Two nights ago I came in from Women’s Bible study and looked for my husband. I could hear male voices outside on the back deck. Laughter. He was studying with one of his favorite online Bible teachers. And when Steve Lawson laughed, my husband laughed along too. Steve was one Continue Reading
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NEW White Paper: Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation Music
If you’ve ever wondered if the biblical-sounding lyrics of your favorite popular worship song is appropriate for your flock on a Sunday morning, be sure to check out our latest White Paper, Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation Worship Music. This latest resource page includes a very concise format to help you and Continue Reading
Why Music Matters: A (Former) Worship Leader’s Testimony
The following is a guest post by Josh Porter, who left his position as a church worship leader when a new senior pastor began pressuring him to make the services more seeker friendly and experiential by incorporating popular contemporary songs that had unbiblical lyrics or came from questionable sources. At Continue Reading
Culture wars and YWAM/CRU’s spheres of influence
When you think of culture wars, what comes to mind? Years ago I remember hearing about petitions going around demanding that retailers say “Merry Christmas” from November to December 25th, rather than “happy holidays.” The war on Christmas seems silly now in light of the huge issues facing us, but Continue Reading
The errors of the Seeker movement come home to roost
The megachurch seeker movement has turned the visible church into an unrecognizable counterfeit. What we are seeing today is the fallout from this movement, which I outlined in How Dan Southerland’s seeker-strategy shapeshifted the Church. I shared my own story of how as a church communications director for a seeker Continue Reading
Sheep and Goats together
A number of years ago a Stand Up For The Truth radio listener challenged me on a show topic. I can’t remember the exact title now since all of the broadcasts I produced were scrubbed, but it was something along the lines of, Who is Church For? How the seeker Continue Reading
Leaving the NAR Church: Alison’s story
I began publishing my “Leaving the NAR Church” series in 2017, and even to this day I receive new entries to publish. There are nearly 60 stories so far. These stories are precious to me, and serve as a painful reminder that there is hope for the dear deceived ones Continue Reading
On examining beloved leaders
Romans 16:17-18 says, “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive Continue Reading
Christian Dwell app promotes New Age, Lectio Divina, Mysticism
Christian meditation apps, such as Dwell, contain unbiblical and potentially spiritually dangerous methods such as Lectio Divina, breathwork, ecumenism, and monastic mysticism. Doreen Virtue compares audio clips of her pre-salvation New Age meditations to the meditations on Dwell, so you can hear the similar hypnotic induction techniques: If you’re not Continue Reading
Necromancy in the Church: Promise Keepers and Steve Berger
Necromancy is the practice of communing and interacting with the dead, an abomination God strictly prohibits: “There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[a] anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one Continue Reading