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Prophets for profit
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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"Mistake" or "Sin"?
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Servant Authority
by Sandy
Simpson
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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!
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“Overtake you like a thief”
by Sandy
Simpson
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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;
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Generic and Specific
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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The Ugly Side
of Diaprax
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Deluded!
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Healer?
Heal Thyself!
by Sandy Simpson
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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?
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God’s Attitude toward the
“Supreme Beings” of the Nations
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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You need to "nip it in the
bud"!
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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The New Panentheistic "God" Of
Christendom
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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What Should I Say?
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Luring People To Destruction
By The Unscrupulous Use Of The
"Gospel" Message
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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One of Satan’s Final
Masquerades
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Attack Of The Enemy
On The Churches
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Marks Of False Religion
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Universalism in the
World
has Permeated the Church
by Sandy Simpson
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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?”.
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What We Need Is A Reverse
Paradigm Shift!
by Sandy Simpson
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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!’
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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.
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Testing The Spirits
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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Questions for Those Who Claim
the "Supreme Beings"
Of the Nations Are the True
God
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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How To Discern, Test &
Judge Rightly
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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We need a firm foundation to
weather the storm of false ideas
by Sandy Simpson
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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."
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"... 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).
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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.
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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
Pelé 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.
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"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"?
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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.
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The First
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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".
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Responsibilities of a
Good Shepherd
by Sandy
Simpson
This CD is a message based on this
article.
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What's Up With Christian
Bookstores?
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this
article.
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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.
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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.
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The Extreme Prophetic
by Sandy
Simpson
This DVD is a message based on this article.
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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.
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 here for
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.
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These are our
recommended BOOKS and
PUBLICATIONS. Also check out our BOOK REVIEWS
page. For a list of recommended books on
topics other than strictly deception in the
Church, go here.
For a list of recommended resources for pastors,
go here.
(1) Counterfeit
Revival by Hank Hanegraaff, 1997
This excellent book on the
subject of the Toronto/Brownsville movement is available
from Christian Research Institute, Evangel.Com, or at
Christian Book Distributors, Price: Hardcover, $14.95, US
ISBN 0849911826, CBD11826. Here's a review
from A Closer Look magazine. Click
on
this link to order "Counterfeit Revival" from
Amazon.Com today!
(2) New Wine
Or Old Deception by Roger Oakland, 1997
How extrabiblical experiences
such as the "Toronto Blessing" are seducing Christians
with great delusions couched in biblical language.
Available from The Berean Call, P.O. Box 7019, Bend, OR
97708. Price: $6.00 Catalog #BK28629, or from
Understanding The Times. Click
on
this link to order "New Wine, Old Deception"
from Amazon.Com today!
(3) Twisted
Scriptures
- A Path To Freedom From Abusive Churches by
Mary Alice Chrnalogar, 1997
"Leaders of many religious
groups, including several mainstream churches, are
twisting the Scriptures to subtly coerce cooperation
from their members. In the process, personalities are
changed and lives are ruined." Price: Softcover,
$15.95, US ISBN 0-9649588-0-5 Click
on
this link to order "Twisted Scriptures" from
Amazon.Com today!
(5) The
Confusing World of Benny Hinn by G.
Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman,
1996
"The Confusing
World of Benny Hinn is a collection of several
popular articles investigating the
best-selling author and healing evangelist,
first published by Personal Freedom Outreach
in its newsletter publication. The reader is
furnished with solid research and irrefutable
documentation to unmask the bizarre teachings
and contradictory spiritual experiences of the
faith healer some have dubbed, "The Miracle
Man." To order this book for $14. + $4.00
S/H, click on the PayPal logo below.
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(6) Christianity In Crisis
by Hank Hanegraaff, 1993
A comprehensive book on the
Word-Faith movement. It is available from Christian
Research Institute or at Christian Book Distributors,
Price: Softcover, $9.95, US ISBN 1565076966, CBD 76966.
Click
on
this link to order "Christianity In Crisis"
from Amazon.Com today!
(7) The
Laughing
Revival From Azusa To Pensacola by David Cloud,
1993
"The "laughing revival" is
sweeping through many segments of the Charismatic
world. This booklet deals with this phenomenon and its
key leaders. Covers the "Toronto Blessing" and the
"Pensacola Outpouring." The Second edition contains a
report on the author's visit to the Holy Trinity
Brompton in London, England. Included is a chapter
entitled "Slaying in the Spirit: Is It Biblical?" This
booklet is available from Way
of Life Literature, 1701 Harns Rd., Oak Harbor, WA
98277 (360) 675-8311 (voice), (360) 240-8347 (fax),
Catalog Number: WOL333B, $3.00 Click
on
this link to order "The Laughing Revival From
Azusa To Pensacola" from Amazon.Com today!
(8) The
Toronto Blessing And Slaying In The Spirit - The
Telling Wonder by Nader Mikhaiel, 1995
"Since the beginning of
the Pentecostal Movement, many groups have claimed a
fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. These
"outpourings" have been accompanied by extraordinary
manifestations: shaking, jerking, jumping, and
speaking in tongues. The most common of these
manifestations is what is called Slaying in the
Spirit, and recently, uncontrollable laughter which
has become known as the Toronto Blessing. This book
examines the Pentecostal, Charismatic and subsequent
movements in the light of these manifestations." Order
from: Nader
Mikhaiel, P.O. Box 170, Earlwood 2206 NSW
Australia. Fax 0011-61-2-6462620, email:
naderm@ozemail.com.au; $20.00, bulk purchase rates
available.
(9) When
New
Wine Makes A Man Divine by Roger Oakland, 1997
"Today there are many
different voices proclaiming contradicting messages in
the name of Christ. Some say the whole world is in the
the progress of experiencing a great Christian
revival. Others say that the church is in the final
stages of apostasy and the counterfeit bride is being
prepared for a counterfeit Christ." Available
from Understanding The Times for $6.00. Click
on
this link to order "When New Wine Makes A Man
Divine" from Amazon.Com today!
(10) The
Serpent And The Cross - Religious Corruption in an
Evil Age by Alan Morrison, 1994
"The Serpent and the
Cross" is a large-format (9"x6"), high-quality, sewn
paperback book. Containing 640 pages with almost
300,000 words, it includes a comprehensive index and
an expanded table of contents, coupled with extensive
footnotes and a 20-page bibliography. Features:
Catalogues the historical background to worldwide
religious corruption from the time of the Fall to the
present day; Offers an informative analysis of
anti-Christian developments in science and society,
health and healing, psychology, business and global
politics throughout the past 400 years; Discloses the
true meaning of the word 'occult' and the extent of
occult practices in the world and among the churches
today; Documents the infiltration of Christianity with
Eastern mysticism from the Early Church era to the
present day; Provides an encyclopedic exposé of the
hallmarks and strategies of the 'New Gnosticism', with
detailed refutations; Reveals the religious and
political aims of the Feminist Movement; Uncovers the
'New Age', syncretist, interfaith agenda of the modern
international Ecumenical Movement." Available from all
bookshops or by direct mail from K & M Books at
£12 (inc. post & packing). Direct mail overseas
customers, please send £13 or purchase from Great
Christian Books in the U.S. Discounts for multiple
purchases. Trade terms also available. All inquiries
and orders to: K & M Books: Plas Gwyn, High St.,
Trelawnyd, Rhyl, Clwyd, LL18 6DT.Tel./Fax: +[44]
(0)1745 571707.
(11) The Two Roots Of
Revival by Rev. Robert Liichow, 1998
"The book is over 250
pages of FULLY documented proof of: (1) the occult
origins of the current manifestations deceiving
hundreds of thousands of charismatic Christians (2) a
detailed Biblical refutation of each of these
manifestations. This book is an excellent companion
volume to Hank's Counterfeit Revival. The Two Roots of
Revival goes into detail about several areas that no
other author has included in their books (to
date) on this latest form of charismatic
excess."
(13)
Beware
The
New Prophets by Bill Randles, 1999
Influential
'prophets' in the US are claiming to be an
end-time super-army for the Lord. But their
'prophesies' are often wrong. Pentecostal pastor Bill
Randles investigates . . . "One
consistent characteristic of the new
prophets is their insistence that the New
Testament prophets do not have to be
subjected to the tests of Deuteronomy
(13.1-3 and 18.22)." You can see an
excerpt from this book here. See a
review of this book here.
To order this book, go here.
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(14) Spirit
Wars:
Pagan Revival In Christian America by
Peter Jones, 1998
"I firmly
believe, though I pray I am wrong, that we are
witnessing the first signs of an assault against the
truth of Christ, the likes of
which the church has never seen before.' So
concludes Dr. Peter Jones, Professor of New
Testament at Westminster Seminary in Escondido,
California." Click
on
this link to order "Spirit
Wars:
Pagan Revival In Christian America" from Amazon.Com today!
(15)
What
Should I Say? by Sandy Simpson,
1999
Learn how to answer people who invite you to
revival meetings where there are different
teachings. Learn to discern!
This booklet was written for use by Pacific island
churches to provide a quick little resource in
answering common statements made by Third Wave
adherants. Though there are a few references
to the islands, it may also be a useful resource
for other churches and individuals. It is
set up as a 4.25x5.5 sixteen page booklet printed
front and back laid out on 8.5x11 paper and
folded. It can be easily reproduced from this
version on the web. It is free to distribute
as long as the content is not altered in any way.
Use the little arrow links at the bottom each
page to navigate the booklet! For those of
you who need help, do not have the equipment to
reproduce copies, or are not very computer saavy,
you can order copies of this booklet for $1. +
$.50 S/H by clicking on the PayPal logo below.
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(16) Strange
Fire
- The Rise Of Gnosticism In The Church
by Travers and Jewel van der Merwe, 1995
"Gnosticism has a chameleon-like ability to
appear like the genuine article, true
Christianity, and thus has managed to transform
itself to fit the times in countless new
wrappings over the centuries. It particularly
adapts itself to that place where the ideas of
the east and west meet. Whenever eastern
mysticism and western rationalism collide, one
can find there the seedbed for a pseudo-Gospel
that mimics the real thing."
You can also read the whole book online by
clicking on the logo below:
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(17) A Different Gospel: Biblical and
Historical Insights into the Word of Faith Movement
by D. R. McConnell, 1988
"Every Christian should read this book in order to be
aware of the dangerous implications of the widespread
and cultic Word of Faith movement preaching what is
popularly known as "Name It and Claim It" theology. A
Different Gospel is a bold and revealing examination of
the biblical and historical basis of this movement. This
new and revised edition is complete with a foreword by
Hank Hanegraaff, author of Christianity in Crisis, and a
new afterword by D. R. McConnell. The author knows the
movement first hand and has a heart for those snared by
it. He is also an academically trained observer who has
based this work on careful historical and biblical
analysis. McConnell warns of the movement's cultic
nature in its doctrine of healing and its understanding
of the atonement and demonstrates how far the movement's
doctrine of prosperity is from Scripture's true
teaching." Click on this link to order "A
Different Gospel: Biblical and Historical Insights
into the Word of Faith
Movement"from
Amazon.Com today!
(18) When
God
Weeps : Why Our Sufferings Matter to the
Almighty by Joni Eareckson, 1999
Forever puts to rest the nonsense
of the Word-Faith movement. Click on this link to order "When
God Weeps : Why Our Sufferings Matter to the
Almighty" from
Amazon.Com today!
(19) Occult
Invasion by Dave Hunt, 1999
Read Chapter
One of this book online. Click
on
this link to order "Occult Invasion" from Amazon.Com today!
(20) The
Signs
and Wonders Movement - Exposed by Various
Authors, Day One Publication, 1997
"Four contributors warn against
the state of spiritual gullibility and urge a return
the the objective truth of God's word by which we test
all things." Paperback $7.75 It can
also be ordered by e-mail
from The Door Magazine, or online at The Berean Call here.
(21)
The Midnight Ride To Awaken The Church
by The Midnight Herald, 1999
An excellent resource of
great articles! "A compilation of articles
from the Midnight Herald Magazine from
1996-2000, including some never before
published papers. 288 pages.
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(22) America,
The
Sorcerer's New Apprentice : The Rise Of New Age
Shamanism by Dave Hunt & T. A. McMahon
This book is out of print but
you can order it online from Amazon.com Click
on
this link to order "America, the Sorcerer's New
Apprentice : The Rise of New Age Shamanism
" from Amazon.Com
today!
(23) Seduction
Of
Christianity : Spiritual Discernment In The Last Days
by Dave Hunt & T. A. McMahon
"Dave Hunt addresses the
phenomenon sweeping the church which is encompassed by
New Age thought and the seduction of
motivation/success teachers such as Napoleon Hill.
Using well-grounded biblical principles he reduces the
health/wealth/prosperity gospel to what it is - a
sham, and a shamanistic conspiracy to seduce believers
into accepting the AntiChrist system." Click
on
this link to order "Seduction
Of
Christianity : Spiritual Discernment In The Last
Days" from
Amazon.Com today!
(24) Beyond
Seduction
: A Return To Biblical Christianity by Dave Hunt
"Hunt is a Jude-3
champion, "...earnestly contending for the faith...."
He identifies pseudo-"Christian" heresies that are
infiltrating the church and proposes a simple
solution: a return to *Biblical* Christianity. By
regular study of and submission to the Bible,
Christians will be able to withstand the incessant
onslaught of heretical teachings window-dressed in
"Christian" terminology." This book is out of print but you can order
it online from Amazon.com Click
on
this link to order "America, the Sorcerer's New
Apprentice : The Rise of New Age Shamanism
" from Amazon.Com
today!
(25) THE
PAPACY: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects
by Rev. J.A. Wylie, LL.D., Author of "The History of
Protestantism", 1888
This online book is an
excellent expose' of the history of the Roman Catholic
Church and its doctrines.
(26) Getting To
Know God by Juanita Simpson, 2000
This excellent little tract was written by my mother and
we still use it today in witnessing. It explains the
Gospel message from the beginning in short form. You
can download or print this online tract and use it for
yourself. It is sure to be a blessing to many
people.
(27) SUBSCRIBE! To The Best
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one convenient page!
(28) Christian Witness Ministries
(CWM) "Unmasked Series" edited by Philip Powell,
8/00
This .pdf file is an advertisment for the CWM "Unmasked
Series". Two booklets in this series feature
expose's on Benny Hinn and Nicky Gumbel of Alpha Course
fame. Ordering informaiton is included.
(30)
The
Final Words Of Jesus And Satan's Lies Today
by James Jacob Prasch, 1999
"The Churches today are in very deep
trouble. That is the reason for this
book. All around us are problems and
errors, disillusionment and pain among
Christians who had sought to follow the Lord by
following their leaders. This book
attempts to address these matters head on.
(Philip Foster)"
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(31) Alpha, The Unofficial
Guide - A Whole New Study on the Alpha Course -
Overview by Elizabeth McDonald
A series of books examining the
Alpha Course out of Holy Trinity Brompton Church by
Nicky Gumbel. The Overview volume is available now
and the two main volumes will be available soon. The
Overview volume can be ordered directly from Discernment
Ministries and also here.
(32)"Anointing
Or
Apostasy" - The Latter Rain Legacyby Charles S.
Graves
"This well-researched
online book on revival, latter-rain and other linked
deceptions, is offered in PDF format (readable by
Adobe Acrobat Reader which is present on most hard
drives already). It covers much of the same ground as
other articles on the Banner site, but presents it in
a coherent and readable whole. Very useful reference
material!"
(33)
"I Just Wanted More
Land" - Jabez by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor-teacher of
Southern View Chapel, 9/01
"The meteoric rise in popularity of Bruce
Wilkindson's compact book, The Prayer Of Jabez,
had taken the church, and the country, by storm.
Having already sold millions of copies, it may
become the best-selling Christian book of the
last one hundred years. In this book,
pastor and author Gary Gilley takes issue with
Wilkinson's message. He believes the message,
although will meaning, is unbiblical and
threatens to do incalculable damage to the
church."
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(34) The
Midnight Herald by Awake Ministries
The Midnight
Herald is an excellent apologetics magazine. Subscribe
here.
(35)
Mending The Nets - Themes From 1st
John by Bill Randles, 2001
"Do you
know God? How do you know
Him? Have you every seen
Him? Have you ever hear His
audible voice? Have you gotten
beyond the Scriptures into a deeper
intimacy with God, or are you still on
the level of "mere head
knowledge"? You say you love
Jesus, but have you ever seen him?
Are you still waiting for Him to come
and rescue you in some kind of an
"escape plan"? These and many
others were the kinds of questions which
the Gnostics would raise (and still do),
thus unsettling the faith of the "ordinary
Christians". After all, who wants to
be just an "ordindary" Christian when you
can be among the elite, in the "inner
court" or on the cutting edge of the
"great move of God"? In this book
pastor Bill shows how the apostle John
deals with these and other vital matters
of our day." Available
for $10.00 plust $4.00 s/h US or $9.00 s/h
Non-US. Order with PayPal below.
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(36) The
Cult
Of Jabez by Steve Hopkins
"My heart is broken for the
people of God in America. For eight months I
have labored in tears before God writing a book that I
wish had never needed to be written. But the
Words of Christ are true. It was Jesus who first
told us that in the last days many would be led
astray. Should we be amazed to discover that the
hypnotic and mesmerizing teachings of a man named
Bruce Wilkinson concerning an Old Testament prayer
prayed once by a man named Jabez have captivated
millions in our time? Are these not the last
days? Have these teachings not seduced great
numbers of professing believers? If you are one
who has seen nothing dangerous or cultic about Bruce
Wilkinson's "Jabez Revolution", as he calls it, I ask
you to consider the possibility that you may have
overlooked some very important verses of Scripture
concerning his fantastic claims. My book, "The
Cult of Jabez" uses dozens of Bible passages to shed
light on what many believers have come to realize are
very clever, yet dark and deceptive teachings
concerning the Jabez prayer. If you are one who has
been uncomfortable with the teachings found in the
Jabez books, yet surrounded by family and friends
seemingly under its spell, "The Cult of Jabez" may
prove the best means available to free your loved ones
from it's destructive grip." - Author and Pastor Steve
Hopkins (BBC)
(37) New
Wine
And The Babylonian Vine by Roger Oakland
"My objective in writing this
book is to further document the direction
experience-based Catholicism, other religions and a
spiritualized environmentalism to form a global
spiriuality or ecumenical delusion that the Bible
predicts will unfold in the last days."
(38) Reinventing
Jesus
Christ - The New Gospel by
Warren Smith
"Warren Smith has taken
the events that followed September 11, 2001
and has deftly shown how "Jesus Christ is
being reinvented in front of our own eyes and
hardly anyone seems to notice or care. Over
the last twenty-five years, while traditional
Christian believers were sleeping, a vastly
underrated adversary has made significant
gains in the spiritual marketplace. In the
book Warren explains how this "Christ" has
been able to stay in the background where he
continues to oversee his "plan" to "birth" a
"new humanity".
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(40) The
Mantra
Of Jabez: A Christian Parody by Douglas M. Jones
This book is hillarious. It sheds
truth upon what the Prayer of Jabez is, a selfish
prayer. Highly recomended, and for those who believe
the prayer of Jabez as good, go pray the LORD'S
PRAYER. How then we are to pray? selfless.
(41) A Time Of
Departing (First Edition) by Ray Yungen
Ray Yungen reveals how
Christianity has opened its door to a blending
of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the
mystical pantheistic thoughts that all is God
and God is in all. Available for
$8.00 plust $4.00 s/h US or $9.00 s/h
Non-US. Order with PayPal below.
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(42) Reinventing
Jesus
Christ - The New Gospel by Warren Smith
This is the NEW ONLINE VERSION of
the book. You can also order it in printed form here.
(43) The
Spirit
of Roman Catholicism - What Lies Behind the
Modern Public Image?by Mary Ann
Collins (A Former Catholic Nun), Catholic Concerns,
February 2002
How has the Roman Catholic Church behaved when it was
in a position of power and therefore was able to do what
it really wanted to do? The answers may surprise you.
They surprised me.
(44) Penfold Books
by Michael J. Penfold
Excellent sources of books,
vidoes, tracts, software and many more items. Good
solid biblical stuff here!
New
Online Book! (45) 50 Ways
To FAIL As A Cross-Cultural Missionary! by Sandy Simpson, 11/03
This excellent new book is
now available online. It is a great resource for
missions and churches helping to bring new missionaries
through orientation. I'm still looking for someone
to illustrate the book for me. I have great
cartoons in mind.
(46) Repossessing
The
Land by Richard J. Hewitt
The body of Christ has
strayed drastically from the orthodox and apostolic
path of both personal development and advancement of
the kingdom of God on Earth.
(47) Sabotaging
Christianity by James Jefferies
An Assessment of Free Grace Theology - Other
than the Bible, this book may be the most
important book you will ever read. This book is
not about Liberal Theology and Modernists who
consider the Bible to be merely a human book
that contains religious myths or fables; say
that the words, miracles and accounts of Jesus
Christ in the gospels are not factual; believe
that Jesus was a mere man who was good and
helpful; teach that Jesus was not virgin born,
dispute that Jesus is the Son of God who
actually rose from the dead; and so forth. This
book concerns a very influential Christian
theology that promotes a deceptive salvation
message, corrupts the gospel, and is a
perversion of God's grace, that is rampant in
the USA and is sweeping throughout the entire
Christian world. It has been accepted by many
Christian leaders and is being preached and
taught in numerous churches and seminaries that
call themselves Bible-believing, conservative,
and evangelical, whose statements of faith
proclaim the Bible to be the inspired word of
God; Jesus is the virgin-born Son of God who
died for our sins and was raised from the dead;
physically ascended into heaven; and other
correct doctrines. But, despite what their
statement of faith says, they subtly declare an
unbiblical message.
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(48) Deceived
On
Purpose by Warren Smith
Warren Smith is a former
New Ager who became converted to Christianity 20 years
ago. Since then he has been warning Christians,
through writing and speaking, that dangerous New Age
doctrines are subtly creeping into the churches. In
his most recent book, which is being offered by
Discernment Ministries, Smith recounts the
considerable influence that the Rev. Robert H.
Schuller has had on the ministry style and teachings
of Rick Warren. The mystical leaven of New Age
teachings, which Robert Schuller controversially
introduced the church several decades ago, is now
being reintroduced and assimilated into mainstream
evangelicalism through the writings and activities of
Rick Warren. Deceived on Purpose is a book with an
easy reading style that should be given to pastors and
parishioners everywhere. The following is an important
excerpt from the book, Chapter 3. It chronicles a
noteworthy example of how Rick Warren's "seeker
sensitive" emphasis can lead straight into dangerous
metaphysical New Age doctrines.
(49) Who's
Driving
the Purpose Driven Church?
A
Documentary on the Teachings of Rich Warren
by James Sundquist, 10/04
The "Church Growth
Movement" which has become known as the Purpose Driven
Church, is primarily the world outreach of Willow
Creek Church in Chicago and Saddleback Church in
California. The touted religious leader of this
paradigm religious earthquake is Rick Warren of
Saddleback. Over 20 million copies of his book The
Purpose Driven Life have been sold, and as reported,
over 21,000 churches worldwide have gone through his
"40 Days of Purpose" program. The actual number is
probably over 50,000. This movement seems to be the
most drastic change in Christendom since the 1550
Protestant Reformation. But where is it going? Do we
not have a right to "try the spirits" (I John 4:1-2)?
Do we not have an obligation to God to "try the
spirits"? The object of the PDC movement is in eight
steps to change your church from a "traditional
church" to a "Purpose Driven Church". The author
brings out the similarities of the PDC gospel to that
of Dr. Charles Schuller and the New Age gurus.
Features: 272 pages.
(50) Lighthouse
Trails
Publishing Newsletter
You can sign up for the
newsletter and receive it by email then just near the
end of the month we post it on the above page just
before the new month's newsletter is sent.
(51) Spirit
Led
Or Purpose Driven? by Berit Kjos, 11/03
When church leaders use
energizing music, emotional stimuli and short, light
messages to satisfy the flesh with its "felt needs,"
they tend to obscure our deeper spiritual needs. Fed a
diet of simplified sermons designed to please
everyone, both seekers and believers may lose their
appetite for the solid Biblical teaching which -- by
His Spirit -- produces conviction of sin, genuine
repentance, actual regeneration, true spiritual
renewal and the continual joy of walking with Jesus.
Very
Important Book!
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.
(52) The
Other
Side Of The River by Kevin M. Reeves, 7/05
There is a major doctrinal
movement sweeping through the Church. Billing itself
as the "River", it promises an incoming tide of
blessing but leaves in its wake tsunami-like
devastation. Marked by false prophecies, unbiblical
manifestations and cult-like teachings and authority
structure, this latest Christian fad has wooed a
generation of unwary believers and led them into a
substitute spirituality. While the Word of God has
been placed on the back burner, personal experience
reigns supreme amid a host of unscriptural visions and
ecstatic utterances that have paved the way for a
radical departure from the apostolic Christianity of
the early Church. In this deeply personal account,
Kevin Reeves explores the inner workings of this
worldwide phenomenon. As a leading member of a
hyper-Charismatic group for twelve years, Reeves
promoted and participated in "every wind of doctrine"
that blew through his congregation. Enjoying the
"cutting-edge" elitism and the party atmosphere
engendered by false signs and wonders, Reeves drifted
with the River's powerful current until an encounter
with the truth shook his belief system to its very
foundations. About the Author: Kevin Reeves had for
many years been a local newspaper reporter and
columnist, and a regular contributor to the regional
magazine, Alaskan Southeaster. He has written several
online articles critiquing the Third Wave. He lives in
Alaska with his wife, Kris, and their two daughters,
four cats, and a horse. Read this review.
(53) Redefining
Christianity - Understanding the Purpose Driven
Movement by Bob DeWaay
I have received many
emails over the last two years from people who are
concerned about what has happened to their church
since it became Purpose Driven. This book will explain
what has happened, why, and how a Purpose Driven
church is different from a Bible-centered, Gospel
church. Excerpt from Redefining Christianity:"Jesus
said, "If you were of the world, the world would love
its own; but because you are not of the world, but I
chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates
you" (John 15:19). Not even the greatest marketing
genius can change this without redefining the church.
Seeking the approval of the world is precisely what
the Purpose Driven movement is all about."
(54) Breaking
the
Da Vinci Code by Darrell Bock Ph.D.
For readers who want to
get to the bottom of the Da Vinci Code deception this
book is all you need. This serious book presents the
definitive Christian response. Darrell Bock Ph.D.,
responds to Dan Brown's claims using his vast
knowledge of ancient pre-Nicean texts.
(55) True
To
His Ways - Purity & Safety in Christian
Spiritual Practiceby R. Davis
Do we fully understand
about spiritual adultery? The Bible contains vitally
important commands on how to seek God and how to
commune with Him and also how not to do these things.
Following these commands keeps God’s children
spiritually pure and true to His ways. This book
is also available from Baruch House
Publishing Company.
(56) A
Time Of Departing (Second Edition)
by Ray Yungen
Ray Yungen reveals how
Christianity has opened its door to a blending
of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the
mystical pantheistic thoughts that all is God
and God is in all. The Second
Edition is vastly expanded!
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(57) The Final
Apostasy Unveiled! - Mystery Babylon Exposed
by Kevin M. Hall, 7/06
The biblical explanation of how we entered into a "Post
Modern World".
(58) Yoga
And
The Body Of Christ by Dave Hunt, The Berean
Call, July 2006
This entire discussion always brings us back to the
most fundamental fact about yoga. No matter what
physical beneit might be derived from the exercises
themselves, yoga inevitably involves Eastern meditation.
And Eastern meditation, unlike Western contemplation or
reflection,
accompanies an intentional dissociation from our
conscious minds. This shutting down of the mind is, in
fact, a total abdication of our God-given responsibility
that Jesus declared is the first and great commandment:
to love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind
(Deuteronomy 6:5–6, Matthew 22:37). Thus, we are
violating one of the true God’s most basic commandments
every time we give our minds over to the intentional
“nothingness” of yoga and associated “relaxation
techniques.”
Excellent eBook!
(59) In
the Name Of Purpose - Sacrificing Truth On The
Altar Of Unity by Tamara Hartzell, 8/06
This is an online book. It is about Rick Warren and
his message of purpose which is "neutralizing
Christinity". You can also download the entier book
in PDF format here.
(60) More
Than A Purpose by Dr. Marshall Davis
If you feel like something is missing from Rick
Warren's best-selling books, The Purpose Driven Life and
The Purpose Driven Church, you are not alone. In More
Than a Purpose, Dr. Marshall Davis documents what
evangelical leaders are saying about the megachurch
movement. The author explores the origins of Rick
Warren's approach in the Church Growth Movement and
Robert Schuller's gospel of self-esteem. He examines the
theology of Warren's Saddleback Church and finds that it
falls short of historic Christianity. The author also
exposes the market-driven methodology and philosophical
pragmatism of The Purpose Driven Church. Readers will
learn how the entertainment model of worship has taken
over evangelical churches and how New Age spirituality
has influenced the beliefs and the practices promoted in
The Purpose Driven Life. This book will challenge
Christians to recover the essentials of evangelical
Christianity that will restore integrity to twenty-first
century churches. Fully documented with 300 endnotes
from over 75 different sources. Dr. Marshall Davis is an
ordained Baptist minister with thirty years of
experience as a pastor. He holds advanced degrees from
the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Kentucky. He presently serves as a pastor in western
Pennsylvania. 223 pages, paperback.
(61) Because
They
Hate by Bridget Gabriel
Check out excerpts
from
Brigitte Gabriel's speech delivered at the
Intelligence Summit in Washington DC, Saturday February
18, 2006. From Publishers Weekly: With strident
confidence, American Congress for Truth founder Gabriel
rebukes the American public for being "weak, asleep or
careless" in the face of Muslim terrorism. A Christian
survivor of the vicious civil war between Lebanese
Christians and Muslims in the 1970s, Gabriel leans on
her own terrifying experiences to condemn Muslims,
without apparent regard for their ethnicity, ideology or
historical role. Consistently using the words "Muslim"
and "Arab" as if they were interchangeable, she
concludes that the U.S. is "facing total destruction" at
the hands of people who are uncultured and cruel, and
prescribes such solutions as "profile, profile and
profile," and banning "hate education" in Islamic
institutions. Though her writing is eloquent and her
passion tremendous, Gabriel's strict dichotomy between
"evil versus goodness" is too extreme to be informative.
Readers will be forced to decide whether or not to
accept her heart-felt bias. (Oct.) (Copyright ©
Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier
Inc. All rights reserved.) Check out
this exerpt
also.
(62) Which
Jesus
Will You Trust? by Mike Gendron, Proclaiming
The Gospel Ministries, 12/06
Share this thought provoking contrast between the
Eucharistic Jesus of Catholicism and the Jesus of
Scripture. Those who embrace a counterfeit Christ must
be lovingly warned.
(63) For
Many
Shall Come In My Name by Ray Yungen,
5/07
An Ancient Wisdom is drawing millions of people
into mystical experiences and preparing the
world for the end of the age ... find out how.
Most people believe the New Age has been long
gone from our society, and if practiced at all
now it is only by unconventional fringe types.
For Many Shall Come in My Name reveals this is
not the case. In fact, quite the opposite has
occurred. The New Age movement (a term not
normally used by its proponents) has permeated
virtually all aspects of our society. This
"Ancient Wisdom" spirituality can be quite
readily encountered in the following fields:
Business, Education, Health, Self- Help,
Religion, and Arts & Entertainment. This
book examines them all.
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(64) The
Deception Of "Love Evangelism" by Miguel
Hayworth, 6/07
Over the past 2 years I have been in deep conversation
with many Christians from different denominations both
at home and abroad. I have observed that many have
succumbed to modernising trends in teaching and practice
that reject centuries of sound Biblical thought.
Believing that as “times have changed,” so Christianity
must also “change with the times.” Many seek to “repaint
Christianity,” or “Make Jesus Famous,” because people
have lost faith in the fundamental teachings of the
Gospel message itself. Just as in society at large the
general population is being fed with a diet of processed
and pre-packaged food so modern Christians are being fed
a diet of spiritual junk food. Though couched in
biblical language the basic substance of much of what
passes for “Christian” today is nothing more than
sensuality and
carnality. Such sensuality and carnality is the basis
of pagan religion and not what Christ described as the
“worship in spirit and in truth” that God desires.
Christians yearn for “revival,” and interpret this to
mean mass conversions. Fearful of upsetting the masses
the “reproach of Christ” is rejected in favour of the
“treasures of Egypt” (as evidenced in the
Word of Faith/Prosperity movement), “Finding meaning in
Life” has replaced “Finding life in Christ” (as seen in
Alpha Course,) “A Purpose Driven Life” has now replaced
“a Christ Centred Life,” Jabez's prayer has become the
mantra for success rather than Jabez's humility. This
spiritual leaven has entered the Christian churches too
easily and has quickly spread. The Emperor's new clothes
are a sham and he stands naked before the world.
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(65) Faith
Undone by Roger Oakland, Understanding
The Times, 8/07
Is the emerging church movement just another
passing fad, a more contemporary approach to
church, or a bunch of disillusioned young people
looking for answers? In fact, it is actually
much broader and is influencing Christianity to
a significant degree. Grounded in a
centuries-old mystical approach, this movement
is powerful, yet highly deceptive, and it draws
its energy from practices and experiences that
are foreign to traditional evangelical
Christianity. The path that the emerging church
is taking is leading right into the arms of
Roman Catholicism and ultimately to an
interfaith perspective that has prophetically
profound ramifications. |
(66) Living
Above the Average by William MacDonald, Gospel
Folio Press, 10/08
Must we live ho-hum, humdrum lives, talking and singing
Christianity on Sunday but living the rest of the week
in a spiritual desert? Is it possible to live above the
average? This collection of true-life stories will not
only thrill you as you read but can provoke you—in a
good way—“to love and good works” (Hebrews 10:24). These
are the accounts of ordinary people who want God to do
extraordinary things through them. And He will! Paul
knew the secret when he wrote about such a God who “is
able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or
think” (Ephesians 3:20). Gospel Folio Press, 152 pp.
(67) Catholic
Concerns
- Where Does the Road to Rome Lead? by Mary
Ann Collins, a former Catholic nun, 12/20/08
(68) Identifying
and
Opposing False Teachers & Why Evangelize If God
Has Already Chosen? by Mike Gendron, 1/09
The Lord Jesus warned that these last days would be
marked by great deception because many false teachers
will be on the scene deceiving many people. The Apostle
Peter also warned there will be false teachers among you
who will secretly introduce destructive heresies (2 Pet.
2:1). The burning question for the church is this? Why
are we allowing these wolves in sheep's clothing to come
in and attack the sheep? Why are pastors and church
leaders refusing to protect their congregations by
identifying and opposing these false teachers (2 Cor.
11:4)? Clearly our intimacy with Jesus Christ is
directly related to how we deal with false teachers. The
second message takes a Biblical look at the doctrine of
election and how it relates to the responsibility of
every believer to sow the seeds of God's imperishable
word. See how divine sovereignty and human
responsibility work together in God's perfect plan of
redemption.
(69) The
Jews, Modern Israel and the New Supercessionism
edited by Calvin L. Smith with contributions from Andy
Cheung, Jacob Prasch, Stephen M. Vantassel, Howard Taylor,
Paul Wilkinson and Tony Pearce, 4/09
A large portion of the word of God in the Old Testament
is being misinterpreted or deliberately avoided by those
who have adopted the teaching that the Christian Church
has replaced Israel and that the ancient promises made
by God to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David are now passé.
However, Calvin L. Smith has edited a set of chapters in
a new book that makes a vital contribution towards
rectifying this imbalance in interpretation. May it
spark a long-overdue discussion among Evangelical
interpreters of all persuasions as well as one between
Jewish people of the book and believers in the Christian
Church.
(70) Navigating
The
Storms Of Life by Gary Inrig, Discovery Series
booklet, 2006
Good booklet on the importance of God's written Word in
today's seas of uncertainty.
(71) Castles
In
The Sand by Carolyn A. Greene, Lighthouse
Trails Publishing, 5/29/09
Castles in the Sand, Lighthouse Trails' first novel, is
back from press. This book addresses the contemplative
prayer (spiritual formation) movement in a fiction
setting. The story focuses around an intelligent,
searching college girl who comes under the influence of
contemplative mysticism through her professor and the
college's spiritual formation program. This important
and timely book provides college-age readers the
information they need to understand the new spirituality
they are being introduced to at many of today's
Christian colleges and seminaries. The book will be very
helpful to parents and other loved ones who are trying
to understand what this pervasive spirituality is all
about.
(72) Catholicism:
East
of Eden by Richard Bennett, 6/19/09
Catholicism: East of Eden subtitled Insights into
Catholicism for the 21st Century is getting some good
acknowledgments across the world. Richard's latest book
is a unique intertwining of sound doctrine and
experience with a soft cover, 337 pages and with
photographs Evangelical Press is the sole distributor of
this book in the UK and Europe. If you are located in
that region, you can contact them and buy that book at:
Click on the book icon for more information. The latest
Review of the book is by Dr. Peter Masters of Spurgeon's
Metropolitan Tabernacle London UK
(73) Hope08
-
A Hidden Agenda by Miguel Hayworth, 7/17/09
This Book will reveal the Interfaith/Ecumenical agenda
behind HOPE 2008. The Bible tells us to hold to the
purity of Gods word and not to 'join hands' with those
who do not bring the one and only true gospel of
salvation. Joining hands with Hope 08 in any way
whatsoever effectively promotes their ecumenical and
interfaith agenda. More info: http://www.hope08online.co.uk
(74) ICRS
2009
- The Church in the Marketplace by Jackie
Alnor, 7/17/09
The Internet, the Economy and the Apostasy = three
elements that spell out the decline in the Christian
publishing market. The recent bookseller’s conference
reflects today’s atmosphere in publishing at a time when
the publishing industry is taking a hit. Christianity
Today has had to stop some of its sister publications
and there’s no saying how long both CT and Charisma can
keep going while the amount of pages and ads in those
magazines diminish. And as more and more people are
leaving traditional churches, they are also reading more
Oprah and less C.S. Lewis. An anonymous source reported
that back in the 1980s, the Christian Booksellers
Association’s (CBA) annual national conferences used to
attract an average of 7,000 visitors. The recent
conference, now renamed ICRS, International Christian
Retail Show, had an average of 700 attending, according
to the same source. (Perhaps, but only if you exclude
the people manning the booths and just count bookstore
owners who are declining.)
(75) Castles
in
the Sand by Caryolyn A. Greene, 7/22/09
Description: When the horse-loving, day-dreaming Tessa
Dawson enters a Christian college, she is introduced to
the writings of 16th century Teresa of Avila by her
spiritual formation professor. Soon Tessa's life is
dramatically affected as she delves into "Christian
mysticism." As she ventures deeper into this form of
spirituality, God prepares her concerned grandfather and a
mysterious young man as they set out to reach her. This
"fiction with a message" takes a compelling and
thought-provoking look at the true nature behind
contemplative spirituality, which has impacted Christian
churches, colleges, seminaries, and universities across
the globe. Two lives are changed forever through spiritual
practices they each encounter—lectio divina . . .
contemplative prayer . . . visualization . . . centering .
. . sacred space . . . desert fathers . . . kundalini . .
. labyrinths . . . spiritual formation . . . the silence.
Author Bio: Castles in the Sand is Carolyn Greene's debut
book. She has studied the New Age movement and the
contemplative prayer movement for several years. She lives
in Canada with her husband and two children. Carolyn A.
Greene is the author's pen name.
(76) A
"Wonderful" Deception - The Further New Age
Implications of the Emerging Purpose Driven Movement
by Warren Smith, 7/09
"A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the
land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests
bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it
so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?" Jeremiah
5:30-31 Five years after writing Deceived on Purpose:
the New Age Implications of the Purpose Driven Church,
former New Age follower Warren Smith continues to reveal
how Christian leaders—wittingly or unwittingly—are
leading the church into a spiritual trap. A “Wonderful”
Deception examines church metaphors, concepts, and
beliefs that are essentially the same as those being
used in today’s New Age teachings. And while biblical
prophecy is being minimized and explained away, the “new
science” is being used to prepare the world—and the
church—to accept a New Spirituality and a false New Age
Christ. This book explains how all the puzzle pieces are
in place for the “strong delusion” described in 2
Thessalonians. A “Wonderful” Deception pierces right
into the heart of this deception while preparing
believers in Jesus Christ to effectively stand against
it.
(77) Dominionism
and
the Rise of Christian Imperialism by Sarah
Leslie, 2008
This is an e-book in PDF format.
(78) Unshackled
by Larry DeBruyn, 9/09
Pastor DeBruyn's latest book reviews The Shack, Wm.
Paul Young's bestselling spiritual allegory. But is much
more than that! UNSHACKLED is a solid biblical
refutation of the emerging heresies of the "quantum
spirituality" movement. This movement is showing up both
within the New Age/New Spirituality and also the
Emerging/Emergent church (popularized by Leonard Sweet's
book titled Quantum Spirituality).
(79) The Plumbline
Newsletter Archive by Orrel Steinkamp
An archive of past The Plumbline newsletters.
(80) The
Gospel - What is the Way of the Gospel? - A refutation
of the Law, works and baptism being necessary for
salvation by Mike Oppenherimer, 3/21/10
A through look at the gospel, its activities and
various facets. It is important that every Christian
understands the Biblical meaning of the Gospel and
historicity of Christian Baptism. This book covers the
fall of man the introduction of the sacrificial system,
how it was used throughout history. What the Gospel is
and what it is not. The way of salvation. refuting those
that add works to the gospel, such as the law, and the
ceremony of baptism. The Biblical view of grace, faith
and the message that saves. This book is about the
gospel and God’s way of salvation. How a person is saved
from their sin is the subject of this book. Is the
gospel something we hear and respond to by faith or
something we also need to do by works? What is the
difference of religion and relationship. Numerous
churches teach that you must be water baptized to
receive salvation or to complete your salvation. There
are a number of different opinions, all seem to have
biblical arguments for their position. However, there
can only be one correct way. This book is meant to
clarify scriptural misconceptions and point to the
saving knowledge of the truth. What is mostly focused on
are works and the addition of baptism “baptismal
regeneration” as part of the gospel message. It is a
strong and thorough refutation on baptism being part of
the gospel. 233 pages.
(81) Discernment
CATALOG by Herescope, 3/23/10
We are pleased to announce that the Discernment
Ministries CATALOG is now completely updated and posted
online. This is the compilation of all of the
informative resources available from Discernment
Ministries.
(82) The
Emerging
Church - Undefining Christianity by Bob
Dewaay, 5/10
The Emergent Church. Its very name implies innovative
understandings of Orthodox Christianity. But what
exactly does it stand for? What exactly does it teach?
In The Emergent Church - Undefining Christianity Bob
DeWaay exposes the core belief that unifies the Emergent
Church - its eschatology. He demonstrates that in their
system every other Christian concept is open to
discussion and contradiction, yet their definition of
eschatology remains constant and fixed; it is their sole
unifying foundation. Without their eschatology there is
no Emergent Church. Many have attempted to understand
the movement, but have met with frustration when they
encounter undefined language and contradictory beliefs
that are inconsistent-within the text and between
authors. Indeed, the Emergent Church and its leaders
intentionally avoid definitions or defined statements of
faith that can be understood and discerned and welcome
definitions that are felt or experienced. It is no
wonder that frustration results. Once these facts are
understood it becomes obvious that "Emergent" is not new
at all; it is age-old heresy repackaged in postmodern
subjectivity whose purpose is the further seduction of
the naïve and of those who refuse to love and obey the
truth.
(83) Burning
Down
The Shack: How the 'Christian' Bestseller is Deceiving
Millions by James B. De Young, 6/8/10
Millions have bought into the theology of Paul Young,
whose book, "The Shack," which portrays God as a loving,
black woman. Similar changes in appearance were given to
Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The story of pain and
redemption then resonated with the public. But is
Young's worldview important? Is his theology that big a
deal? James De Young thinks so. In fact, it's so
important that he's written a compelling book challenge
to "The Shack." In "Burning Down the Shack," De Young
manages to shed important light on the implications of
Young's pluralistic faith, and provides readers with a
gripping counter-balance to the popular little volume
that's spent many weeks on the best-seller lists.
Exploring the nature and character of God, from
Scripture, De Young concludes that it is necessary to
proceed carefully with "The Shack," lest important
truths be skewed and even jettisoned. Without being
confrontational, De Young makes the case that dangers
can lurk under the foundation.
(84) Catholicism
Versus
the Bible: A Former Nun Looks at the Evidence
by Mary Ann Collins, 8/27/10
I recently published a book titled "Catholicism Versus
the Bible: A Former Nun Looks at the Evidence."
The book is now available at Amazon.com.
(85) False
Christ
Coming - Does Anybody Care? by Warren Smith,
9/27/10
False Christ Coming - Does Anybody Care? is the
original Reinventing Jesus Christ by Warren B. Smith,
published in 2002. There is an amazing thing happening
in the land. Jesus Christ is being "reinvented" right in
front of our eyes and hardly anyone seems to notice or
care. "Reinventing" is a term that is popularly used to
describe the transformation of something from one form
into a thing uniquely different. Over the last several
decades, while traditional Christian believers were
sleeping, a vastly underrated adversary has made
significant gains in the spiritual marketplace. In a
gradual series of well-conceived and perfectly timed
moves, this ingenious spiritual being has already
introduced himself to the world as "Christ." And his New
Age/New Gospel/New Spirituality is now accepted by
millions of well-intentioned people around the world.
Through his extraordinary use of the mass media, this
"Christ" has presented his "New Spirituality" through a
small but powerful network of key people who
enthusiastically proclaim his teachings. Convinced their
"Christ" is the true Christ, most of those in the
network seem to be unaware of his real identity. While
the network front line is eagerly mainstreaming his New
Age/New Gospel, this "Christ" has been able to remain in
the background, overseeing his Peace Plan to birth a new
humanity-a new humanity that will be empowered by his
spirit, committed to his teachings, and from which he
will one day emerge.
(86) Gospel
Cards by Michael Gendron, Proclaiming The
Gospel, 10/21/10
Our exciting new resource for evangelism is a set of 12
four color Gospel Cards. They were designed and
developed to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ clear,
complete and biblically accurate. Each card explains the
most important words of a Gospel presentation using four
bullet points and their corresponding Scripture
references. The cards can be used to clarify common
misunderstandings about life’s most critical issue:
“What must I do to be saved?”
(87) Scripture
Workbook,
Vol. 2 by Gary F. Zeolla, Darkness To Light
Ministries, 12/13/10
This book contains twenty individual “Scripture
Studies.” Each study focuses on one general area of
study. These studies enable individuals or groups to do
in-depth, topical studies of the Bible. They are also
invaluable to the Bible study teacher in preparing
lessons. For this Second Edition of this Workbook, all
of the studies have been reviewed and expanded, with
much new material and new studies added. This book is
Volume II of a two volume set. The first volume covered
the essential doctrines of the Christian faith. This
second volume covers controversial theologies, cultic
and aberrant doctrines, and ethics and the Christian
life. Controversial theologies are areas of theology in
which conservative (a.k.a. evangelical) Christians
disagree. Cultic doctrines are teachings of groups like
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons that are outside of the
norm for evangelical Christianity. Aberrant doctrines
are false teaching that are taught not by one specific
group but are widely circulated on places like the
Internet. Ethics are moral issues in which there is a
specific conservative Christian stance. The Christian
life refers to lifestyle issues and decisions that many
Christians struggle over. This book is
available in paperback and e-book versions.
(88) A
Book Every Christian College Student Should Read -
Castles In The Sand by Carolyn A. Greene,
12/2/11
If you know someone who is considering entering a
Christian college or seminary or someone who is already
enrolled in one, we encourage you to get that person a
copy of Castles in the Sand. It is Lighthouse Trails
novel on the contemplative prayer/spiritual formation
movement in the Christians schools. The story alternates
back and forth between the life of mystic Teresa of
Avila and a young woman, Tessa, in present day who has
enrolled in a Christian college. Below is a chapter by
chapter synopsis. We have been told by many parents and
students that this book has been a huge eye opener.
(89) Sandy Simpson
Articles with PowerPoints
This page contains links to PayLoadz where you can
purchase and download Sandy Simpson articles and the
PowerPoint presentations that go with them. The
files are zipped to make them easier to download.
Simply double click on the .zip file and if you have
WinZip or some other .zip compatible archiver it will open
the .zip file where you will find the article(s) and the
PowerPoint that goes with them. These are very
useful in teaching Bible studies or to use as
messages. To order just click on the PayLoadz button
below the files you wish to order and after you pay via
PayPal you will receive a link where you can download the
file(s).
(90) Wandering
Stars:
Contending for the Faith with the New Apostles and
Prophets by Keith Gibson, 2/10/12
Wandering Stars is an examination of the aberrant
doctrines and practices of the modern apostolic and
prophetic movement. It is the result of seven
years of research interviewing current and former
members, listening to hours of sermons, reading the
books of the prominent leaders and reading over 7,000
personal prophecies. I have tried to make the book
even-handed though I do take strong issue with some of
the things happening within this movement. It is
310 pages and is heavily documented with approximately
350 end-notes. I pray that it will be valuable as
a resource for those doing further research and for
those seeking to understand the movement. I also greatly
hope that it will be helpful to pastors, youth pastors
and parents seeking to protect their young people from
recruitment into this movement.
(91) Legend of the
Fall by Peter M. Duyzer, 2/21/12
Book on the life of William Branham.
(92) Spiritual
Abuse
Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of
Wholeness by Barb Orlowski, Spiritual Abuse
Recovery, 4/5/12
I believe that many people have been wounded by church
leaders and could benefit by the information gleaned in
this doctoral study with a fresh look at church leadership
from a NT perspective.
(93) IN
THE
NAME OF JESUS: The Rise of “Jesus Only” Baptism &
Oneness Pentecostalism, A New Online Booklet
by Pastor Larry DeBruyn, 8/15/12
Below is an excerpt from an exciting new booklet that
has just been posted at the Discernment Ministries main
website book page. The topic of this booklet is
especially relevant to the rapidly rising popularity and
mainstreaming of T.D. Jakes* in the evangelical
world.
| (94) The
Dilemma
of Laodicea by James Jacob Prasch
Dilemma of Laodicea There are "things which you
have seen", "things which are", and "things
which will take place".
The seven churches of the book of Revelation,
which actually existed in the 1st Century
("things which you have seen"), also represent
seven broad types of churches that can exist at
any time in history ("things which are"), and
seven generally overlapping periods of church
history ("things which will take place"). These
letters to the seven churches of Asia can be
applied in four main ways:
• They existed literally and
historically at the end of the 1st Century A.D.
• They are seven types of
churches which exist at any time throughout
history.
• They represent seven types
of churches that will exist at the end of the
age.
• They correspond quite well
to seven periods of church history.
This book examines the history of the church in
light of the letters of Jesus Christ to the
seven churches in Asia, as recorded by John in
his Revelations. Unless learning can be achieved
from the errors of the past it is a sure thing
that those errors will be repeated.
Place your order here.
|
(95) Shadows
Of
The Beast by Jacob Prasch, 10/18/12
"How the identity of the coming Antichrist will be
revealed to the faithful Church". Jacob has
produced a completely unique book on the
Antichrist whose twenty or so chapters are
organized into six major parts:
—•— Part One: The Spirit of the Antichrist
—•— Part Two: The Many Antichrists—Biblical
—•— Part Three: The Many Antichrists—Historical
—•— Part Four: The Milieu of the Antichrist
—•— Part Five: The False Prophet
—•— Part Six: The Final Antichrist
This is not like so many books which attempt to
name a specific person to be named as the
Antichrist or to make a case that the ultimate
Antichrist can only come from a particular place
or background. Scripture teaches us that he will
be revealed to the faithful church by Christ,
and this work provides the tools and background
to accomplish this at the appointed time.
It is highly recommended that this work be read
in tandem with The Dilemma of Laodicea, Jacob's
book on the seven churches in Revelation which
provides a platform of understanding how the
spirit of antichrist has been at work during
every age of the Church and particularly in this
final age characterized by the church at
Laodicea.
Please click here
to place your order.
|
(96) Is
That You, Lord?: Hearing The Voice Of The Lord, A
Biblical Perspective by Dr. Gary Gilley,
10/21/12
The quest to “discover the will of God”, discern the
mysterious promptings of the Spirit and open the
floodgates of divine communication are all hot topics in
popular Christian culture, and cause much unnecessary
anguish and confusion. But what does the Bible say? Dr.
Gary E. Gilley shows us, in clear and precise language,
what God’s Word teaches on this important subject.
(97) "Reimagining"
God:
Turning the Light off to Look for "Truth" in the
Corner of a Dark Round Room by Tamara
Hartzell, 12/22/12
Despite the absurd belief that dispensing with the
truth of God's inspired Word is a move toward God, this
way of thinking simply could not be any more backward.
This way of thinking has already moved today's
Christianity "forward" in its faith to the doctrines of
devils found in the channeled teachings of occultists
and New Agers. And these same doctrines of devils that
are already embraced as "God's truth" in today's
Christianity comprise the emerging faith that will bow
down to the devil's Antichrist and take his mark. Will
you be one of them? I pray not. This day is rapidly
emerging on the horizon and will be here much sooner
than you think. Read this online book here.
(98) TheoPhostic
Counseling by Martin and Deidre Bobgan, 2/7/13
Divine Revelation? or PsychoHeresy? - "TheoPhostic
counseling is the result of many existent therapies,
including psychoanalytic, Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR), and cognitive-behavioral
therapies. In addition, TheoPhostic includes elements
from the inner healing movement, which includes guided
imagery, visualization, and hypnosis. As a result of our
analysis we conclude that TheoPhostic counseling came
out of the evil cauldron of the perverted wisdom of men
rather than from the mind of God. We present our reasons
for this, our comparisons with what appear to be Dr. Ed
M. Smith's sources, and a concern about how he misuses
Scripture to support TheoPhostic counseling."—Martin and
Deidre Bobgan
(99) My
Journey
Out of Catholicism by David Dombrowski,
Lighthouse Trails, 2/8/13
As I am writing these things, I am amazed to think how
quickly the years have gone by. These events that seem
like yesterday began over twenty-five years ago. And
through all these years, I have never publically shared
the story about the community. But there is a reason why
I felt compelled to share it now. When the community was
deciding to become Catholic, they were very excited
because they felt that they were pioneers in going back
to the mother church. They felt confident that many
others would eventually follow their example. Today, I
see that this is beginning to happen in large numbers.
The community shared with some of their friends that
they had grown spiritually as far as the Protestant
church could take them, and if they were going to grow
anymore, they would have to become Catholic. It is the
same thing that is happening today. Many Protestant
leaders are now standing up and proclaiming that we need
to glean from the teachings and practices of the
Catholic church. Particularly appealing to them is
contemplative prayer or mysticism and the spiritual
disciplines. There is no doubt in my mind that
contemplative spirituality is a bridge, bringing
Protestants “back” to the Catholic church. The emerging
church movement is equally a bridge toward Catholicism,
and the Purpose Driven movement has had a role in this
as well.
(100) “I
Just
Had a Vision” booklet by Kevin Reeves, 2/25/13
This booklet is specifically geared toward passing out
to those who are involved in movements such as the River
movement, Latter Rain, Word Faith, IHOP, Kansas City
Prophets, Toronto Blessing, or Brownsville Revival,
etc.).
(101) Wandering
Stars by Keith Gibson, 2/27/13
Contending for the Faith with the New Apostles and
Prophets - Finally, here is an up-to-date volume written
not just for Bereans but one that reaches across
denominational fences to speak the truth in love to
those curious about or drawn away by the false doctrines
and heretical teachings and practices of the Latter
Rain, New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), or "Five-Fold
Restoration" movements. From the author: "There is
always the temptation when dealing with a subject of
this nature, to pull out the most oulandish quotes in an
attempt to make one's point more forcefully.... While an
extreme example has occasionally been used in order to
demonstrate how heretical the movement is at its
fringes, for the most part, I have attempted to use
quotes from those considered more 'mainstream' within
the apostolic and prophetic momement. It is my desire to
demonstrate that the issues addressed in this book are
rampant within the community and not isolated in one or
two marginal teachers. It is my sincere prayer that this
book will be used in some small measure to awaken the
church to the seriousness of the errors being propagated
within the apostolic/prophetic movement and to call the
church back to the truth." TBC is pleased to present
this book as a contemporary answer to those with
friends, family, and church members who are prone to be
"tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine" (Ephesians:4:14That we henceforth be no more
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to
deceive;).
(102) Native
Spirituality
“Renewal” & the Emerging Church (Booklet)
by Nanci Des Gerlaise, 3/23/13
While those practicing Native Spirituality may believe
they are practicing a completely unique form of
spirituality, originating with them, they couldn’t be
further from the truth. Native Spirituality is just one
part of a vast movement that is creating a paradigm
shift in our present-day culture away from biblical
Christianity and replacing it with an all-inclusive
interspiritual global religion that relies heavily upon
mystical practices. The results will create a
“Christianity” that has no resemblance to biblical
Christianity whatsoever.
(103) Showtime
for
the Sheep? (Book) by T.A. McMahon, The Berean
Call, 3/31/13
After screening Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ,
T. A. McMahon set about writing a book evaluating the
enthusiasm generated for the film among evangelicals.
The movie was touted as the greatest opportunity for
witnessing since the death of Christ. Could that be
true? Or could the church be enthralled with something
that might have a host of problems beyond just a popular
motion picture about Jesus Christ. Tom observed a
connection between The Passion and trends taking place
among professing Bible believers such as the increasing
use of entertainment in presenting the gospel, the
ecumenical relationship between Catholics and
Evangelicals, the use of imagery verging on idolatry,
and the major drift away from the objective Word of God
in favor of the subjective, "feelings" oriented
treatment of the Scriptures.
(104) How
to
Know When the Emerging Church Shows Signs of Emerging
Into Your Church (Booklet) by Lighthouse
Trails, 4/7/13
I am convinced we are seeing apostasy underway, exactly
as the Scriptures have forewarned. This means that this
current trend is not likely to disappear. We must
continue to proclaim the truth in the midst of deception
with love.
(105) NEW
PRINT
BOOKLET TRACT: The New Missiology – Doing Missions
Without the Gospel by Roger Oakland, 4/27/13
Emerging “progressive Christianity” is changing the way
evangelical/Protestant missions is being conducted. The
idea is that you can go for Jesus, but you don’t have to
identify yourself as a Christian or part of the
Christian church. This concept spills over into some
missionary societies too, where they teach people from
other religions they can keep their religion, just add
Jesus to the equation. They don’t have to embrace the
term Christian.
(106) The
10
Things You Need to Know About Islam by Ron
Rhodes, 2013
One out of every five persons on
the earth is a Muslim. In the past 16 years, the
number of Muslim mosques in the United States has
mushroomed from 30 to over 3,000. An Islamic leader
recently inaugurated a session of the United States
Senate, praying in the name of Allah. Chances are that
if you don't currently have Muslim friends, you soon
will. To understand and communicate with them, you
need to know... Are all Muslims the same? Do Muslims
and Christians worship the same God? Was Muhammad
really a prophet of God? Do the Quran and the
Christian Bible agree? What are the major doctrines of
Islam? What are the five major obligations of Muslims?
How is the basis of salvation in Muslim theology? Has
the Bible been corrupted, as Muslims claim? Was Jesus
a mere prophet, as Muslims claim? What do Muslims say
about Judgment, heaven, and hell? What are the best
strategies for dialoguing with Muslims? This concise,
easy-to-understand guide answers these questions and
others, and also provides a powerful Christian
apologetic response. This book is engineered to guide
Christians through the most important information with
clear explanations and solid biblical reasoning. This
is a must–have resource for individuals and churches
trying to discern today’s news stories.
(107) How
To
Protect Your Child From the New Age and
Spiritual Deception (Book) by Berit Kjos,
5/17/13
Unbeknownst to most parents,
America’s public schools are teaching their children
to use mindfulness meditation (Eastern-style
meditation or TM). In a New York Times article titled
“In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind,”
elementary children in an Oakland, California school
are promised peace and loving-kindness if they will
learn to meditate.
(108) The
New
Missiology: Doing Missions Without the Gospel (Tract)
by Roger Oakland, 6/4/13
Emerging "progressive Christianity" is changing the way
evangelical/Protestant missions is being conducted. The
idea is that you can go for Jesus, but you don't have to
identify yourself as a Christian or part of the
Christian church. This concept spills over into some
missionary societies too, where they teach people from
other religions they can keep their religion, just add
Jesus to the equation. They don?t have to embrace the
term Christian.
(109) NEW
BOOKLET
TRACT: An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian
Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to
Become Accredited by Lighthouse Trails,
6/16/13
What do the two accreditation organizations—Association
of Theological Seminaries and Association for Biblical
Higher Education—have in common? Both associations
require schools that wish to be accredited to include
Spiritual Formation within the school’s infrastructure.
Just what exactly does that mean for these 350 some
seminaries and Bible colleges? Well, it means that if
they want to receive and maintain their accreditation,
they are going to have to incorporate Spiritual
Formation (i.e., contemplative spirituality) into the
lives of their students.
(110) The
Truth
About Energy Healing (Booklet) by Ray Yungen,
Lighthouse Trails, 6/25/13
New Agers and occultists believe that man has more than
one body, that there are other invisible bodies
superimposed on the physical body. They refer to one of
these as the etheric body and believe there lies within
it energy centers called chakras (pronounced shock-ras).
The term chakra means whirling wheel in Sanskrit, the
ancient Hindu language. They were seen by those with
clairvoyant powers as spinning balls of psychic energy.
It is taught that there are seven chakras, which start
at the base of the spine and end at the crown chakra at
the top of the head.
(111) The
Labyrinth
Journey: Walking the Path to Fulfillment? (Booklet)
by Carl Teichrib, Lighthouse Trails, 7/2/13
Beyond all of this, just as walking the labyrinth is
used for initiation in cults, it serves as a catalyst to
draw people into more serious forms of New Age or
eastern-style meditation cloaked under terms like “the
silence,” “centering prayer,” or “contemplative prayer.”
Yes, the majority of Christians would affirm that their
labyrinth prayer walk is completely focused on Jesus
Christ. That may be true, but it doesn’t excuse the fact
that the labyrinth is, by its theological nature, an
inter-religious and deeply mystical device. If God is
going to bless the labyrinth experience, how is He going
to deal with 2 Corinthians 6:14-16?
(112) YOGA
and
Christianity – Are They Compatible? (Booklet)
by Chris Lawson, Lighthouse Trails, 7/7/13
Western Culture Embraces Yoga: It is no secret that
Yoga is taking Western civilization by storm. In just a
little over a hundred years, a mystical revolution has
occurred that millions of Westerners have wholeheartedly
embraced. Amazingly, the Western Judeo-Christian view is
in the process of a paradigm shift toward the same
perspective as yogic India.
(113) The
Beginning
of Roman Catholicism: What is Roman Catholicism and
where did it originate? (Booklet) by Jacob
Prasch, 7/19/13
Table of Contents: Babylon and Rome•Historical
Backtround: Pagan Rome•The New Covenant vs. Replacement
Theology•State Religions: Old and New•Augustinian
Theology•The Errors of Ignatius of Antioch•Pagan
Emperors/Catholic Popes•Recontextualization vs.
Redefinition•Influences of Gnosticism•Sempre Aidin:
Always the Same•The Effects of Greek Dualism•Undermining
the Humanity of Christ: The Root of Mary Worship•The
Middle Ages•The Rock: Peter or Christ?•The Origin of the
Papacy•The Dark Ages: Catholicism's Gift to
Europe•Aristotelianism & Humanism Are Born From the
Renaissance•The Counter-Reformation and Further
Corruption•The Council of Trent: The Final Insult•The
Goals of Modern-Day Roman Catholicism
(114) The
Shack
and Its New Age Leaven (Booklet) by Lighthouse
Trails, 7/22/13
The introduction of fractals in the story line of The
Shack is a deceptive device to unsuspecting readers. It
is an entry point into the pseudo-scientific notion of
“fractal Oneness”—“as above, so below”/God “in”
everything.
(115) An
Epidemic
of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must
Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited
(Booklet) by Lighthouse Trails, 8/1/13
Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a
platform and a channel through which contemplative
prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation
being used, and in nearly every case, you will find
contemplative spirituality and its “pioneers” such as
Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Henri Nouwen.
Spiritual Formation is based on “spiritual disciplines”
that can be practiced by people of any faith to make
them more “Christ-like.” Rebirth through Jesus Christ
and regeneration through the Holy Spirit are not
essential. Rather it is a works-based “theology” that
has strong roots in Roman Catholicism and ancient
paganism.
(116) Brennan
Manning’s
“New Monks” & Their Dangerous Contemplative
Spirituality (Booklet) by Lighthouse Trails,
8/26/13
Little did I know when I began to
read The Signature of Jesus, the time and effort that
would be involved in understanding it. I am not a
theologian by training. My background is in technical
management in electronic component manufacturing.
However, I stumbled onto something that I became
convinced was very dangerous and little understood.
(117) Chrislam
–
The Blending Together of Islam & Christianity
(Booklet) by Mike Oppenheimer, 10/15/13
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are
all part of the Abrahamic tree of faith. We all believe
in the same God, and in many aspects we are all trying
to accomplish the same goals. (“UCC Pastor to read Quran
in Response to Dove Quran Burnings”, The Creative
Seminole, Source)
(118) Setting
Aside
the Power of the Gospel for a Powerless Substitute
(Booklet) by David Dombrowski, 11/3/13
This booklet is specifically
geared toward passing out to those who are involved
with some kind of spiritual deception.
(119) A
“Common Core” For a Global Community: What’s In
Store For the Education of Today’s Children?
(Booklet) by Berit Kjos, 11/16/13
While preparing this booklet, I
came across a headline that illustrates the corrupt
values and shameless propaganda behind UNESCO’s Common
Core indoctrination. Ponder this assignment: “Students
Asked to ‘Argue That Jews Are Evil’ and Prove Nazi
Loyalty in Assignment Linked to Common Core.”1 In
other words, traditional values are out! Shocking
propaganda is in! I hope this booklet will help
parents, concerned educators, and our children prepare
together for the spiritual battlefields ahead.
(120) Another
Jesus
Calling (Book) by Warren B. Smith, 11/25/13
For those who have read Jesus
Calling and been troubled by it but didn’t know why,
“Another Jesus” Calling will give substance to your
concerns and will equip you to help your friends who
may be reading Young’s book also. And if you have read
Jesus Calling and see nothing wrong with it, consider
the claims of “Another Jesus” Calling. Beyond all
this, “Another Jesus” Calling serves as a discernment
tool in rightly handling the Word of God. You will lay
down this book with renewed understanding of the
essential role of the Bible and the Gospel message in
keeping on (or returning to) the right path.
(121) NEW
BOOKLET
TRACT: A Directory of Authors (Three NOT Recommended
Lists) by Chris Lawson, 12/9/13
Each of the (not recommended)
authors professes to be Christian and/or uses biblical
terminology in his or her writing, yet promotes at
least one of the following serious false teachings:
contemplative spirituality (i.e., Spiritual
Formation), the emergent, progressive “new”
spirituality, the seeker-friendly, church-growth
movement (e.g., Willow Creek, Purpose Driven) and/or
Yoga.
(122) The
Christian and Psychology (Booklet) by Gary
Gilley, 2/16/14
It is important that we analyze
psychology in light of the Word. In The Christian and
Psychology, Pastor Gary Gilley compares Scripture next
to psychology to help Christians form a biblical
worldview of psychology.
(123) Redemption
by
Harry A. Ironside (Booklet) by Lighthouse
Trails, 6/26/14
The word “redemption” is one that
runs all through the Bible; in fact, we can say
without any suggestion of hyperbole that it is the
great outstanding theme of Holy Scripture. This
important truth runs through the Book like the
proverbial red strand that, we are told, runs through
the cordage of the British navy. Everywhere, from
Genesis right on to Revelation, you find God in one
way or another presenting to us the truth of
redemption—redemption in promise and in type in the
Old Testament; redemption in glorious fulfillment in
the New Testament.
(124) New
Apostolic
Reformation: An Update on Two New Books by
Dr. R. Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec 7/10/14
Many of you have asked me about
the progress of my two forthcoming books on the New
Apostolic Reformation. I’m pleased to share that the
books are in production and are scheduled to be
released this fall. They will be published by Weaver
Book Company. If you’re looking for an overview of the
NAR movement and you want a concise biblical
evaluation of its teachings, you might begin with
"God’s Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide
Prophets and Apostles Movement." If you want a fuller
exposition of NAR teachings and a more complete
examination of the movement, then you’ll want to read
"A New Apostolic Reformation? A Biblical Response to a
Worldwide Movement." I’ve had the privilege of
partnering with a co-author on these books. His name
is R. Douglas Geivett, and he’s a professor at Talbot
School of Theology. Dr. Geivett is a brilliant
Christian philosopher and has debated the leading
atheists, including Richard Dawkins, Michael Shermer,
and Matt Ridley. He has degrees from multiple schools,
including Multnomah School of the Bible, Gonzaga
University, Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D.
from the University of Southern California. Other
books he has written or edited include In Defense of
Miracles (InterVarsity Press) and Evil and the
Evidence for God (Temple University Press). He’s also
a contributor to the Apologetics Study Bible. I’m
thrilled that Dr. Geivett has applied his high-level
skills and brilliant mind to an evaluation of NAR
teachings. You can read his announcement about the
books at Doug Geivett’s Blog. For additional details
about the books or to pre-order copies, see the publisher’s
website.
(125) Is
Your
Church Doing Spiritual Formation? - Important
Reasons Why They Shouldn’t (Booklet) by
Lighthouse Trails, 10/2/14
Is your church involved in a
Spiritual Formation program? If so, you might want to
ask the question, what exactly is Spiritual Formation?
It’s a fair question, and one that, if not asked,
could end up surprising you when your church changes
in ways you never imagined.
(126) Harpazo:
The
Intra-Seal Rapture of the Church (Book) by
James Jacob Prasch, 11/9/14
When it comes to books devoted to eschatology in
general and the Rapture specifically, they often either
read like a formal academic argument written solely for
the benefit of scholars or employ the use of fiction to
avoid directly handling the underlying biblical text. As
with Jacob's previous books and exhaustive list of
sermons covering nearly every area of theology, Harpazo
presents the doctrine of the Rapture and Resurrection in
the strictest biblical sense possible, leveraging the
handling of Scripture in the same manner as passed along
to us by Christ through the Apostles and Early Church of
the 1st century. Often the typical format of such books
is to spend more time explaining and refuting all the
positions the author does not subscribe to rather than
focus exclusively on what they believe and have derived
from Scripture. Harpazo may be unique in the complete
absence of charts and seemingly endless trips to
sidebars to constantly compare alternate interpretations
the author does not subscribe to in the first place.
Jacob was asked to continue to employ in an expanded
book format the same exegesis of Scripture which is
present in all of his teachings regardless of whether or
not they are eschatological. After all, "The Apocalypse"
means "unveiling", and that "lifting of the curtain", so
to speak, as we approach the ever nearer Return of
Christ is the Holy Spirit's revelation of Scripture as
already given, not a new opinion by man. The Gospels are
clear that immediately in the wake of His Resurrection,
Christ not only imparted the Holy Spirit to His
disciples, but directly instructed them in how He was
the fulfillment of the whole of Scripture. (Lk. 24:27,
44-45) In other words, the interpretation of all of
God's Word, every Book of the Old Testament included,
was re-cast as Christological, having not just a
literal, primary meaning for the times any Scripture was
originally given, but an added meaning for either
Christ's First Coming, Second Coming, or both. Like
every doctrine and theology, the Rapture and
Resurrection are illustrated through many scriptural
people, places and events throughout the whole of God’s
Word and not simply limited to a single biblical
reference. Using the Early Church hermeneutics of
typology to illustrate and illuminate doctrine, Jacob
shows how there are many raptures and rescues in
Scripture which combine to teach what is going to
ultimately take place in the Parousia—the Second Coming
of Christ. Likewise, there is a wealth of similar events
and patterns throughout Scripture which teach us what to
expect from related issues such as the Two Witnesses,
the role of the 144,000 and Israel yet to come, the
pattern of judgments in Revelation and how they actually
replay Old Testament and historical parallels, and a
wealth of other such End Times teachings already
established in the canon of Scripture. Jesus Himself
established this hermeneutic by categorically teaching
that the Last Days would be realized in the character of
the days of Noah as well as Lot. The Apostles in their
writings not only confirmed these specific examples but
built upon them. The question for believers in the Last
Days is not whether or not some kind of "new" revelation
or word from God has been revealed, but how what has
already been given is, in these final hours, being
unveiled to believers by the Holy Spirit. What Daniel
was told to seal until the end, John was told would be
ultimately unsealed. Some of the chapter titles in
Harpazo will sound familiar to those already acquainted
with Jacob's teachings, but he has never tied everything
together overall to this degree before. This book is not
about creating another End Times chart, but making a
good faith effort to draw together in one place what the
whole counsel of God's Word is teaching not just for a
single event or prophetic fulfillment, but the overall
doctrinal basis by which believers are supposed to act
and behave according to His Word.
(127) God’s
Super-Apostles:
Encountering the Worldwide Prophets and Apostles
Movement (Book) by Dr. Doug Geivett &
Holly Pivec, 11/26/14
God’s Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide
Prophets and Apostles Movement provides a beginner’s
introduction to the New Apostolic Reformation. In
addition to being brief and non-technical, it also
contains stories of individuals’ personal experiences
with this movement and practical advice for responding
to its teachings.
(128) A
New Apostolic Reformation? A Biblical Response to a
Worldwide Movement (Book) by Dr. Doug Geivett
& Holly Pivec, 11/26/14
Goes into much greater depth in evaluating NAR
teachings and describing the influence of the movement.
(129) Oprah
Winfrey’s
New Age “Christianity” and the Emperor’s New Clothes
(Booklet) by Lighthouse Trails, 3/5/15
Oprah has done her job well. For nearly thirty years,
she has enthusiastically and consistently communicated
her New Age beliefs through countless New Age authors.
All those in the “Aquarian Conspiracy” must be very
proud of her. Thanks to Oprah’s high visibility and
continued popularity, “the great heretical idea” that
“God” and “Christ” are within everyone has been “widely
communicated” and is fast becoming our “new consensus”
and “what everyone knows.” This ten-week class that she
was teaching with Eckhart Tolle was the culmination of
all that Oprah has sought to teach her viewers over the
years about the New Age and how to see the world anew.
But like the Emperor and his “new” suit of clothes,
Oprah has been greatly deceived by her New Spirituality.
Sadly, if Oprah and her colleagues continue down the
path of the New Age/New Spirituality, they will
experience an “awakening” some day, but it will not be
the “Great Awakening” they anticipated. Instead, it will
be a rude awakening come Judgment Day. On that day, they
will suddenly realize that God is God and they are not,
and they never were. They will realize that Jesus Christ
is Lord and that He is the one and only Christ, and
there is no universal “Christ within.” They will see
that they were deceived and that the Lord Jesus Christ
really meant it when he said, “Take heed that no man
deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I
am Christ; and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:4-5).
(130) Popular
Books
That Introduce Children to the Occult and 5 Steps You
Can Take to Protect Your Kids (Booklet) by
Berit Kjos, 3/9/15
When I arrived home and began to skim through these
contemporary “treasures,” I could hardly believe what I
saw. Young children read this? Pornography, cruelty,
sadism, violence, and occultism leaped out at me from
the pages. In less than five minutes, I had skimmed
through all I could take. In this booklet tract, I want
to give you a brief overview of what young people are
being handed today in the form of books and literature.
While much of this reading material is being touted as
having value and virtue, the underlying sediment is
anything but that.
(131) Exposed:
The
False Faith Healing-Prosperity Gospel (Book)
by Danny J. Frigulti, 3/10/15
Author Danny Frigulti has spent more than 30 years
reviewing "faith teachings." This book exposes more than
100 false teachings found in worldwide faith healing and
prosperity gospel ministries. False teachings about
sickness, healing, faith, positive confession, quantum
faith, money, inner healing, Isaiah 53:4-5, 1 Peter
2:24, creative visualization and what the blood of
Christ's atonement represents are refuted with Bible
Scriptures. Also, some of these false teachings are
shown to have an occult connection.
(132) Six video promos for Jacob Prasch books
(133) 10
Questions
For Those Who Claim The "Supreme Beings" Of The Nations
Are The True God (Booklet) at Lighthouse Trails,
3/30/15
Ten Questions for Those Who Claim the “Supreme Beings” of
the Nations are the True God by Sandy Simpson is our
newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet Tract. The Booklet
Tract is 16 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single
copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.
Our Booklet Tracts are designed to give away to others or
for your own personal use. Below is the content of
the booklet. To order copies of Ten Questions for Those
Who Claim the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations are the True
God, click
here. This booklet deals with the “new” missiology
that presents itself as legitimate biblical missions when
it is not that.
(134) A
New Apostolic Reformation?: A Biblical Response to a
Worldwide Movement (Book) by R.Douglas Geivett
(Author), Holly Pivec (Author), 4/12/15
This critique provides a framework for understanding
and interpreting the widespread but little-known New
Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. As the authors
state in the preface: "We write this book with two major
goals in mind. First, to give people an idea of the
sheer size and reach of the NAR movement. And second, to
systematize its key teachings and practices and evaluate
them on the basis of Scripture and careful reasoning … .
In our judgment, the NAR perspective crosses these
boundaries [that is, certain broad parameters, revealed
in Scripture and practiced in the historical orthodox
church], and it does so in part because of flawed
theology rooted in a flawed understanding of Scripture.
We wish to warn readers about a possible confusion: Some
critics have linked the NAR movement with mainstream
Pentecostalism and charismatics. We do not do this. In
fact, it is our contention that the NAR movement
deviates from classical Pentecostal and charismatic
teachings. This movement has emerged out of independent
charismatic churches and, thus, has gained a foothold in
many of those churches in varying degrees."
(135) Truth
or
Consequences (Booklet) by Warren B. Smith,
5/17/15
Truth or consequences. The stakes are high, but one
thing is for sure: Truth prevails in the end because
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life (John
14:6) and His truth endures forever (Psalm 117:1-2). May
we pray that His truth will shine forth in our lives and
that many will be turned to righteousness (Matthew 5:16;
Daniel 12:3). And when it is all said and done, let us
be able to say that we have “chosen the way of truth”
(Psalm 119:30), that we have “walked” in God’s truth
(Psalm 26:3), and that we have always “rejoiced” in
God’s truth (1Corinthians 13:6).
(136) How
to
Prepare for Hard Times and Persecution (Book)
by Maria Kneas, 6/5/15
Official government documents say that evangelical
Christians are potential terrorists, and some Christian
groups are even called hate groups. Christian doctors
and nurses are being forced to perform abortions, and a
Christian baker has been threatened with prison for not
baking a wedding cake for a homosexual couple.
Christians in Colorado, New York, and Kentucky are being
forced to go through “sensitivity training” in order to
“rehabilitate” from their religious beliefs and
resulting moral convictions. When Communists did such
things to American soldiers, we called it brainwashing.
American Christians are in the early stages of
persecution, and it is increasing. Unfortunately, many
will be blindsided by it because few pastors and church
leaders are warning about it or preparing believers for
it.
(137) Be
Still
and Know That You are Not God!—God is Not “in”
Everyone and Everything (Booklet) by Warren B.
Smith, 6/22/15
Our Spiritual Adversary would have everyone believe
that we are all “one” because God is “in” everyone and
everything. Using every promotional means
possible—including a creative and ingenious perversion
of quantum physics—he is attempting to convince the
world and the church that while Jesus was Christ, so is
everyone. And while Jesus was God, so is everyone else.
To underscore this heretical New Age doctrine of God and
Christ “in” everyone, he would have us further believe
that nothing of any significance happened on the Cross
of Calvary. However, the Bible makes it very clear that
something extremely wonderful and overwhelmingly
significant did happen on the Cross of Calvary. For it
was on that Cross that Jesus Christ died to save the
world as He defeated sin (1 John 2:2), death (2 Timothy
1:10), and the Devil himself (Hebrews 2:14). As the one
and only Christ, He is our Rock (1 Corinthians 10:1-4),
He is our Foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11), and in every
sense of the word He is the Saviour of the world (1 John
4:14).
(138) Biblical
Guide
to the Shemitah and the Blood Moons by David
James, 7/30/15
(139) A
Trip to India—to Learn the Truth About Hinduism and
Yoga (Booklet) by Caryl Matrisciana, 8/25/15
Thirteen years had passed since my family had left
India. Now I found myself on an airplane returning
there. I was filled with excitement and nostalgic
memories. Would I bump into old friends with whom I had
lost contact over the years? Would anything have
changed? I was travelling with a small group of
international cult experts. We had received a grant
enabling our research group to travel around India,
visiting gurus and their ashrams.
(140) Beth
Moore
& Priscilla Shirer’s History of Contemplative
Prayer and Why War Room Should Not Have Used Them
(Booklet) by John Lanagan and the Editors at
Lighthouse Trails, 9/22/15
Contemplative prayer, which Priscilla Shirer refers to
as her “brand new way” and Beth Moore says is essential
in really knowing God, is in reality an ancient prayer
practice that is essentially the same as New Age or
Eastern meditation though disguised with Christian
terminology. Those who participate and enter the
contemplative silence, as it is called, open themselves
to great deception.
(141) YOGA:
Exercise
or Religion—Does it Matter? (Booklet) by Ray
Yungen, 10/9/15
The Yoga boom, which began in the 1990s, is changing
the very social fabric of our society in a way that will
last well into the future. People need to be aware that
Yoga serves spiritual ends and also need to realize just
what the nature of that spirituality entails. Yoga is
the religion of namasté (i.e., man is God). The fact is,
there is no need for the Cross of Jesus Christ in Yoga.
To the contrary, Scripture tells us: . . . that in the
ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his
grace in his kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus.(Ephesians 2:7)
(142) The
Mystical
Revolution: How Millions of People Have Been
Introduced to the Aquarian Age (Booklet) by
Ray Yungen, 10/15/15
Most people understand there’s been a number of
revolutions over the past forty years or so, beginning
in the ’60s. For instance, there’s been the sexual
revolution, the feminist revolution, and what you might
call the drug revolution. These were social movements
that changed and altered society to a significant degree
. Before this time period, people more or less stayed
with convention. They more or less conformed to
society’s expectations and codes of behavior. There were
technical revolutions and philosophical revolutions in
the past, but the revolutions we have had since the
1960s have turned society in a totally new direction.
(143) How
to
Stand Fast in the Last Days (Booklet) by
Warren B. Smith,. 11/10/15
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is
small. (Proverbs 24:10) Hostility towards those who hold
fast to the Lord Jesus Christ and the literal teachings
of the Bible has increased greatly. Biblical Christians
endeavoring to stand in their faith have been shocked
and saddened at the growing antagonism coming at them
not only from the world but from within the professing
church itself. This booklet will attempt to convey what
Scripture tells us about remaining faithful in the midst
of this spiritual opposition—what to expect and how to
respond.
(144) A
Sword on the Land the Muslim World in Bible Prophecy
(Book) by Bill Randles, 12/8/15
"The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean
dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth
shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be
removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof
shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise
again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on
high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth." Isaiah
24:19-21 What are we to make of the current, explosive
changes in the Middle East? What is the meaning of the
events such as the "Arab Spring" and the unraveling of
the WWII order? Pastor Bill Randles takes us to the
scriptures to show us that these events have a prophetic
significance and point to the long prophesied "Day of
the Lord" for all nations. Pastor Bill Randles Believers
in Grace Fellowship Marion Iowa 52302. In this end times
Bible prophecy book, Pastor Bill Randles (Believers in
Grace Fellowship - Marion, Iowa) examines current world
events, especially things occurring in the Middle East
and the Muslim world. The word 'Islam' is not mentioned
by name in the scriptures since the religion did not
come into existence until the 7th century ad. However,
as Pastor Bill Randles points out, virtually all of the
modern nations that are neighbors to Israel, are united
in their hatred for the the Jewish nation that was
reborn in May 1948. In addition to their hatred of
Israel, they also have something else in common: Islam.
This Bible prophecy book updates the names of the
ancient nations in old testament prophecies. These
nations are described as being at war with Israel and
their God. In 'A Sword on the Land', Randles shows how
these bible prophecies are relevant to today and
shockingly obvious to the reader of this book.
Additionally, he examines the Bible prophecies
concerning the future of the Middle Eastern region, the
fate of Egypt, Syria, Arabia. This bible prophecy book
is simple and easy to read. Pastor Bill Randles brings
the reader more understanding to biblical prophecies
taking place in the Middle East and revealing that the
end times are here and the return of Jesus Christ is
ever nearing.
(145) Being
Thankful
Through It All (Booklet) by Warren B. Smith,
12/26/15
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Thankfulness is our attempt as believers to express the
inexpressible—the amazing gratitude we feel for the
amazing grace bestowed upon us by our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. He not only saved us from our sins (1 John
2:2), He promised to never leave us or forsake us
(Hebrews 13:5). We are also assured that He who began “a
good work” in us will be faithful to “perform it until
the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6).
(146) A
Former Nun Speaks Candidly About Pope Francis,
Deception, and Mind Control in the Catholic Church
(Booklet) by Ann Marie, 1/12/16
Pope Francis is trying to pull Protestants into the
Catholic Church. As you will see, several things are
helping him accomplish this. Ecumenism seems plausible
because Catholics use words in a way that outsiders
don’t understand. Because Protestants don’t understand
what Catholics really mean, they think they have a lot
of things in common, when in reality, they don’t.
(147) Meditation!
Pathway
to Wellness or Doorway to the Occult? (Booklet)
by Ray Yungen, 1/20/16
In the West, mysticism always used to be restricted to
a tiny fraction of the population (i.e., shamans,
esoteric brotherhoods, and small spiritually elite
groups). Never before has there been a widespread
teaching of these methods to the general population.
Now, mysticism pervades the Western world. How did this
happen?
(148) Goddess
Worship
in America and How It’s Affecting the Church (Booklet)
by Maria Kneas, 2/17/16
The worship of pagan goddesses is most obvious with
Wiccans. However, it is also common in universities and
nursing schools. It is promoted by the media and is a
component of New Age feminism. What’s more, it has
infiltrated mainline denominational churches and its
influence can be felt throughout our society.
(149) Let
There
Be Light (Book) by Roger Oakland, 2/19/16
Topics This Book Addresses: How God Can Change A Life.
Biblical creation versus Darwinian evolution. Russia's
openness to the Gospel after the fall of the USSR. A
plan by the Catholic church to absorb Protestantism. The
connection between evolution and the New Age. How the
Christian church is being lured into a one-world
religion that is prophesied in the Bible. Contrasting
the Light of the World to the darkness of this age. The
role mysticism is playing in end times deception. How
Christian leaders are ignoring the study of Bible
prophecy. Questions this book answers: What is real
science? Is Darwinian theory scientific? Is spiritual
deception talked about in the Bible? What is the
Catholic Eucharistic Evangelization plan? What is the
Gospel of Jesus Christ? What is the essential ingredient
for true revival? Are signs-and-wonders revivals like
the Toronto Blessing biblical? Why do many Christian
pastors and leaders avoid talking about spiritual
deception? Does the Bible mandate Christians to warn
against spiritual deception?
(150) Did
Jesus
Identify Himself as God? (Booklet) by Mike
Oppenheimer, 4/1/16
No prophet, other than Jesus, could have said with
authority, “he that believeth on me shall never thirst”
or “he that believeth on me hath everlasting life” (John
6:35 & 47). No one but Jesus could have said with
that same authority, “follow me” (Luke 18:22). Nor could
any other prophet state, with signs and wonders proving
his authority, that there are eternal consequences for
not believing He is just who He claimed to be. When
Jesus said, “for if ye believe not that I am he, ye
shall die in your sins” (John 8:24), it was the
definitive statement of His very being. In fact, this
declaration of His is the crux of the entire Christian
faith. It is recorded in the Gospels 23 times that Jesus
said, “I am,” seven of which are specifically stated to
identify His deity.
(151) Dear
Pastor
and Christian Leader: Have You Grown Careless About
the Gospel? (Booklet) by David Dombrowski,
4/8/16
From the onset of Lighthouse Trails in 2002, we have
always endeavored to be connected with the body of
believers scattered throughout the world who are very
concerned, as we are, with the state of the church
today. Many of our readers have told us they feel very
alone and even ostracized in witnessing the apostasy in
the churches today prior to their finding our website
and realizing there were other Christians who saw what
they did.
(152) Blessings
Through
It All (Booklet) by Warren B. Smith, 4/11/16
While God promises that blessings accompany our faith
in Him, we are also promised hatred and persecution from
the world. However, the blessed assurance of our faith
in Jesus Christ enables us to endure and persevere
through it all.
(153) Earth
Day
and a Total Transformation for a Post-Christian World
(Booklet) by Carl Teichrib , 4/17/16
In our contemporary era, Earth Day has become the
modern celebration of Gaia. Partakers of this event,
whether aware of it or not, play off the ancient pagan
beliefs of a Universal Mother. Like the sacred oaths
taken in her name, today’s Earth Day celebrants sign
environmental petitions, make pledges, and announce
resolutions in support of Mother Earth. And like the old
sacrifices to the deity, today’s Earth Day practitioners
offer sacrifices of “good works” to the planet. Not only
is the earth a deity to be venerated, but the earth
itself—as the representative and embodiment of the
goddess—has become a modern-day idol.
(154) The
Alpha
Course— An Evangelical Contradiction (Booklet)
by Mary Danielsen and Chris Lawson, 5/24/16
Let us first open this overview of the Alpha Course
with several passages in Scripture that warn us of the
wolves that will enter the church looking to pervert the
Gospel and introduce falsehood. We must always measure
everything by the plumbline of God’s Word because
without that, deception awaits.
(155) Castles
in
the Sand (Book) by Carolyn A. Greene, 6/3/16
If you know someone who is considering entering a
Christian college or seminary or someone who is already
enrolled in one, we encourage you to get that person a
copy of Castles in the Sand. It is Lighthouse Trails
novel on the contemplative prayer/spiritual formation
movement in the Christians schools. The story alternates
back and forth between the life of mystic Teresa of
Avila and a young woman, Tessa, in present day who has
enrolled in a Christian college. Below is a chapter by
chapter synopsis. We have been told by many parents and
students that this book has been a huge eye opener.
(156) Setting
Aside
the Power of the Gospel for a Powerless Substitute
(Booklet) by David Dombrowski, 6/5/16
We are living in a time of mass deception and delusion.
If you were to fall off a cliff and only had a rope to
hold you, would you not hold onto that rope more
tightly? That is what we must do with the Gospel. Jesus’
death on the Cross purchased our salvation; we have also
been bought by His blood, sealed in a new covenant, and
His indwelling presence empowers us to live the
Christian life. There is no other power to save!
(157) Be
Still
and Know That You are Not God! (Book) by
Warren B. Smith, 7/11/16
As long as I've known Warren B. Smith he has been
keeping a list. Back in the early 1990s when I first
became acquainted with him he began to tell me about his
unique New Age testimony. His fascinating story is
recounted in his book The
Light
That Was Dark: From the New Age to Amazing Grace.
I was particularly interested in Smith's assertion that
he had been taught a New Age interpretation of the well
known Psalm 46:10 verse Be still that claims that we are
god, not that God is God. This was news to me! I had
never heard this teaching, not even in my own experience
of dabbling in Transcendental Meditation and Hinduism
during the Hippie movement of the 1970s. But had I gone
deeper into eastern mysticism I surely would have been
taught it eventually. I cannot imagine a more obvious
heresy than teaching that we are God. After Warren
experienced the salvation of Jesus Christ in his life,
he began documenting the many times that this teaching
reared its ugly head. I still recall the day that he
phoned me with the agonizing discovery that this 'we are
god' teaching was showing up in evangelical writings,
specifically M. Scott Peck (cited below). By 2002 and
2003, I helped publish two books for Smith about his
continuing findings. In Reinventing Jesus Christ: The
New Gospel (Conscience Press, 2002), he wrote about the
involvement of New Age leaders in American politics
shortly after the events of 9/11 and their teachings
about how 'we are god' (republished as False
Christ
Coming: Does Anybody Care?). Then he discovered
that prominent evangelical pastor Rick Warren was
teaching this same New Age concept. So Smith wrote a
book titled Deceived
On
Purpose: The New Age Implications of the
Purpose-Driven Church (Conscience Press, 2003,
also republished). See a current listing of Smith books
HERE.
Over the years Smith kept adding to his list. Recently
he reminded me that his updated research collection on
New Age we are god teachings had been published into a
booklet. Below we have permission from the author and
publisher to reproduce this booklet in its entirety on
the Herescope blog. This booklet is also available for
purchase HERE
along with a collection of his other handy tract-like
booklets HERE.
~Sarah H. Leslie
(158) The
Unseen
Foe Behind Rising Evil And Putting on the Armor of God
(Booklet) by Berit Kjos, 7/12/16
This life in Christ begins with knowing and trusting
each part of the armor. The first part is TRUTH—God’s
revelation of all He is to us, all He has done for us,
and all He promises to do for us in the days ahead. This
wonderful, everlasting TRUTH is written in the Bible,
revealed by the Holy Spirit, and realized through Jesus
Christ. It cuts through all the world’s distortions,
deceptions, and compromises. When you study, memorize,
live, and follow TRUTH, He enables you to see the world
from God’s high vantage point. For He is the Truth!
Putting on the first piece of the armor means feeding on
truth through daily Bible reading and making it part of
yourself. To put on the “whole armour”—and enjoy a daily
and eternal love-relationship with Jesus Christ, thank
Him for what He has shown you in His Word. Know the
Scriptures behind your prayer so that your words and
faith are grounded in the authority of the Bible. Then
pray through each piece.
(159) Signs
&
Wonders! Five Things You Should Consider (Booklet)
by David Dombrowski, 7/26/16
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. (1 Timothy
4:1) If we look at what is happening in the world today,
the only logical conclusion is that we have already
entered into that period of history. The world is going
through a mystical paradigm shift where an increasingly
high number of people are engaging in occultic mystical
practices which are leading them into a New Age
all-paths-lead-to-God kind of mentality.
(160) Spiritual
Discernment
Store - Newest Recommendations by Spiritual
Research Network, 8/5/16
Recommended Books, Tracts, Audio, DVD's
(161) Gary
Gilley Bookstore (Books) at Think On These
Things, 8/17/16
A variety of books by Pastor Gary Giley.
(162) How
to Know if You Are Being Spiritually Abused or
Deceived - A Spiritual Abuse
Questionnaire (Booklet) by Chris Lawson,
8/23/16
Do you know a loved one, a neighbor, or a
co-worker who is in a cult or an abusive church or
group? Or perhaps you yourself are in such a situation.
The Spiritual-Abuse Questionnaire in this booklet will
help shed light on this issue. Spiritual abuse occurs
when a leader, a church, or a belief system, whether
well intentioned or not, dominates, manipulates, or
castigates individuals and even entire families through
fear tactics, mind control, or some other psychological
or emotional abuse. Sadly, the mask of spiritual abuse
deception can be worn by anyone...
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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
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