Things to Think About!

False teacher Tim Keller has died. I’ve reported on his false teachings many times.

Evangelicals and Progressives: The Great Divide

You Shall Know Them by Their Fruits…

Here is another excellent article addressing the issue of How Should Christians View Transgender Day of Visibility?

Why I no longer use Transgender Pronouns—and Why You shouldn’t, either.

God bless Ken Ham for rebuking Andy Stanley.  Ray Comfort has a good 9-minute+ video explaining the issue.  This shows just how corrupt are Stanley and those who support him.

The Troubling Trend of False Teaching in the Church. Excellent video of a class which took place in a recent conference.

How Bethel and Hillsong Took Over Our Worship Sets. Don’t use anything from these apostate and often heretical groups.  If you do, you are helping to finance them.

Fire baptism? NO SUCH THING.

Allen Parr is a new one to me, but he’s a dangerous WOLF.

Lauren Daigle, false believer.

The Passion “translation” of the Bible is pure garbage.

Another example of the unbiblical/unChristian ideology of The Chosen: Supporting the whole “gay” agenda. More.  And a wee bit more.  Finally, there’s this one; if you haven’t stopped watching The Chosen due to unbiblical theology, then you need to stop watching it because it supports the LGBTQ agenda.

But…there are gay penguins, right?

Odds and Ends

With this post I start with some good information and then develop into the theme of false teachers, including warnings about not following them. So let’s get started.

Is Progressive Christianity Christian?

Theistic evolution and the doctrine of death. Fairly long article but well worth reading to learn how theistic evolution can’t stand up to the facts of death in the Bible.

How about using apologetics in sermons?

The Fleeting Pleasures of Sin.

Biden and the Bishops: Communion and the Care of a Soul. I disagree with a lot of Roman Catholic Doctrines but in this case they are WRONG to not excommunicate politicians who violate Christian teachings.

Is the Bible based on “white supremacy” to deny evolution of people originating in a black race? Um, NO! Be sure you are prepared to respond to this nonsense.

The Death of the Episcopal Church is Near. Actually, as a Christian church it died decades ago as it became a fixture of LEFTIST theology. Good riddance.

The problems of the Boy Scouts are a good lesson for Christians—when you compromise with the world you begin your downfall.

Music can be a “gateway drug” to heresy.

Stay away from Perry Noble — he’s just another harmful false teacher.

Judah Smith, false teacher who is part of the Hillsong cult.

Bill Johnson and Bethel Redding — False teacher in Satan’s church.  Rediscover Bethel?

If you don’t understand what is wrong with the teachings of Bill Johnson and others at Bethel, this article should open your eyes!

This racist claims to be a pastor. Christianity and racism don’t mix. And then there is THIS racist “pastor.”

David Platt is teaching Critical Race Theory in his Church. CRT is not compatible with Christian teachings.

Beth Moore has gone off the rails.

If your “church” does this, RUN! It is not a Christian church.

Lastly, something to think about:

Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it, does not have God. 2 John 9a.

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Jude 4

Agglomeration

The Good - For Education and/or Edification

How Churches Lose the Plot and End Up Liberal.

Are there apostles and prophets today?

No, the communion wafer is NOT the flesh of Christ, regardless of what Francis Chan says.

HMMMM

Tongue-speaking Mormons.  Just shows that “tongues” with charismatics are just as false.

More Wolves and False Teachings

All you need to know about false teacher Michael Brown. There is NOTHING Biblical about his theology.

A review of a book examining the descent of the Episcopal Church into total apostasy.

Francis Chan has gone full-blown heretic. Here’s a good response to Chan (I disagree with Calvinism, but the history explained in this article is very interesting).

The Anglican Church continues its deep dive into total apostasy.

One of my readers felt that the link to the video of Abi Stumvoll at Bethel Reading didn’t properly represent the particular teaching in that it left out a sentence: It sounds like she is saying God can be like the puss explosion. I went to the longer 30 minute version. She is saying God is like the heat. At around 1:20 or so, [here] is the excerpted version.

And, [here] at 8:35 in the original, she says that God is like the heat. Big difference.

The reader agreed that it is a “terrible ‘sermon’” and even noted that the Stumvolls are “tight” with William P. Young, the author of the heretical book, The Shack. For my part, I didn’t give a whole lot of thought to the “puss explosion” because the whole segment was awful. But when you put a woman teaching the assembly in a church which teaches lots of heresy, let alone aberration ideas, then this is what you can expect.

Beth Moore continues her false teachings, now attacking John MacArthur.

Aside from being a heretic, the Pope is a complete disgrace to any semblance of the Christian faith.

I’ve warned before about Max Lucado’s touchy-feely theology. This is what you get with that kind of theology. This is the guy who praised the “Son of God” movie, who promotes heretic Christine Caine, preached at Joel Osteen’s goat pen, and took part in the “Be Still” video.  Another look at the situation, a bit more in depth.

The Jehovah of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The dangers of “charismatic conditioning.” Todd White and his ilk are such horrid false teachers! And Francis Chan is doing his best to emulate them.

This is what happens when you attend an apostate church.

Links to Good, Thought-Provoking Articles

Here are links to some good articles I’ve read over the past month.  I hope you find them thought-provoking as well as edifying.

Christian kids must slay wolves in sheep’s clothing, not pet them!  Follow this up with Christian parents must be willing to fight for the heart an soul of their children.

Life’s Questions in Rock and Roll.

Don’t be Shocked When Many “Christians” Cheer the Criminalization of Christianity.

Differences between performance music and worship music.  Interesting.

Sacred space and the trivialization of God.  A thought-provoking commentary.

Sexual Sin and the Pursuit of Purity.

Why the Lazarus narrative does NOT support Calvinism.

The Mind Controlling Slave in “Jehovah’s Organization.”

Why Christian Children Don’t Belong in Public Schools. For over two decades I’ve been saying that Christians need to abandon these government indoctrination centers.

Liberal “Christianity” is another religion entirely.

Women preaching.

God’s high calling for moms.

Dissecting another anti-discernment hit-piece. Too many Christians think it is wrong to expose false teachers and their false teachings, and they attack those who do so.

Liberals and Unity

Liberals, both in the past and today, desire unity, but do so at the expense of doctrinal purity.  They are happy to join hands with any except those who insist on certain essential truths remaining foundational to unity.

Gary E. Gilley, “The Fundamentalist In a Postmodern World,” The Quarterly Journal (Personal Freedom Outreach), Vol.38, No.2, pg.5

Good, Bad, and Ugly

The Good:

5 signs your church might be heading toward progressive Christianity.

Don’t compromise creationism with any hint of secular science ideology.

No, Jesus didn’t hang out with sinners.

Who are the real Pharisees? 

What does the Bible teach about abortion?

The Bad:

Beth Moore continues her false teaching joining hands with other false teachers and heretics.  She has absolutely NO credibility.  And if that isn’t enough, she has another new book with more false teaching.

Another Catholic institution favors the LBGTQ crowd over true Christians.

The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is a charismatic denomination founded by Aimee Semple McPherson, a woman of not only questionable doctrines but also of questionable character.  Perhaps members of this groups should think about whether they should be a part of such a church.  I’ve known members who are quite off base with some of their charismatic ideas.

The Ugly:

An example of all that is wrong with Michael Brown as a theologian/Christian teacher.  But it gets even worse.  Then his dishonesty raises up to protect himself from exposure.

Benny Hinn is NOT a real Christian, rather he is a wolf who has led millions of people astray.  This article is a good summation of why no one should be promoting him, appearing with him, following him in any way.

Steven Furtick has gone full-blown New Apostolic Reformation, joining lots of NAR heretics.

Is this the Jesus of the Bible? NO!

This meme is going around Facebook with lies about Jesus and the Christian faith.  Let’s set the record straight:

Was Jesus a “radical”? Depends on one’s definition, but certainly not as people see “radical” in this culture.  He was “radical” in that he was correcting the Jews in their many errors about God and His laws.

Was Jesus a “non-violent revolutionary”?  Um, no.  Was he violent?  Yes, he was violent at those who corrupted the faith.  Read about his whip in the temple as he chased the money-changers out (Matt. 21:12)  Look at His destruction of His enemies in Revelation.  Read what he said about those who contradicted God and other false teachers (Matt. 23:13-36)

Did Jesus “hang around” with “lepers, hookers and crooks”?  To hang around with someone implies being pals with them and doing things with them.  Jesus never hung around with such people, rather he met with them and taught them their need for repentance of their sin, and their need for a savior.

Jesus “wasn’t American and never spoke English.”  This is a very foolish statement, but it is directed at conservatives who think immigrants should learn English.  It has noting to do with the Christian faith, and has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus.

Was Jesus anti-wealth?  Absolutely not.  In fact, God sometimes used wealth to bless people.  Jesus was against greed and the worship of money.

Was Jesus anti-death penalty?  NO.  People twist the scripture about the woman caught in adultery as Jesus being against the death penalty.  What he was against was the hypocrisy; the woman was supposedly caught “in the very act,” which means both the man and woman are to be stoned, but where was the man? Also, they were trying to trip Jesus up, because only Rome had the authority to impose the death penalty, and if he said to stone her He would have been in trouble with Rome.

Was Jesus anti-public prayer? NO.  The O.T. gives many examples of public prayer on behalf of the nation of Israel.  What Jesus condemned was the hypocrisy of praying where everyone could see and hear while the prayer was self-justification - all about self.

“Jesus was…never anti-gay.”  First, Jesus didn’t address the issue because in that culture homosexuality was a death-penalty offense and never sanctified.  The Biblical teaching is that Jesus is God (one of the Trinity), so anything God the Father condemns is also condemned by Jesus.  In the O.T. God says homosexual behavior is an abomination to Him.  In the N.T. Paul (who got his teachings directly from Jesus — Acts 26:16; Gal. 1:11-12, 1 Cor. 14:37) also condemned homosexual behavior as “unnatural,” “indecent,” and “perversion.”  Every passage in the Bible mentioning homosexuality condemns it.  So, yes, Jesus was/is “anti-gay.”

“Jesus never mentioned…abortion.”   Well, he mentioned murder, and abortion is the murder of the unborn.  Murder is definitely a sin.  All through Scripture the unborn are referred to as children (the pregnant woman is said to be “with child.”)

“Jesus never mentioned…birth control.” Agreed, but anyone who condemns birth control that isn’t causing abortion, is doing so out of personal beliefs rather than from the Bible.

“Jesus never mentioned…” is poor logic arguing from silence.  Jesus never mentioned rape — does that mean rape is okay?  Jesus never mentioned bestiality — does that mean bestiality is okay?  Actually, both these are mentioned by God in the O.T. and the culture of the time KNEW what God thought about such things.  Just to say that something is okay because Jesus didn’t mention it is totally illogical.

“Jesus… never justified torture.”  And I know of no one who claims otherwise or claims Christian are okay with it.  This is what we call a straw man logic fallacy.

“Jesus…never fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes.”  This is also ludicrous, since no citizen of the Roman empire had a say-so about taxes.  Most Christians I know of seek only equal taxes for everyone - equal percentage of income or else a flat tax. 

“Jesus…never asked a leper for a copay.”  Since there was no such thing as health insurance, this is a straw man again (as well as another dig at conservatives who are against “free” healthcare).

“Jesus was a long-haired brown-skinned homeless community-organizing anti-slut-shaming middle eastern Jew.”  Well how long his hair was is unknown, but Paul pointed out that a man with long hair disgraces his head; the question is how long is “long,” but the real point was that hair length was part of the way to distinguish the sexes, so it would not be so long as to be feminine-looking.  Nor was Jesus homeless; he had a home in Nazareth, but chose to live on the road to facilitate his teachings.  He was most likely olive-skinned, since that is normal for that region.  He was not a community organizer — he did no organizing for any community.  He selected some people to spread his teachings but did nothing for any community.  Jesus was not “anti-slut-shaming” any more than he was anti- any shaming of people.  Why the meme author chose that specific thing to point out is only to promote an agenda, implying that Christians “slut-shame,” which they don’t.

This meme is obviously addressed at social issues where conservatives hold views differently than do liberals, and to the liberals if it is "conservative" then it is obviously "Christian" and therefore they feel the need to show how Jesus wasn't "conservative."  All they do is fail due to poor logic.

We as Christians need to be able to recognize this sort of nonsense for what it is, and correct the false teaching behind it.

Random Aberrations, Apostasies, and Heresies

I wasn’t a bit surprised to learn that Rome was considering “sainthood” for “Mother Teresa,” even thought it is really doubtful she was a true Christian.  Over the years I have read much of the universalism she taught, and wondered why she was never condemned for it by Rome.  Ah, but doncha know her good works saved her?

This review of “War Room” is easier on the movie than others I posted, but he does demonstrate real concern for the spiritual warfare taught.

IHOP had their annual circus this past weekend.  How very sad that these young people think they have to go to IHOP to “encounter” God and get their “spiritual highs” among the “worshiptainment” they will find there.  HT to Erin.

InterVarsity has decided to join the LEFTISTS with supporting the racist, socialist “gospel” of the Black Lives Matter.  God sees all lives mattering, but not BLM — they denounce you for saying “all lives matter.”  The racists have been demonstrated to be on the side of the blacks overall, much more so than with those with lighter skins; BLM is NOT the route to “racial reconciliation.”

The slippery slope of liberal Christianity.

Six reasons not to follow Christine Caine.  You only need one— she’s a heretic.

Tell the person next to you, “F-You!”?!?!  I have to agree with the Museum of Idolatry’s commentary.

No matter what they say, there is no such thing as “Holy Yoga.”  Yoga is a Hindu religious practice, totally incompatible with Christianity. 

Lots of false prophets with lots of false prophecies for 2016.

Mary Dalke has an outstanding, well researched post about the descent of Moody Radio into all things New Age.  Sad to hear this, since for the 17 years we lived in the Chicago area we found Moody Radio to be a great source of good teaching.

Final Chapter about Bill Gothard’s ATI.

What’s wrong with The Passion Translation?  LOTS!!!

Larycia Hawkins can’t understand why Wheaton college would fire her just for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God?!?   She said “Wheaton College cannot scare me into walking away from the truth (that) all humans — Muslims, the vulnerable, the oppressed of any ilk ­– are all my sisters and brothers, and I am called by Jesus to walk with them.”  Um, NO!  They are not all brothers and sisters if they are unbelievers (John 8:41-47).  Hawkins teaches that the unholy god of Islam is the same as the Holy God of Christianity — this cannot be allowed to take place in a Christian college.

“Several religious leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Ahmed Rehab of CAIR Chicago, the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, expressed their support for Hawkins.”  Religious leaders they may be, but neither one is a Christian, so their opposition to Wheaton’s actions has no value.

Finally, it’s really saddening when you can’t trust Ravi Zacharias to be discerning. If he isn’t able to personally discern where he is erring in supporting false teaching, how can we trust him in general?