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How To Find A Good Church
by Sandy Simpson, 2003Here's how to find a good church. What you need to find is a church that not only has orthodox doctrinal statements but teaches, both explicitly and implicitly, in line with the core doctrines of the Faith. These are Bible-believing Christ-centered churches that are balanced in their theology. Be sure to test all churches before you become involved. It is acceptable to get involved with a house church or Bible study as long as there is someone who has the gift of teaching there to lead the study of God's Word. Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. The Christian life is not one to be lived alone. Trust me; I have sympathy for those who have been spiritually injured by false churches, false prophets, false teachers and false apostles. It is often a long road back from the diaprax of heresy. But to undo the brainwashing you will need help, especially from those who are already ahead of you on your journey back. The first century church was known for the following: Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. This is a good gauge to tell if you are involved in an effective assembly of believers, no matter how small. Remember that the first century churches were in homes. In my experience smaller churches are much better at doing the above and more. Avoid mega churches.
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| "Silence the noise of your songs" |
by Sandy Simpson, 5/26/19
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| Kingdom Now or Later, man's plan or God's? (DVD) |
by Mike Oppenheimer, 7/22/19 
What was once believed that Israel was the focus of the end times and there is a rapture and tribulation is being replaced by a newer end times view of prophesy. Kingdom now, Dominionism. Specifically that the church is to disciple nations to rule over them before Christ returns. Christ is to return AFTER the Church establishes the kingdom of God on earth. The type of spiritual warfare was to find the strongman over cities and nations and pull it down. This now intersects with a more practical approach by the new apostolic movement. We are to exercise dominion over every aspect of society by taking control of these political and cultural institutions to build a Christian civilization. This new revelation, called the 7 mountain mandate began with Loren Cunningham founder of YWAM, along with Bill Bright who headed up campus crusade for Christ. Peter Wagner incorporated it in the new apostolic reform that he began and now it has gone mainstream. Dominionism wants our nation along with all nations to be governed by the church. It is a distorted view using the example of Israel as a theocracy. Who are the people involved in this? How are they going make this happen?
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| Enneagram: Pagan Mysticism Promoted as Christian Growth |
Enneagram is relatively new to evangelicalism but is now becoming popular and can be found in some evangelical colleges and universities. Before describing the Enneagram and its accompanying teaching, I need to document my sources and define some key theological categories. The three books that are part of this review include: Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert, The Enneagram A Christian Perspective, (Crossroad 2019 translated from the 1989 German edition); Christopher L. Heurtz, The Sacred Enneagram, (Zondervann, Grand Rapids, 2017); and Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile, The Road Back to You - An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2016). In this article, references to these books will be bracketed with page numbers. To understand my critique of Enneagram we need to understand two important religious worldviews. The first is the worldview I endorse and is the view of Christian theism through the ages. Christian theism says that the Triune God of the Bible existed as God from all eternity. God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit existed before anything was created. This means that God is non-contingent. God was perfect in all His divine attributes before anything was created. Once God created, He was and always is transcendent to the creation. The transcendent Creator cannot be dependent on His own creation. This quality is called "aseity" in Christian theology. A view that is very popular today denies the transcendence of God in important ways. This view is called panentheism. A simple way of explaining panentheism is that "God is in everything." Though the Enneagram authors I review here do not claim a certain view, their teachings and desire to incorporate Buddhism and other philosophies of the East indicates panentheism. Today's popular panentheism rejects the idea that history is linear-having a beginning in creation out of nothing and ending in eternal judgment. I wrote about this in my book on the Emergent Church. Also, God being in everything helps give credence to the idea of social and spiritual evolution which is popular with religious ecumenists such as these authors.
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| An Overlooked Reason For "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" Author Josh Harris' Departure From the Christian Faith |
at Lighthouse Trails, 7/31/19 
"I have undergone a massive shift in regard to my faith in Jesus. The popular phrase for this is 'deconstruction,' the biblical phrase is 'falling away.' By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not a Christian. . . . to the LGBTQ+ community, I want to say that I am sorry for the views that I taught in my books and as a pastor regarding sexuality. I regret standing against marriage equality, for not affirming you and your place in the church."-Josh Harris (Instagram) This month, the Christian world was rocked when Josh Harris, the author of the highly popular book on sexual purity, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, announced he was separating from his wife, recanting his Christian faith, and apologizing to the LGBT community for his former conservative views on sexuality.
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