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The acceleration of the New Apostolic Reformation’s influence in South Africa

Rick Becker is a South African. In his latest blog post over at Famine In The Land, he reveals that the Dominionist movement, a dangerous cult, has infiltrated his country. Dominionist’s main focus is about “Jesus and building his Kingdom on earth.” This movement is now world-wide and it is spreading like a California wildfire.  […]

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Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry – Normalizing Mysticism

Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry is nothing of the sort. It’s a sham. Just a way Bethel Church leaders have devised to get their hooks into people, especially undiscerning young people. If you’re unfamiliar with Bethel Church in Redding CA, the senior pastor is the notorious  “Apostle” Bill Johnson.  For reasons that will become clear, Bethel’s considered […]

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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 […]

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Why won’t Steven Furtick answer tough questions about his ministry?

Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service wonders why the prophet-pastor of the multi-site Elevation Church is so secretive.  I mean, aren’t pastors supposed to be transparent?  Well, yes. But according to Merritt, Pastor Steven won’t answer tough questions, especially about his lavish lifestyle.  If you haven’t heard of Steven Furtick, he’s one of the high-profile pastors that the […]

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Francis Chan’s not afraid of the big bad wolf, says “I still love Mike Bickle!”

In a piece I wrote titled The Prosperity Preacher and the Pied Piper of IHOP I warned the Body of Christ that it had become evident that popular preacher Francis Chan had started moving away from Christian orthodoxy and offered proof of this.  One thing I found problematic was that Chan chose to unite with and […]

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The Beck Lies: Mormon Leads Prayer to False God at Ted Cruz Campaign Office

Over at Pulpit & Pen, Seth Dunn informs us that Ted Cruz is surrounded by cultists, knows it, and it doesn’t seem to bother him.  To be fair, to get elected, political candidates need financial support and people’s votes.  To that end, Marco Rubio, a Roman Catholic, has stated that he “fully understands Catholic doctrine” yet […]

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Baptist Scholar Says Mormonism Is Evolving Towards Christianity With “Biblical,” Views of “Christ and Salvation”

Prophecy News Watch (PNW) informs us that Roger Olson, theology professor at Baylor University, believes there has been a shift in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) that could  lead to the LDS being viewed as a Christian denomination. For that to happen a great deal would have to change. For starters […]

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Hillsong: The multi-million dollar “crazy cult”

Our friends over at Churchtwatch Central (CC) have Australia’s “A Current Affair” report on Hillsong Church (HC). For those unfamiliar with HC, it’s a Pentecostal megachurch out of Australia. HC’s well-recognized music ministry has spread all throughout the globe.   Brian and Bobbie Houston  are the “Senior Pastors” and co-presidents of HILC. According to Erin Benziger of Do Not […]

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