(Steven Kozar – Messed Up Church) Dr. Michael Brown is trying very hard to make it appear like the New Apostolic Reformation barely even exists. He’s recently completed an entire program devoted to distancing himself from the movement he doesn’t think is real. In the process of describing the thing he doesn’t believe exists, he ends up explaining some of the core beliefs of the movement itself… you know, the movement that doesn’t really exist.
It seems that Dr. Brown fluctuates between two opposing ideas:
- On one hand, he wants people to believe that the NAR isn’t real and if you believe in it you’re “chasing shadows.” He ridicules NAR critics as “conspiracy theorists,” which is really a meaningless smear intended to stop people from even looking into the matter.
- On the other hand, he describes the specific ideas coming from the leaders of the NAR (primarily the late C. Peter Wagner) and he makes it clear that he doesn’t agree with all of those ideas.
Here’s a brief compilation video showing how Dr. Brown contradicts himself on the existence of the NAR:
In Dr. Brown’s radio show he described some of the specific beliefs of the NAR and how he doesn’t agree with them. While it is very good that Dr. Brown has explained why he doesn’t believe in or agree with certain NAR teachings, like “Dominionism” and the NAR’s idea of authoritative contemporary Apostles, he knows (and promotes) plenty of NAR leaders who hold to these very views. Looking at all the ways that Dr. Michael Brown is closely associated with the NAR, one would have to believe in a lot of incredible coincidences to think that Brown has nothing to do with the NAR.
Pirate Christian Media has done a lot of research, writing and podcasting on this issue, but Dr. Brown says that we’re “not credible” because we’re “unethical.” Why are we “not credible?” Because he says so. Why are we “unethical?” Because he says so. This is another thought-stopping device. His gullible listeners will hear those accusations and assume they must be true. But we’ve provided reams of evidence to support our assertions about Dr. Brown (as well as links to more information at other websites). Dr. Brown has such a bias against Pirate Christian Media that when Chris Rice called into his radio show to ask him some tough questions about the prosperity gospel, Brown talked over him and turned off his mic because he thought he was Chris Rosebrough; check out this article to hear that story: The Brown Rice Controversy. Here’s a series of really good articles and videos about Dr. Michael Brown from Chris Rice’s blog: Is Not Satire on Dr. Michael Brown
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