By Marsha West For many months there has been a lot of speculation over whether or not Donald Trump is an evangelical Christian, as he claims. During a recent interview with Pastor Michael Anthony of GodFactor.com, Dr. James Dobson remarked that Donald Trump “did accept a relationship with Christ” and that he is a “baby […]
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The rotten fruit of the NAR
By Marsha West To fully grasp all the reasons the New Apostolic Reformation is such a dangerous movement and why discernment bloggers incessantly warn about this cult I’m going to take an excerpt from a piece I wrote a few years ago entitled “Dominionists are on the move…and they mean business.” I began with a quote from […]
Calvary Chapel Leader Exhibiting Cult-Like Mentality
Watch out for a highly unbiblical teaching that has wormed its way into the visible Church: Vision-casting. If what you’re about to hear is taught in the church you attend, it may be time to high-tail it out of there and start looking for another church. Jeff Maples writes: Pulpit & Pen is no stranger […]
Bethel Redding’s Courtship with Belial
Tony Miano of Cross Encounters tackles the unholy alliance between Pope Francis and Bethel Church’s residing senior associate leader Kris Vallotton. Miano writes: It is well-documented the unbiblical, blasphemous beliefs and practices of a group I believe is a cult–Bethel Redding. My research and documentation includes information about Bethel’s second-in-command, Kris Vallotton. Today, Vallotton met Pope Francis–head of […]
Some Christian news blogs and high-profile leaders overlook the truth
By Marsha West When I heard that Jan Crouch died of a massive stroke, to be quite honest, I was not saddened by the news. Why? Well, for one thing Jan and her deceased husband Paul promoted the worst sort of heresy imaginable: Word of Faith. But you wouldn’t find that out by reading the […]
Discernment Lesson: Deconstructing Beth Moore’s most popular story
From this piece we learn that there are two-tiers of Christian hierarchy. According to Elizabeth Prata of The End Time, “At the top are the super-spiritual, super-intimate believers who are blessed with God’s favor in receiving this special revelation directly. The bottom tier are the unlucky/unfaithful/less-than believers who don’t ever receive such personal ministrations from […]
You Might Be Apostate If…
Bible study author, speaker and blogger Michelle Lesley identifies Christendom’s most nefarious false teachers — and she proves it by using their own words and actions against them. Now find out who Michelle thinks are some of the worst of the worst apostates… Comedian Jeff Foxworthy hit the big time several years ago with his […]
Praying Together vs Fervent and The War Room
Author Amiee Byrd, who is a contributor on Mortification of Spin, has written a follow-up to her stellar review of Fervent authored by Priscilla Shirer. The book was inspired by the popular movie The War Room in which Shirer had a starring role. In it, she offered advise on how Christians should pray. Byrd brought to light Mrs. Shirer’s […]
Yes, Bethel Redding and Bill Johnson are part of the New Apostolic Reformation
Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error addresses Arch Heretic Bill Johnson’s denial that he’s a part of the New Apostolic Reformation, which he clearly is as Holly reveals in her blog post: Following Christianity Today’s recent cover story on Bethel Church in Redding, California, I’ve been contacted by people wondering about Bill Johnson’s statements made in that […]
Steven Furtick: Unqualified, Not Unworthy
Cameron Buettel of Grace to You reviews megachurch pastor Steven Furtick’s latest book that he wrote to defend his qualifications as a pastor. However, Buettel reveals that the criterion for “overseers” detailed in 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and Titus 1:5–9 are not mentioned in the book! As we pointed out in Why Won’t Steven Furtick Answer Tough […]