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Apologetics Coordination Team is now affiliated with Moriel Ministries International Great Discernment Tools! When The Ends AND The Means Are Unjustifiable by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. "... 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. The Handkerchief Phenomenon Addendum to “A Whole Lot Of Wishful Thinking These Days” by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Baha’i & YWAM's "Indigenous People's Movement" (IPM) by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Three Fallacies Of Third Wave Spiritual Warfare Teachings  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. The Duties of Christian Leadership  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Smack Dab in the Middle of the Apostasy  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Marriage  A Biblical Illustration Of Our Faith Commitment To Jesus Christ For Salvation  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. The New Powerless Gospel by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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? Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Leviathan by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here. Pre Millennial and Post Millennial Doctrines Do Not Mix  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information. New Age & Eastern Mysticism in the Churches 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". Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information. "He Was A Murderer From The Beginning"  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information. Exposing the "I Am God" Blasphemers  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information. Why False Teachers Have So Many Followers  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information. False Apostles   of the New Apostolic Reformation by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here to more information.   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 This DVD set is a message based on this 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. You can get more information here. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. Saturate 2020 adherants are those who are drunk and think they can save the planet by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. A Warning about Saturate 2020 by Sandy Simpson & Marco Quintana This DVD is a message based on 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. Should Biblical Churches Be Christocentric? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. The Letter to Laodicea Is a Warning to the TRUE Church Today by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here.   The Overseer A Study Of Titus 1:6-11 by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. Jesus Cares for You by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based o 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". Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. Two Lessons from Jonah by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here. What Does The Bible Teach About "Synergy"? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can get more information here . Upgrade Your Old Hymns For The New Paradigm! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  Almost Saved by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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) Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  "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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  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 by Richard D. Shewman on Amazon. Only $10. plus s/h. for US. Go here for further information.  Deliverance!  A Biblical Guide To Freedom from "Another Spirit"  The Possible Consequence of the Unbiblical Practice of "Slain In the Spirit"  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. A Short History of Dominionism by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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”. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  Maturity Training by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  Bill Johnson Quotes by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. In this article, I will detail some false ideas, especially from Johnson’s books. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. The Use of Invective in Apologetics by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  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.  $1.95 per copy, bulk orders get a discount.   Go here for further information.  Real Revival by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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". Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Peter Popoff Back to his old tricks! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  Occult Practices in the Churches How the occult has been fully integrated into many Christian lives and fellowships by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  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. This book is online and available as a download at this time for $15.  The printed books are now here!  They are $20. each plus s/h Go here for further information.  Seeds, Soil & Fruit by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Will the Real Blasphemers Please Stand Up? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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! Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. "Glitter Christians" by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information.  The articles below are now also available on MP3 CD or MP3 DVD! 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 click below to order for $25. plus s/h Studies in Worldview MP3 DVD click below to order for $25. plus s/h Screwtape Legacy by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Bradford Pear Christianity by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US. Go here for further information. The Lord's Prayer, Our Prayer by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US. Go here for further information. The Fallacious Arguments of Neo-Universalists by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for more information. The future of apologetics and discernment ministries by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  You can also view this DVD online here. Go here for more information. 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.  Go here for further information. The "Weight of Glory" by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. 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". Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Christians who “turn away�?  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article.   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�?.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Prophets for profit by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. "Mistake" or "Sin"? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. 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.  This 3-DVD set is only $30. plus s/h. for US.  Holy Ghost 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.  Go here for further information. Servant Authority by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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!  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. �Overtake you like a thief� by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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;  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. Generic and Specific by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for further information. The Ugly Side of Diaprax by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Deluded! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Healer? Heal Thyself! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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? Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. God�s Attitude toward the �Supreme Beings� of the Nations by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. You need to "nip it in the bud"! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. The New Panentheistic "God" Of Christendom by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. What Should I Say? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this booklet. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Luring People To Destruction By The Unscrupulous Use Of The "Gospel" Message by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article.     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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. One of Satan�s Final Masquerades by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article.    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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US. Go here for product information. Attack Of The Enemy  On The Churches by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Marks Of False Religion by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Universalism in the World  has Permeated the Church by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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?�.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. What We Need Is A Reverse Paradigm Shift! by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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!� Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Testing The Spirits  by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US. Go here for product information. His Name, The Only Name by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Replacement Theology On Steroids by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this 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! Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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." Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. "... 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).  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. 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 Pel� 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.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. "They Will Believe  The Lie" by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. 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"? Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for product information. Updated! 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. Go here for ordering information. Only $10. per DVD or $35. for the 4-DVD set, plus s/h. for US.  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). Go here for ordering information. Only $10. per DVD plus s/h. for US.  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.  Go here for ordering information. Only $10. per DVD plus s/h. for US. 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.  Go here for ordering information. Only $10. plus s/h. for US. 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. Go here for ordering information. Only $20. per 2-DVD set plus s/h. for US.  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. Go here for ordering information. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  "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". Go here for ordering information. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  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.  Go here for ordering information. Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  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". Go here for more information or click on the "Add To Cart" below.  Only $10. plus s/h. for US.  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. Go here for more information or click on the "Add To Cart" below.  The price is $18. per book plus s/h. 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. Go here for more information or click on the "Add To Cart" below.  The price is $10. per cd plus s/h. 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. Only $20. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for ordering details.  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. Only $20. plus s/h. for US.  Go here for ordering details.  The Responsibilities of a Good Shepherd by Sandy Simpson This CD is a message based on this article. Gohere for ordering details!  What's Up With Christian Bookstores? by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. Go here for 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. Go here for ordering details!  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. Go here for ordering details!  The Extreme Prophetic by Sandy Simpson This DVD is a message based on this article. Go here for 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. Go here for ordering details! 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. Go here for ordering details on this 2-part DVD series! 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. Go here for ordering details.  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. Go here for ordering details! 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. Go here for ordering information. Finish The Race! Go On To Maturity! by Sandy Simpson 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). Go herefor ordering details. 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. Go here for ordering details. 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". Go here for more 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! Go here for more details and how to order! 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! Go here for ordering details! 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. Go here for more details and how to order! LIVING WATER 2003 Discernment Conference Featuring Bill Randles, Gary Gilley & Ray Yungen 3-DVD Set Go here for information! DISCERNMENT 2001 Conference Featuring Dave Hunt, Duane Magnani, Mike Oppenheimer, Jacob Prasch, Jewel Grewe & Bill Randles 6-DVD Set & 2-VHS Sets Go here for information! 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. Go here to order the book by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, P.O. Box 860683, Wahiawa, HI 96786.

Articles highlighting the apostate "church".  (1) Lessons Learned From End Times Bible Prophesy - Avoiding The Great Deception by Clay Watts, 1997  Some thoughts on avoiding the end times deception that will deceive many people.  (2) Revival Or Apostasy by Dave Hunt, 1997  "While a true Christian cannot fall away, a false Christian can. Fall away from what? From the faith in Christ which he or she has outwardly professed without inward reality. Those few apostates who announce themselves as atheists or convert to Buddhism or Hinduism are not the concern of Christ and Paul. They are warning of a turning from the truth within the professing church." (3) Apostasy by Steve S.R. Shearer, Antipas Ministries, 1997 "The sad fact of the matter is, today's evangelical church is headed up by a group of frauds - fakes who present themselves as evangelicals and as the heirs of our evangelical faith, and who trade on the godly reputation of yesterday's evangelicalism, while all the while they deny the very doctrines which empowered that church and made it what it was. It may be an indication of how close to the end we really are. The Bible says, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ..." (I Tim. 4:1)" (This article is no longer available.)  (4) If It Looks So Good, How Can It Be Deception? by Barb Wilhelm, 1998  "Our criteria for truth, therefore, is not if it looks, sounds or feels "good." Partaking of the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and evil was our first sin - thinking we knew what was "good". The remedy for that sin in the Garden of Eden was "Yes, God HATH said!" Today, the remedy is still the same - has God said in His Word that it is good." (5) A Nation Under Delusion! by David Wilkerson, 2/15/99 "You see, Paul was calling God�s people everywhere to love the truth - to search it out, study it and obey it. He wrote, in essence, "Let the truth be your guide! Don�t turn aside from it. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you eyes to see it, ears to hear it, and a heart to love it. Otherwise, you�ll open yourself to deception - and you�ll end up believing a lie. Satan will be able to initiate you into the cult of Antichrist!" Wilkerson condemns Word-Faith teachers in this recent message, referencing Kenneth Hagin by all accounts, and by association all who teach the prosperity doctrine of demons.  He even predicts that the antichrist will be the greatest prosperity teacher of all time.  This is what DITC has been saying for some time.  (6) The World Christian Movement - EvangelismVs. 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.  (7) The Ascended Masters by Diakrisis International, 1999  "The discernment of the true identity of this imminent 'Dawning' is a matter of some urgency for Christians today. Never, at any stage in history, has the scene been so fully set for the manipulation of a deception of global proportions through the instrumentality of these 'Unseen Forces'. For the situation in which we find ourselves today is more bizarre and far-reaching than the most imaginative science fiction novel. Millions of people of all ages are tuning into and receiving instructions from these spirit-entities." (8) Heresy And Apostasy by Warren Doud, 1999  "Heresy itself, which is the result of making a wrong choice among competing ideas, may have been entered into as a result of being deceived (EPH. 4:11-18) or of falling into a snare of Satan. Heresy becomes apostasy, however, whenever a person deliberately decides to reject Bible truth and maintain and promote false ideas. This paper is written to help believers avoid error, heresy, or apostasy." (9) Apostasy by Neil Rivalland, 10/00  "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (1 Tim 4:1)" (10) The Two Churches In The End Times by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 2/00  "As Christians our attitude should be the truth no matter what, even if we must disregard certain men who have taught otherwise. We are to follow Christ and His appointed apostles teachings to walk in the truth. May we be HIS disciples persevering until the end. " (11) The Apostasy Sweeping Over The Churches by Dr. A.C. Gaebelein, Bible Institute of Los Angeles, August 17, 1919 "The greatest evidence that man has a darkened mind and a corrupt nature is not the existence of the gambling den, nor the house of ill fame. The greatest evidence is unbelief; the fact that the human heart definitely and positively refuses to listen to the voice of God; that there is a heart which hates the light and loves darkness; and the greater the light which is rejected and refused, the greater the darkness, and finally God who is Love and Mercy can do nothing else." (12) Mockers Come A-Mocking by Jackie Alnor, Apostasy Alert, 8/13/06  But for many professing Christians, the opposite is happening. Many are rejecting long-held beliefs in the Rapture of the saints, and false teachers are rising up teaching Preterism: the belief that "the end-time events specified in the New Testament have already been fulfilled.  (13) Apostasy In The Church - How it is accelerating and how it relates to the return of Jesus by Dr. David R. Reagan, 2007  The Bible clearly prophesies that the Church of the end times will be characterized by apostasy. Paul said that the Antichrist will not be revealed until "the apostasy comes first" (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Jesus prophesied that "many will fall away" and "most people�s love will grow cold" (Matthew 24:10, 12). (14) The New Dark Ages Part One-Setting The Stage by Tim Worth, The No Goofy Zone Discernment Ministry, 4/07  Rather than criticizing these early believers for "checking out" the veracity of what had been taught to them by the apostle Paul, this verse actually praises them for doing so. And while it is clear from the Greek text that the Bereans are being applauded here primarily for their enthusiastic acceptance of the Gospel, this verse also - so far from condemning them for a lack of trust - actually commends them for their action. This verse plainly approves the practice of taking the time and interest to consult the scriptures in order to establish the veracity of what is being taught. Read Part 1 & Part 2.  (15) The Letter To Laodicea Is A Warning To The TRUE Church Today by Sandy Simpson, 4/30/07  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). (16) The Great Apostasy by Jackie Alnor, Apostasy Alert, 8/4/07  It is not my intention to paint the Crouches and all of TBN programming as apostate, but to sound a warning of the direction I see the network taking away from the faith once and for all delivered to the saints. If they heed the warning, not only sounded by me but by many voices of concerned watchmen in the church, they still have time to repent and make a course correction before they are totally given over to believe a lie and be damned. If they have no love for the truth, the Bible says that is their fate. (17) Heresy by Proxy by Sherry Neese, Apostasy Alert, 10/01/07  "These teachers practice heresy by proxy. A proxy is someone who stands in for another. They consort with heretics and thereby encourage their followers to partake of their apostasy. They mix truth and error, a deadly concoction. They give the impression that the truth they speak is compatible with the falsehood they endorse. This is not 'guilt by association," this is guilt by endorsement." (18) Truth: The Remedy to So-Called Knowledge by Jackie Alnor, Apostasy Alert, 12/9/07  The modern world poses modern problems when it comes to understanding spiritual truth. Everyone these days are claiming special knowledge with scientific sounding verbiage that impresses the simple minded and the scholar alike. As I have shared many times, I honestly believe that professing Christians are being conditioned to believe in a faith that sounds good but is in opposition to the truth and it�s all done in the name of truth. But is all truth God�s truth? God�s Word IS Truth and that is the ONLY Truth we should set our hope upon.  (19) Willful Ignorance by Herescope, 11/6/08  We live in a time of great apostasy when many choose to ignore or disbelieve the simplicity of the Gospel of Salvation, the message of the Cross. Many of the new heresies are intricate, complex, always evolving, and �emerging� with new theologies, philosophies, terminologies, eschatologies, ecclesiologies, etc.  (20) Turmoil In The Church by Cullen Bentley, 11/06/08  As I look into the world today in which we live it has become more and more troublesome. The morals and ethics have gone far away from the past time periods of old. Our society has become a cesspool of filth and degradation with despair and depression at every corner. Our children have become outcasts and the parents are clueless to the ills they see and live with. The rebellion streams from every faucet and every crack on the corner. The street overpasses are home for the needy and the churches are nothing more than gatherings of lustful people seeking what God can give them so they can claim favor and prosperity as his blessings. There is no more humility or peace within the soul of mankind. It seems all people are anxious and striving with everyone and everything they encounter. They are never satisfied or content with what they have and always seeking more and more at the expense of others. They look to obtain what they call the epitome of success and are never fully fulfilled because it never ceases to end. Our church�s are a disgrace to the world at large. They have just as much and even more greediness, corruption, filth and immoral living than even the morally unsaved person who looks to do good and live a peaceful life. The preachers have not become men of God walking closer to the light of Christ, but idols of darkness from within their own evil heart and its desires. They seek mans adulation and confirmation that success is in numbers and in what a man may possess materially. They have raised themselves up to the status of a celebrity and all the exposure that accompanies such fame. (21) "Plead with your mother, PLEAD"- How to Approach a Church Heading Into Apostasy by Herescope, 12/31/08  The book of Hosea is a study for our times. Hosea's wife is an intense illustration of how individuals and churches leave their First Love and wander off pursuing lovers and lusts, passions and idolatries.  (22) Doing Good in the day of Evil by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason Ministries, 8/18/09  How are we to act in the this time of darkness we live in? (23) Close The Doors by Jackie Alnor, ApostasyAlert, 8/20/09  Back in the early 1980s when I was a new believer I remember something a local church used to do but now is just a memory. They used to have a closed door gathering once a week they called �believers� meetings.� That was not open to the public; it was just for committed Christians - a chance to get together without the general public. I think they were onto something. It seems today, more than ever, that needs to be looked at again.  (24) Apostasy by T.A. McMahon, 9/8/09  This is a video clip.  Works in Explorer.  Did not work in Firefox for me.  (25) God�s Word Shines Light Upon End Time Apostasy by Roger Oakland, 9/21/10  Just as God was faithful to His people in Bible days, He will be faithful to His people today. It is possible for biblical Christianity and the true Gospel to be proclaimed in these days. I believe this watershed occurrence, that is a dividing of two different systems, is beginning to happen. Which side of the divide will you be standing on? Will you stand with the Lord in His Word and in truth? (26) Leaders Of Apostasy by Rapture Ready Radio, 12/29/10  Apostasy: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes). Chris did a fantastic job of putting together the different arms of the Apostate Church that is the heart and soul of the last church age, the church of Laodicia.  (27) Apostasy and Its Antidote by T. A. McMahon, The Berean Call, 2/1/11  As the battle intensifies, which Scripture indicates it will prior to the Lord's coming for His saints, we need to be "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" (Ephesians 6:18). We need to circle the wagons with other believers for fellowship and spiritual protection, for counsel, for encouragement, for correction, for comfort, and for ministry to one another. If such things become our practice while we wait upon the Lord, even though the Apostasy dries up the spiritual environment around us, we shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever we do shall prosper in the Lord. (28) Asleep On The Watch by Steve Muse, 6/15/11  I have been told that in this day and age the role of watchman as understood in the Old Testament has been done away with, that it is not necessary because we are not under the wrath of God but under grace through Jesus Christ. If there are watchmen today, I am told, they cannot be held to the same degree of accountability that God required of Ezekiel. If there are watchmen today as described in Ezekiel, who are these watchmen? And after examining the following from Ezekiel 33, who would ever want to be put in this position? (29) A Deepening Deception by Mike Oppenheimer, September-Novemeber Let Us Reason Ministries Newsletter, 9/8/11  Time is an interesting concept, it keeps moving forward. We can remember things that have taken place in the past and experience the present, but we cannot change the direction of time. I�m not philosophizing or being intentionally melancholy but want to make the point that: We are quickly moving toward a time that is spoken of in the Bible. I (and others) have watched, documented, wrote and spoke on the state of the church for over 20 years. We see that we are at a point in both the world and the church where a deeper level of deception is occurring. I know this word is repulsive to some, just as the word sin is to the world but I�m only being candid on what I see. (30) Sounding the Trumphet in the Midst of Apostasy � The Enemy is in the Camp! by David Dombrowski, Lighthouse Trails Editor, 11/21/11  Over the past ten years, we have watched with a mixture of surprise and sadness at how an apostate church has materialized before our eyes. It all began for us here at Lighthouse Trails when we met Ray Yungen in 2000. Though we were not publishers back then, he shared with us his manuscript  A Time of Departing, which spoke of a coming apostasy in the form of mystical practices and �spiritual disciplines.� Stirred by the content of that book, we agreed to help him find a publisher. But, at the time, we never imagined how relevant and prophetic that book would be nor how quickly this apostasy would flourish in the mainstream churches. Today, it is even difficult to find a church that has not been compromised by some form of eastern-style mystical practice or emerging church philosophy. Now e-mails and letters pour into our office telling how readers who either just discovered us or were at one time skeptical of our warnings are now shocked to see that these things have entered their churches. (31) The Falling Away - Rapture or Apostasy, Which Shall It Be? by Apostasy Watch, 12/3/11  Read Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3.  (32) North American Pastors and the Church on Borrowed Time by David Dombrowski, 12/5/11  The church of today is very much astir. Everywhere we turn,  embellishments are being added to Christianity as if to improve it. The old ways do not seem to satisfy anymore. A great influx of new teachings and practices have exchanged the God of old as depicted in the pages of the Bible with a deity much more palatable to the post-modern mind. Brennan Manning illustrates this when he stated in one of his books, � . . . the god who exacts the last drop of blood from His Son, so that His just anger, evoked by sin, may be appeased is not the God revealed by and in Jesus Christ. And if he is not the God of Jesus, he does not exist.�1  This �progressive� contemplative/emerging church has gone so far as to place in pulpits men who blaspheme God and who deny the atonement. But let us step back for a moment to see how emerging thought has developed. Such a statement did not come out of the blue, but as Ray Yungen suggests, a �creeping� effect made it all possible.2 (33) Great Deceptions in the Church by Rick Frueh, 6/16/12  I think there are many more than just these.  (34) The Church of the Apostasy, Part I by Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, excerpted from The Footsteps of the Messiah � A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events, 7/23/12  "The old apostasy was marked by verbal �destructive denials.�� (35) The Church of the Apostasy, Part II by Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, excerpted from The Footsteps of the Messiah � A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events, 7/23/12  �The new phase [of apostasy] claims to affirm the fundamentals of the faith�� (36) Why People Hate Those Who Expose False Teaching by Tim Wirth, 9/11/12  Many of you know that Im a member of a group called Concerned Nazarenes. Now I am not an official Nazarene but used to attend a Nazarene church because I admire and believe the belief and focus on holiness. The Nazarene denomination as a whole though is fleeing from everything thats holy in my opinion. There was a Facebook letter launched against our group and I feel a need to address it. Some others of our group have tried to respond with a defense but of course their comments were immediately taken off. The scriptural and actual truth is always going to be deleted when a good solid defense is made so I decided to address this in this article. I do acknowledge a persons right to delete anything on ones personal page.  I will allow comments on this post Here was the guys rant..... (37) Accelerating Apostasy In The Visible Church by Walter Martin, 1928-1989  Let me tell you something that I have learned; I know the liberals. I know them well; I was one of them. And they are the most dangerous, insidious, and all-pervading cult that�s loose in the United States right at this moment. (38) The Road to Apostasy by Mike Gendron, 2/20/13  Churches and denominations that once upheld the faith of the apostles have drifted into apostasy. Church history reveals 4 significant steps that lead to apostasy. (39) Seven Stages to Apostasy by Truth Watch NZ, 10/24/13  Truth Watch contends that many churches in the western world have already or are sliding towards apostasy. We have developed a seven stage process to describe this slide and invite you the reader to examine each stage and determine where your church, or elements within it may stand. (40) Glitter Christians by Sandy Simpson, 11/21/13  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.  (41) Is Dominionism Working?by Sandy Simpson, 12/18/13  Since the counterfeit revivals of the mid 80's there has been a claim by many Latter Rain /Word of Faith groups that the church is going to take over the world, taking control of the governments, businesses and every other aspect of life. Movements such as the Toronto "Blessing", Brownsville "Outpouring", Word of Faith, New Apostolic Reformation, Emergent Church, and many other related Latter Rain movements have been claiming that they are making radical changes in people's lives due to miracles, prophecies, dead raisings, and growing numbers of people attending mega churches. So by now, in 2014, we should be seeing the effects of this wonderful scenario that the false apostles, false prophets, false teachers, and false Christs of these movements have predicted. Where is the actual proof that Dominion IS is working?  (42) A Recurrence of the Times of Noah and Lot by Herescope, 7/2/14  Note to reader: The article below is an example of what evangelical prophecy leaders and organizations used to teach 20-40 years ago. Not so long ago, before the postmodern prophecy paradigm era, this sort of article was commonplace. Writings such as this served as an encouragement to the reader to 1) expect the Lord's imminent return and 2) be ready to meet the Lord "here, there or in the air." Believers exhorted one another that He could return at any time because all events on earth were coinciding to fulfill Bible prophecy, and that before the end the Gospel of salvation should be shared far and wide, especially to family and friends. As yet another sign of the times we note that publishing such an article today, especially with this eschatology, is likely to be met with scoffings (2 Pet. 3:2), even open disbelief (1 Pet. 3:4). For some of you, this may be the first time you have ever encountered this (now) old-fashioned Bible prophecy teaching. Read and consider: what if it is true?  (43) Will you be the Last Man Standing? by Mike Oppenheimer, 8/7/14  From good to bad; chronicles of the last days apostasy. (44) Certain Men Have Crept In by Roger Oakland, 8/27/14  Jude was called by God to send a message to the church. It seems the simple gospel of Jesus Christ was being compromised. Apparently, �certain men had crept in� and were the cause of great concern. (45) What I Fear More than Islamic Jihadists by Michael Youssef , 3/11/15  �I do not fear Islamic Jihadists nearly as much as I fear the Christian church in the West departing from biblical orthodoxy.� That was how I opened a speech I made recently to the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville, Tennessee. What gives that fear such certainty is the knowledge of a historical fact�namely, throughout history, Islam grew when Christianity was weakened through its departure from biblical authority. There is no doubt that Islam grew out of a corpse of a church that was beset with heresy and apostasy. Immediately prior to the rise of Islam, viruses of false gospels had marred Christianity beyond recognition. Christianity dominated regions of the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. But despite that strength, the founder of Islam was confused and frustrated when he listened to some Christian leaders casting doubt on the divinity of Christ�the very heart of Christianity. The falsehoods facing the church then are not unlike the ones the church in the West faces today. Then, they were known as: �Arianism,� �Nestorianism,� �Sabellianism,� �Ebionism.� Today, they go by names such as: �universalism,� �heterodoxy,� �emergent church,� �insider movement,� �hyper grace,� �Chrislam.� (46) Pathway to Apostasy by Roger Oakland, 8/19/15  Recently, I was contacted by a friend and colleague who also has a discernment ministry. He was surveying other discernment ministries in order to come up with a list of the top ten subtle ways the body of Christ is presently being led astray. As I was busy speaking at a conference at the time I received his e-mail, I wrote him back and told him I would get back to him in a few days. While flying back to my home after the conference, I took out my computer and responded to my friend�s request. The topics I had presented at the conference were still fresh in my mind. Following are the first ten trends I have personally encountered. While I am certain there are many more, the following ten trends provide a good overview of what is taking place in the church today. (47) What is apostasy? by Matt Slick, 6/9/16  Apostasy means a falling away. Therefore when we speak of apostasy in the Christian church we are speaking of the visible church falling away from the essential doctrinal truths and becoming false. Notice, I said "visible church". The visible church is the earthly organization(s) that claim to follow Christ as found in the Bible. There are numerous denominations and not all of them believe the same thing when it comes to the essentials of the Christian faith. However, when they deny the essentials they are false and are no longer Christian. (48) Standing firm amidst famine of the Word of God by Mike Ratliff, 9/15/16  The growing apostasy in the visible Church seems to be accelerating. The spiritual blindness of so many professing believers and their leaders is truly astounding. My brethren, the sad state of the visible Church is both the product of the famine of the Word of God and the cause of it. When the Word of God is seldom heard or read or taught then its purifying power is muted. The world and its ways now coexist with the visible Church. Genuine believers are new creations, God�s workmanship, and they now crave the pure milk of the Word of God. It is necessary for their Spiritual Growth and their new character craves it. This is not an attribute of the natural person though. The unregenerate have no desire to know the Word of God and really don�t like to hear it preached to them. Therefore, the genuine believers in those churches which are apostatizing by neglecting the Word are leaving to find church homes that still preach it, teach it, and hold it as the revealed Word of God. (49) Apostasy by Mike Ratliff, 11/18/16  The warning is that apostasy lurks in our churches when God’s Holiness, God’s Grace, God’s Mercy, The Cross, and our complete and utter dependence on Christ as our mediator is lost in trying to appease people who do not want to repent and mature and work with God in their personal holiness. Numbers may not be as large in churches that are faithful in preaching the Word and boldly confronting sin, but those that remain are those the rain falls on so God can bring forth a crop useful to those for whose sake they are cultivated. God blesses His people. His people are the ones who remain. They abide in Christ even as the Father prunes them so they will be even more fruitful. (John 15) (50) The condition the church is in – Is it The Bible you learn from? by Mike Oppenheimer, 3/27/17  When a good portion of the church cannot distinguish from a false teacher or prophet and those who speak from the word of God accurately, we are in trouble spiritually. (51) What is the Apostasy (Video) by James Jacob Prasch, 4/29/17  (52) The Silent Church in the Day of Apostasy by Warren B. Smith, 6/16/17  Traditional Christian believers frequently mention the analogy of the frog that is so slowly and gradually boiled in a kettle of water that it dies before ever realizing what is going on. Yet many believers fail to realize that the very same thing is happening to them as they tell that story. How else do you explain the rapid rise of the “new gospel�? movement with hardly a word of concern within the church about what’s been happening? As “new gospel�? advocates continue to publish bestselling books and flock to the airwaves in ever-increasing numbers to advance their cause, there is a strange silence in the church. Does the church have any idea what is going on? (52) The Perfect Spiritual Storm Looming by T.A. McMahon, The Berean Call, 6/22/17  Perfect storm defined: a mixture of seemingly varied events that converge together creating a greater magnitude of devastation. I remember as though it were yesterday a conversation I had with Dave Hunt not too long after he had moved to Bend, Oregon. He wanted me to move to Bend also that we might continue communicating with those who had responded favorably to the book I’d had the privilege of co-authoring with him, The Seduction of Christianity. That book and many of his later books, articles, and sermons gave insights into most of the things that would prove to be portents of the developing apostasy that we see moving ahead at overwhelming speed and in wide circulation today. (53) Sound the Trumphet in the Midst of Apostasy – The Enemy is in the Camp by David Dombrowski, 9/2/17  Over the past decade and a half, we have watched with a mixture of surprise and sadness at how an apostate church has materialized before our eyes. It all began for us here at Lighthouse Trails when we met Ray Yungen in 2000. Though we were not publishers back then, he shared with us his manuscript for  A Time of Departing, which spoke of a coming apostasy in the form of mystical practices and “spiritual disciplines.�? Stirred by the content of that book, we agreed to help him find a publisher. But, at the time, we never imagined how relevant and prophetic that book would be nor how quickly this apostasy would flourish in the mainstream churches. Today, it is even difficult to find a church that has not been compromised by some form of eastern-style mystical practice or emerging church philosophy. Now e-mails and letters pour into our office telling how readers who either just discovered us or were at one time skeptical of our warnings are now shocked to see that these things have entered their churches. (54) Embracing the Spirit of the Age by Howard Green, 9/20/17  I’m amazed how rapidly our technology has advanced. It wasn’t that long ago when we had to unfurl a large paper map just to see which exit to take so we could get to our destination. Now we are guided by satellite with almost pinpoint precision everywhere we need to go. If you miss your turn, the navigation system automatically initiates a course correction. If you don’t follow the course correction, the device will continue to suggest a U-turn at the closest intersection. If you continue to ignore the course corrections, the route to your destination is changed and an alternate way is suggested. This driving scenario is not unlike what is taking place inside many churches today. A growing number of fellowships are following the course of this world despite repeated warnings to change direction. This is what happens when the church begins embracing the spirit of the age. (55) The Last Ride by Sandy Simpson, 11/4/17  I was listening to a song the other day and began to see a correlation between that song, which is about ending a man/woman relationship, to what the Bible tells us happened between God and Israel (Jeremiah 3:8) and will also happen in the end times between God and those who profess to be Christians but are fallen away (Revelation 3:16).  The only difference is that God took the children of Israel back (Psalm 14:7) and did not permanently divorce them, since God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16).  But in the end the apostate churches will be spit out of His mouth (Revelation 3:16).  (56) The Spirit of the Age vs. The Spirit of Holiness: The unravelling of Society and the Church by Mike Oppenheimer, 12/22/17  In our day all that would be considered God’s will is being fought against on nearly every front. In the times we live in we can expect the unexpected to happen more frequently than ever before. It seems everywhere we turn there is something wrong and evil trying to intrude on our lives. With all this taking place we have a strong tower, the same one that is there for every generation. The Lord is our shield and out hiding place in times of tumult. He who lives inside the believer is “greater than he who is in the world.�? The divide is evident “They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God.�? (1 John 4:4-6) The world is filling up with the knowledge of evil. The most insidious paradigm is now in place, calling good evil and evil good; light for darkness. As Jesus spoke, only those who are of the truth come to the light. Then they know the difference. Churches have found themselves living in shades of gray by stepping out of the light of the word into the world’s ways, not standing for what she knows is right and instead compromising. As the saying goes “try not to upset the applecart.�? Too many in the church try not to take sides to keep peace. Jesus walked into the temple and contended with the money changers by turning over their tables. We can use some of this reaction today. Time to upset the applecart’s.  (57) War on the Saints – Part 1 by Bill Randles, 1/10/18  We are all undergoing, whether we believe and acknowledge it or not, a tremendously intense level of spiritual warfare such as never seen before in history. The Bible tells us that this intensive, high-level spiritual warfare would be one of the characteristics of the last days. The book of Revelation warns us that in the very last times, the Abyss, i.e. “the bottomless pit�? will be opened and the earth will be inundated by a locust like Demon invasion, sent to torment all men. Paul warns us that in the last days demons will be teaching people doctrine and that those doctrines would even infiltrate the church, causing many to fall away. (58) Religious Deception by Prof. Johan Malan, University of the North, South Africa, 2/4/18  The kingdom of darkness infiltrated the Christian church with a view to adulterating it by proclaiming a counterfeit Jesus, a counterfeit spirit and a counterfeit gospel. (59) Is Your Church Getting Stronger or Weaker? by Judson Casjens, 2/10/18  Recently, I read the following letter: I was saved in 1973, and I have seen dramatic changes in Bible-believing churches over the past 44 years, and in the vast majority of cases, the changes have been for the worse. Everywhere I go, I see churches getting weaker rather than stronger. I am talking about weaker in biblical preaching, weaker in clear reproof of sin and error, weaker in Bible knowledge, weaker in holiness, weaker in separation from the world, weaker in [true worship], weaker in discipleship, weaker in passion for Christ,  weaker in evangelism, weaker in  zeal for world missions. I see the weakness in pastors, in the old people, in the homes, and in the youth. [letter slightly edited] So my question to those reading this is, is your church getting stronger or weaker? (60) The Deteriorating effect of an Apostasy by Mike Oppenheimer, 2/26/18  There has been a huge pouring out of respect for Billy Graham from the world and the media. Many who were brought up in some type of religious background honor Mr. Graham. Many attribute his messages to making them aware of or bringing them to Christ. What Graham said from the pulpit would be straight forward but this would at times change in personal interviews. I will refrain from giving examples at this time. What I would like us to see is the Christian TV, youtube community has also spoken on his death and so much of this is pointing back to Benny Hinn. (61) Enduring the End by Jackie Alnor, 3/17/18  Jesus promised that He would build His church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. And yet He also said, “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8b) Read Part 1 & Part 2.  (62) Enduring End-time Trials by Cedric Fisher, 5/4/18  I firmly believe that the Remnant of God’s people are going though a purifying and strengthening process by waves of trials. I know many Believers who are wrestling with great hardships. My family has not been exempted from that purging process. It seems that you barely get through one trial, have a brief period of peace, and another one comes rolling in. I sometimes feel like a rock in the surging tide. We have no option but to accept it, stand in God’s armor (Ephesians 6:11), and wait for the wave to pass. It is essential to remember to put on His armor—not ours. Trying to fight in our armor would be a disaster. (63) What have we become? by Paul Proctor, 4/27/11  I continue to be both saddened and disturbed by how many professional Christians there are today that are more interested in advancing their own ministries and agendas than they are the Word of God – and frankly, it shows because far too many spend their time and effort talking about we, me and mine – promoting and defending themselves, their feelings, their visions and their experiences with one another, week in and week out, rather than contending for the faith with Bible in heart and hand. (Jude 1:3) (64) One of the main signs of the end of the age by Mike Oppenheimer, 5/20/18  The sign of the end. “Mark 13:6: "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and will deceive many.�? (I am he, “he�? is not in the original.) Luke 21:8-9 adds, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.�? Before the real I AM returns, who is Jesus, He warns many will impersonate him. Mt. 24:5: "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.�? In these passages we see two forms that are being used today by new agers and even those inside the church, “I am�? and Christ. (65) The Ultimate Falsehood by The Berean Call, 4/27/18  Antichrist! The media has so conditioned our minds that the very word instantly conjures up the image of a sinister man who exudes evil from every pore. But Hollywood caricatures play into the hands of the real Antichrist, since no suspicion will rest upon this one whose admirable qualities so well conceal his dark designs. When the time has come for his surprising world takeover, precipitated by an unprecedented global crisis, he will be hailed as the world’s savior – and so he will appear to be. (66) The Great Shut-Down by Cedric Fisher, 7/25/18 Not long ago, social media (e.g. Facebook, Google, etc.) presenting end-times information was bustling with activity. Eschatological and discernment posts were peppered with thousands of favorable commentaries. Now, most of the ones I’ve checked have incurred a significant drop-off in views, likes, comments, and shares. The most popular ones are receiving only a few hundred views and some less than a hundred. It is as if a switch was flipped and people are staying away from information deemed “negative.�? The blogs and pages maintaining viewership are the ones presenting heresy or benign information. (67) Those Who Are Spiritually Deceived Are No Longer Able to Think for Themselves by Kevin Reeves, 9/7/18 Some may think it is extreme to compare the spiritual deception and control tactics within the church today to that of the Nazi regime and the death camps, but we should remember that the church in Germany in the 1930s was very much like the church is today—having a head in the sand mentality about spiritual deception and turning religious leaders into super-human heroes who can do no wrong. Perhaps we are not all that different than Christians in Germany back then. We should not fool ourselves and think we would never be duped like that. The apostle Paul issued a warning to Christians: Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (I Cor. 10:11,12) Despite all of this, there is hope in the Lord; He is “Faithful and True�? (Rev. 19:11). And He promised to preserve His church, that true body of believers whom He calls the Bride of Christ. Praise His name—there is hope. When truth is challenged, mocked, and thrown against the wind, we can be sure, it will never be altered. And that Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. The Lord is calling His people out from the midst of the false, to adhere to His truth, no matter what the cost. Let us respond with joy and thankfulness, knowing His grace is sufficient to strengthen us and give us courage. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. (Hebrews 13:13-14) (68) Welcome To Full Blown Apostasy In America by Forgotten Word, 10/31/18 Fellow Christians, things are getting very hairy in our great nation.  On the secular front, sixteen trillion dollars in debt and a weak economy are threatening to drag our nation into an economic depression we may never get out of.  Morally and spiritually, we are headed toward bankruptcy as we abandon the Judeo-Christian laws and principles our nation was founded upon.  Fifty two million murdered babies and a seemingly unstoppable march to dismantle biblical marriage are leading this nation toward a complete abandonment of God’s ways and teachings. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a war that will drag the world into World War Three—the great battle prophesied in Ezekiel.  And in the midst of radical Islamic terrorism that threatens Israel and our nation, our political leaders apologize for our values, capitulating to terrorist thugs at every turn. The church in this nation—part of the bride of Christ—opens its arms and embraces Islam, a religion of anti-christ, because we value the peace of man more than the truth of God.  We abandoned millions of children over the past 40 years who were aborted, we are abandoning the biblical institution of marriage, and now we open our arms and try to find common ground with a religion that denies Jesus as the Son of God. We have a government openly attacking the religious freedoms of Christians, while it goes out of its way to protect a religion that openly states it must conquer and control the world politically, economically and religiously. (69) Turning the Heart by J. Vernon McGee, 11/28/18 May I say that there is a frightful apostasy today in the church. Human nature is like that, and we are in a nation that is in trouble. We have tried every method, political scheme, and political party, and none of them has worked. What is wrong? We have gone to the wrong place for help. Only a turning to God will get us on the right path. I know that sounds square and out of date, but it sounded that way one thousand years before Christ also.  (70) An abandoning of religion and faith for a new way of Spirituality? at Let Us Reason, 12/28/18 A recently article by Michael Snyder End Of The American Dream - November 28, 2018 These are some excerpts of it. America is littered with thousands upon thousands of church buildings that aren’t being used anymore. Many of our nation’s churches can no longer afford to maintain their structures—6,000 to 10,000 churches die each year in America—and that number will likely grow. Though more than 70 percent of our citizens still claim to be Christian, congregational participation is less central to many Americans’ faith than it once was. Most denominations are declining as a share of the overall population, and donations to congregations have been falling for decades. Meanwhile, religiously unaffiliated Americans, nicknamed the “nones,�? are growing as a share of the U.S. population. In fact, the “nones�? have risen from just 6 percent of the population in 1991 to 25 percent today. That makes them the single largest “religious group�? in the United States. Today, less than 20 percent of all Americans attend church on a regular basis. As a result, churches are dying in very large numbers, and this is a trend that appears to be accelerating. According to Thom S. Rainer of Lifeway, when you break the numbers down it means that “around 100-200 churches will close this week�?… Between 6,000 and 10,000 churches in the U.S. are dying each year. That means around 100-200 churches will close this week. The pace will accelerate unless our congregations make some dramatic changes. (71) Warnings Against Spiritual Decline and Backsliding by Johan Malan, Mossel Bay, South Africa (March 2016) “Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking diligently lest anyone should fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up should cause trouble, and by this many become defiled” (Heb. 12:14-15). There are clear commands in the Bible to pursue holiness and make progress in our spiritual lives; but, at the same time, serious warnings are issued against those who fall short of the grace of God and again start living according to their old (carnal) nature. Such people easily become embittered due to disappointments and difficult circumstances, and then defile others with their doubts and negative thoughts. We either move forward spiritually and make progress towards holiness, or we fall backward. Those who draw nearer to the Lord, experience His peace and joy in their hearts and also live peacefully with other people, while those who backslide inevitably grow cold in their love towards God and their fellow-men. We are warned that we live in an apostatising world which rapidly deteriorates while heading for the judgements of God. It is obvious that spiritual decline and deception are increasing in the end-time with a view to promoting a climate of receptivity to the Antichrist. However, Christians should look beyond these problems, expect the second coming of Christ and keep on preparing to appear before Him in holiness. We should resist the deception and apostasy to ensure that we are not contaminated, discouraged or drawn away by it. Peter says: “Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. … Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace. … You therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away by the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:11-12, 14, 17-18). (72) How well will the church survive this end-time turmoil? by Mike Oppenheimer, 3/14/19 The great rebellion is upon us, we see this in both the world and in the church. If we are in the middle of an apostasy, “the great apostasy” as many of us believe. The only ones that survive are those who adhere to the word, who love the truth (2 Thess.2). These are called the remnant. So who are the remnant? Those who hold to word of God and try to live by it through the power of the Holy Spirit. It’s not about how successful they do this but it is a matter of their heart, their willingness to press forward and resist the spirit of deception that is gaining strength in the world. The term is used profusely in the Old Testament. We are also told that at this time the love of many will grow cold. It’s many, not all. We see this taking place in every facet where people no longer have care for each other. They don’t listen to another person’s views, what they are going through, they have their minds made up before you say a word (this is especially seen in politics, a religion unto itself). Respect is gone as Paul wrote in his list in 2 Tim 3 of what will be lacking or change. (73) Apostasy: Broken Lives and Shattered Faith Versus Those Who Resist by Kevin Reeves, 7/4/19 These are critical days for the body of Christ. We are in the epoch of church history spoken of by the apostle Paul as “perilous times” (2 Timothy 3:1). What makes the danger all the more imminent is that not much of the church believes it. Many of us have owned the glorious but erroneous vision of an end-times remnant walking in unconquerable power, transforming entire societies. The result has been nothing short of catastrophic. How soon we forget. Every cult in the world has sprouted from the fertile soil of deception, always initiated by a drastic move away from the primacy of the Word of God into the nebulous, self-defining atmosphere of experience. At my previous church, our desire to accumulate otherworldly wealth (i.e., supernatural power) had ushered us into a contrived system of personal spiritual elevation much like such active cults as Mormonism and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. (74) The Deeper Teaching About The Self…the delusion by Bill Randles, 7/11/19 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. ( 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) I hope I have made it obvious, to all who have ears to hear, that our society is being set up for a delusion which will be damning. God will send this delusion as a judgment, but only as the culmination of a thousand little steps in the direction, freely chosen by those who will be judged in it. They who will be deluded had to have rejected the Truth revealed in the Incarnation of Jesus, and by the Apostles and Prophets of the Bible. Instead those trapped by the delusion, are the ones who have fancied their own ways, they cherish the false illusion presented by the army of false prophets, teachers, opinion molders and shapers coming to them in our culture in the form of popular entertainers, spiritual innovators, people like Oprah Winfrey, popularizers of Yoga and Eastern religion, Rock and Roll entertainers, which have been poured out upon our culture over the last 100 years or so. (75) State of the church today: Being a Survivor of the apostasy by Mike Oppenheimer, 9/13/19 Listening to prophets instead of the prophecy in the Bible will mislead you. Listening to teachers distortions of the Bible will also mislead you. I can guarantee this is what will take place for many according to God’s word. This is exactly what Jesus warned of taking place in the last days, this is why he said a number of times “see to it no one deceives,” to his disciples which echoes down the corridors of time to us today. Is the majority of the church, a whole new generation about to be deceived? We have the new revivalism taking place all over again. This is a warning to all who will hear. It was Benny Hinn who started this whole flawed concept of impartation of anointing and revival to an already open Church seeking an experience. He introduce Rodney Browne who infected so many. From Toronto to Brownsville to Lakeland with Todd Bentley to what is taking place today at the send and the new revival fire of Brownsville The adoration of man has prevented the church from resisting the many false teachers inside. There is nothing wrong with admiration or respect of a person’s work  that is accordance with the word but when these men and their words become more important than the words of Jesus - watch out.  (76) 10 Things to Ponder—Pathways to Apostasy by Roger Oakland, 9/17/19 (1) Ecumenical unity at any cost, yet completely void of any connection to the message that Jesus died on the Cross. (2) The church-growth movement, which is focused on a market-driven seeker-friendly Christianity emphasizing a megachurch mentality. (3) A Christianity focused on following men, their methods, and their movements. (4) A Jesuit agenda promoted by publishers and pastors proclaiming the teachings and ideas of Roman Catholic church fathers and Roman Catholic mystics. (5) The rejection of biblical creation and the acceptance of theistic evolution and progressive creation. (6) The acceptance of New Age ancient Babylonian practices such as yoga and contemplative prayer as a means of “getting closer to Jesus.” (7) A false Christianity that substitutes the Gospel according to the Scriptures with a social gospel. (8) The “Purpose-driven P.E.A.C.E. Plan” that prepares the church for a global one-world religion. (9) An experience-based “Christianity” that seeks after signs and wonders and rejects the biblical warnings of a Last Days spiritual deception found in the Bible. (10) The New Age belief that man is a “co-creator” and that every person has divinity within him. (77) Spiritual Blindness at CRN, 4/6/21 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. Ephesians 2:1-3 (NASB)  Not that long ago whenever I learned of a pastor or other “church leader” going off the rails morally I would be shocked as did most other believers I know. However, now, it seems that some things have changed…. I read this article this morning and was not really that surprised at all. Of course, I was disgusted and wondered at the leadership of that church and the members of it that they would put up with such unchristian behavior. It is unquestioned that just as the Church in Europe has lost its way because of these things the very same thing is happening in the United States at an accelerating rate. The Church is apostatizing and it seems that many within who are standing firm against it are some who are attempting to cause division with attacks rooted in self-righteousness fueled by conspiracy theories such as King James Onlyism. (78) Desiring God And Tgc Author Renounces His Faith, Says He’s In The Best Place Of His Life at CRN, 4/14/21 “I think it’s important to say that I’m just not a Christian anymore, and it feels really good. I’m really happy.” Apostasy is one of the most tragic phenomenon of Christianity. It never ceases to amaze how someone can live such a lie for such a long time only to end up renouncing their faith. Time after time, popular Christian figures have renounced their faith over the centuries–but it appears to be picking up at breakneck speed. Several popular and prominent Christian figures have renounced their Christianity over the last couple of years including the former editor of Christianity Today, Mark Galli, popular Hillsong musician, Marty Sampson, and purity culture pastor, Josh Harris, among many others. (79) Christian Publishing Houses Are Advancing The Apostasy Pandemic In The Church by Marsha West, 5/14/21 (Marsha West – Christian Research Network)  Dr. David F. Wells lamented that he has watched “with growing disbelief as the evangelical church has cheerfully plunged into astounding theological illiteracy.” How can a believer in Jesus Christ plunge into biblical illiteracy?  In part, the blame can be laid squarely on Christian publishing houses for printing theological rubbish. Enter your local Christian bookstore, gaze around the shop, and eventually you will spot a couple shelves of Bibles in many sizes and colors, leather, hard cover, in every conceivable translation. Publishers promise that their version is the most “accurate” “up-to-date” and “easiest to read.” (80) The Global Church, Apostasy, And The Year 2000 by Ed Tarkowski, 2000  Today, a Global Church is rising as the "new" Israel, yet God's word says that He is not yet done dealing with true Israel. The tribulation period is called the Time of Jacob's trouble, and God will bring a remnant forth from Judaism to whom He will fulfill the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants. This will occur wheh they see Him at His second coming at the end of this seven-year period when He returns in the power and glory of the Father. At that time, at the time of the seventh trumpet, the mystery of God will be finished: "4 the mystery of Christ. . . 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel" (Ephesians 3). "7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets" (Rev. 10). The true Church will partake of these promises because of God's faithfulness to Israel at the end of Daniel's 70th week. But, the Global Church, the "new" Israel, is attempting to fulfill these promises on its own. These article are designed to show how the Global Church has manuevered itself into this position. (81) Five Observations Of Modern Church Liberal Drift And Apostasy at CRN, 9/16/21 “The doctrine of repentance has been completely stripped from the teachings in many churches, and easy-believism has taken over. This is why churches, like Hillsong, can allow sodomites to serve in leadership positions, and so-called pastors, like Andy Stanely, can claim expository preaching is “dangerous.” Liberalism has run amuck, and one only has to profess a belief in Jesus to be considered a Christian.” One of the greatest preachers of all time, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, was caught in the middle of a controversy during his time known as the Downgrade Controversy. Spurgeon noticed a phenomenon taking place within the professing Church and many during his time hated him for it. He saw theological and moral compromise overtaking churches and he was very outspoken about it. It turns out that what he saw taking place back then has now morphed into all-out apostasy in today’s Church. Below are five–of many–observations of this “downgrade” that are associated with compromise in the Evangelical Church. (82) Tiptoeing Into Apostasy by Marsha West, 5/13/22 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 I’ve been a Christian long enough to have seen many people fall away from the faith. Some have been well-known ministers or speakers who built large organizations or churches before falling into outright unbelief or into impenitence for serious sin. Others have been close friends who have decided to abandon their profession of faith along with their spouses. Still others have been former students in Bible studies and Sunday school classes who embraced worldly values and never darkened the door of an orthodox, gospel-preaching church again even if they claimed some sort of Christian allegiance. (83) Liberty U Hires Walmart, Goldman Sachs ‘Diversity Expert’ As Executive VP Of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity by The Dissenter, 5/30/22 “They’ve gone woke. They’ve embraced the secular social justice movement and replaced the gospel with this rampant disease.” Evangelicals are never more than right behind the culture when it comes to social justice. Whatever the progressive left does politically, the progressive left Church soon follows suit. Spearheaded by outlets such as The Gospel Coalition and the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, such leftist ideologies as “racial justice” have made deep inroads into the Evangelical Church and the movement has replaced the gospel with carnal works. (84) The Evangelical World Has Become Spiritually Disoriented And Profoundly Worldly by A Present Urgency – Bruce A. Little, 8/22/22 In the Preface to True Spirituality Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-1984) confessed that in 1951-52 while living in Champery, Switzerland he experienced something of an existential crisis in his Christian life. The book is the conclusion of that struggle. He explained the struggle with the “problem of reality” of Christian truth in his own life. He was troubled by the realization that the “reality [of his faith] was less than it had been in the early days after [he] had become a Christian” (195). I think many Christians, if honest, would confess something of this struggle themselves if they ever stop to think about it. (85) Standing Firm Amidst Famine Of The Word Of God by Mike Ratliff, 11/5/22 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (LSB) The growing apostasy in the visible Church seems to be accelerating. The spiritual blindness of so many professing believers and their leaders is truly astounding. My brethren, the sad state of the visible Church is both the product of the famine of the Word of God and the cause of it. When the Word of God is seldom heard or read or taught then its purifying power is muted. (86) Serving Jesus Christ In The Midst Of Apostasy by Mike Ratliff, 3/30/23 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 1 John 4:1-6 (LSB) Read verses 4-6 on the site. It is one thing to confess Christ or profess to be a Christian and quite another to live and walk before the face of God within that confession or profession in obedience to God and His Word. There are so many in our time who claim to be Christians, but whose lives are marked by them speaking and living according to the world and its ways. (87) The Presence And Influence Of Powers, Principalities, And Demons In Our Age Of Apostasy by Linda Kimball – RenewAmerica, 7/20/23 “Following on the heels of mind-altering substances flooding our schools and churches are yoga, mindfulness meditation, and channeling. Children are being taught to “go within” and contact their spirit guides. Spiritual formation classes are taught in…mega-churches where earthly bread, yoga and musical ecstasy draped by a limp cross are usual offerings.” In “The Spiritist Fallacy,” a penetrating analysis of Luciferian Theosophy, Spiritism, and by extension, the New Age Spirituality overtaking and replacing Christianity throughout Western civilization, the respected French traditionalist metaphysician Rene Guenon explained how the theories of William James (1842-1910), the father of American psychology, are examples of unconscious Satanism. Guenon gives two reasons. (88) God’s Impending Judgment On The False Churches Of The Modern World at CRN, 8/10/23 In the sprawling panorama of modern Evangelicalism, where the bright marquees of celebrated figures like Andy Stanley and Rick Warren frequently shine, a troubling trend stands out prominently. While historically, the church stood as a pillar of truth against the changing tides of culture, today’s landscape often tells a different story. Many church leaders, swayed more by societal currents than the unchanging Word of God, have morphed into spiritual chameleons, adjusting their hue to match the prevailing tones of popular sentiment. True devotion and fidelity to God’s commandments are now frequently sacrificed at the altar of cultural relevance, resulting in a false gospel tailored more for itching ears than for changed hearts. (89) Apostasy Of The Modern Church And The Immutable Righteousness Of God by The Dissenter, 8/23/23 “The Bible does not explicitly state how or when God will judge the American Church, but it’s clear from Scripture that nothing is off the table. The shadows are lengthening, and the warnings continue to resonate through the pages of Scripture.” In an era marked by uncertainty and a drift away from biblical truth, the warnings and judgments found in the pages of Scripture serve as grave reminders to us. These historical accounts are not merely tales of a bygone era but resounding calls to fidelity and obedience. They beckon us to recognize the danger of departing from the foundational teachings of the faith. (90) Christians And Apostates by Mike Ratliff, 9/30/23 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 1 Peter 3:8-12 (NKJV) This era of the Church is one of extreme deception due to compromise with the standards and focus of the world. Separation between the Church and the world is not being kept. Instead, the holy barrier between the two has been breached as false prophets have welcomed in not only the world and its ways into their churches. Not only that, but they have also embraced the mysticism of the Eastern religions. (91) Laodiceans by Mike Ratliff, 10/16/23 14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says: 15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Revelation 3:14-16 (LSB) I have heard numerous sermons and read even more teachings on Revelation 3:14-22, which is our Lord’s letter given to the Apostle John to be sent to the church at Laodicea. I have written and taught on this passage myself numerous times. In any case, there are two aspects of it that we will look at in this post that point directly to the apostate mess that is going on right now in the “visible church.” (92) Unbelief Begets Deception by Mike Ratliff, 11/28/23 53 Now it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there. 54 And He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” 57 And they were taking offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” 58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. Matthew 13:53-58 (LSB) As we continue to look at the evidence of God sending out a strong delusion upon professing Christians who appear to be running headlong into apostasy in ever increasing numbers let us look at what it is in these people that has brought this about. Why have they fallen into darkness and we have not? (93) Do You wonder why there are so few Biblical churches left? by Mike Oppenheimer, 1/9/24 We have seen these so called revivals over the last 30 plus years. It is more accurate to say it is revivalism – meaning, it is men hyping people up to think something spiritual is actually taking place when it is false doctrine and practices that are being introduced for them to believe and live by. We have seen the rise of the seeker friendly models, the soft social gospel of Rick Warren and willow Creek added to the mix, the music revivalism of Hillsong. All the mystical / Gnostic movements that have continued as little fires spread over the landscape of Christian Churches in America and throughout the World. (94) Who Are The Apostates by Mike Ratliff, 3/9/24 3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you exhorting that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. 4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Jude 1:3-4 (LSB)  Carefully read the passage above my brethren. The writer of the Epistle of Jude is the brother of James, the well-known leader of the Jerusalem church (Acts 12:17; 15:13; 21;18; Galatians 2:9) and, therefore, the half-brother of our Lord Jesus Christ. (95) Letter to the Editor: Churchless in the Church at Lighthouse Trails, 3/11/24 We’ve already read through a quarter of the Lighthouse Trails Research Journal (the Spring 2024 issue) received recently and, as always, appreciate the time, effort, and resources invested to produce these. We enjoyed reading about the trial effort to bring Christian widows and widowers together; that’s great. Becky knows that experience well. As our age-group rapidly passes on, we believe this will become increasingly important, and we wish them great success. There’s another group in a similar situation. A while back, I sent either links or material to those who, in increasing numbers, find themselves in churches where they are no longer welcome, be they founding or sustaining members, or new arrivals seeking a place to worship and share with likeminded believers. Some stories detail how people were actually booted out of churches they helped start and financially support. Many, like us, had horrible experiences and had no choice but to leave. In this and earlier LT Journal issues, there are stories and letters from people who find themselves in similar situations; in our case, it’s been decades, but here we are! In my mind, I think it’s important that folks reading LT materials (be it Journal, booklet, or other) understand that they are not alone and that in a growing number of cases, it’s not the fault of the departing believer but the pastor and church. Just because someone is churchless doesn’t mean it’s their fault; yet we’ve heard countless preachers issue stern mandates that Christians absolutely must be churched. We thank the Lord regularly for our both having obtained a solid foundation in God’s Word at Bible school and are also grateful for bringing Becky and me together in unusual circumstances; but almost every married couple’s meeting-story is unusual! It’s literally just the two of us and the Lord. We have the idea that we’re a rather rare situation and that most other people have more, if not much more, social exposure than we do, but that assumption could be wrong. (96) Contemporary Worship Is A Breeding Ground For Idolatry And False Worship, Leading To Judgment by The Dissenter, 6/9/24 The Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) industry is a modern-day embodiment of false worship and idolatry—mooching off the name of Christ to launch careers, only to end up apostatizing, blaspheming Him, and supporting the very things God abhors, like homosexuality, abortion, and more. This industry is a prime example of how worship can become a shallow veneer—think of a gold-plated apple that’s rotten to the core—masking a reality of self-indulgence and rebellion against God’s holiness. (97) The Silence of the Lambs by Mike Oppenheimer, 7/21/24 So many who the name of Christ are seen on stage at events with new agers and cult preachers and many others with those who hold to another Christ and 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. Uniting with those who have another gospel hurts the cause of Christ in so many ways, it does not in anyway further Christ’s influence. 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 Latter Rain and certain charismatics do, he can’t be God), because you control him, He does not control you. (98) The Modern Evangelical Movement Has Embraced A Gospel Message Of Cheap Grace by Ron Helle – Patriot Post, 8/24/24 Pastor, author, and, dare I say, prophet A. W. Tozer cautions us about the danger of cheap grace: “To offer a sinner the gift of salvation based upon the work of Christ, while at the same time allowing him to retain the idea that the gift carries with it no moral implications, is to do him untold injury where it hurts him worst.” (99) The Tragedy Of The Modern Church Is That She’s Indistinguishable From The World by The Dissenter, 9/21/24 “If you can’t tell where the world ends and the church begins, you’re not in a church anymore—you’re in a theater. You’re in a circus. You’re witnessing the great Evangelical masquerade, where everyone plays a part but no one seems to care that they’re all headed down the path of destruction.” Walk into almost any modern Evangelical church today, and you might be forgiven for wondering whether you’ve mistakenly stumbled into a concert hall, a corporate team-building event, or maybe even the set of a reality TV show. The flashing lights, slick branding, and carefully choreographed “worship experiences” give off a whiff of marketing genius, but there’s something sinister lurking beneath the polished facade. (100) After exiting the Christian music industry, these artists engage religion on their terms by RNS, 10/29/24 When former Christian artist Michael Gungor first hosted a new spiritual community in Los Angeles this year, worship began not with an organ blast or sermon series video promo, but with blowing bubbles. Appropriately dubbed “Play,” Gungor envisioned the event — which featured painting, dancing, corporate singing and meditation, but no religious creed — as a celebration that “redefines worship.” (101) Five Signs A Church Is Going Woke by The Dissenter, 11/28/24 “It replaces the gospel with a false religion that offers no salvation, no forgiveness, and no hope. It exchanges the eternal truth of God’s Word for cultural zeitgeist. It preaches a false christ who doesn’t demand repentance, a God who doesn’t judge sin, and a gospel that doesn’t save. And the worst part? It does all of this in the name of love, as if leading people further into darkness could ever be loving. The creeping plague of wokeness has infiltrated many churches like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It doesn’t always announce itself with a flashing neon sign but seeps in, subtly reframing priorities, redefining terms, and reinterpreting Scripture. (102) The Grey Area of Deception between Two Kingdoms by Johan Malan, Mossel Bay, South Africa, 12/7/24 In the spiritual sphere, people everywhere are exposed to influences emerging from two different kingdoms, i.e. the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. All people begin their lives at the wrong end of this spectrum between light and darkness because they are born with a depraved and sinful nature. When they are saved they are called out of the darkness of their lost state into the marvellous light of Christ’s kingdom (1 Pet. 2:9). Paul says that God the Father “has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:13-14). A ransom was paid to redeem us from our guilt of sin and give us a new beginning in life. After salvation our problems and spiritual battle unfortunately do not come to an end as the devil targets all believers and uses deception and temptation in an effort to revive our old, carnal nature of depraved lusts, thereby aiming to once again render us slaves of sin. However, we have the grace of the Lord, the promises and guidelines in His Word, and the power of the Holy Spirit to prevail over these temptations, to keep the flesh in a crucified state and to be more than conquerors in Christ. But it is nonetheless a fierce battle which we are engaged in, and no Christian can afford to underestimate its seriousness. We should identify the problem for what it is, and then put on the full armour of God to remain standing against the wiles of the devil. We do not live in a fully revealed kingdom of heaven now but find ourselves in the midst of an intense battle against a powerful and cunning enemy. (103) Episcopal Church May Be Dying Out . . . But Evangelical Church Shares Same “Missing” Link by Lighthouse Trails, 12/29/24 The Episcopal Church isn’t the only denomination that is guilty of allowing dangerous incremental steps of deception into its fold. Just about every evangelical denomination today began at some point allowing contemplative spirituality (via the Spiritual Formation movement)* into the framework of church life. It largely started in 1978 with Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline where he stated that “we should all without shame enroll as apprentices in the school of contemplative prayer.”3 And after that, Christian publishers that had trusted reputations within the church (e.g. Navigators, InterVarsity Press) began pouring into Christianity hundreds, if not thousands, of books promoting and teaching contemplative spirituality and Spiritual Formation. (104) Feminization And The Church by Joshua Farris – American Reformer, 1/1/25 “By taking deliberate steps to re-engage men, the church can fulfill its mission more effectively, providing a space where both men and women can thrive in their God-given roles…” Feminism has reshaped the Western cultural landscape in profound ways, influencing public education, media, corporate practices, and societal norms. The church, particularly in evangelical circles, has long sought to maintain a countercultural stance, but it has not remained immune to these shifts. As feminism’s ideological offshoots have permeated various aspects of society, their influence has also seeped into the church. (105) The Counterfeit Church by Mike Ratliff, 9/17/25 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:4-5 (LSB) The world system, for the most part, is extremely tolerant of religion as long as it is not evangelical Christianity. However, it has no problem with that version of Christianity that is politically correct. Many countries in this world have imposed anti-hatred and anti-conversion laws specifically directed against Christianity. Liberalism, ideology, or cultural religions protecting their turf dominate those governments. Even in the United States, a preacher can get in a great deal of hot water with the FBI if someone in his audience becomes offended by the preaching of the truth from scripture about sin and depravity. It appears the deck is stacked against evangelical Christianity. New Sandy Simpson Messages in Books, CDs & DVDs 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.  Only $18. plus s/h. for US.  For more information on this DVD, go here.

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