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Entertainment-style Christianity vs. Interactive-style Christianityby Sandy Simpson 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 are heading down the road to apostasy. True biblical Christianity is "interactive". Those in ESC are taught to be spectators at mega-church entertainment events. They are not taught the Bible but rather to be enamored with the oratorical skills 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, to preachers 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. Theirs ears are tickled by guest speakers who make up sermons out of their own imaginations instead of the written Word. They are entertained with gold dust, gold fillings, "angel" feathers, "angel" footprints, drunk in the spirit antics, and during these displays they can go out and get a latte and a snack at the church snack bar. They come into these mega churches and leave without being personally challenged other than with tired worldly psychology, and without anyone being able to find out what they are doing in their private lives. A small percentage attend "cell groups" where they are diapraxed into consensus instead of challenged to be Bereans and think and act for themselves. They live like the world during the week, then come to church where the world is not only welcomed but accommodated.
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Acts 20:30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
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LTRJ Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. One year ago, on December 2, 2019, Lighthouse Trails released an article titled Southern Baptist Convention Adopts "Critical Race Theory"-A Dangerous Marxist 'Solution' That Will Not Work." In the summer of 2020, we released a booklet of the same title. This is an issue affecting the entire church, not just SBC. Please read our 2019 article if you are not familiar with the term Critical Race Theory. Also read Mary Danielsen's S Is for Social Justice. Debate continues between Southern Baptist seminary presidents and the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention - and once again, the debate is over the use of Critical Race Theory. At the end of November, the Council of Seminary Presidents of the SBC put out a statement that (1) affirms the Baptist Faith and Message as the north star of the denomination, and (2) criticizes Critical Race Theory - which says systemic racism pervades society and colors every transaction, human, cultural and theological - as being incompatible with scripture. In response, a cross-ethnic group of SBC leaders chastised the presidents in their own statement last week, saying Critical Race Theory shouldn't replace the Bible but can be used to provide cultural context. Leading that group was SBC president J.D. Greear. Christian apologist Dr. Alex McFarland contends the SBC's leadership has led the denomination astray.
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Interim Report Finds Ravi Zacharias 'Engaged In Sexual Misconduct Over Many Years'
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at Christian Research Network, 12/24/20
"RZIM leader Carson Weitnauer published a scathing letter, accusing RZIM's "secretive board and senior leaders" of misleading the staff and public." (Julie Roys - The Roys Report) The firm hired by RZIM to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by Ravi Zacharias has released an interim report, finding "credible evidence" that Zacharias "engaged in sexual misconduct over many years."
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by Francois du Toit
Reviewed by GotQuestions.org
While du Toit claims to be bringing out the meaning of the biblical text, it seems clear that he is actually importing his beliefs into it. Du Toit is a universalist who believes that all mankind was redeemed through the cross: "Jesus died humanity's death and when the stone was rolled away, we were raised together with him! Every human life is fully represented in him!" (www.mirrorword.net/about-us, accessed 12/19/20). For du Toit, the gospel is not that sinners can be saved by faith in Christ but that humanity has already been saved and the gospel is simply the annunciation of that fact. People need to become aware of this fact and embrace it in order to live truly joyful and fulfilling lives.
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