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 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 Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 16, 2024 | Deception, Evil, Hyper-charismatic, Necromancy, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Sorcery, Woke, Word Faith, Worldview
I am not sure when I first thought of the idea for making the two documentaries that I produced and directed. I am aware that it was either before or during 2012. But I do remember the catalyst. My good friend Mujuru, a Shona from Zimbabwe, visited us in the northern...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 28, 2021 | Adultery, Deception, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, Latter-Rain Movement, Michael Brown, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Paula White, Word Faith
Dr. Michael Brown has a decidedly different take on dealing with false prophets than God laid out for false prophets in the Old Testament. Before we delve into Michael Brown’s defense of false prophets, a disclaimer is in order. We note that Dr. Michael Brown has been...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2019 | Brian McLaren, Church Growth Movement, Contemplative Prayer, Culture Driven Church, Deity of Christ, Evangelical Left, Homosexuality, Hyper-charismatic, Jesus Seminar, Kenneth Copeland, Liberal Left, Liberalism, New Apostles and Prophets, Progressives, Word Faith
Could it be that many who like to claim Christianity as their faith can only do so by minimizing God? In Christianity& Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen, Machen spends a fair amount of time addressing how liberal theologians in his day, who were “in search of the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 30, 2019 | Deity of Christ, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Good Works, Heresy, Hyper-charismatic, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Pentecostal
In the public debate over the orthodox vs heretical nature of the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation), the appeal to signs and wonders as evidence by those fully invested in the movement is a recurring theme. Detractors spend a great deal of time attempting to prove the...