholics.
But they love the Lord and we have much in common with
that - we believe in the Bible, and the Trinity, and
in Jesus and the resurrection." "There are probably
going to be a million people in Philadelphia at this
final event with Pope Francis, and he's asked me to be
the final speaker," the Purpose Driven Life author
continued amid cheering and applause.
(308) Pope
Francis,
Rick Warren, and That 2014 Catholic Interview No One
Thought Important? Reminder of Its Revealing Facts
About �America�s Pastor� by Lighthouse
Trails, 9/10/15
In May of 2014, Roger Oakland wrote a five-part
series addressing Rick Warren�s television interview
with Catholic TV host Raymond Arroyo. The facts that
Roger uncovered should have sent shock waves
throughout the evangelical church . . . but they
didn�t. In fact, leaders and most pastors in the
Christian church didn�t seem to care at all. And now,
Rick Warren will be joining Pope Francis (at the
Papacy�s invitation) when the Catholic pope comes to
the United States this month. Warren is scheduled to
be a keynote speaker at one of the events. For
discerning Christians who do care about what is
happening to the church, including the current
ecumenical move to bring the �lost brethren� back to
the Mother Church (and ultimately form a unified
global religious body as the Bible states will
happen), we�d like to bring to your attention these
five articles by Roger Oakland and ask that you pray
that many eyes will be opened to what is happening.
And much of this taking place within evangelicalism,
if not most of it, can be attributed to the actions of
leaders such as Rick Warren, Beth Moore, the late
Chuck Colson, and many others, who have escalated this
dangerous ecumenism that is changing the face of
mainstream Christianity today.
(309) Attempts
to
Blend Christianity with Other Religions by
Maria Kneas, 9/13/15
Numerous attempts have been made to blend
Christianity with other religions on a world-wide
scale. You can read about them in Carl Teichrib�s
article �Unveiling the Global Interfaith Agenda.�
There are also other attempts to merge Christianity
with different religions. For example, Chrislam tries
to combine Christianity with Islam. There are people
who call themselves Christian witches (i.e., combining
Christianity with Wicca). There are attempts to mix
Christianity with Hinduism, and with Buddhism, and
with Shamanism. (A shaman is a Native American
medicine man.) Some people claim to be Christian witch
doctors or Christian sorcerers. You can even buy a
book about Christian Voodoo. Nominal Christians are
people who are Christians in name only. They call
themselves Christians, but they really aren�t. They
don�t have a relationship with Jesus Christ, they
ignore or deny foundational Christian doctrines, and
they don�t try to live the way God has instructed us
as described in the Bible. Such people can fit in with
other religions. However, born-again Christians aren�t
able to do that because they have God�s Spirit living
inside them Who convicts them of sin and enables them
to trust and obey the Lord. And because God is living
inside them, He gives them the grace and strength to
abide in Him. Simply put, biblical Christianity cannot
mix with other religions.
(310) Letter
to
the Editor: Pope Francis Points to the
�Contemplative� �Thomas Merton� in Speech to
Congress . . . And the Role This Could Play in a
One-World Religion at Lighthouse Trails,
9/25/15
LTRP Note: On the morning of September 24th,
Lighthouse Trails posted an article by Ray Yungen
titled �Contemplative Spirituality � the Source of the
Catholic Church�s Expansion� �Coincidentally,�
one hour later, Lighthouse Trails was contacted and
told that the Catholic Church�s Jesuit Pope
Francis talked about Thomas Merton (using the
term contemplative to describe him) when he addressed
Congress. Shortly later, Lighthouse Trails received
this letter to the editor below.
(311) Read
What
Pope Francis Said at New York's St. Patrick's
Cathedral at Understand The Times,
9/30/15
"I would like to express two sentiments for my Muslim
brothers and sisters: Firstly, my greetings as they
celebrate the feast of sacrifice. I would have wished
my greeting to be warmer. My sentiments of closeness,
my sentiments of closeness in the face of tragedy. The
tragedy that they suffered in Mecca. In this moment, I
give assurances of my prayers. I unite myself with you
all. A prayer to almighty god, all merciful."
(312) Eye
Witness
Account at Parliament of the World�s Religions 2015
Reveals Growing Animosity Toward Biblical Christians
by Lynette Irwin, 10/22/15
The Parliament of the World�s Religions has an agenda
and they are now very open about it. It is now an
outright attack on the Christian church and the Word
of God. They have decided they cannot have unity at
all cost so they are trying something else: changing
the doctrine of the simple Gospel of Jesus and Who He
is. I was handed a booklet titled Global Ethic: A Call
to our Guiding Institutions that stated: �The
Parliament of the world�s religion seeks to promote
interreligious harmony, rather than unity.� (p.1) They
are not afraid to say that �an orthodox Bible
believing Christian does not fit in our world nor will
they be tolerated.� It was in our face. This
Parliament is a sort of coming out of the closet for
them, as was the Parliament�s in the past such as the
one in 2009.
(313) Growing
Number
of Pastors Believe Christianity and Islam Are
Similar at Understand The Times,
10/28/15
Protestant pastors are increasingly polarized about
Islam, as a growing share label the Muslim faith
violent while a sharply rising minority calls it
spiritually good. Although a majority considers Islam
dangerous, a small but increasing segment believes
Islam is similar to Christianity, according to a new
survey by Nashville-based LifeWay Research. Two-thirds
of Protestant pastors agree Christianity and Islam
should seek to coexist in America. Seventeen percent
of pastors characterize Islam as similar to
Christianity, nearly double the 9 percent from five
years earlier. Although views shifted in both
directions, positive opinions rose more significantly.
The American public, meanwhile, is twice as likely as
pastors to see common ground between Islam and
Christianity. In a parallel survey of 1,000 Americans,
more than a third say the two faiths are similar.
Compared to five years ago, pastors are much more
likely to describe Islam in favorable terms. Fifty
percent say Islam promotes charity, up from 33
percent. Significant numbers also describe Islam as
spiritually good (32 percent, up from 19 percent),
tolerant (24 percent, up from 16 percent) and open (22
percent, up from 12 percent.)
(314) New
Spirituality
Teacher Says �The Jig is Up� to Those Who Believe in
�the Blood of the Lamb� by Lighthouse
Trails, 11/6/15
Every now and then something come along that presents
our case in such a succinct and obvious way that we
are compelled to share it with our readers with the
hope it will leave no question as to how serious the
present situation is with regard to Christianity in
the Western world. Religious author Diana Butler Bass,
who was one of the speakers at the recent Parliament
of the World�s Religions in Salt Lake City, has
written a book titled Christianity After Religion: The
End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual
Awakening.
(315) The
King
and Queen of the New Religious Order by
Jackie Alnor by Jackie Lanor, 11/16/15
One thing is for sure, Francis and Oprah are doing
the work of the spirit of antichrist by convoluting
the teaching of the Word of God, the Bible. Their
message for change is an attack on Truth. Time will
tell if Oprah is the one to set the stage or if
Francis will be chosen as point man to herald the
global leader, the man of sin, and cause all to follow
after the Antichrist.
(316) Imam,
Rabbi
And Pastor Join Hands In Powerful Display Of Unity
at Understand The Times, 11/19/15
The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris has left
the world reeling. Once again, religion is at the crux
of a tragedy that has threatened to tear the global
community apart. But in Bethesda, Maryland, Muslim,
Jewish and Christian leaders stood together over the
weekend to share a message of solidarity. Bradley
Hills Presbyterian Church hosted an interfaith service
on Sunday joined by members of the Bethesda Jewish
Congregation and the Islamic Community Center of
Potomac Dr. Tarek Elgawhary of the ICCP, Rabbi
Schnitzer of BJC and Pastor David Gray of BHPC lead
the congregation through a conversation entitled, �The
Pitfalls and Promise of Fear in Our Traditions and
World.� "Today we lift up the ashes of our loss," said
Schnitzer during the service. "The lives that
continue, haunted forever by the pain of absence, we
lift up the ashes of our remorse. For the charred
visions of peace and the dry taste of fear, we lift up
the ashes of our grief." The service included
music and readings from Christian, Jewish and Islamic
traditions, followed by a shared meal for all those in
attendance. Breaking bread together "further created a
sense of community among people who experience the
sacred in different ways but also who share much in
common," Gray told The Huffington Post. With Sunday's
service, the religious leaders joined countless others
around the globe who are calling for peace in the
midst of such unrest.
(317) Pope
in
Africa: Christians and Muslims Are �Brothers and
Sisters� at Understand The Times,
12/3/15
Pope Francis called for an end to interreligious
violence as he visited a mosque in a Muslim
neighborhood of the Central African Republic (CAR)
capital, where thousands of beleaguered Muslims have
been trapped by Christian militias. The pontiff
concluded his three-nation Africa visit with a two-day
trip to CAR, which has been beset by fighting between
mainly Christian anti-Balaka and largely Muslim Seleka
militias, Reuters reported. On Monday, Francis visited
the Koudoukou central mosque in a Muslim enclave of
Bangui, known as PK5, where at least 100 people have
been killed in sectarian violence since September 25,
according to Human Rights Watch. Despite security
concerns surrounding the CAR leg of his trip, Francis,
78, traveled through the neighborhood in an open-air
vehicle and was welcomed by local imam Tidiani Moussa
Naibi, who thanked the pope for his visit and said it
was �a symbol which we all understand.�
(318) What
Christian
Leaders Need to Know � The Final Outcome of
Practicing Contemplative Prayer: Interspirituality
by Ray Yungen, 12/5/15
LTRP Note: With more than 90% of the Christian
colleges and seminaries now bringing in contemplative
spirituality via Spiritual Formation programs, and
with Christian leaders such as Rick Warren and Beth
Moore endorsing the movement, and with countless
pastors giving it a thumbs up to their congregations,
isn�t it time professors, pastors, and leaders
understand what the final outcome of contemplative
prayer is? Isn�t it time they understand that leading
Christians and church goers down this path is leading
them away from the Cross, not toward it. At Lighthouse
Trails, we believe it is beyond time for this
understanding to occur.
(319) Pope
Francis�
Inter-religious Video Prayer Request for World Peace
and Justice at Lighthouse Trails,
1/8/16
The Pope�s first-ever video message on his monthly
prayer intentions was released Tuesday, Watch Video on
You Tube [see below] highlighting the importance of
interreligious dialogue and the beliefs different
faith traditions hold in common, such as the figure of
God and love. �Many think differently, feel
differently, seeking God or meeting God in different
ways. In this crowd, in this range of religions, there
is only one certainty that we have for all: we are all
children of God,� Pope Francis said in his message,
released Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany. At the
beginning of the video, a minute-and-a-half long, the
Pope cites the fact that the majority of the earth�s
inhabitants profess some sort of religious belief.
This, he said, �should lead to a dialogue among
religions. We should not stop praying for it and
collaborating with those who think differently.� The
video goes on to feature representatives of Buddhism,
Christianity, Islam and Judaism, who proclaim their
respective beliefs in God, Jesus Christ, Allah and
Buddha.
(320) Jesuit
Pope
Francis, Pastor Rick Warren And The Coming One-World
Religion for Peace by Roger Oakland,
1/9/16
While the Bible warns about the deception that will
be characteristic of the Last Days through many
prophetic statements, modern-day purpose-driven
�Christianity� no longer pays attention to what God
has said in His Word. Without question, the closer we
get to the return of Jesus Christ, fewer and fewer who
profess to believe in Christ believe what His Word
says.
(321) Ecumenical
Quest:
The Rise of Modern Dominionism by Herescope,
1/20/16
Before the Religious Right there were decades of
activity laying the groundwork for a merger of church
and state. Power elite leaders such as John Foster
Dulles and his brother Allen began to drum up
religious fervor as a tool to build their utopian
vision of a global international order. Their
influential efforts would eventually gain more
traction during the Eisenhower administration where
both of these brothers ascended to prominent positions
of power. By 1980 their vision would culminate in the
rise of the Christian Right.
(322) Stunning
Statistics:
�From Antichrist to Brother in Christ: How
Protestant Pastors View the Pope� at
Lighthouse Trials, 1/23/16
LTRP Note: The following article is posted for
informational and research purposes and not as an
endorsement of the sources. Both Christianity Today
and LifeWay Research are proponents of the �new�
spirituality (i.e., contemplative/emerging), which has
helped to accelerate the current surge of
interspirituality and ecumenism within the evangelical
church and is, in effect, causing this major paradigm
shift toward the merging of the Protestant/evangelical
church with the Roman Catholic Church. The information
in this article is quite stunning. We are seeing
a major paradigm shift taking place.
(323) Pope
Francis
To Hold Historic Meeting In Cuba With Russian
Orthodox Church Leader at Understand The
Times, 2/11/16
Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox
Church will meet in Cuba next week in what could be a
historic step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift
between the Western and Eastern branches of
Christianity. The Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate
announced on Friday that Francis will stop in Cuba on
Feb. 12 his way to Mexico to hold talks with Patriarch
Kirill, the first in history between a Roman Catholic
pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch. The Vatican
said the leaders would hold several hours of private
talks at Havana airport, deliver public speeches and
sign a joint statement. Such a meeting eluded Francis'
two immediate predecessors, Benedict and John Paul,
who both tried but failed to reach agreement with
Kirill and previous patriarchs to hold talks on the
prospects for eventual Christian unity.
(324) Calvary
Chapel,
Bill Hybels, and Jesuit Mysticism by Roger
Oakland, 2/12/16
Recently, I was informed about a conference held this
week in Budapest, Hungary where Willow Creek senior
pastor Bill Hybels taught leaders. According to
comments posted on Phil Metzger�s Facebook page, the
event was held at Calvary Chapel Golgota Budapest
where Metzger is pastor. He is also the director of
Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe (also located in
Hungary). On Metzger�s Facebook, Hybels was not only
endorsed, he was praised.
(325) Calvary
Chapel
Alert For Pastors and Church Leaders: Documenting
the Progression of Compromise and Ecumenical
Relations by Spiritual Research Network,
2/16/16
There are numerous sources online now that are
reporting on the imbalanced Calvary Chapel leadership
issues as well as the growing ecumenical compromises.
Many Calvary Chapel pastors as well as the Calvary
Chapel Association Leadership Council (formerly CCOF
Ministry, Inc.) are aware of many of the growing
problems, but sadly, little is being done to publicly
expose and correct these things.
(326) New
Age
Leader Deepak Chopra Asks? �Will Pope Francis Become
a Holy Man for the World?� by Lighthouse
Trails & Ray Yungen, 3/8/16
In an article released in January 2016 written by New
Age leader Deepak Chopra titled, �Will Pope Francis
Become a Holy Man for the World?,� Chopra states,
"Pope Francis I is poised to be more than a very
popular pontiff . . . He could rise to become a symbol
of holiness beyond the Catholic Church. . . . for
those of us who aren�t Catholic, there�s a universal
message voiced personally by the Pope: �No one can be
excluded from God�s mercy. The question, then, is how
potent this mission will be."
(327) Greg
Laurie,
Lou Engle, and the Coming One-World Revival?
at Understand The Times, 4/13/16
The above article posted by christiannews.net compels
a commentary and a warning from Understand The Times.
While Lou Engels may mean well, he is being used by
the Jesuits [1] to help set up the coming one-world
religion for peace in the name of Christ that the
Bible foretells. It appears that very few pastors have
enough discernment to figure this out including some
in the Calvary Chapel movement such as Greg Laurie.
For documentation, please check this out yourself, and
Google Greg Laurie with Lou Engle.[2] The following is
one instance:
http://bereanresearch.org/azusa-now-catholics-and-greg-laurie/
According to Charisma Magazine, America will be saved
in these days of strong delusion. Greg Laurie,
Franklin Graham, and others will be among the
messengers, they say. However, while this all sounds
good, be careful these �brothers� don�t compromise
with false teachers for the sake of popularity and a
platform that can even include partnering with the
Pope of Rome.
http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/evangelism-missions/18473-america-shall-be-saved
If
you read the following link posted by Charisma
Magazine and other sources, you will understand what
some well-known Christian leaders are demanding.
They believe that an ecumenical unity of all
�Christians� (which will include the Catholic Church)
will establish the kingdom of God, but such unity will
be without the God of the Bible.
http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/prayer/25523-azusanow-the-power-of-the-silver-cord-between-heaven-and-earth
We
post these links in order to connect the dots,
recognizing many who read this will not be able to
handle this warning. We expect there will be sincere
believers, who are caught up in the deception, who
will label us as divisive, troublemaking, and even
heretics, calling us hateful names and trying to shut
down the ministry of Understand The Times. God will be
our protector against those who are promoting the lie.
All I can say to my enemies, please read the Bible and
pray. We will pray that you will be delivered from
Satan�s trap and come to your senses. If you truly
believe and follow the Jesus of the Bible, you will
come to understand what is happening. If you are
deceived, and you call upon Him in humility and
repentance, God will forgive you for being led astray
and direct you to the truth found in the Word of
God.
(328) Earth
Day
and a Total Transformation for a Post-Christian
World by Carl Teichrib , 4/17/16
In our contemporary era, Earth Day has become the
modern celebration of Gaia. Partakers of this event,
whether aware of it or not, play off the ancient pagan
beliefs of a Universal Mother. Like the sacred oaths
taken in her name, today�s Earth Day celebrants sign
environmental petitions, make pledges, and announce
resolutions in support of Mother Earth. And like the
old sacrifices to the deity, today�s Earth Day
practitioners offer sacrifices of �good works� to the
planet. Not only is the earth a deity to be venerated,
but the earth itself�as the representative and
embodiment of the goddess�has become a modern-day
idol.
(329) Calvary
Chapel
Costa Mesa and Alpha by Roger Oakland,
4/19/16
On April 14, 2016, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa�s senior
pastor Brian Brodersen made the following astonishing
remarks on his Facebook page,[1] �What a fantastic
introduction to the new Alpha film series! Good one
@nickygumbel https://t.co/BvmvHbbZbL.� That link
Brodersen provided leads to Alpha Course leader Vicar
Nicky Gumbel of the UK. As researcher and berean Mark
Jeffries stated recently on Facebook, Brian has
partnered with HTB [Holy Trinity Brompton] in the last
few years in organizing his "Creation Fest"[2] [UK] -
But this, this is an outright endorsement!!�[3]
(330) Betrayed
with
a Kiss: Azusa Now's One World Religion by
Amy Spreeman, Berean Research, 4/11/16
A kiss is just a kiss? Not when it betrays the Lord
Jesus Christ. That�s a question that was
resoundingly affirmed by Lou Engle in the sound of one
sloppy wet kiss. The NAR-affiliated false
teacher Lou Engle, founder of the �Azusa Now: The
Call� exchanged foot kisses with a Roman
Catholic leader live on stage in front of a cheering
audience of 100,000+ packed into the LA Coliseum this
past weekend. The video shows the two throwing
themselves to the floor in prostrate humility, each
proclaiming that Christians and Catholics must unite
in the name of unity. The kiss started with
Matteo Calisi, the Roman Catholic leader appointed by
Pope Benedict, who founded United in Christ, an
organization that strives for ecumenism between
Christians and Catholics. Telling the audience that
division between Christians and Catholics is a
�diabolical sin,� and that Jesus �doesn�t care� that
Christians and Catholics disagree on biblical
doctrine, he did what many Christians find
unthinkable. Heather Clark over at Christian News Net
describes it this way: "Calisi then laid prostrate
Engle�s feet, clutching one foot with his hands. Engle
placed both hands upon Calisi�s back as he did
so. When Calisi stood, Engle moments later fell
to the ground prostrate at Calisi�s feet and kissed
one shoe, as others gathered around to lay hands on
them. Calisi then spoke against what he called a
�spirit of division� between Christians and
Catholics." (Clark, �Lou Engle of The Call Kneels,
Kisses Foot of Catholic Leader as Act of
�Reconciliation�,� Christian News, 4/10/16). You may
be wondering, "does Jesus indeed frown on us dividing
over doctrine?" The answer can be found in Jesus'
breathed-out Word: Galatians:1:8 But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed. warns of accepting another Gospel than the
one that the apostles witnessed and preached. "if any
man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you
received, he is to be accursed!" Hebrews:4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. tells us that our doctrinal
beliefs in the Word of God do indeed divide, as the
Word is "living, and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart."
(331) He
still
hasn�t found what he�s looking for: Bono meets
Eugene Peterson by Pastor Jim Jenkins,
4/27/16
I mentioned at the beginning that it is possible to
look at something so often that you fail to see the
obvious. What I gleaned from the conversation between
Eugene Peterson and Bono was that picking Scriptures
that we select, and tweaking them with our �take� on
them, and mocking the ones we deem insufficient�may be
tied to something as simple as our preferences.
(332) Berlin�s
House
of One: a Church, a Mosque and a Synagogue Under One
Roof by Philip Oltermann, The UK Guardian,
5/20/16
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for
informational and research purposes.
(333) Treason
in
the Church: Trading Truth for a "Social Gospel"
by Berit Kjos - September 2006
Infiltration and deception have been tools of
conspirators through the ages, and the Church has been
a primary target! After all, God warns us that "the
whole world is under the sway of the evil one." (1
John 5:19) One of his most effective schemes is to
redefine God's Word and divert Christians from His
unchanging Truth to man's shifting wants and ideals.
For example, God calls us to serve the poor and fills
our hearts with love for the needy. That's why His
true followers around the world have willingly given
their lives to share His truth and love in perilous
places. But today's world-centered church illustrates
a different kind of service. Designed to please man
rather than God, it trains its servers to hide the
"offensive" truths of the gospel.
(334) The
Flawed understanding of Universalists �Does God
overlook repentance for His wider mercy? by
Mike Oppenheimer, 5/30/16
Does Jesus love everyone? God sent his only son to be
sacrificed for those who are condemned to hell (that
is everybody according to the Bible Jn.3:15-16). But
if one does not repent that love, mercy and
forgiveness is not applied to them because they are
not receptive to God�s qualifications. Universalists
begin with a wrong premise which allows them to
reinterpret clear scriptures by the unclear. So in
Universalism all the people who die before the age of
accountability will have salvation given to them, just
as all those who live their life in rejection to the
gospel, to the way the truth and life, will get a
second chance � no one is without. But if we take
their ideas unto its end there is no advantage for a
believer over an unbeliever. They can be an idolater
and a believer who lives their life for Christ
suffering to do right and they both receive the same.
That�s there ideaology, but that is NOT the Bible's
theology!
(335) Another
Trojan
Horse by Roger Oakland, 6/10/16
I find this Trojan Horse syndrome fascinating in
light of the infiltration into the church by heretical
and New Age ideas. My experience has been in the
Calvary Chapel movement where this is happening; but
this is also occurring throughout the Christian church
at large. Where there was once sound biblical
Christianity, it has been replaced by the current
ecumenical movement and the march toward a one-world
religion in the name of Christ for the cause of peace.
This peace plan is led by man but actually is the plan
of Satan to set up his own kingdom on planet earth.
According to the Bible, this plan will unfold, but the
plan will end when God puts an end to the plan with a
sudden destruction (1Thessalonians 5:3).
(336) The
Pope
and Hillsong will unite "Together 2016" in
Washington D.C. at Understand The Times,
6/11/16
Today it was announced that Pope Francis would
deliver a video message to help unite Christians in
the "Next Great Awakening" at Together 2016, joining
in the ecumaniacal gathering. Together 2016, also
known as The Reset Movement, bringing together
different religions in an effort to erase the lines of
doctrinal divisions. Nick Hall, the founder of PULSE,
a prayer and evangelism movement to empower the church
and awaken the culture to Jesus, says adding the Pope
to the lineup is the best news yet. "We are humbled
and honored by his involvement and are eager to share
his message with the crowd that gathers at Together
2016," Hall said in a statement, reacting to the
announcement that the pope has added his name to the
list of speakers. "That His Holiness would choose to
speak into this historic day is a testament to the
urgency and the need for followers of Jesus to unite
in prayer for our nation and our world." Hall is the
college pastor who came up with the idea of uniting
pastors and Christian leaders from all denominational
backgrounds to join 1 million people at the free event
"in hopes of inspiring true revival in the America."
(337) Evangelical/Ecumenical
Leaders
Together in �The Gathering� Raises Serious Questions
by Lighthouse Trails, 6/18/16
On June 13, Lighthouse Trails reported on an event
called Together 2016 that will take place this summer
in Washington DC. We explained that organizer Nick
Hall was bringing together evangelical, emerging,
charismatic, and Catholic leaders for the ecumenical
purpose of uniting together. A special video
appearance by Pope Francis will be part of the event.
A similar event (but without the Pope) has been
announced. The Gathering: A National Solemn Assembly
will take place in September in Dallas, Texas, and
while there doesn�t appear to be any direct promotion
of the Roman Catholic religion as there is with
Together 2016, there is a definite
united-we-stand-regardless-of-our-beliefs scenario in
The Gathering.
(338) Warning!
Together
2016 at VCY America, Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Mike Gendron, 6/24/16
Romans 16:17 says, 'Now I beseech you, brethren, mark
them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to
the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them.'
Galatians 1:6-9 warns us about those who teach another
gospel. The passage says nothing about linking arms
with such individuals. Instead it communicates that
those who present a contrary doctrine are to be
accursed. Despite such clear warnings from Scripture,
there's an ecumenical event that's taking place on
July 16th bringing evangelicals and Catholics together
on the national mall. It's reported that more than
1,000 churches nationwide have pledged to attend this
event called, Together 2016. Joining Jim to discuss
this issue was Mike Gendron. Mike was a devout Roman
Catholic for over 30 years and was taught to rely upon
the authority of the church. He followed the priests,
the sacraments and was depending upon his own good
works for salvation. However, in 1981, after attending
an apologetics seminar called, 'Evidence for the
Christian Faith', the Bible became his sole authority
in all matters of faith. As he searched the Scriptures
he was amazed to see how often the Bible contradicts
the teaching and tradition of the church he had been a
part of for so long. Eventually, Mike placed his trust
in Jesus Christ as Savior. He founded a ministry,
Proclaiming the Gospel, that points people to Jesus
Christ as the all-sufficient Savior. Mike began by
noting how we need to be sanctified by the truth. This
means we cannot have unity in error. The error of the
Pope is that his 'gospel' is one of works
righteousness therefore he and all the bishops that
preach it are accursed by Galatians 1:6-9. Since the
Pope will be highlighted at this event, for
evangelicals to be a part of it amounts to a joining
of hands with the enemies of the gospel. Mike
commended the zeal of the promoter to gather
Christians in prayer but we must recognize that those
who will gather in Washington, DC, for the event, if
they are unbelievers or part of a false religion, they
cannot unite with us in prayer because they have a
different spiritual father. When we pray, we pray to
the one and only Father. For Catholics to be in
attendance, they have a different holy father that
Mike believes is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'. He said
that not to be harsh, but to warn Christians that we
must remain sanctified by the truth. If we don't, the
the glory and honor of Jesus is at stake. Mike
explained that the Bible speaks of two types of unity.
There is a biblical unity when the spirit of God
baptizes born-again Christians into one body�the
church. These are those individuals who have repented
and believe the one and only gospel of Jesus. On the
other hand, there's a man-made unity. It goes back to
Genesis 11:1-9. That religious unity was the work of
Satan who used the prideful ambition of man and
biblical ignorance to unite the world through the
building of a tower to heaven. So now we see this
being repeated to try and bring people together under
a one-world religion. This has been the Jesuit agenda
since the Reformation. In the end, Mike believes that
if the evangelical leaders who are set to speak at
this event knew the agenda of the Roman Catholic
Church, they wouldn't be part of anything that
embraces the Pope as a brother in Christ or
Catholicism as a valid expression of Christianity.
People and groups committed to be part of Together
2016 include: Francis Chan, Nick Hall, Hillsong
United, Matthew West, Crowder, Jennie Allen, Christine
Caine, Matt Maher, Josh McDowell, Ronny Floyd, Michael
W. Smith, Kirk Franklin, Ravi Zacharias, Casting
Crowns, Lou Engle, Bob Lenz and more.
(339) �Prayers
to
Allah Offered at PCUSA�s General Assembly�
at Lighthouse Trails, 6/27/16
LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational
and research purposes. The PCUSA has been dropping
into apostasy for a very long time. The final result
of apostasy is the full denial that Jesus Christ is
God and is the only way for salvation. This article
shows that through the doorway of interspirituality,
the PCUSA is almost to that point.
(340) Orthodox
Christian
Leaders End Historic Meeting at Lighthouse
Trails, 7/6/16
CAIRO (AP) � The leaders of the world�s Orthodox
Christian churches ended a historic gathering on the
Greek island of Crete on Sunday hoping to repeat the
meeting within a decade, despite a boycott by the
Russian church�the most populous in a religion of some
300 million people � and three other churches.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led prayers
attended by the 10 Orthodox church leaders who
attended to mark the end of the weeklong Holy and
Great Council � the first of its kind in more than
1,200 years. Despite decades of preparation, Orthodox
leaders failed ahead of the meeting to overcome
differences on efforts to reconcile with the Vatican
and some doctrinal issues.
(341) Why
Catholics
And Muslims Alike Come To Pray At This Shrine To
Mary at Understand The Times, 7/7/16
During the month of May, Catholics around the world
honor the Virgin Mary in a practice dating back to the
13th century. But at one shrine to Mary in Harissa,
Lebanon, it isn�t just Catholics coming to pray. The
Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon has drawn Muslim
visitors since it opened in 1908, said the shrine�s
rector, Father Younen Obeid, in a recent video
produced by Catholic News Service. They come as
tourists, but also to pray and participate in
Christian ceremonies at the site. �All of [the Muslim
visitors] have big respect for Mary,� Obeid
said.
(342) Brian
Brodersen
and Greg Laurie�s �Bigger Picture of Christianity�
by Lighthouse Trails, 7/13/16
As we observe evangelical Christianity being drawn
toward �the Mother Church� of Roman Catholicism, it is
amazing to see how very few Christian leaders speak up
about this. On the contrary, one after the next,
Christian leaders are succumbing to this ecumenical,
interfaith last-days apostasy of merging
evangelicalism into the Catholic fold. Lighthouse
Trails has reported on numerous examples of highly
influential evangelical leaders heading in this
direction: Rick Warren, Beth Moore, James Robison, and
Ken Copeland to name a few. Today, we received two
different e-mails that provided information to show
the continuance of this evangelical move toward Rome.
In the first e-mail sent by Roger Oakland of
Understand the Times, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa senior
pastor Brian Brodersen was brought to our attention.
Brodersen is beginning an online YouTube series called
Things That Matter. In his introductory segment, he
explains that this new show is going to help believers
see �the bigger picture of Christianity.� He says that
too often Christians focus on issues that are not
important.
Updated!
(343) RESETTING
THE REFORMATION - TOGETHER 2016: Unbiblical
Unity on the National Mall by Gaylene
Goodroad, 8/19/16
7-16-16 Washington Mall Event to �Reset
Christianity�. Millions of evangelical leaders,
authors, and entertainers will be gathering at the
National Mall in Washington DC on July 16 in a
concerted effort to �bring heaven down to earth� in
what has been called a national �revival�, �great
awakening�, or secondary �Pentecost�. The Together
2016 event is closely aligned with the doctrines and
personnel of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) that
teaches a strident form of Dominionism, a fact that
will be documented in this article. The fervor is high
with the backdrop of a hotly divisive election year,
violent civil unrest, and looming calamities on all
fronts. Organizers of this broadly-touted event say
that they want to forge Christian unity in all of
this, but in order to achieve it, we must lay aside
biblical doctrine which, they say, brings further
division. Regrettably, as the Scriptures clearly
teach, the resulting spectacle will only lead
participants away from Christ and into full-fledged
apostasy. Read Part
1, Part
2, Part
3 & Part
4.
(344) Pope
Francis
Personally Invites Youth To Ecumenical Event On The
National Mall at Understand The Times,
7/18/16
Pope Francis is known for his desire to build bridges
between people of all different religions and
traditions. Now, he is asking American youth to come
and encounter Christ with thousands (perhaps a
million) other youth of various denominations on the
National Mall on July 16. The Pope took the time to
record a personal message asking youth to participate,
joining 40 well-known speakers, authors and leaders
for a day of unified prayer and worship. In the
message, he says �Young men and women, I know there is
something in your heart that moves you. And that makes
you restless, because a young person who is not
restless is an old person. And you have youthfulness,
and youthfulness breeds restlessness. What is your
restlessness? Do you know what it is or do you not
know? Do you want to know what your restlessness is? I
invite you to a great gathering of youth in
Washington, D.C. to find the one who can give you an
answer to your restlessness.�
(345) Evangelism
/
Apologetics � where has it gone? - The rise of
internationalism and interfaith by
Mike Oppenheimer, 7/22/16
We are watching a phenomenon, where many churches are
becoming less salt and light. Among the many
diminishing assets is the last command we were given;
to go take the gospel and make disciples. What Jesus
came to earth for was accomplished and we are to tell
others this. He wants us to share in this joy of
changing people�s destiny. But for many this has
become more of chore than a joy.
(346) Is
Pope
Francis Laying The Groundwork For A One World
Religion? by Michael Snyder, April 14,
2013
Does Pope Francis intend to help the global elite
achieve their goal of uniting all of the religions of
the world under a single banner? Will he be
instrumental in establishing a single global religion
for the glorious �new age� that the global elite
believe is coming? After he was elected, the cover of
Time Magazine declared Pope Francis to be the �New
World Pope�, and since his election Pope Francis has
made it abundantly clear that he is going to make
ecumenical outreach a top priority. He has
spoken of his �determination to continue on the path
of ecumenical dialogue�, and he has already held a
number of very high profile ecumenical meetings.
(347) Pulse,
pushing the reset button together 2016 by
Mike Oppenheimer, 8/1/16
Inspired by the ministry of Billy Graham young Nick
Hall desired to be an evangelist. I think we would all
like to see more evangelism and reach out other
generations. Yet what we see under the banner of
evangelism is more often unity rallies with those we
should not be in unity with. Hall launched PULSE as a
college junior in 2006, as a prayer and evangelism
movement on mission to empower the Church and awaken
culture to the reality of Jesus. Linked with hundreds
of ministries and churches around the world to fuel
evangelistic movements. �the common goal of everything
we do is to share the hope of Jesus.
(PulseMovement.com) He is now called a voice to the
next generation. What started with prayers from a few
students is now called the largest student led
evangelistic movement. Pulse called 1 million
Americans to gather on the National Mall July 16th to
join in prayer for the nation at an event called
"Together 2016." More than 1,000 churches nationwide
pledged attendance, with more pledges anticipated in
the coming months. One would think that here would be
a good place to mention the gospel as the center of
the movement but we hear evangelistic movement
ministries, which does not mean much without some
qualifications The free event featured over 40
well-known speakers, recording artists, authors and
leaders from various backgrounds for a day of unified
prayer and worship Confirmed speakers and artists
include: Hillsong United, Kari Jobe, Francis Chan,
Lecrae, Nick Hall, Passion, Crowder, Kirk Franklin,
Ravi Zacharias, Jeremy Camp, Andy Mineo, Michael W.
Smith, Lauren Daigle, Christine Caine, Mark Batterson,
Matthew West, Jo Saxton, Mike Kelsey, Casting Crowns,
John K. Jenkins, Sr., Josh McDowell, Laurel Bunker,
Luis Palau, Tedashii, Tasha Cobbs, Lacey Sturm, York
Moore, Trip Lee, Sammy Rodriguez, Ronnie Floyd, Reid
Saunders, Bob Lenz, Jose Zayas, Jennie Allen, Nabeel
Qureshi, Ann Voskamp, KB, Christine D'Clario, Matt
Maher, Sammy Wanyonyi, Lindsey Nobles, Amena Brown,
and Josh Brewer; with a special message from His
Holiness, Pope Francis. Clearly among the names are
some questionable people, some who are engrossed in
controversies. But the one that we should focus on is
what is called His holiness, Pope Francis. This Event
featured a personal video message from His Holiness,
Pope Francis This already disqualifies this being
about Jesus. Why? Because this man is a leader of a
false church and is called his holiness and he is
being acknowledge as Pope. Something Jesus never spoke
of, nor would approve of EVER!
(348) Greg
Laurie,
Calvary Chapel, and New Catholic National Shrine for
Marian Apparitions by Understand The Times,
8/19/16
Isn't it time that Calvary Chapel pastors who
understand the times and the great delusion coming
upon the world speak up and call out those pastors and
leaders who are leading the flock in a direction that
is away from the Gospel and biblical truth?
(349) U.S.
Catholic
University Hires Hindu Priest as Chaplain at
Lighthouse Trails, 9/8/16
Jesuit-run Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
became the first university in the U.S. to hire a
Hindu priest as chaplain. �Part of our mission and our
ethos is our desire to form the whole person,� said
Rev. Greg Schenden, a Catholic chaplain at the
university, the Washington Post reported. A
rabbi and an imam are also on staff at the university
as chaplains. Georgetown has about 300 Hindu students
in undergraduate and graduate schools. Hiring
Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan was based on the youths�
religious growth, Schenden said. �It wasn�t just to
say, �Oh, we got one here,'� he said. �It was, �Oh, we
need one here.'�
(350) The
danger
of the live simulcast by Holly Pivec,
9/20/16
Just say no � to the live simulcast. I imagine it
could be difficult for a church to say no to hosting a
simulcast. Pastors may be pressured by people in their
churches to take part in these live events. Perhaps
pastors know that if they don�t agree to host a
specific simulcast, some of their people will go to
the church down the street that does. But if you�re a
pastor, consider what the Bible has to say about your
role as a shepherd. The job of a shepherd is, among
other things, to protect the flock from harm and to
feed them with nourishing food. You should never feel
compelled to feature unknown teaching. If you do
decide to show a simulcast to your church, you might
want to at least preview the content first and show a
recording of it after it has been broadcast�not live.
It may lose some of the appeal. But you will protect
your flock from potentially harmful teachings.
(351) Pope:
the
�enemy� teaches us "the ecumenism of blood"
at Understand The Times, 10/19/16
Ecumenism is not only the work of theologians,
however important it may be, but it is also the path
of praying for each other, and working together for
those in need. There is also the ecumenism of the
blood that the �enemy" teaches us in which there are
no Catholics, Orthodox or Protestants, but only
Christians, said again Pope Francis before today�s
general audience during a meeting with the secretaries
of �Christian World Communions�, an international
organisation of 19 Christian Churches and communions
with regular meetings.
(352) Pew
Forum
Study: One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in
Interfaith Homes at Lighthouse Trails,
10/29/16
LTRP Note: The Pew Research Center is a liberal
secular think tank. We sometimes post the results of
their studies as they can show the direction that
Americans are going, spiritually. In this particular
study, it states that over one fourth of millennials
are raised in homes where more than one religion is
represented. No wonder this younger generation is so
confused, and more evidence of the coming one-world,
interspiritual religion.
(353) Pope
Francis
Proposes New Beatitude � to See God in Every Person
at Lighthouse Trails, 11/7/16
Four of the �new beatitudes� had to do with forgiving
others, caring about the earth, and helping the poor
and needy. One of them was ecumenical in nature: �
Blessed are those who pray and work for full communion
between Christians [meaning Christians and Catholics],
and the second resonated with earlier comments Pope
Francis has made to indicate that this pope is not
only ecumenical, he is also interspiritual (all paths
lead to God) and panentheistic (God is in all). �
Blessed are those who see God in every person and
strive to make others also discover him.�Francis
(354) In
joint
declaration, Catholics and Lutherans emphasize unity
at Understand the Times, 11/11/16
Comment from UTT: Pope Francis and the Lutheran
Church have mended the division between them that has
lasted for 500 years. All is well, apparently now that
the Jesuit Pope Francis has declared that unity has
been established. The announcement that can be
summarized in the first paragraph of this article
makes it clear. The Protestant Reformation was a
mistake that has take 500 years to overcome.
(355) Rick
Warren
Outdoes King Narcigete Steven Furtick? at
Understand the Times, 11/12/16
Comment from UTT: This article, a commentary, shows
how far Rick Warren will go to modify the Word of God,
to make it the word of man and for the purpose of
leading people down a path of deception. There is no
place in the Bible that would allow someone to
substitute their own name. Adding to the scriptures or
taking away is an abomination.
(356) Interfaith
Leaders
Pledge To Stand By American Muslims, No Matter What
at Understand the Times, 12/1/16
Comment from UTT: American interfaith leaders are
concerned about protecting the Islamic faith, but are
not concerned about the Islamic faith hating non
Muslims so much that they are willing to cut off their
heads. Nor are they concerned about the future of
Israel who has been threatened to be wiped out by
Islamic terrorists.
(357) Albert
Mohler
Gives Air Time to Author of “The Benedict Option�?
(A Monastic/Catholic Promoting Book) by
Cathy Mickel (Author of Spiritual Junk Food: The Dumbing
Down of Christian Youth), 3/17/17
LTRP Note: This is another example of a major
Christian leader laying aside the integrity of
biblical faith and giving credence to the Roman
Catholicism and contemplative mysticism for the sake
of “unity�? and “morality.�? Where is the wisdom in
Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, giving air time to Rod Dreher,
the author of The Benedict Option (a book highlighting
the way of Saint Benedict, Catholic “saint�? and
founder of the monastic Benedictine order)? (Other
evangelical leaders who support the book are Matt
Chandler ...
(358) Attempts
to
Blend Christianity with Other Religions by
Maria Kneas, 3/23/17
Numerous attempts have been made to blend
Christianity with other religions on a world-wide
scale. You can read about them in Carl Teichrib’s
article “Unveiling the Global Interfaith Agenda.�?
There are also other attempts to merge Christianity
with different religions. For example, Chrislam tries
to combine Christianity with Islam. There are people
who call themselves Christian witches (i.e., combining
Christianity with Wicca). There are attempts to mix
Christianity with Hinduism, and with Buddhism, and
with Shamanism. (A shaman is a Native American
medicine man.) Some people claim to be Christian witch
doctors or Christian sorcerers. You can even buy a
book about Christian Voodoo. Nominal Christians are
people who are Christians in name only. They call
themselves Christians, but they really aren’t. They
don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ, they
ignore or deny foundational Christian doctrines, and
they don’t try to live the way God has instructed us
as described in the Bible. Such people can fit in with
other religions. However, born-again Christians aren’t
able to do that because they have God’s Spirit living
inside them Who convicts them of sin and enables them
to trust and obey the Lord. And because God is living
inside them, He gives them the grace and strength to
abide in Him. Simply put, biblical Christianity cannot
mix with other religions.
(359) Fresno,
California
“Church Calendar�? Illustrates Major Paradigm Shift
in “Church in America�? at Lighthouse
Trails, 3/24/17
Purpose Driven, ecumenism, eastern meditation, the
road to Rome, social justice, interspirituality,
Chrislam, Oneness, and the New Age. This is the new
landscape of church in America.
(360) Taizé—A
Community
and Worship: Ecumenical Reconciliation or an
Interfaith Delusion? (Booklet) by Chris
Lawson, 5/20/17
The Taizé movement is affecting millions of young
people! "Over 100,000 young people visit Taizé
Community in France every year. Many of them are from
Christian homes. What's more, an increasing number of
churches are introducing Taizé worship practices in
their church services. Just what exactly is Taizé?
Chris Lawson uncovers the truth about this interfaith
community."
(361) Reformed
Church
Body Signs Declaration on Justification to 'Overcome
Divisions' With Catholic Church at
Understand the Times, 7/21/17
Comment from UTT: The move towards an ecumenical
unity with Rome by denominations that were once part
of the Reformation is now almost been accomplished.
For a Protestant leader to say that there is no
difference between what the Roman Catholic Church
teaches about salvation and what the Bible teaches is
totally absurd. Certainly this is a clear sign of the
great falling away that the Bible warns about.
(362) RNS:
UK’s
Biggest Christian Festival to Showcase Islam
by Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service, 8/27/17
LONDON (RNS) — Greenbelt, the biggest Christian
festival in the United Kingdom, will feature Muslim
worship for the first time this year. The decision by
organizers of the annual festival — which began more
than 40 years ago as a gathering that drew about 1,500
young people — has stirred some controversy, according
to organizers.
(363) “Rick
Warren,
Calif. Bishop Hail Unity as Model for Evangelicals
and Catholics to Follow�? by Stoyan Zaimov,
The Christian Post, 9/21/17
The following is posted for informational and
research purposes and not as an endorsement of the
source or the content. “[Rick] Warren noted that union
between the two traditions [Catholic and Protestant]
can open the eyes of nonbelievers as well.�? “A Pew
Research Center survey, released last month during the
500th anniversary year of the Reformation, showed that
Catholics and Protestants today are not as divided on
theological issues as they were centuries ago.�?
(364) The
Trojan Horse of Interfaith Dialogue (MP3) by
Crosstalk, Host: Dalton Windsor, Guest: Shahram Hadian,
10/18/17
Today's Crosstalk is a special broadcast of the
September 2017 VCY Rally held in southeast Wisconsin.
The featured speaker was Shahram Hadien. His
presentation: The Trojan Horse of Interfaith Dialogue.
Shahram was born in Iran and raised Muslim. More
importantly, Shahram was born again after hearing the
gospel of Jesus Christ and receiving Jesus as His
Savior and Lord. Shahram is a pastor, a former police
officer, a teacher, coach, and now as the founder of
the Truth in Love Project (T.I.L. for short) he
travels extensively contending for the faith that
saves and exposing the dangers of blending
Christianity with Islam. While time does not allow
Crosstalk to air the entire presentation, we do
encourage everyone to obtain the DVD which covers the
entire evening and features all of the power point
teachings. Shahram starts by detailing his list
of resources for the presentation, beginning with the
Holy Bible (also listing the Koran, and other named
works). Shahram contends that the idea of "Chrislam"
(blending of Christianity & Islam) is sneaking
into America's churches and many are not even batting
an eye - regardless of what Scriptures warn. He says
that Muslims are attempting to "convert us"
(Christians). Shahram explains what he sees as the
"three false claims of the interfaith ecumenical
movement." Of these, he explains how Christians are
being "told" there is a "common word between the bible
and the Koran." He also says more and more churches in
America are being deceived by "evangelical leaders"
who have actually signed onto a so called "Common
Word" document. Over the course of the evening,
Shahram refutes those who refute him for taking things
(in their view) too far - and shares video which backs
up his claims that even elders "in churches" are
setting down with Muslim Imams to find common ground
(the audience reaction to this is quite chilling).
Shahram shares several more verses from the bible and
along with them, how implementing them will bring
change. He also makes a strong point that because
Christians are so far away from the Scriptures today,
if we will go back to teaching about our Creator God,
the next generation would no longer have to be
confused about their "sexuality or orientation" saying
it "would go away because we would understand Who God
is and how He created us." He ends with testimony and
proper ways to reach Muslims with the Gospel that
saves, as well as an exhortation to pray for Israel
and the Church; the Church that is determined to
fulfill Jesus' great commission.
(365) Catholics,
Lutherans
look toward Christian unity in Reformation statement
at Understand the Times, 11/3/17
Comment from UTT: The Lutheran church draws closer
and closer to full communion with the Roman Catholic
Church. The road to Rome continues to be traveled by
willing leaders who are being driven by the ecumenical
movement that eventually unites all denominations and
all religions.
(366) The
Conversion
of Protestants to Catholicism Through the Eucharist
by Roger Oakland, 11/30/17
More and more Protestants are testifying they are
being drawn to the Catholic Church, especially through
the Eucharist. Some say they have encountered the
presence of Christ in a new and exciting way. One such
person is Presbyterian pastor Steven Muse. Muse is one
of the contributing authors of Mary the Mother of All:
Protestant Perspectives and Experiences of Medjugorje.
According to Muse, his visit to Medjugorje was life
changing, especially after he encountered the
Eucharistic Christ.
(367) DIAPRAXING
WITH
GOD: STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO BE A PART OF A "GLOBAL
CITIZENRY": Sixth–Grade Homework Assignment Claims
The World’s 3 Largest World Religions Have The Same
God by Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis, 1/13/18
Sixth graders were recently handed an essay written
by a history of religion professor who states that the
3 major religions "believe in the same God." He
claimed the God of the Old Testament "can be both good
and evil" and the 3 world religions and their
disagreements have led to "violence and hatred," among
other controversial claims. Jeanette Ward, who sits on
the school board in School District U–46 in Elgin,
Illinois, described her own daughter’s sixth–grade
homework assignment about the world’s 3 largest world
religions. The article is "utterly incorrect and false
on many levels," Mrs Ward posted on Facebook. She went
on to write that she had voted against using such
curriculum in classrooms and also stated that her
daughter would not be required to complete the
assignment. Since Mrs Ward’s election in 2015, she has
become a right–wing burden to the left–wing school
district, where an English teacher proclaimed last
year at a school board meeting that students are
learning to be part of a "global citizenry." Back in
October 2016 parents complained about a transgender
policy in school locker rooms. The school district’s
CEO claimed that parents don’t need to be informed if
their teenage girls share a locker room with the
opposite sex. Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family
Institute says the so–called "faith leaders" who
complained about Mrs Ward represent left–wing
"apostate denominations" that have abandoned
traditional Christian orthodoxy in favor of
progressive views. While it’s no surprise that those
church leaders objected to Mrs Ward’s objection. Ms
Higgins asked where are the local, traditional pastors
who should be defending Mrs Ward from the left–wing
attacks. "Why didn’t 20 (conservative) religious
leaders from the community, write a letter saying they
objected to the misrepresentation of Christianity in
this article that sixth graders were studying?"
(368) Pope
to
Ecumenical Group: ‘By His Grace, May We Christians
Be Instruments of His Peace’ at Understand
the Times, 1/31/18
Comment from UTT: Pope Francis continues to work for
an ecumenical unity with Lutherans by proposing a term
called the "nature of the church." This means that
issues that brought about the Reformation five hundred
years ago must be set aside for a reunification Rome
that the Pope will accept.
(369) London
Closes
500 Churches; Opens 423 New Mosques at
Understand the Times, 3/14/18
Comment from UTT: Read the following article which
describes the demise of Christianity in the UK while
at the same time the Islamic religion flourishes. Note
the following statement from the article: "Given the
current trends, Christianity in England is becoming a
relic, while Islam will be the religion of the
future."
(370) Katy
Perry
Invited to Speak About Transcendental Meditation at
Vatican Conference Along with Other Meditation
Teachers at Lighthouse Trails, 5/12/18
LTRP Note: The following is posted for
informational and research purposes and not as
an endorsement of the source or the content. It is not
surprising to Lighthouse Trails that the Pope would be
drawn to those who teach meditation as he is a
contemplative advocate and told the U.S. Congress he
considers Thomas Merton a highly significant figure in
bringing about world peace (source). But with the
Vatican and the Pope openly welcoming Perry and other
meditation proponents to the recent “Unite to Cure:
How Science, Technology and the 21st Century Will
Impact Culture and Society�? conference, it certainly
sends out a strong message to Catholics and others
that meditation plays a major role in solving the
world’s problems. Dr. Mehmet Oz (one of Rick Warren’s
meditation advisors) and Deepak Chopra were also
speaking at the Vatican event.
(371) Letter
to the Editor: Having Discernment – Both a Blessing
and a “Curse�? by MS, 12/4/18
I have come to realize that discernment is a gift
like no other. It is a blessing and a “curse�? at the
same time. A blessing because it provides a person
with insight that allows them to take precautions so
as to not be led astray by wolves and/or blind
leaders. On the other hand it is “curse�? because it
is often met at the door by the pride of other
believers. Case in point, if a discerning Christian
tells another believer that it is troubling to see men
like Charles Stanley and John MacArthur share a
platform at Proclaim 19 with people like Rick Warren,
then he/she is quite often labeled undiscerning or
divisive. After all, most believers do not want to
think that their spiritual heroes could be wolves in
sheep’s clothing and that their own levels of
discernment may be lacking.
(372) Greg
Laurie & Christian Family Fellowship by
James Kieferdorf, 12/18/18
Sadly, again, I see that Greg Laurie's Harvest
Crusade, 2018, has Christian Family Fellowship as a
ministry-sponsor. CFF is lumped in with 70 or so
Calvary Chapels, (See Below). CFF has a slick site,
(See Below) Only problem, is that CCF is a
anti-Trinitarian cult. Denying the deity of Christ and
other Biblical teachings. They are one of many
off-shoots of The Way International, whose founder was
no friend of the Christian faith as is evident from
his book, "Jesus Christ Is Not God' Many have been
deceived/duped by CFF, because they use Evangelical
vocabulary, and talk about Jesus...... Their Jesus is
not God.
(373) The
Pope & Grand Imam Sign Interfaith Pledge of
Fraternity at Emirates Post, 2/9/19
It is called Interfaith. This time the heads of Roman
Catholicism and Sunni Islam signed a covenant called
“Document on Human Fraternity.” The language used is
overtly religious. But what religion is it? It is so
obvious that most people will overlook it. It is the
Religion of Progressivism. Look at the terms being
used. Is this descriptive of Roman Catholicism? Is it
expressive of Sunni Islam? No and no! But all of the
keywords of Progressivism are being used, as in the
quotes below:
(374) “The
Kingdom of God on Earth” Without a King by
Roger Oakland, 10/18/19
A cleverly devised plan is underway declaring the
Reformation is over. The “Holy Spirit” is supposedly
uniting the church for a mighty revival before Jesus
returns. Ecumenical madness is spreading like a virus.
Few pastors take the time to listen carefully to what
the present pope himself is saying. He is all for
unity with anyone and everyone who will join with
Rome. This is what the Jesuit agenda is all about, to
unite all people and all religions under the authority
of Rome. And for the first time in history, the Roman
Catholic Church has a Jesuit pope! When you consider
that the first Jesuits five hundred years ago were
commissioned by the pope to do whatever it takes to
bring an end to the Reformation and then consider the
efforts being made today by the papacy and some
Protestants (such as the late Tony Palmer) to end the
Reformation, it’s a chilling scenario.
(375) World
Leader of Salvation Army Meets With Pope
Francis/Vatican to Discuss Ecumenical Plans
at Lighthouse Trails, 12/2/19
According to a November 2019 posting on the Salvation
Army website titled, “World Leader of The Salvation
Army General Brian Peddle meets His Holiness Pope
Francis,” it appears that the Salvation Army is part
of the growing ranks of evangelical organizations in
the race toward unity at all costs.
(376) Earth Day and a
Christian Perspective on the Environment
by Roger Oakland, 4/24/20
While it may seem odd
to some that Islam and Roman Catholicism are joining
hands, it is becoming more and more acceptable to the
millennial generation who have been taught that
texting is better than talking and reading. They have
also been taught that there is no right or wrong and
that Christianity and Islam or any other religion
belong in the same camp. Even the gods of the pagans
qualify for the new spirituality within the boundary
of what is called modern-day Christianity.
(377) Ecumenical
Prayers Vs. Preaching the Gospel by Dave
Hunt, 5/1/21
Prayer breakfasts often promote the appealing lie that
God will bless the plans of anyone who calls upon Him
to do so. Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and atheists are
all welcomed and nothing must be said at such
ecumenical gatherings that might offend those of
“other faiths.” Therefore, speakers generally offer
the same self-centered gospel which is being preached
from many pulpits today—a gospel which leads the
hearers to imagine that sin is not our problem, we
just have messed-up lives which God is eager to mend.
This “God’s” sole purpose is to make us happy and
successful. The “converts” of such endeavors are
excited that by their “decision for Christ,” God is
now on their side and will bless their lives. God’s
justice, integrity, honor and glory have no part in
this humanistic “Christianity.” One is given the
distinct impression that God is just as eager to bless
Caesar if we but ask.
(378) The
New Evangelical False Gospel Of Unity by
Marsha West, CRN, 5/26/21
“Jesus came not to bring peace, but a sword (Matthew
10:34). He did not come to tell everyone that they
could believe what they want to believe, worship
whatever idols they want to worship and seek whatever
God they want to seek.” There tends to be a great
amount of resentment towards discerning believers who
are quick to confront other Christians who are in sin
or even false believers who are masquerading as
Christians. The argument is that it distracts from the
love of Jesus and unity among the brethren. Titus
3:10-11 is possibly one of the most twisted passages
of Scripture used against discerning believers.
(379) The
New Evangelical False Gospel Of Unity at
CRN, 6/1/21
“Many of these Pagans masquerade as true believers;
they speak Christian language and affirming certain
Christian orthodoxies (2 Corinthians 11:13). Many
charismatics such as the New Apostolic Reformation,
Roman Catholics, and religious cults fall into this
category. On the surface, they look like Christians.
They hold to some Christian morals and values. They
have a form of godliness, but deny its power (2
Timothy 3:5). When you truly examine their beliefs,
you see that they have abandoned the truth and hold to
damning doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1).” There
tends to be a great amount of resentment towards
discerning believers who are quick to confront other
Christians who are in sin or even false believers who
are masquerading as Christians….
(380) Former
Mormon Distressed About Promotion Of “The Chosen” By
Prominent Figures Jack Hibbs and Kirk Cameron
at Lighthouse Trails, 1/8/22
I did enough research to discover that the production
is an ecumenical venture to include: an evangelical
producer, Mormon supporters, and funding through
different faiths and backgrounds. This was the
information I needed to make a decision.
Consequently, based on 2 Corinthians 6:14-17, I cannot
encourage others to watch The Chosen.
(381) Global
Church Network, aka Billion Soul Network by
Cedric Fisher, 3/13/22
LTRJ Note: The following is a follow-up by Cedric
Fisher regarding the Global Church Network (GCN). As
Fisher reported last month, GCN appears to be a “New
Age Path to ‘Back-door’ Ecumenism”; and while the
organization leadership boasts of popular
“conservative” Christian leaders such as Robert
Jeffress, Gary Smalley, and H.B. London (of Focus on
the Family), it also includes New Age sympathizers
such as Roma Downey and Leonard Sweet and numerous
emergent-type figures. (see Cedric Fisher’s recent
article on Leonard Sweet and his role at GCN)
Basically, what is taking place at GCN (and in so much
of Christianity today) is a blending together of truth
and error. Such a blending is a tactic of our
adversary which ultimately leads to a denial and
disintegration of truth. In contrast, God’s Word does
not blend truth and error but rather identifies each
and separates and distinguishes them. We could provide
countless examples of where this dangerous blending is
taking place today. The Chosen series is one example
where millions of people are being drawn into its
syncretism of truth and error. Creators of The Chosen
admit that only 5% of their creation is actually from
the Bible, but they are seeking to convince multitudes
of Christians that it’s OK to mix truth and fiction
(error). But the Bible is clear on that score – it is
anything but OK. Yet, with popular leaders such as
Greg Laurie, Jack Hibbs, and Kirk Cameron promoting
The Chosen, it is hard to convince undiscerning
Christians of the serious problem.
(382) David
Platt Joins Rank Heretics For Conference That
Promotes A False Gospel by the Dissenter,
11/10/22
“The IF:Gathering conference has been a blemish on the
Evangelical Church since it started in 2014 hosting
people from nearly every aberrant theological sect of
Christendom while avoiding any actual gospel content.
The annual conference exists to advance the “woke
church” movement, the Prosperity Gospel, and
charismatic charlatanry into mainstream Evangelicalism
and includes speakers ranging on the spectrum from
extremely troubling views to rank heretics.” David
Platt has sadly been on a downhill trajectory in
recent years ever since he left Brook Hills Church and
became intertwined with the elite folk of mainstream
Evangelicalism. The status quo of Evangelicalism have
no real standards of doctrinal fidelity and they don’t
really care if those people that they lend credence to
preach a false gospel or not.
(383) Catholic
Cardinal Opens ‘Abrahamic Family House’ With Muslims
Praying Prayers Denouncing Jews And Christians
by Robert Spencer – PJ Media, 2/27/23
If you’re a pious Muslim who prays the five requisite
daily prayers of Islam, you will recite the Fatiha
seventeen times in the course of those prayers. The
final two verses of the Fatiha ask Allah: “Guide us to
the straight path, the path of those whom you have
favored [Islam], not of those who have earned your
anger, or of those who have gone astray.” Cardinal
Michael Fitzgerald, the Roman Catholic Church’s
apostolic nuncio emeritus to Egypt and apostolic
delegate emeritus to the Arab League, as well as a
past president of the Pontifical Council for
Irreligious, er, that is, Interreligious Dialogue, on
Sunday represented Pope Francis at the first prayer
service in St. Francis of Assisi Church in Abu Dhabi,
which is part of the new Abrahamic Family House, an
interfaith shrine that comprises not just a church,
but also a synagogue and a mosque. What could possibly
go wrong? Plenty.
(384) Nick
Hall and ‘the Pulse’ by Mike Oppenheimer,
3/28/23
Nick Hall is part and partner with the many global
gatherings whose mission is to forge Unity. That is
the goal that Hall has embedded Pulse into nearly all
of the major Christian music festivals, which have
signed on to start talking more about UNITY. He
started Pulse in 2006 and he is claiming since then 2
million salvations and millions more exposed to Jesus.
What I can’t seem to find is a video of Hall speaking
the gospel which should be abundant; maybe you can
help. He talks about the gospel, saying the word, but
he does not give the gospel in the messages I have
watched. Hall states, “I believe that God is looking
to activate all of us, everyday believers, to share
the gospel now." What is the gospel that saves? Jesus
demonstrated his love for us by he being God, came to
earth and was born a man, being both God and man, paid
for our sin as he willingly laid his life down (at
Passover as the lamb of God), to keep us from the
judgment of our sin, so that we could be in fellowship
with God today and be with him for eternity. And most
importantly that He (Jesus) physically resurrected in
the same body on the third day (1 Cor.15:1-4) and is
alive and glorified sitting at the right hand of the
Father in heaven (the resurrection is an essential to
the message.) Is this what we are hearing as the
gospel? Talking about Jesus is not the gospel! It’s
good to share about Jesus but one must be able to give
the gospel, for one to receive salvation.
(385) Five
Observations Of Modern Church Liberal Drift And
Apostasy at The Dissenter, 4/12/23
Believers in Christ’s atonement are now in
declared religious union with those who make light of
it; believers in Holy Scripture are in confederacy
with those who deny plenary inspiration; those who
hold evangelical doctrine are in open alliance with
those who call the fall a fable, who deny the
personality of the Holy Ghost, who call justification
by faith immoral, and hold that there is another
probation after death, and a future restitution for
the lost. Yes, we have before us the wretched
spectacle of professedly orthodox Christians publicly
avowing their union with those who deny the faith, and
scarcely concealing their contempt for those who
cannot be guilty of such gross disloyalty to Christ.
—Charles Spurgeon
(386) Nick
Hall and ‘the Pulse’ by Mike Oppenheimer,
5/15/23
Nick Hall is part and partner with the many global
gatherings whose mission is to forge Unity. That is
the goal that Hall has embedded Pulse into nearly all
of the major Christian music festivals, which have
signed on to start talking more about UNITY. But this
is not Biblical unity! He started Pulse in 2006 and he
is claiming since then 2 million salvations and
millions more exposed to Jesus. What I can’t seem to
find is a video of Hall speaking the gospel which
should be abundant; maybe you can help. He talks about
the gospel, saying the word, but he does not give the
gospel in the messages I have watched. Hall states, “I
believe that God is looking to activate all of us,
everyday believers, to share the gospel now." What is
the gospel that saves? Jesus demonstrated his love for
us by he being God, came to earth and was born a man,
being both God and man, paid for our sin as he
willingly laid his life down (at Passover as the lamb
of God), to keep us from the judgment of our sin, so
that we could be in fellowship with God today and be
with him for eternity. And most importantly that He
(Jesus) physically resurrected in the same body on the
third day (1 Cor.15:1-4) and is alive and glorified
sitting at the right hand of the Father in heaven (the
resurrection is an essential to the message.) Is this
what we are hearing as the gospel? Talking about Jesus
is not the gospel! It’s good to share about Jesus but
one must be able to give the gospel, for one to
receive salvation.
(387) Matt
Chandler And Other Southern Baptist Leaders Have
Enabled And Empowered Islamic Radicals by
The Dissenter, 10/18/23
“The article from Matt Chandler’s church promotes an
approach towards Muslims that, while claiming to be
grounded in Christian love and openness, is nothing
more than an act of submission to radical Islam. It
stresses entering into relationships with Muslims with
a level of deference that stifles the Christian
message…” Remember several years ago when concerns
were raised about how evangelical leaders,
particularly those associated with ACTS 29 and The
Village Church, were enabling radical Islamic groups?
There has been a growing trend of interfaith dialogues
facilitated by influential evangelical pastors like
Matt Chandler.
(388) How
The Lausanne Movement Is Hijacking Christianity To
Jumpstart A Global Marxist Revolution by The
Dissenter, 11/14/23
“What, or who, are the connecting dots between
Lausanne and the World Economic Forum? Prominent
Evangelical figures such as the late Tim Keller, David
Platt, and J.D. Greear are linked to the World
Economic Forum (WEF) through their promotion of “Faith
Driven Investing,” which aligns with the investment
strategies of BlackRock, a firm deeply embedded in
WEF’s “Great Reset” initiative….” The Lausanne
Movement, established in 1974 following the Lausanne
Congress on World Evangelization, initiated by Billy
Graham and other Christian leaders, is an
international network of globalist evangelical leaders
who purport to be focused on fulfilling the Great
Commission—the Christian mandate to evangelize and
make disciples of all nations. The movement emphasizes
ecumenical cooperation across denominational lines and
has a strong focus on global issues such as poverty,
justice, and environmental stewardship.
(389) Warning:
Jenny Allen’s “Gather 25″—Another Effort for “UNITY”
Outside the Confines of Truth at Lighthouse
Trails, 4/6/24
Recently, a Lighthouse Trails reader contacted us,
concerned that his church is going to be using a book
by IF:Gathering founder Jenny Allen. Lighthouse Trails
posted a number of articles about IF: Gathering in the
past because of its strong emergent influences. Today,
Jenny Allen is still involved in bringing dangerous
teachings to the church.
(390) Ecumenical
Vs. Evangelical by Mike Riccardi – The
Cripplegate, 4/28/24
“In 1908, more than 30 denominations representing over
18 million American Protestants set their doctrinal
differences aside and met in Philadelphia at what is
called the Federal Council of Churches. Their great
concern was not the Gospel, but how to address the
social issues of the day: race relations,
international justice, reducing armaments, education,
and regulating the consumption of alcohol. This was
the beginning of the modern ecumenical movement.” One
of the most devastating attacks on the life and health
of the church throughout all of church history has
been what is known as the ecumenical movement—the
downplaying of doctrine in order to foster partnership
in ministry between (a) genuine Christians and (b)
people who were willing to call themselves Christians
but who rejected fundamental Christian doctrines.
(391) A.I.
Event Seeks To Connect ‘2.5 Billion Christians’ In
Simultaneous Worldwide Prayer And Worship by
CRN, 6/3/24
“The [ecumenical] event is being sponsored by Barna,
Radical, Global Advance, CRU, Luis Palau, Jesus Film
Project, Alpha, World Evangelical Alliance, RightNow
Media, If: Gathering, Bible Project, Arise Asia,
Global 2033, Revive Europe Movement, and Messenger
International.” Gather25 is inviting all the
Christians of the world, every denomination living on
every continent, for a 25-hour event of simultaneous
worship and prayer that will harness the power of
Artificial Intelligence to ensure it is seen and heard
in every tongue and language.
(392) The
Silence of the Lambs: What unity is this? by
Mike Oppenheimer, 8/7/24
Uniting with those who have another gospel, another
Jesus hurts the cause of Christ in so many ways, it
does not in anyway further Christ’s influence. So many
who the name of Christ are seen on stage at events
with new agers and cult preachers and with many others
with those who hold to another gospel. This is hard to
accept that we are at this latter phase in the
apostasy, but it is, and it will only get worse. In
fact it may turn on us as if we are the ones who are
heretics. Let me explain: What You will find that
nearly every false teacher has their statement of
faith on paper correct on the nature of God. But in
practice it is the opposite. It becomes obvious that
if you use the Holy Spirit as a force (as the Latter
Rain and certain Charismatic's do, he can’t be God),
because you control him, He does not control you.
(393) Lausanne
2024 And The Evangelical Compromise On Same-Sex
Attraction by The Dissenter, 10/3/234
“Lausanne’s statement certainly appears to be a
deliberate attempt to undermine the biblical view of
sexuality. When did we start confusing love with the
affirmation of sin?” The Lausanne Movement, founded in
1974, presents itself as a global evangelical network
aimed at fulfilling the Great Commission. However, it
has since evolved into a platform for globalist
ideologies, aligning closely with organizations like
the World Economic Forum. Prominent evangelical
leaders within Lausanne, including false teachers such
as Tim Keller, David Platt, and Rick Warren, push for
social justice, wealth redistribution, and
environmental activism.
(394) Rick
Warren Goes on Catholic TV to Call for Unity Between
Catholics and Christians by The Dissenter,
6/11/25
(Rick) Warren then goes on to argue that even though
Protestants and Catholics will never be united on
doctrine, they are still brothers and sisters in
Christ and should pray together, fellowship together,
and join hands together in unity. But what Warren,
like so many of his empty-minded kind fail to
understand, is that while Catholics may say they
believe in these things, in practice and in
definition, they are completely different. Catholics
may say they believe Christ died on the cross for our
sins, but to them, that simply means that Christ made
it possible for them to earn their salvation through
good works—something the Scriptures clearly teach is a
damnable belief.
(395) All
Ecumenical Roads Lead To Rome by Al Dagar,
7/15/25
As recently as twenty years ago it would have been
unthinkable that the vast majority of evangelical
leaders would openly espouse unity with the papacy.
Today, under the excuse that Christianity must work to
evangelize the world in order to eradicate evil and
institute a moral and just society, sound doctrine is
taking a back seat to political and social action.
This has led to reticence within evangelical
Christianity to separate from unrighteousness of the
most deceptive kind. It is now not only fashionable,
but desirable, that Christians of every persuasion
work hand-in-hand with Roman Catholicism and even, in
some cases, Mormonism, in order to accomplish what is
perceived as a mandate from God to institute godliness
within society. This report exposes the selling out of
the Faith for moral expediency.
(396) The
Church’s Open Border Crisis by The
Dissenter, 8/18/25
I’ve always said a nation without borders isn’t a
nation, it’s a yard sale. Anyone can stroll in, grab
what they want, and stroll back out. Hang all the
flags you want, blast the national anthem on repeat,
but if the gates are open and there’s no one at the
checkpoint, it’s not your country anymore—it’s a
tourist destination for opportunists. And what baffles
me is how many professing Christians understand this
from a political perspective, but go full open-borders
activist when it comes to the Church and defining her
doctrinal borders.
Jack Van Impe
(1) Van
Impe
Accused Of Bias by MKG, Personal Freedom
Outreach, 1997
"During the past few years, Van Impe and his ministry
have become widely ecumenical and has openly
patronized Roman Catholicism. Van Impe has said, �I
have read the entire new catechism, 2800 points. And I
know what they believe and we misrepresent them so
often. I was one of those bigots who used to do it.
And the Spirit spoke to me.�
(2) Jack
&
Rexella Van Impe - Views by Bob Hunter, The
Contenders, 2000
A number of Van Impe's views on such
subjects as: Y2K, and Anti-Christ and
Nostradamus, Holy Spirit Warned Him About Y2K
and the Anti-Christ, Jesus to Return 2001-2012,
Roman Catholicism, Unity, the Pope and Endtimes.
(3) Jack
Van
Impe - Master
Of
Memory; Minister Of Compromise by Dr. Ken
Johnson, 1995 - "Without
a doubt there is no Biblical reason to hold
hands with the likes of those (such as the Roman
Catholic Church) who deny the Word of God and
the way of salvation through Christ. This video
is closed with Rexella Van Impe saying, "Unity
among believers comes from our union with
Christ. Let us love one another if we love
Him."31 Unity of believers is based on doctrine
that is taught in the Word of God; II John 9-11
and many other verses declare this simple plain
thrust of the Scriptures."
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NEW BOOK!
Reverse Paradigm Shift
by Sandy Simpson
We live in a
topsy-turvy world of opposing ideas. It is
easy to get lost and overwhelmed. We as
Christians often don’t realize how much we have
been diapraxed by the world, the flesh and the
devil. Our
paradigm has been altered to such a degree that,
without the solid foundation of Scripture, we
are often set adrift without the anchor God has
provided us.
Our paradigm is our worldview, our
understanding of reality. Without
the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the written
eternal Word, we really have no hope of
understanding reality, our cultures, or our
lives. I
have written this book to clue the reader into
some of the issues that surround the modern
born-again believer and how to reverse the shift
that has exponentially changed our perspective
in some cases.
Fortunately, in the foreknowledge of our
Lord, He provided us with a roadmap to navigate
our fallen world.
We don’t need a new map, as Emergent
Church advocates claim. We
need the tried and true map of the ages. There
is “nothing new under the sun”. There
have always been false prophets and false
teachers who are there by the will of the enemy
to mislead and ultimately destroy the faith of
many. We
are clearly living in the Apostasy foretold in
the Bible that has been growing preceding the
appearance of the Antichrist. We
need to carefully test ourselves to be sure we
are in the Faith, and then hold on to the hope
we have in Christ.
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