Random Apostasies and Heresies

I’m still collecting way too many things to alert believers to!  It’s a very spiritually dangerous world out there with all the false teachings.  

Too many compromising teachers will tell us that we just need unity - disregard all that “unloving doctrinal stuff”; just seek unity with other believers!  What if the other believers aren’t really believers?  What if the other believers are following spiritually dangerous leaders?  Ken Sliva reminds us that unity for the sake of unity is very dangerous indeed.

I learned something new about Roman Catholicism this past week.  Did you know they treat the pope as a virtual god when they bury him?  Just another example of the false teachings found in the Roman Catholic organization.

Radio Bible Class is going contemplative.  This has been happening gradually, but it just shows that more and more teachers and organizations are jumping on the contemplative bandwagon.  Even Kay Arthur is now hobnobbing with the contemplative/emergent crowd.  The Bible just isn’t enough any more.

Goatherd Jay Bakker has been a false teacher from the “git-go” with his pro-homosexual and emergent teachings, but now he’s even denying the Atonement.  Just another example of the truth stated in 2 Timothy 4:3.

Joel Osteen is still avoiding any mention of sin in his teaching.  What can you expect from a motivational speaker pretending to be a pastor?  After all, if he started teaching about sin, he might end up wit a church the size of a house, and where would he get all his money?!?!

More on Rachel Held Evans, the false teacher who is becoming popular among the “Christian” left.

“The Bible doesn’t give us a blueprint,” said Rachel Held Evans to a group of about sixty students and adults gathered in a classroom at the College of William and Mary Sunday, February 10th. “Instead, the Bible gives us history and traditions, and stories and proverbs and poetry, well mostly stories. And stories don’t fit very well into a blueprint,” she explained. “The fact that it’s not a blueprint; that’s what brings us into community with one another.”

Of course the way she understands the Bible was played out in her book, demonstrating she has absolutely NO clue as to what the Bible actually has in it, or even what any of it means.

I have previously posted about problems with Bill Johnson’s church and the false teachings found there, including Johnson’s own bizarre and unbiblical ideas.  Well, now we have James MacDonald’s Walk in the Word quoting Bill favorably!  Does this mean MacDonald approves of him?  MacDonald has previously given approval to T.D. Jakes, so I have to wonder.

A major problem with the Church today is that so many assemblies seek to be “relevant” to the culture, as if the Bible and the Christian faith aren’t relevant already.  And this is why we have all the seeker-sensitive and market-driven mega-churches which focus on entertainment and programs to attract “customers.”  But should we really be trying to suit the culture?  Mormonism Research Ministry posted an excellent article on the subject, opening with a story about a horrendous activity of Episcopal priests (no surprise there).

Random Apostasies and Heresies

I was surprised by how many e-mails and comments I received when I discussed the probability of eliminating my “Random” posts as a regular posting; many said it was one of their favorite articles!  Well, I don’t know how regular I can keep doing them, but I guess I won’t totally discontinue them.  This past week has been one of those times when I read much that needed sharing with as many people as possible, so as to protect the flock from deception.  And I didn’t have time to finish my next episode on the book I’m reviewing.

Let me start with a report about how Radio Bible Class has been promoting the writings of Philip Yancey.  If you don’t know about the problems with Yancey, I recommend you read the article I wrote about him a bit over a year ago.  If you don’t want to take the time to read that article, I summed it up as follows:

My case against Philip Yancey has demonstrated him to be a follower and promoter of New Age mysticism in its many permutations, a teacher of unbiblical secular psychological theories, a teacher of varieties of ecumenicism; that he often fails to base his beliefs and teachings on the clear Word of God, that he defends homosexuality, approves of the Emergent movement, and has demonstrated ignorance of the Islamic faith.  To top it all off, he rejects correction, denigrating those who would dare point out error.

RBC has been using Yancey’s writings for over four years now.  As Lighthouse Trails reminds us, now that RBC’s founder has gone, we need to realize that there is a whole new generation running the organization which “negates the guarantee that the ministry will be run with the same biblical integrity.”  Lighthouse trails then posted a rebuttal from RBC, followed-up by more examination and their response to RBC.

There’s been quite a stir about Andy Stanley’s comment about President Obama being “the Pastor in Chief.”  Andy has an explanation, but I don’t buy it.  Just because Obama showed some sort of compassion, that doesn’t make him even close to being a pastor.  Barak Obama has demonstrated that he is pretty much anti-Christ: he is the most pro-abortion president in history, he endorses and promotes the homosexual agenda, and has no compunction about violating the rights of Christians.  To even mention the word “Pastor” in the same breath as “Obama” is disgraceful.

The Bible makes it plain that Christians should not sue each other (1 Cor. 6:1-8), yet Jonathan Cahn has decided to sue David James for quoting too much of Cahn’s book in Jame’s book exposing the false teachings of Cahn.  Apparently, false teachers just can’t  accept exposure of their false teachings!

Speaking of false teachers, Jay Bakker (son of Jimmy and Tammy Bakker) is still preaching pro-homosexual theology.  He claims that evangelical pastors don’t endorse homosexuality only because they fear losing money, power and acceptance.  I hate to be the one to break Jay’s bubble, but REAL Christians don’t endorse homosexuality because God calls it an abomination!

So, we know Roman Catholicism is not a Christian organization, and yet ecumenicism is rearing its ugly head again and again as many protestant teachers, as well as denominations, are joining up with Rome in many venues.  Now we have some churches who have signed an agreement with Rome to honor each others’ baptisms.  with some of these denominations, it is no surprise that they would compromise, but what is odd is that Rome would accept such apostate denominations in said agreement!   I don’t know anything about the Reformed Church in America other than with a name like that it is probably Calvinist, but I do know about the PCUSA, and UCC as apostate denominations and yet Rome signs with them?!?

Rick Warren is showing more and more of his ecumenical colors as he butters up to the Roman Catholic Church.  Romanism is nothing but apostasy and heresy, and yet Warren sees nothing wrong with joining up with them in Christian endeavors.  Additionally, he will be having a Cardinal speaking at Saddleback!  Well, I guess this shouldn’t be surprising, since he previously had a Muslim Imam speaking there!  I guess he never read 2 John 9-11.

There are more problems with Warren this week (as if there aren’t enough problems with him as a teacher as it is) as we learn that he thinks we need to build “bridges of friendship and love” so Jesus will be able to walk across.

Perry Noble showed up on a blog this week, in reference to an Easter service which opened with Highway to Hell.  If you’re not familiar with this song, just look for it on Google.  The article examining this topic demonstrates conclusively that Noble is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.  (Some of the comments on this post excusing Noble just show the damage sheep have already suffered at his “church.”   Of course Perry’s church is just one of many in this article which also panders to the idolatry of football, changing the church schedule so his followers can have the Super Bowl as their priority.

Old Joyce Meyer stuff continues to prove that she is not a teacher anyone should be listening to.  Check out her self-esteem philosophy and some other heresies over the years.

Lastly, an article worth pondering is about why so much garbage is showing up in our churches today - “because there is no fear of God in the church!”