The Dark Side of Jealousy
“I am raising up an abrasive time that will provoke you and produce My jealousy in you so you rise up with a new war mantle against the forces of hell in your midst. I will raise the abrasion! I will provoke MY people to action.” –Chuck Pierce’s latest prophecy on The Elijah List, 3/8/08 […]
Cheatn’ Hearts
On Oprah’s first show last week with Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth, the first caller set the stage for a discussion of the New Spirituality of the New Age. Read the following exchange, which bore the earmarks of being somewhat scripted: First Caller (“Kelly from Alton, Illinois”): …Well, my question is regarding religion […]
Who does Oprah think she is? GOD?!
“God, the scripture is saying, is formless consciousness and the essence of who you are.” –Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Penguin, 2005), p. 219 [bold added] This question is not meant to be disrespectful. It is meant to illustrate a point. Most amazingly, Oprah Winfrey might be the first person […]
“Reframing Jesus”
“The term kingdom of God, which is at the heart and center of Jesus’ message in word and deed, becomes positively incandescent in this kind of framing. As a member of a little colonized nation with a framing story that refuses to be tamed by the Roman imperial narrative, Jesus bursts on the scene with […]
The “Dread Champion Army”
As fanatical as it may sound to fundamental evangelical Christians, the Church is destined to subdue all things and put all things under Christ’s feet before He actually literally returns from heaven. Father God said to Jesus, “Sit thou at my right hand until I make all your enemies your footstool.”… The Church is being […]
Creating Heaven on Earth
“‘At no point do the resurrection narratives in the four Gospels say, “Jesus has been raised, therefore we are all going to heaven.” It says that Christ is coming here, to join together the heavens and the Earth in an act of new creation.’” —N.T. Wright, “Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop,” TIME, 2/7/08. The […]
The Gospel of the Kingdom
“Like Joseph, God’s put a dream in the heart of many Christians who have spent years being prepared for strategic influence in society. There are hundred-million dollar deals-in-the-making, righteous officials trying to get elected, musicians waiting to be discovered, books that need to be published, and scientific discoveries about to happen…“In the past few years, […]
The new “do good” gospel
“The future of the world lies in religious pluralism.” —Rick Warren, “Pastor Argues Faith is Missing Link,” by Maria Kefala, 2/5/08 Rick Warren’s idea of religious pluralism is taking the evangelical church onto the international scene as a major player in global affairs. As the church becomes a global activist in this emerging new world, […]
God is Downloading New Strategies?
Below is a compilation of diverse voices from the evangelical community that are calling for great change, a paradigm shift, a tipping point, a transformation, etc. required to build the kingdom of God on earth, i.e. dominionism. So many of these “prophecies” or predictions carry the implication that God Himself is changing His plan, His […]
Save to the Uttermost
“Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.”–Hebrews 7:25 We have been covering the many heresies found in the curricula called A Course in Miracles the past few months. We’ve noted that the Course teaches a false Christ. […]