Denny Burk, Professor of Biblical Studies at Boyce College, offers six characteristics that are helpful in identifying false teachers: For the next two blog posts, I want to address each half of that question. First, how to identify false teachers in the midst of the church. Second, how to deal with them. The Bible suggests […]
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Lifeway: Jesus Wouldn’t Be Calling If They Really Had Doctrinal Guidelines
Bud Ahlheim tackles LifeWay Christian Resources’s announcement that they were pulling Jen Hatmaker’s books for publicaly declaring that she affirms homosexuality and gay “marriage.” According to Ahlheim, Lifeway deems it “inappropriate to sell an author with Scripturally-illicit views on homosexuality because of ‘doctrinal guidelines.’” So how is it, he wonders, that Lifeway finds it “doctrinally […]
The Hatmakers double down on “holy” homosexual “marriage”
Today Brandon Hatmaker came out swinging against those who’ve raised alarm at his famous wife Jen Hatmaker’s public stance last week on homosexual marriage, in which she stated that a committed marriage between two people of the same sex was “holy” before God. Maybe she didn’t mean it? Nope. Brandon put any vague doubts to […]
Bad Fruit, Diseased Trees, and the Authority of God’s Word
Author, speaker and blogger Michelle Lesley often has to deal with disgruntled people who contact her to defend a high-profile false teacher she has warned us about. Yes, some who profess a belief in Christ actually stand up for wolves in the hen house and will even refuse to listen to the evidence. Why? Because […]
Band-Aids vs. Chemotherapy: Why Suffering Women are Drawn to False Doctrine and 7 Things We Can do to Help
Author, speaker and blogger Michelle Lesley reminds us that when women are suffering the spiritual forces of wickedness are never far away. They often exploit a woman’s pain “and can make things worse by molesting them spiritually,” says Lesley. Angels of darkness will send “false teachers to whisper sweetly in their ears, ‘It hurts, doesn’t it? […]
How to spot a NAR book
Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error has a list of books the serious Christian will want to avoid, even if it’s on display in a so-called Christian bookstore or a Christian website that sells books and other “religious” paraphernalia. Sadly, many “Christian” books are written by people who are not authentic Christians but are in […]
Priscilla Shirer & Women’s Bible “Mis-studies”: When Your Church Doesn’t Care About Your Soul (Or The Scripture)
Bud Ahlheim warns of the abominable teaching that’s coming to a church near you — perhaps even the church you attend! “This is a reminder about the danger of Shirer,” says Ahlheim. “It does not take much discernment to recognize her as a false teacher with toxic teaching. If Christ’s presentation of the antithetical “two […]
Alcoholic Pastor, Perry Noble, Says He Will Return To Ministry
Not so fast, says Jeff Maples of Pulpit & Pen. “Let’s be clear,” he warns, “if God is ever going to use Perry Noble for ministry, the first thing Perry Noble is going to have to do is repent.” What sins has he committed that he must repent of? According to Maples, for sinning against God […]
One more reason to avoid Lysa TerKeurst of Elevation Church
Elizabeth Prata of The End Time reveals yet another reason to leave Lysa. For one thing, Steven Furtick is Lysa’s pastor. She sits under Furtick’s abominable teaching. This man is a false teacher. (Here’s proof). So we have cause for concern. Prata wonders, “How can you learn discernment from a Bible teacher who does not possess […]
NAR leader Brian Simmons writes a new chapter of the Bible
Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error examines the Passion Translation which has been selling well. Has the author of this Bible been given new, divine revelation? Does he have special authority and insight to translate the Bible and to reveal new Scripture? Definitely not, says Pivec. Following are her reasons not to purchase this so-called Bible: […]