by Steven Mark | Jan 16, 2025 | Bethel Church, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Uncategorized, Word Faith
For the record, I personally believe that God can, has, and does heal people according to His discretion, and I don’t know any born-again followers of Jesus who would say that God can’t, doesn’t, or won’t heal whomever He chooses to heal. From...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 9, 2025 | Bible Prophecy, End Times, Enneagram, Eschatology, False Memory Syndrome, False Prophecy, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Weigh Down Workshop
Porpoise Driven Life – Mark Allen From purpose driven lives to unscheduled visits to heaven, Christians and churches too often seem to be racing from fad to fad. A while ago someone sent us a link to the above video last week with the question, “Is it really...
by Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 23, 2024 | Counterfeit, Deceiver, Deception, Evil, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Word Faith, Worldview
In part 1 we looked at Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents. Syncretism has been and continues to be a major danger that arises any time the Gospel penetrates a cultural context. The merging, at times imperceptible merging, or syncretizing of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 5, 2023 | Branch Davidians, context, Discipleship, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel
Understanding a word or Biblical turn of phrase can sometimes be difficult. The meaning of a particular text isn’t always apparent until we discover the potentially ill consequences of applying an unintended meaning. When we were young, married, and preparing to go...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 1, 2022 | Adultery, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Capital Punishment, Contradictions, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hermeneutics, Immorality
We regularly receive phone calls, emails, or questions in person from folks seeking answers to apparent biblical contradictions. Sometimes the questioner needs to be able to respond to a skeptic. This issue of seeming Bible contradictions is a favorite of skeptics...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 20, 2022 | Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophecy, False Prophet, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joel's Army, Locust Army
The title may sound a bit like a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie, but it is truly a biblical concept. One does not have to read much of Watchtower Society material to realize they are a group that abandons anything approaching the historical-grammatical context of...