This is something they don’t want to talk about. Unfortunately they don’t seem to be listening either; but evangelical leaders can never say they weren’t warned.
Apprising Ministries shows you conclusive evidence that T.D. Jakes’ own spiritual DNA produced his Potter’s House North pastrix Sheryl Brady.
Many Christians do not realize that they live in the middle of a mission field. Former Roman Catholic T.A. McMahon of The Berean Call enlightens his readers regarding the dogma and false gospel of the Roman Catholic Church. He conveys his concern over the fact that few believers recognize the eternal consequences of this false gospel, and thus may fail to evangelize their Roman Catholic friends.
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints and believers in Christ Jesus who are in Ephesus. 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:1–2, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
In these dark days there is an accompanying Biblical ignorance within the Church. This ignorance is in itself quite sad because so many genuine Christians actually have a wrong view of God. This means they also have a skewed understanding of the gospel that is doctrinally shallow. In fact, the religious structure around this is man-centered rather than God-centered. The end result is a religious system that does not satisfy the spiritual needs that God designed into all of us. This is why those church leaders behind this moving tragedy are continually attempting to derail all attempts by their people’s demands to “go deeper” into the Word or to address what the Word says about election and the Sovereignty of God after they read a book by Dr. James White or listen to a sermon by John MacArthur, for instance, that does indeed address these highly relevant spiritual topics. My brethren, man-centered religiosity is so spiritually thin because it is based on man’s traditions that came out of policies designed to offend no one. In doing this, the theologians and religious leaders behind this also produced a religious system that is based on feelings and, therefore, is temporally based rather than focused on the eternal.
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints and believers in Christ Jesus who are in Ephesus. 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:1–2, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
Is the Gospel something that the Christian “is” or “becomes?” The Emergent Christians are fond of quoting St. Francis of Assisi, “preach the gospel always, use words if necessary.” There are two problems with this quote. First, he never said that and second, the gospel is a message that is to be proclaimed. The word “gospel” comes from the Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), “gospel, good news.” It is a message that redemption is available to those who are in bondage. The Emergents’ call “to be the Gospel” is utter nonsense because what they have done is taken the Biblical definition of the Gospel and redefined it into something else that we often call on this blog the “social gospel,” which is “another gospel,” and does not save.
Apprising Ministries follows up on a disturbing story out of Singapore concerning this rising Word Faith pastor. The youth at his church perform a song on video, which gives cause for real concern.
We’re well aware of the cult of celebrity surrounding Seeker Driven quasi-Word Faith pastors like Steven Furtick. Could his young Elevators be next to elevate him to the cult-like status you’ll see in the video?
Life News reports:
President Barack Obama made it clear, yet again, that he will not yield when it comes to promote and supporting abortion on demand for any reason throughout pregnancy.
Appearing at a conference of liberal bloggers in New York City, Obama pledged “not to give any ground” when it comes to the issue of abortion.
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints and believers in Christ Jesus who are in Ephesus. 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:1–2, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
We are in the throes of an election year and political motives are lurking behind so much of what the “powers that be” say and do right now. I have the luxury of being quite free to simply exegete God’s Word and use the discernment and wisdom he has given me plus the spiritual gift of teaching to explain what it says while the Holy Spirit takes these truths and applies them to reader’s hearts in ways that I could never imagine. I never have to worry about compromising anything in order not to offend some group or emphasize something else beyond what is necessary in order to please another. No, I am free to simply teach the Word and so should any Pastor or church leader. Why is it that so much of the visible church is so shallow and so much like the world? Those like that long ago abandoned adherence to God’s Word as authoritative as His Word and absolute truth, which is inerrant and infallible and complete, et cetera. Instead, they took on the “wisdom” of the world and so became “liberal” and spiritually dead. They are outside of God’s purpose for his Church. Their motives for doing so may vary, but mostly it boils down to them becoming man-pleasing instead of God-fearing.
As of this posting, at his section on The Gospel Coalition blog Trevin Wax still has a post quoting Richard Rohr on the unbiblical fable of an alleged “false self” and a “true self.”
The mystic concept of this neo-gnostic teaching is a denial of the cardinal doctrine of original sin. Rather odd for an ostensibly Reformed blog to recommend favorably.
By taking you through the apostasy of Rob Bell Apprising Ministries offers this piece as further indication of where Richard Rohr’s mystic myths end up.
Apprising Ministries has been warning for some time now about the influx and danger of contemplative spirituality within apostatizing evangelicalism,
What’s happening now, even within Reformed circles is a lot of talk about “listening” to “God.” But, as they once did with Rome, these deceitful spirits are leading people astray with their teachings of demons (cf. 1 Timothy 4:1)
3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” 4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 5 and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? 6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” Matt. 19:3–6, NASB
My wife and I attempted to eat at our local Chick-Fil-A here in Olathe, Kansas this evening in support of Dan Cathy in light of the completely biased or one-sided coverage of his interview statements as a Baptist in a Baptist publication about religious and theological issues. It seems that it is perfectly fine for those with a worldview that is opposed to the traditional Christian worldview to express them, especially when it comes to the Biblical definition of what constitutes marriage, but those who hold to the Christian worldview have no right to state their beliefs, their stances, and what lines they will never cross no matter what. By the way, this was the day people were to come out in support of Chick-Fil-A and Dan Cathy en masse and we witnessed it big time in Olathe. We couldn’t even get close to the restaurant. The line to get in even beat the line we experienced at Cantler’s Crab House in Annapolis, Maryland last weekend. My wife has been ill and couldn’t stand in the sun so we had to go eat elsewhere. However, from where we sat, we could see that the crowds never diminished the whole time we were there.
(Ken Silva – Apprising Ministries) As Apprising Ministries continues our monitoring of trends along the Internet Front we’re seeing syncretism slithering into the mainstream such that evidenced by Prophet-Leader Steven Furtick Descends Down To Word Faith Heretic Rod Parsley.
Just remember now, we don’t make up the happenings in apostatizing evangelicalism, we only cover them. Why did I choose to mention prophet-leader Steven Furtick you might wonder; because often he has told us that Craig Groeschel is his pastor, that’s why.
And because you need to understand that there’s a new evangelical magisterium, which in my opinion, can’t wait until men like John MacArthur are out of their way. If you’ve been paying attention then you’ll know the two Elephant Rooms tipped their hand.
For example, in Elephant Room Curator James MacDonald Points Us To A Couple Of Conferences Of Interest I showed you where MacDonald wanted us to be aware of NewSpring Leadership Conference of ER1 vet Perry Noble as well as the Resurgence R12 Conference.
More on that in a moment, but first, did you know that both Perry Noble and Craig Groeschel are contributing authors at the Resurgence blog, which is aligned with the Acts 29 Network where ER1 vet Matt Chandler is now president? Well, they are; just click on their names.
Now let’s look at the lineup for that aforementioned R12 conference and we’ll see ER1 vet Graig Laurie, ER co-hosts James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll, along with Craig Groeschel:
17 Now while seeking to be justified in Christ, we were found also to be sinners ourselves, then is Christ a minister of sin? May it never be! 18 For if I rebuild what I destroyed, I demonstrate myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the Law I died to the Law that I may live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; 20 and it is no longer I who live, but Christ living in me, and that which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself up on behalf of me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law then Christ died for nothing. Gal. 2:17–21, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
We have come to Galatians 6, the last chapter of this foundational epistle that defines what the Gospel is and what it is not. Judiazers had infiltrated the Galatian churches, which Paul had planted. These Judiazers claimed that the doctrine of Justification by grace alone through faith alone as God’s gift alone was not enough. These false teachers added “works righteousness” to what Paul taught. Their flavor of “works righteousness” was that these gentile Christians must become circumcised and keep the Mosaic Covenant in order to be truly justified before God. This epistle was written by Paul to counter this evil. Why is this important for us to study this in our day? The false teaching that “works righteousness” is necessary for our justification before God is still poisoning the Church. It comes in many forms. Some are quite obvious while others are very subtle. Some are taught directly while the subtle variety, though meaning well, put Christians into bondage to the Law from which, in fact, the Gospel frees those justified by grace through faith by God himself.
The Christian Post reports:
The backlash against gay activists and their political supporters for their campaign against Chick-fil-A for espousing the “biblical family unit” appears to be growing. Conservative activist Star Parker went so far as to describe the gay agenda as not a movement about civil rights but the advancement of the homosexual political agenda.
The Christian Post reports:
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, 27 percent of Americans said today’s children would be better off than their parents. But now, when he is seeking re-election, only 14 percent are hopeful, “the lowest level of optimism ever measured,” a new Rasmussen poll says.