Spiritual Seduction
Videos are now posted online about the Postmodern Prophecy Paradigm that we have been writing about the past few years on this blog. Several months ago Dr. Martin Erdmann of the Verax Institute, and a member of our Discernment Research Group, filmed interviews with Pastor Larry DeBruyn, Gaylene Goodroad and Sarah Leslie, discussing the many […]
That Wicked Be Revealed
Part 3: Bible Prophecy, Circa 1600 Excerpted and adapted from Matthew Poole’s Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12*Read Part 1 Read Part 2 For many decades the evangelical world has been caught up in trying to figure it out: who is the antichrist? Multitudes of books have sold, all purporting to identify a man, or offering […]
The Peer-Driven Church
To watch this video, click on this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTezdMLJoyE “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,and light for darkness;that put bitter for sweet,and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20) Peer Pressure is the easiest way to manipulate people. This piece of comedy satire in the video vividly explains what […]
“Let no man deceive you…”
Bible Prophecy, Circa 1600 Excerpted and adapted from Matthew Poole’s Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7* Read Part 1 When this commentary was written The Reformation was in its earlier years. There was much speculation about the popes being the antichrist (or, at least, antichrists). Poole himself indulges in some of the ideas swirling around about […]
Bible Prophecy, Circa 1600
“The Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” Excerpted and adapted from Matthew Poole’s Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:1,2* VERSE 1: “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him,” The Apostle Paul now comes to refute the opinion that some had received as if […]
Bible Prophecy, Circa 1911
Another Old Biblical Prophecy This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians…. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And […]
A Recurrence of the Times of Noah and Lot
Old Biblical Prophecy Note to reader: The article below is an example of what evangelical prophecy leaders and organizations used to teach 20-40 years ago. Not so long ago, before the postmodern prophecy paradigm era, this sort of article was commonplace. Writings such as this served as an encouragement to the reader to 1) expect […]
Evolution & the New Age Movement
How Eastern Mysticism Promulgated Evolution Over the past several decades America has undergone a profound transformation from a culture that was primarily Christian to one that is now largely pagan. One of the primary reasons for this change has been the widening influence of Eastern mysticism. A central tenet of all Eastern religions is the […]
This is Discipleship
Part 2 Read Part 1: This is not Discipleship By Pastor Anton Bosch Many techniques, programs and systems in the modern church are mistaken as discipleship. While those techniques may contain elements of discipleship, they are not the authentic thing. (See Part 1: “This is not Discipleship.”) This obviously begs the question: what is discipleship […]
This is not Discipleship
By Pastor Anton Bosch Some of the most frequently quoted verses in Evangelicalism are Matthew 28:18-20: And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,baptizing them in the name of the Fatherand of the Son […]