We share this out of concern for the hundreds of thousands who follow popular teacher Dr. David Jeremiah, who has reportedly has joined other prominent leaders (Max Lucado, Mark Batterson, Lysa TerKeurst, Jennie Allen, Lee Strobel, Ann Voskamp, Sheila Walsh, Christine Caine, Roma Downey, Dr. Jack Graham, etc.), in promoting and endorsing the “Jesus Calling” […]
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A Guided Tour to 2017’s Bestselling Christian Books
Blogger, author and book reviewer Tim Challies urges us to keep in mind that just because a book is published under a Christian label and sold in a Christian bookstore doesn’t mean the book is filled with truth. A large number of so-called Christian books are stuffed full of error. “At a time where truth is easier […]
Yet Another One –An Undiscerning Believer– Is Being Deceived!
Lois Putnam of Learn to Discern Granny has a quote from Roger Oakland women should heed: “In fact, in many churches … books replace the Bible altogether. Rather than teach verse-by-verse … the leader of the women’s study teaches page-by-page through a book that is very appealing to the flesh and provides additional revelation to the […]
Shawn Bolz teaches children how to channel God’s “voice”
On January 21st in Los Angeles, author and “prophet” Shawn Bolz will teach hundreds of children to close their eyes, listen for “God’s voice,” and write down what He says. The event at Glendale Baptist Church costs $50 per child. Below is a short, shocking promotional video in which Bolz instructs the children to close […]
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 […]
Discernment Made Easy: A List of Celebrity Christians Who Declare The Bible Insufficient
Bud Ahlheim reveals several high-profile Christians who have endorsed the best-selling book Jesus Calling. The thing that’s most troubling about any Christian who touts the book is that doing so indicates a lack of spiritual discernment. What makes me say that? Because the author, Sarah Young, claims she hears directly from Jesus Christ and wrote down […]
“Jesus Calling” to launch radio hour to worship false Christ
Sarah Young’s multi-million dollar heretical Jesus Calling franchise will now be a nationally syndicated radio broadcast called the Jesus Calling Worship Hour. Making the announcement exclusively on its Facebook page, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young reported that the program will be a one-hour weekly event debuting Labor Day weekend on more than 400 stations in […]
Jesus Calling Devotional Bible?–Putting Words in Jesus’ Mouth–And in the Bible
The blockbuster book Jesus Calling has sold more the 15 million copies. Jesus Calling was published in 2004 and has remained on bestseller lists ever since. According to the book’s publisher, “After many years of writing her own words in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to be more attentive to the Savior’s voice and […]
10 Scriptural reasons Jesus Calling is a dangerous book
Do you get flustrated trying to explain to your church friends why the book Jesus Calling is one we should be avoiding? My friend Warren B. Smith has just put together a new Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract to help. It’s a 16-page explanation that you can hand out at your women’s Bible study, or stuff […]
Knock, Knock….RUN! It’s Jesus Calling
Discernment Research Group has a piece on the best-selling Christian New Age book Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. Buyer beware! According to the article, Jesus Calling devotions are similar to horoscopes or a “fortune” in a fortune cookie. The devotions are ambiguous. The way they’re worded is open to several meanings or interpretations. Sadly, many professing […]