Bethel Church in Redding, California, is a promoter and practitioner of two dangerous movements. The first is the name-it-and-claim-it Prosperity Gospel, also known as Word of Faith. The second is the signs and wonders, Apostles and Prophets dominionist movement, also known as the New Apostolic Reformation, or NAR. (Many Charismatic Continue Reading
If you are a Facebook user, one of the pages you might check out for news in the discernment world is the Exhort and Contend page. There isn’t information on who the site administrator is, so I can’t vouch 100 percent for this person’s background. But for news headlines about Continue Reading
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
Should you stay or should you go now? When God removes the scales of deception from your eyes, you may very well find yourself in a dilemma. The church that you love, attend, and where you were possibly even saved, teaches false doctrine. False doctrines such as word of faith, Continue Reading
Here is a collection of some informational interviews in video and radio podcast format, covering various topics. Enjoy and share: Featured Speaking at the 2025 Answers in Genesis Conference for Women Podcasts “A Word Fitly Spoken” Podcast series with Amy Spreeman and Michelle Lesley Listen/Subscribe The Messed Up Church: “Still Continue Reading
I had been praying to the Lord to give me wisdom and discernment for many months. At the time I was attending a Calvary Chapel in a mountain community where I live. The Lord kept revealing things to me little by little. At first it was the books they were Continue Reading
My concern wasn’t specifically anything happening in my church, but mostly that no one seemed to be prepping me or bringing attention to deception in the church and Christianity. I have been in church all my life and was blown away when I stumbled across NAR through my daughter’s commitment Continue Reading
Former SBC President Dr. Ronnie Floyd will assume the role of President of the National Day of Prayer. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the ecumenical May event has been organized since 1952. It is a time when millions of people of all religions stop what they are doing Continue Reading
♫ “Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray…” Rend Collective lyrics, “Build Your Kingdom Here” ♫ “This is a church on fire, this is the Holy Spirit flame We have a burning desire to lift up Jesus’ name Let Continue Reading
“We operated in automatic writing and speaking, and spoke in tongues without interpretation. The pastor also would take the teenagers on “treasure hunts”. They would pray, receive “clues” in visions and other ways “the spirit” would tell them, then go out into the city and find their targets.” -Elaine I Continue Reading