Identificational Repentance
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 9 “Identificational Repentance “For me at least this is very new. I have been a Christian for 45 years, and I never once recall hearing a sermon from the pulpit on identificational repentance. I have four graduate degrees in religion from respectable academic institutions, and…
Changing God’s Name
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 8 “It is time that Christians reclaimed the many beautiful names of the One Creator God in native languages instead of falling into Satan’s trap and destroying them. We should reclaim those names and wash the dung of corruption off of them instead of giving…
The Dominionism of Sin
This blog spends a considerable amount of time examining and exposing the swift rise in our age of the false doctrines and practices of Dominionism. Indeed, it is human nature to seek human solutions to overcome the fallen nature of man. And that, in brief, is precisely the temptation of…
The Indigenous Peoples Movement
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 7 The other day we received the following letter from a friend working for a private contractor in Iraq. Here is his experience: Dear Friends, I just came back from a military Bible Study with an Assemblies of God chaplain. Unfortunately my experience with Bible…
“Radical Contextualization”
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 6 “Apparently our real challenge is no longer to extend the boundaries of Christianity but to acknowledge that Biblical, Christian faith has already extensively flowed beyond Christianity as a cultural movement just as it has historically flowed beyond Judaism and Roman Catholicism. Our task may…
Killing the Messenger
Contentiously Contending – Part 8By Anton Bosch Today’s post is the final installment in a provocative and convicting series by Pastor Anton Bosch. We have received much correspondence on this series and it has been a badly needed word for this time. In these last of the last days, it…
Redeeming Cultures
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 5 “God is calling his servants to be catalysts that enable personal, ecclesial, societal, and cultural transformation. Compelled by the love of Jesus, in obedience to his command to love our neighbor, the body of Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit can become his agent…
The “Cultural Mandate”
The Doctrines of Dominionism: Part 4 Jesus, the Second Adam While Jesus never questioned Satan’s dominion, He came to earth expressly to take it away from him. Jesus came as the second, or last, Adam (see 1 Cor. 15:45-47). The first Adam lost dominion; the second Adam will regain it.…
Watchman or Gossip?
Part 7: Contentiously ContendingBy Anton Bosch For years the evil King Saul pursued David like a man does an animal. He tried to kill him many times, broke David’s marriage and caused him to live the life of a vagabond and a fugitive. There is not any good to be…