Afshin Javid Debunked

Updated to reflect accuracy.

"Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement." James 3:1

Initial post: Afshin Javid A Fraud?

After going over facts given me concerning the authenticity of self proclaimed former Hezbollah soldier, Afshin Javid, I decided to do a follow up post on our fraudulent friend.

I learned from a source once close to Afshin, who also wrote his testimonial book, As Easy As Drinking Water, A Muslim Forgiven, that upon review of the allegations, Afshin Javid's testimonial documentary was removed from the the website "A Muslim Journey To Hope." If you're not familiar with the site, it features the testimonies of former Muslims and their conversions to Christ. This is where I first saw Afshin's testimony as many of you probably have as well.

To read more from a first hand source, check out these two links:
Public Letter...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57157714/post3.pdf

Description of Vancouver Christian Fellowship where Afshin is a Pastor...
 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57157714/post2.pdf

Furthermore, the Truth Unlocked organization also featured Afshin's testimony in their DVD, only to have to go back and completely edit out several segments, discard their entire project stock and remake the DVDs.

Afshin's Pastoral credentials came from the Christian Ministers Association. This organization gives oversight to non-denominational churches. In a weak attempt to discipline Afshin when the scandal broke, the association requested Afshin remove his website and discontinue the sale of his book. When Afshin refused, they revoked his Pastoral credentials, but it's been reported, though not confirmed, that he's been reinstated as a Pastor at Vancouver Christian Fellowship Church.

Afshin is not only suspected and accused of inappropriate sexual behavior among his congregation, but also among his own children. Child and Family Services in Canada has been involved.

Despite the disgrace, blacklisting and more than 400 letters being sent around Canada to various congregations and Pastors warning them against Afshin, he continues to be invited and speak at various events all over the world. If adequately informed, the leaders of these congregations and those in charge of the venues will be held accountable for putting the Lord's flock in danger by inviting a wolf into the fold. This man is dangerous....a wolf in sheep's clothing. He has used a testimony to slip in among sheep to feed his own depraved appetite. As long as there are those willing to invite him in, he will not stop devouring the sheep for his own good and selfish pleasure.

God doesn't deal too kindly with those who prey on the weak. Afshin only needs to read the harsh and terrible example of the Amalekites.

For further reading: The Truth About Afshin

Creflo Dollar Arrested For Choking Daughter

Fox News Story

The mega church leader punched and choked his 15 year old daughter. Not this honest preacher who sucks his congregation dry to pay for his lavish lifestyle and private jet. Say it ain't so! Creflo would never lie!

                       Well....

Police were called to his home about 1 a.m. Friday where he was arrested for punching, choking and hitting his 15 year old daughter with his shoe. His 19 year old daughter also told police her sister was slapped and choked by their father.

Of course he denies it! If he tells the truth he'll lose money. Creflo Dollar has been on the Government's radar for a while. They're just itching to bust him with fraud. It will all end well. The charges will be dropped or significantly reduced because the entire family's lifestyle depends on it. Dollar can't lose that jet. Drive to his next $100,000 speaking engagement to scratch itching ears? Are you insane! That's beneath him....

John Piper Sharing A Stage With False Teacher Beth Moore

Not that this surprises me, what with John Piper reigning in false teachers for a big group hug. Looks like Piper has now picked up Beth Moore, one of the most dangerous teachers to women....

Apprising Ministries Article: What Do John Piper and Beth Moore Have In Common?

23rd Psalm Prosperity Style Yo

From the Watchmen Expositor: How the Health and Wealth Gospel Twists Scripture


"The Lord is may banker;
my credit is good.
He maketh me to lie down in the consciousness of omnipresent abundance;
He giveth me the key to His strong box;
He restoreth my faith in His riches;
He guideth me in the paths of prosperity for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk in the very shadow of debt, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me;
Thou preparest a way for me in the presence of the collector;
Thou fillest my wallet with plenty; my measure runneth over.
Surely goodness and plenty will follow me all the days of my life, And I shall do business in the name of the Lord forever."

Here A Princess, There A Princess, Everyone's a Princess...

"This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy." 1 Corinthians 4:1-2


That was the Apostle Paul who wrote that. Despite being an Apostle, despite being a prominent leader in the early church, despite his reputation and great status among Believers, he was clearly expressing he was nothing more than a servant and slave to Christ.

I've noticed a phenomenon among the church. There's appears to be a fascination with titles. Prophetess, Prophet, Evangelist, Bishop, Apostle, Princess, Prince, His Highness, her Highness, his Excellency (no, I'm not kidding) her Excellency. Yet, the one title that Christ gives to His people is nothing more than "Servant" and "Slave". Oddly enough, I have yet to find anyone tacking Servant or Slave onto their name.

"Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." John 13:16 

Yet, this is essentially what these titles do. It's making us greater than our master who never once used these titles for Himself. The word "Master" alone should pop out to us. No slave is given esteeming titles especially by the Master. Jesus gave an example of the day of judgment for His people and not once did he use any prideful term for any of them.

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'" Matthew 25:23

All this business about titles falls right into line with the popular self-esteem, self-centered, prideful and worldy teachings flooding the church. It is entirely a means to puff up one's self. Christ, who rightfully could have, never once tacked a title onto his name other than what expressed His humility. He never once referred to Himself with any of the silly titles common with professing Christians today and He was God in the flesh.

In the Bible, those who were obsessed with titles denoting importance and power to themselves in the early church were not among true believers.

"And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”Mark 10:42-45

Even in the Old Testament, did any Prophet introduce themselves or express their need or desire to be called a Prophet? In fact, it was the exact opposite. The angel speaking with John in Revelation 22:9 even refused any exaltation or worship from the Apostle. Rather, he said "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"

As if Michael himself would ever pass it around and want to be referred to as "Archangel Michael". As a slave or servant wanting to be referred to by other slaves as "Prophet, his highness or Princess". How would their common master react to this self elevation? Would he not take it as a direct affront to his authority? I do know someone who would stamp a title on himself blatantly without regard...Satan.

True leadership is not in puffing oneself up with titles. True leadership is in being a servant, not only to God, but to fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in humility thinking more highly of others than themselves. In Matthew 20, the mother of Zebedee’s sons requested her special boys sit on either side of Jesus in heaven. She wanted that special place of honor for his boys. Jesus' ultimate response was rather...

"Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:26-28

People, instead, do the exact opposite. They declare themselves great immediately with a title and want to be served rather then serving and becoming a slave to others inconspicuously in all humility. Giving one's self a title means absolutely nothing to God other than a display of pride, which He hates. The individual who insists on their own greatness by using a title uses them to imply they are important, they can be trusted, they are wise, demonstrates a need to be looked up to and even worshiped by others. It demonstrates arrogant boasting in one's self when they are really nothing.

"For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you." Romans 12:3

It puts them in a position of authority over others just by using a silly word because all these self appointed titles are indeed titles of authority. Instead of pointing to Christ in their lives, speech, thinking and character, they point to themselves. That's very dangerous to the easily deceived, broken, damaged person whose looking for answers and will fall prey to this. It's also dangerous for the self-important person because, in a lot of ways, this is elevating one's self next to Christ. Since we are to be servants and humble, what do these kinds of titles tell us about the individual? Humility is what marks a true Believer, not insistence on one's own greatness by giving them self a title. That's not humility, that's pride, worldly, and a serious red flag.

 Christ is the Master and we are just His servants. If we're in such need to boast about something then it should be only this...

"but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD." Jeremiah 9:24

Julie Clinton And The Extraordinary Special Flower Bandwagon

Would you buy a house without doing research on the realtor, mortgage company, home, area, neighborhood and market? Would you invest money without doing research on what you're investing in, the company, etc.? Do you get into the shower without testing the temperature of the water first? Yet we gamble with eternity by not testing teachers and what they're teaching.

I realize pointing out the problematic teaching of these popular women's teachers is going to make a lot of women angry and most will gloss over this post, brush it off and keep following them. I wish it weren't so, but, according to the Bible, most people will flock to heretics, believe every word they say and follow along because they're hearing exactly what their itching ears want to hear (2 Timothy 4:3). But if just a few women will begin comparing what they're paying to learn, from those like Julie Clinton, to the Bible then that will be a good thing.

Most professing Christians in the States alone don't even read their Bibles. Statistically, only 10% of professing Christians read their Bibles regularly. Therefore, most have no idea what kind of teaching they're getting from teachers like Julie Clinton. Even people who read their Bibles more than the average person can be easily deceived because these teachers spin worldly philosophy and pop-psychology, slap a "Christian" tag on it and pass it off as Biblical. We think because they used scripture it's kosher. Satan used Scripture (and twisted it) all the time too and had the audacity to do it on the Word of God Himself. Why would we ever think he wouldn't do it to us?

We judge by popularity and use a "follow the herd" mentality. We'll follow them just because they call themselves "Christian", most are flocking to them and/or what they're teaching kinda sounds like the Biblical story we're sorta familiar with so it must be all good. It's not. Following the herd is beneficial in the animal kingdom, but it spells death to the Christian considering Satan has dominion over the world and controls all of its philosophy.

We're so inundated with Bible Teachers who all have a product to sell us, special secrets and revelations from God and who all claim to be changing lives and making a difference, but a few questions keep coming up for me...

1. Up until modern times with the explosion of so called "Bible" teachers, how did Christians grow and mature in the faith without Julie Clinton, Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, Sheri Rose Shepherd, Joel Osteen, etc.,?

2. If these teachers really have all the secrets to living how God wants us to live then why do their teachings, supposedly from God, so horrendously contradict God's Word? And does that mean the millions of Christians dealing with atrocious persecution in the rest of the world are out of the loop and not blessed? (For a tiny idea of the enormity of Christian persecution see: Sheri Rose Shepherd - God's Warrior Princess Apparently Graphic Pics and NSFW)

3. How do those persecuted, suffering Christians handle it all without Julie Clinton and yet have astounding maturity in the faith that makes us in the west look like preschoolers?

Julie Clinton, President of EWomen, sounds like all the other popular teachers out there. It's an extraordinary bandwagon they want us to jump on. She even peddles a skin care line on her site. Obviously God wants us to have great skin too. Poor saps out there with genetically bad skin...well it just stinks to be you apparently.

"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from Me. Jeremiah 23:30

Julie Clinton and all the others share the same pop-psychology, worldly philosophy and doctrine that we can actually get cheaper (and wouldn't have to get out of our jammies) from watching a few episodes of Dr. Phil and Oprah. Julie Clinton, like all the others, claims she's unlocked secrets to living better and living how God wants us to live. I guess her teachings are mystical secrets when people don't read the Bible. 66 books written over 1500 years and God left stuff out? Did He suddenly remember, therefore plucked Julie Clinton out of the bunch and whispered them to her? Since when are "secrets" meant to be sold? Give me a break! There were plenty of people doing the exact same thing in Paul's day that we're warned about. They're called Gnostics, children of the devil, false Christs, false prophets and false teachers.

Here's a few experts from Julie Clinton's book Extraordinary Women: Discovering the Dream God Has For You ( I'll write more on her in the future)...

"you'll learn how the supernatural person of Christ gives us the ability to see with different eyes..."

Supernatural? Is he the Son of God sacrificed on the cross for our sins that were sending us straight to hell? Did He pay the penalty for our offenses against a Holy God who demands the wages of our sins be paid with or without Christ? Did He offer us His righteousness and merit for eternal life because even our best, most "extraordinary" efforts God compares to a woman's used menstrual cloth (Isaiah 64:6)? Or is Christ a genie in a bottle?

Different eyes? Are these a separate set that we mount on our foreheads? How, exactly, do we get this ability to see differently? Just more "motivational jargon" that makes Julie Clinton no different than any other motivational speaker out there that comes and goes Christian or not.

"Julie has unlocked the secrets to capturing the dream God has in mind for you."

Don't worry everyone! Don't panic! Julie Clinton risked it all for us and shook her fist at the enemy. She bravely and defiantly picked the lock to some secret chest, only she knew about, and pulled out The Secret Dream of God! Don't forget to buy something from her skin care line. You can't be extraordinary if your face looks like its melting.

Here's the real "secret" that's not a secret and I won't charge you for it either. You just need to read the Bible...

Romans 8:29 "For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son,"

"Thinking of yourself as an extraordinary woman might seem arrogant to you, but that's how God designed you. You are a one of a kind woman, with a distinct personality, unique gifts, and the potential to make a mark in this world that is different from any other."

 Sounds good on the surface. Makes me feel good about me. Makes me want to give myself a great big squeeze because God needs me. I have all these unique gifts, personality and my pedicure is unlike any other I've seen in months. I ♥ me! So does God. AWESOME!

Since God's intentions for us are to make us into the image of Christ and NOT a better us, how is Julie Clinton teaching women to do that? How is she teaching women to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus, walk the narrow path and prepared for His return as He warns us about several times throughout the New Testament particularly in Matthew 25. Instead, Julie Clinton keeps us fixed on us and all our problems, insecurities and failures which are ultimately our weaknesses, because keeping us fixated is making her money. Satan wants us fixed on us too because that keeps us unproductive. The Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that when we are our weakest then does God work through us so we have nothing in ourselves to boast in because everything about us is extraordinarily wicked.

What Julie is teaching is arrogant. In fact, all her teachings do is encourage us to puff ourselves up even more with self pride and God hates pride. What part of the following scriptures make me extra-ordinary? Where in the following scriptures does God even imply we are extraordinary, wonderful, beautiful, special things?

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23


"What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;" Romans 11:2

"As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God." Romans 3:10-11

"There is no one who does good." Psalm 14:1

Sin is filthy and vile to God. Sin is Satanic. Sin is absolutely contrary to the nature of God. Sin has infected us and made us depraved creatures and hostile toward God at conception. There is no one good, but God (Luke 18:19) nor anyone who does good. The only good in us after regeneration is the Holy Spirit who immediately sets out to change us into Christ's image because even a "better us" is vile to God. Of course Julie's not going to tell her followers that. She wouldn't be making money with the truth.

Since the standard of testing teachers and their teachings is Scripture, I'm not getting how I should love me, feel good about me and think I'm extraordinary from those Scriptures or any other Scripture. I'm not getting how feeling good about me and my failures (ie. sin), sorrow over sin and genuine repentance can co-exist? They simply cannot. Genuine repentance and salvation can only come when one's eyes are opened by the Holy Spirit and they finally see how vile, bankrupt, corrupt and lost one is when faced with God's holiness and righteous standards. God doesn't bend to meet our standards. He demands we meet His (ie. the purpose of the Law). Since we can't because of our corrupt nature and have, in fact, broken every law He ever made, hence our desperate need of Christ.

I can't stress enough that any gifts or talents we have are given to us by God alone for the distinct purpose to glorify Him. To esteem Him. To point to Him not us. To serve Him. But like all the other popular teachers, Julie Clinton wants us focused on us, esteeming us so we can feel like special flowers. We didn't develop any talent all on our own and for our own esteem and edification. Not a single human being is anything without Christ other than fuel for a fire. I can't even change a single hair on my head (Matthew 5:36)

Her book is written in such a way as to make women feel as if they've joined an exclusive club. Unless you are an extraordinary woman, like she is, you'll never do all these great things she's discovered that God wants for you. She has all the secrets and we must listen to her and buy her material in order for us to become anything.

"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13



"And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me." 2 Corinthians 12:9  (Not Julie Clinton)

"that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man," Ephesians 3:16

What part of those Scriptures tells us to look to ourselves or Julie Clinton for secrets, strength, learning, peace, joy, blessedness, etc? She has no secrets. She's plagiarizing the Word of God. Everything we need to know about God and about us is in His book not Julie Clinton's. But we don't read the Bible. Instead we listen to false teachers because they make us feel good about ourselves. They appeal to the sin nature. God doesn't. In fact, He demands that whatever in us runs contrary to His nature we must cut off and plucked out (Matthew 5:30).


"for 'In Him we live and move and have our being’" Acts 17:28

Everything outside of Christ doesn't even matter. Everything outside of Christ is worthless. We all exist, move and have our being in Him. Outside of Christ none of us can do anything no matter how many workbooks we buy and conferences we attend or how many secrets Julie Clinton claims to have. We are nothing without Christ and even in Christ we are desperately dependent on Him for all things from salvation to even the very next breath we take in. In 2 Corinthians 12:9 we're told God's power is perfected in weakness not in being strong, independent, extraordinary women.

 Why are we looking for secrets when we don't even read God's Word? Everything we need to know, everything God wants us to know about Him is already in His Word. There are no secrets. If you belong to Christ then you're being changed into His image and all things in your life whether good, bad or downright awful are used for the sole purpose to conform you to that image.

Lastly, Julie Clinton's teachings are worldly not godly.  She's preaching to women everything the world preaches, floods us with and keep the focus off of Christ and on us. That is a man-centered philosophy, "Self" idolizing doctrine and it's everything Satan wants for you and not God.

There is one thing we actually can feel good about, that if you're in Christ...that you're in Christ. He chose you and didn't pass over you.

Warren Interview Is Baaaaack!

Thanks to Purpose Drivel, I was able to watch the interview that John Piper's Desiring God has put back up and can be found here...Rick Warren Interview

In a nutshell, the interview is really just trying to convince true believers Warren's a good guy and we can trust his teachings. Anyone who actually reads their Bibles knows they can't no matter how many interviews Piper does. The fact that John Piper felt the need to even do this 98 minute interview is a red flag. Is Warren a debutante Piper has to introduce to society? Warren's not a new kid on the block. He's been around a long time and his church is large. Warren already has a large following of professing "Christians" so why are they concerned with Warren's perception? If Warren was genuine they wouldn't have to do so much back peddling. If Warren was genuine then he'd be repenting of the garbage he's been spewing for years and starting fresh NOT back peddling and still clinging to his original stance.

His doctrine, that Warren's stood on for years, is a mess and they both know it. This entire business they're both about is making me nervous. They're after those who know Scripture because those are the ones who throw big monkey wrenches into their little network. They've both taken a serious hit from true Christians and they're hoping they can fix it. Good luck with that Piper! In the meantime...as long as Piper continues to stand with heretic Warren and doesn't repent, my back will continue to be turned.

List of False Teachers and False Prophets

This is my list, but I'm sure I'm missing many names. I'll update as I go. In this day of great apostasy it's important we mark them that teach false doctrine and have nothing to do with them (Romans 16:17). That's not my opinion. That's Biblical.

This isn't about disagreements on secondary issues. Secondary issues are not fundamental therefore it doesn't break my unity within the Body. I don't agree with everything Paul Washer or John MacArthur teach, but those disagreements have no bearing on foundational doctrine. The people on this list are those who clearly go against foundational doctrine and teach false doctrine within Christianity. They've been found repeatedly to lie, deceive, twist Scripture, incorporate occultism and mysticism, take Scripture way out of context in order to deceive and give false prophecies. I've also added those who may have good doctrine themselves, but approve of false teachers. You may find someone on this list you love. Don't get upset with me. Do your own test of these teachers as you're supposed to do. Study your Bible, compare their teaching to Scripture. For more on how to recognize false teachers and prophets, you can read False Prophets

Benny Hinn

Paul and Jan Crouch

TD Jakes

Creflo Dollar

John Hagee

Pat Roberston

Joel Osteen

Rick Warren

Rob Bell

Marilyn Hickey and her daughter Sarah

Reinhard Bonnke

William Branham

Jack Hayford
Kay Arthur

Beth Moore

Priscilla Shirer

Sheri Rose Shepherd

Julie Clinton

Jack Van Impe

Oral Roberts and Richard Roberts

Carlton Pearson

Rod Parsley

RW Shambach

John Avannzini

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

Jessie Duplantis

Chuck Colson

 Henry Blackaby

Rodney Howard Browne

Joyce Meyer

Morris Cerullo

Rick Joyner

Charles Capps

Robert Tilton

Kim Clement

Juanita Bynum

Max Lucado

Brian McLaren

Todd Bentley

Tony Campolo

Carl Jung

Chuck Smith

James Swaggert

Philip Yancey 

Harold Camping
 Mike Bickle

John Piper - He's joined at the hip with heretic Rick Warren

John Piper Interview Of Rick Warren Does A Houdini

An excellent article at Apprising Ministries. Just follow the link....

JOHN PIPER INTERVIEW WITH RICK WARREN VANISHES

UPDATE: Rick Warren Interview Is Baaaack

As typical of false teachers, Rick Warren doesn't seem to like his interviews and teachings gone over by watchdogs even when he's being assisted in all of his back peddling glory by the likes of John Piper. You would think Warren would welcome this kind of "investigation" since he's spending so much time trying to convince Christians he's an Ok guy with semi-good doctrine. Alas, Rick Warren must think he's above Biblical standards when it comes to being tested. If the Bible praised the Bereans and called them "Nobel" (Acts 17:11) for studying Scripture to cross check what Paul was teaching, why would Rick Warren have issue with it if he's a genuine, sound teacher? Surly he doesn't think he's above Paul. It sure looks that way.

John Piper, so far, seems eager to go down with that sinking ship. Why take the time to do such an indepth interview only to remove it from Saddleback and Desiring God? It certainly appears both are unsure of what they're doing and not even convinced themselves. This puts them both, especially Piper, in a very precarious and dangerous situation. I can only judge by what I see and read, and in that is definite fruit to examine, but it appears Piper knows exactly what he has on his hands and is willing to stand with Warren's false doctrine. By their fruit we will know them and Piper's fruit is looking more and more like long rotten....

May 21 The End Of The World

ABC News

May 21, 2011 is making big news as being the end and the Rapture of the church. This isn't anything new. False teachers and false prophets have been predicting the date since God knows when. Now days they use silly "scientific" methods or special revelations (gnosticism), which deceives a lot of weak minded people, and declare they've arrived at a definite date. Campings methods for arriving at this date are shoddy at best and frankly I'm embarrassed for him.

Harold Camping is the latest to be predicting the date and time and he's been broadcasting this false prophecy all over the world including on billboards. He claims that at 6:00 pm on the 21st the rapture will take place, about 2% of the world's population will go and then everyone else will be destroyed. We can all relax because the world is not going to end tomorrow.

Camping also predicted, at one time, that the exact same thing would happen on September 6, 1994. And we're still here. What Camping isn't getting, or maybe just flat out ignoring is....

1. No one knows the day or the hour (Matthew 24:26)

2. It's not for us (people) to know. (Acts 1:7) If God wanted someone to know then He would've added "except Camping."

3. Because Camping's predictions have failed in the past is proof he isn't a prophet and hasn't heard a single word from God. "If a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it." Deuteronomy 18:22 

More frightening than Camping are the many people who believe this. When only 10% of professing Christians in this country actually read their Bibles regularly then we understand how this type of craziness actually works here. Where ignorance is rampant so is deceit.

For more on learning how to test and recognize false prophets go to An Overview Of False Prophets

Wheat or Weed? The Parable of the Wheat and Tares

In Matthew 13 Jesus was speaking to the large crowds in parables. When asked by His disciples why He was speaking in such a way, Jesus answered...

 “'Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding;  you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’" Matthew 13:13-15


Those who were willing to be taught and willing to hear the truth would understand His parables. But those unwilling to learn, unwilling to hear the truth and clinging to their own ideas in willful ignorance would find the obscure parables difficult and even confusing. Jesus was doing a little separating as He taught.

Later in the chapter Jesus then gave a parable about the weeds and tares (darnel)...


"Jesus told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.'" Matthew 13:24-26

Bearded Darnel

The weeds in this parable are actually translated as "darnel". While everyone was sleeping...or rather not vigilant, the enemy was able to come in and sow his own seed with the wheat. The enemy didn't sow just any seed, he sowed a cheap and deadly copy. Darnel looks very similar to wheat and they also mature about the same time. Only a trained eye can spot it among wheat anytime before harvest and only at harvest is it fully recognizable for what it is.

Anyone who has ever had a garden knows how annoying weeds are. They need no cultivating and no care as wheat does and will take over and smother the garden in no time. By the time you pull up the weeds you realize the weeds vastly outnumbered what you had originally planted. They use up all the nutrients in the soil, they sop up most of the water and shield the good crop from getting sun. If left they eventually kill off the starving crop. Weeds must be pulled up with root and all otherwise it's a losing battle. The roots are still devouring the food and new shoots spring up quickly from them.


Darnel is an interesting imitation. If not cleared from wheat grain at harvest, a fungus in the seed itself is poisonous to anyone who eats it causing serious illness or even death. The enemy who sowed this obviously had a very sinister intent for the farmer and his crop. He not only wanted to choke out the farmer's crop, but he also used a poisonous weed to do it thus poisoning anyone who ate of it ignorantly.

Wheat

 When the servants asked the farmer if he wanted them to pull the weeds up, the farmer told them to let the two grow together until harvest otherwise the servants may pull up a young wheat sprout by accident (Matthew 13:29). In the meantime they were to care for the wheat as usual (with the darnel benefitting from the care as well) until harvest time when it would all be pulled up and separated thoroughly.


Christ used this parable giving us a lesson and picture of the Church throughout the ages right up to the end. Just as weeds grow in a garden and reproduce endlessly, so would the false believers in the church, spreading their poison until it would become almost completely overrun by them. It wasn't until after the church sprouted, began to spread and gain momentum did the false prophets and teachers sprout up. Just as the weeds springing up once the wheat sprouted and began to form heads. The Apostles warned repeatedly of wolves entering into the fold to destroy. They warned of false prophets to come that would try to turn people from Christ through all sorts of means. From twisting and distorting Scripture to flat out denying the deity of Christ, the Word of God and offering something "New" under a "new path" or "new revelations". That's Satanic, Gnostic and it will continue until the harvest.

Just as the darnel closely resembles wheat on the outside so would these false prophets and converts. They look just like the real thing, act like the real thing, sound like the real thing, but they are counterfeit and poisonous. To ingest them could be deadly. So many are untrained in spotting them, through their own lack of diligence and growth, that they run through the crops picking heads of grain and eating it simply because it looks just like the real thing so it must be the real thing. Looks are deceiving and what they're willfully ingesting is poison. Despite having some who are better trained at spotting the counterfeit, they're still just human and are prone to faulty judgment so the two continue to grow together for the sake of the wheat.

But Christ assured that at the end He would send His angels to harvest the crop...

"'At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” Matthew 13:30



We, as the wheat, are to have discernment in this late hour. Now, more than ever, the weeds are becoming apparent as they mature. Now, more than ever, do we see how they've taken over the field. If Christ assures He will uproot them and throw them in the fire then that tells us we are not to be accepting of them simply because they're pretty close to the real thing. Christ isn't accepting of them, He's just patient. The more we know the more we can spot them and keep ourselves as separate as possible in this crowded space we have to share temporarily.

Sheri Rose Shepherd- God's Warrior Princess Apparently

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem. - Charles Spurgeon

  Graphic pictures below. NSFW
For more on titles such as "Princess" see: Here A Princess, There A Princess, Everywhere A Princess

 Sheri Rose Shepherd is a best selling author and speaker and much of what she writes is centered around being a princess for God. She spends lot of time on "revelations" and very little on Scripture. She also writes "love letters" that God supposedly gave to her and has a couple of books devoted to them. One of her several books is titled "How To Build A better You." How Joel Osteenish. How deceitful. God has no interest in building us into "a better you". It's building us into Christ. (Romans 8:29, Philippians 3:21) There is no where in Scripture God even implies he wants us to be better people or to have self esteem, self confidence, to love ourselves, feel good about ourselves. In fact, it's the exact opposite. But this is the kind of weak, worldly, false doctrine we're being fed.

Sheri Rose talks about her past as being a girl over weight and plain looking at best and going on to be Miss USA. After winning, photos of her popped up as an over weight ugly duckling and this traumatized her. Apparently, this spurned her on for a later ministry to help women feel good about themselves.

Sin affects us all. Not a single human being is not deeply scarred by sin whether it's our own or was thrust on us. Not a single one of us hasn't faced humiliation, mortification, trauma, struggles, depression, etc.What part of Sheri Rose Shepherd makes her a warrior princess? Is it her taking a stand against sin in her life and cutting it off to become holy? (Colossians 3:5, Galatians 5:17, 1 Cor 9:25, Romans 8:13) Or is it that she battled blows to her self confidence and self esteem and thinks this makes her a warrior princess? 

While we flock to teachers that tell us what our itching ears want to hear, there are literally millions of Christians being persecuted all over the world daily, being put to death, tortured, imprisoned, maimed, raped, starved and families murdered for the Gospel. They suffer in ways we couldn't begin to imagine, but Sheri was traumatized over an old photo popping up? In that alone do we see Sheri's main focus. It's on herself and she wants us doing the same.

My husband's from Iran and he and his family suffered severe persecution when they converted from Islam. They didn't, nor do they, worry about their self esteem. Their focus was on God alone and esteeming Him, holding Christ up even in persecution. They didn't worry about their weight or how they felt about themselves. They worried over whether or not they were exalting and glorifying God in the worst trials. They rejoiced in their suffering. It was the hallmark and seal of God's hand on them. Only in America, folks do we find this weak, worldly, disturbing teachings for profit. We need the refining fire of persecution to reach our doorsteps here in the West. Compared to Christians in other nations, we, in the west, are spoiled, self centered, shallow, ignorant, cows of Bashan (Amos 4:1-2) and Sheri Rose Shepherd helps cultivate it.

Does this look like the face of someone whose now going to be traumatized because her self esteem hasn't been helped by Beth Moore and Sheri Shepherd, Priscilla Shirer, Kay Arthur and others? Do you think these Christians even know who theses women are? This girl is far more beautiful than Sheri Rose could ever be. These Christians know what it means to deny themselves, take up their cross and follow him. (Mark 8:34) These teachers wouldn't dare show their faces in countries like these. It wouldn't take long before their self centered message would be shown for what it is.

In light of reality, these teachers and their message just seem silly and disgusting. What Sheri teaches is not the Christianity of the Bible. One only needs to read their Bible to know that. What she teaches is vanity, sin and of the world. Can you look at these pictures and say you've suffered far more? I know I can't. What if this happened to Sheri? How fast would she desert Christ? Fat pics rocked her world pretty hard. If being overweight and an ugly duckling is the worst that's ever happened to Sheri Rose Shepherd or any of us, we all need a serious reality check.

Indonesian Christian woman beheaded for the Gospel

This Christian woman is a warrior princess because she loved not her life even unto death. While Sheri teaches women how to cling to it, love it and make it prettier and skinnier. Sheri Rose Shepherd is NOT a warrior princess. Most of these Christians don't even own Bibles. They smuggle them over the borders risking their lives or copy them in long hand so they can pass them on. Some even spend weeks memorizing word for word entire books so they can return home where Bibles are illegal and write them down for other believers. We don't even read our Bibles. Instead we buy stupid workbooks from false teachers like Sheri Rose Shepherd, fill in the missing word like 4th graders and think we've got a nice handle on this whole Christian thing. How repulsive. This woman in the pic knew enough to understand what it means to lose her life to find it. She counted the cost and followed anyway. We in the west don't count anything unless is directly benefits us and makes us "feel good". We lose a job, house or car and we're angry at God. Did it ever occur to Sheri that she could lose her life?

 Here's a Christian woman killed by Muslims in Nigeria for being a Christian. This is no anomaly. This happens every single day while Sheri Rose Shepherd and other teachers get on a stage in their pretty designer dresses, shoes and nifty little workbooks they wrote and sell to teach us how to love ourselves, diet, feel pretty, have self confidence and cling to some sort of idea of self worth that's not even Biblical. This Nigerian woman is beautiful to Christ. As when Stephen was being stoned (Acts 6 and 7) and saw the God and King of the universe literally rise from His throne to greet little old Stephen as a means of honoring and welcoming him, I'm sure this woman got the same welcome into Heaven. While I write this all I can think of is "How dare we? How dare these teachers?"

Sheri's entire ministry is based on a feel good message with a heavily watered down Gospel much like Beth Moore with very little mention of sin or repentance and a lot focused on "Self". She has no clue about expository teaching, exegesis or even a basic grasp of hermeneutics. She's just a talented motivational speaker, another proponent of pop-psychology, worldly philosophies and man-centered theology so prevalent in our society and churches. What part of these teachings and us flocking to them constitutes "Seek first the kingdom of God"? (Matt 6:33) What part teaches denying ourselves, taking up our crosses and following? (Mark 8:34) Or throwing off all that hinders and running that race with our eyes fixed on Jesus? (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Nigerian Christian woman and baby murdered by Muslims

The theme centers around sins us girls are loaded down with that Paul warned about (2 Timothy 3:6) and instead of teaching us about cutting sin off and walking that narrow road, so we become more like Christ, they worm their way into our homes and lives and prey on us for a few bucks. It's all about "self", becoming more like Sheri Rose Shepherd and more like the world. Everything our American society cultivates anyway.

God's main concern for us is not whether or not we feel good about ourselves. It's not our self esteem or confidence. It's molding us into the image of Christ and all our suffering, whether we were 10 or 50, is used for that purpose. Christ learned obedience through suffering and He was the Son (Hebrews 5:8) so how much more will we?

For someone like me, and millions of others, who've come out of bad families, destructive lifestyles, false religions, depression, etc., this all seems good in the beginning. What human being doesn't want to focus all their attention on themselves and make themselves idols? It's already ingrained in us in the sin nature. This is why Shepherd and all those like her are so successful. They appeal to the sin nature. What makes Sheri's messages different from Dr. Phil and Oprah besides the Christian lingo she uses?

Here's an example taken from her website

His Princess Love Letter

Beautiful

My Beautiful Girl

I know you don’t see yourself the way I do because you compare yourself to beauty idols that will soon be forgotten. If you could see how beautiful you are in My eyes, then you would see that your eternal beauty is a breath of heaven! When I look at you, I see a treasure ready to be discovered, a princess ready to shine. I have given you the kind of beauty that is everlasting. I lined your lips to speak words of life; I have given you beautiful hands to reach out to your hurting friends. The beauty I created you to be is a reflection of Me. The beauty you possess will leave eternal beauty marks on the hearts of all who were loved by you.

The "Beauty" is the image of Christ and that doesn't come without suffering and obedience. Only Christ has life and she doesn't use much Scripture to feed her followers. What she does use is twisted, distorted and taken way out of context to force it to line up with her silly ideas. All the while she's betting that the women who follow her never read their Bibles, won't even look those Scriptures up and compare what she teaches to Scripture. Her bet is valid though. They don't look them up and read surrounding text let alone study their Bibles.

What of these "love letters"? Where are these in Scripture? I can write a love letter to myself and others too and sign it "God". That doesn't mean it's from Him especially when they go against Scripture. That would just make me weird, possibly a little psychotic, but definitely Gnostic. Are we to just trust Sheri and not God? Are we to just throw out Scripture altogether and follow her love letters? Obviously she has more authority on Scripture than God.

His Princess Prayer over you
A Prayer for Identity

The Lord’s greatest Treasure! I pray that you will know how highly your Father thinks of you. May you feel His love and acceptance in everything. I pray that you will treat yourself as an irreplaceable jewel, because that is how He sees you. May you not settle for anything less than you’re worth, and may you see yourself the way that God sees you: perfect in His eyes. I pray that you will never allow anyone to tell you who you are except for your heavenly Father, who knows the real you. May you shine for Him! In Jesus’ name, Amen. (emphasis in bold is mine)

Frankly, feeling good about me and sorrow over my sin severely clashes. I know my sin and it's ever before me. My sins reminds me how much I need Christ. I have no confidence in my flesh and know there is nothing good in me or any other Christian, but Christ. Our worth is dependent on Him alone. We can do nothing apart from Him. We can't even control waking up in the morning or how many hairs we'll lose when we brush. If we're to treat ourselves as we're worth and in light of Scripture wouldn't that make me like Satan, elevating myself in Christ since the only worth I have is Christ in me? That's exactly what she's telling women to do.

Furthermore, why does He see us "perfect in His eyes"? Could it have something to do with sin that made us filthy and vile before God, being condemned and going to hell except for Christ's perfectness and righteousness? Or is it because God thinks we're great just the way we are and He wants us to feel good about ourselves because we're His little princesses? Which is it Sheri?

Honestly, all this does is make me want to sing Christina Aguilera's "I Am Beautiful" while waving a lighter in the air.  What is a prayer for identity? Identity in what? In who? For what? Where in Scripture is it ever mentioned or implied Christ intercedes for us to gain an "identity"? There's not a lot of focus on Christ and His finished work. There's no focus on sin, shining a spotlight on people to what they really are and their need for a Savior. Just being princesses like a bunch of Paris Hiltons with our little dogs running around and convincing ourselves this is what God wants. Just a lot more man-centered garbage so "in" these days.

This self centered doctrine absolutely repulses me because it does so much damage to our relationship with God and to knowing the real God....the God of the Bible. Not a god Sheri Rose Shepherd and those like her have conjured up to serve "Self". That's an idol. But we like that kind of god who caters to us because he's not threatening and allows us to continue in the sin we love instead of cutting it off as Christ demanded (Matt 5:30). So much apostasy and blasphemy filling the churches. But we "feel" like we're saved and Sheri is teaching good doctrine. Feelings have nothing to do with it especially when Jeremiah 17:9 tells us the heart is deceitfully wicked. Do you want to put your trust in a heart that's deceitfully wicked?

It's good for Sheri Rose Shepherd though! She's making a lot of money off shallowness and encouraging shallowness. She's getting her ego stroked by ignorant, flocking professing Christians and mending her own  hurt pride and inferiority complex through this false teaching. I got news for you Sheri, you're no warrior princess. You're not even Biblical. You're just another fake, worldly, false teacher. For the rest of us truly believing females...shake them off, turn away and follow Christ.

As for Sheri and others like her, they should heed Scripture and quake in their designer heels the next time they get on a stage to teach..."Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others." James 3:1

What the Bible really teaches on "self esteem" and "feeling good about ourselves"...

The False Prophecies Of Benny Hinn

"and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people." Matthew 24:11

The word for "many" which occurs at the end of the verse in 24:11 is πολύς (Polys) in the Greek and it means "multitude, great, numerous. Are you one of the great number deceived?

"For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible." Matthew 24:24

Are you following someone because they perform miracles and show "signs" without having held their teaching up to Scripture? Jesus Himself warned that these false prophets would be so deceitful that even the very elect would be deceived if not for God.







"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping." 2 Peter 2:1-3

God Walked Into My Bathroom Today

He put His arm around me and we stared at each other in the medicine cabinet mirror a minute. With a toothpaste ring around my mouth and a pink toothbrush sticking outta my face I mumbled "Can't you knock? I'm brushing my teeth ova here!"

Did that really happen to me? Of course not. I'd have to be bat crazy to believe it did. I wouldn't believe anyone who said it did. In fact, I'd probably laugh and snort a few times before asking when the last time was they had a CAT scan. Kenneth Copeland said something similar once except he was shaving at the time. Not disturbed at all by the divine intrusion, he kept right on shaving while he claims Jesus put His arm around him and proceeded to tell him all about how He'd been born again in Hell.

 CBS News

First you gotta wonder...did he even think about what he was going to say before saying it? Even if that was true some things are just better left unsaid. Is this type of thing even possible? In trying to be objective God can do anything He wants. He's God. If He decides to burst into the bathroom on you one day He can do it. Sure it's not something God's ever done to a person and you'd be dead if He did but...

Now let's look at Kenneth Copeland's take on things objectively. Maybe he imagined it and he's the one that's bat crazy. That's very possible. It's also possible he made the entire thing up to deceive people into following him thus sending him their money for that nifty jet he owns. Either God's a liar or Kenneth's a liar. I'm willing to bet it's the latter. But before I throw my kazoos, loose change and favorite pink fuzzy socks in the pot, I want to make sure my "bet" is valid by testing what he said.

Since our standard for judging "revelations/visions/prophecies" is the Bible then that's where I'll go and compare the few who have had intimate meetings with God Himself to Copeland's shaving incident.

Isaiah the Prophet saw God...

"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:    'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.'
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
'Woe to me!' I cried. 'I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.'” Isaiah 6:1-5

Isaiah's reaction wasn't one of indifference to where he continued doing what he was doing. His first reaction was utter terror, absolute awe, reverence and pronounced a curse...on himself!

The Apostle John saw Jesus and fell on his face as though dead...

 "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.  I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades." Revelation 1:17-18

the Prophet Ezekiel saw God...

"This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell face down, and I heard the voice of one speaking" Ezekiel 1:28

The Prophet Daniel saw God... 

 “As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened." Daniel 7:9

Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus and fell of his horse blinded (Acts 9). Moses saw God, over 1 million Jews saw and heard God, etc. They never saw His face or even saw Him in true form because no one can see God and live. We'd be disintegrated where we stood. But what they were allowed to see and hear was so mind blowing and awesome their response was to fall over as if dead. Who could stand to their feet confronted with the living God?

There are those in the Bible who saw angels and their typical response was to fall down on their faces because the sight was so awesome and terrifying even of just the angels. When Daniel saw an angel he fell over and the angel had to tell him to get to his feet (Daniel 10:6-11)

When John saw an angel he did the same thing and was rebuked by the angel... 

"Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!" Revelation 22:9

Now look at Copeland's experience.  The God of the universe, Jesus Christ walks into his bathroom while he's shaving and there's absolutely no response from Copeland other than to keep shaving. Kenneth Copeland's a liar, deceiver and false prophet as are all the others to claim to have had similar experiences with God. I didn't even address the heresy about Jesus being "born again in hell". I'll have to save that for another time.

Preaching the Gospel Doesn't Constitute Regeneration

I read something recently where someone was defending a heretic because they've preached the Gospel before. In this man's estimation, if a person preaches the Gospel then the suspected heretic must be regenerated. This person's entire premise for their reasoning was based on Jesus' teaching on what comes out of a person makes them unclean...

"What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'" Matthew 15:11

"Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them."Matthew 15:16-20

Because they were teaching the Gospel, which is good, then the messenger must also be good. First, we have to look at what Jesus was talking about by putting it into context to see if that logic stands up. The reason Jesus said these statements was because Pharisees and teachers of the Law noticed His disciples were eating without having washed their hands first. They were challenging Jesus and His obedience to the Law. Eating with unwashed hands was ceremonially unclean and breaking the Law. Ritual washing of the body preceded many religious functions for Jews. Even today, many (Muslims also) adhere to the ritual cleansing practices before prayer, for fasting, for celebrating certain religious functions, etc.

These men were accusing Jesus of not adhering to the Law that He claimed to uphold, by demanding His disciples adhere to the Law thus trying to discredit Christ with the people. "He claims to be a Jew. He claims to be a Rabbi. He claims to be Messiah and God in the flesh, but He's allowing His own disciples to break the Law."

Jesus turned it around on them by showing them there was nothing that could enter the body that would make them unclean. Man is unclean, unholy and depraved at conception. The body is temporary. It's always in a state of decay from birth and it would return to dust. There was absolutely nothing they could do for themselves to make themselves clean. What they should be afraid of was that which was inside. What's in the heart makes them and all mankind unclean because the heart is deceitfully wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). No amount of ritual cleansing was going to cleanse that. You can take a leper and wrap them in the finest silk, but it's still just a rotting leper under a pretty cloth whose decomposing flesh will quickly ruin that silk. By adhering to strict Laws they were missing not just the whole point of the Law, but the real issue: what's inside man is filthy and vile and there was nothing that could cleanse that. They could have washed themselves until their skin came off, but inside they were still rotting, defiled corpses in clean whitewashed tombs.

Jesus said...

 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Matthew 23:25-28

With understanding the above a little better does that mean if someone preaches the Gospel they must be one of God's? Absolutely not. Just as Jesus pointed out that not everyone who calls Him "Lord" will enter the kingdom. Saying all the right things is not an indicator. Jesus gave the stipulation...action backing up the mouth. Talk is cheap.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." Matthew 7:21

Paul also mentioned the type of people who preach the Gospel for reasons and motivations other than seeing man reconciled to God...

"It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.  The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains" Philippians 1:15-17
"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:13
 "and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain." 1 Timothy 6:5

Many have the appearance of being godly to all those on the outside, but deny it by how they live. There's many reasons people preach the Gospel, but not always for pure reasons or because they're truly Believers. Just because you're hearing the Gospel means nothing about the person delivering it. God saves in spite of man, not because of man.

There are many people who have good doctrine, who know the truth, but still are not regenerated.

"ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2 Timothy 3:7

They learn, they can follow along with it, they can teach it, but are never able to come to that saving knowledge themselves. Talk is cheap. Jesus said by their fruit we'll know them (Matthew 7:16) not by if they preach the Gospel or not. Anyone can act righteous and say all the right things for a few hours a day or when a camera is turned on them. It's taking what they teach, comparing it to the standard we're to use for testing (Scripture) and  looking for the bearing of fruit in a person. If the teaching is wrong we're to have nothing to do with them. If the fruit is missing we're to have nothing to do with them despite the Gospel they preach.

Mickey Mouse God

Jeff Noblit on the feel good, self esteem, genie in a bottle, hippie, Mickey Mouse idea of God that's rampant in America coming from teachers like Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Beth Moore, Priscilla Shrier, Rob Bell, Brian McLaren and on and on and on. That's not the God of the Bible. If more than 10% of professing "Christians" in this country read their Bibles regularly they'd know heresy when they heard it, but...

(If you don't know who Jeff Noblit is...he's Paul Washer's Pastor)

Is Kay Arthur More Biblically Sound?

With the truth about Beth Moore and Priscilla Shirer's problematic and incorrect handling of Scripture, associations with new agers and mysticists, in a sense, going viral, women are now wondering about Kay Arthur. I did the "Deeper Still" study that was taught by Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer and Kay Arthur, but until that study I hadn't heard of Kay Arthur. To be honest, I haven't done anymore of her studies or even looked closely at her....yet.

Recently I was asked my opinion about Kay Arthur by someone that said of the three women, Kay Arthur is the most sound. The person who asked me was also a fan of Beth Moore up until recently. Then she began hearing the rumblings and started looking into it much more closely. She and many others have now left the studies they attended altogether. I understand her concern because I felt it too when the truth began coming out. Women teachers are invaluable to us females...if we had some that taught the truth. I'm sure there are some out there, but because they're not stroking our egos, advocating self esteem and other worldly philosophies or telling us what our itching ears want to hear, they're virtually unknown.

But I can give a correct estimation based on one thing about Kay Arthur even though I haven't looked deeper into her. It doesn't matter how "sound" she is in her teachings. If she's sharing the stage with teachers like Beth Moore, Priscilla Shier and others whose teachings are false then she's in agreement with them. Since Kay Arthur was also involved in the "Be Still" DVD then she must agree with it.

"Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?" Amos 3:3

I was speaking with a Pastor recently who admitted he wasn't thrilled with Rick Warren though his church sometimes used Warren's material, but explained that if he could only choose between someone like Rick Warren and Benny Hinn, he'd definitely go with Rick Warren. My response was "If I have to choose between those two to get the Word I'll take neither."

It's essentially choosing the lesser of two evils and we're never to settle. We live in great apostasy and no matter how much we may like a certain individual, if they're not following Scripture  in doctrine or lifestyle we're to have nothing to do with them. Kay Arthur, if she truly is sound, has thrown her support behind known problematic teachers and practices the Bible calls "evil" thus giving them legitimacy. It's as dangerous and damaging as teaching false doctrine itself.

Unless Kay Arthur comes out, repents and separates herself from all such teachings and teachers she must be avoided as well. That's not my opinion, that's Biblical.

John Piper Apostate?

First, let me say I am highly disappointed and disturbed by this whole deal. I liked John Piper's teaching, I was a regular to his website, listened to his sermons and bought his books, but when it comes down to it...I have to obey God as we all are supposed to do no matter what. I've noticed John Piper fans are trusting his judgment about Rick Warren, just following along with it and getting in a tizzy about him being called out. I can't say one way or another if John Piper is apostate. Time will tel, but he's definitely in sin. For John Piper to align himself with a known heretic is a very bad sign. He even went on to defend Rick Warren. That's another bad sign...

Amos 3:3 says "Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?"

Despite the sound doctrine John Piper teache,s he is obviously in agreement with Rick Warren. That's a dangerous situation. John Piper has thrown many into confusion and, because they trust him, they're following him down a slippery slope and not trusting God and what He says.

We need to be careful with following others just because they have sound doctrine. We're to obey God over men and when fallible men start traveling down a path, when that path clearly goes against scripture, then we must come out and be separate no matter how much we like a teacher or how good their doctrine is. (2 Corinthians 6:17) When we know someone has sided with error and we continue to follow after them then we are in sin.


Satan has good doctrine too. He knows Scripture better than we do. Now that we know Piper is in agreement with Warren...he must be removed from among us and pray for him. It may lead to his repentance.

"What do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" 2 Corinthians 6:14

Priscilla Shirer - Another Bible Twister

Apprising Ministries Article 1
Apprising Ministries Article 2

Along with Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer is also a proponent of the Contemplative Prayer movement. Masked as Christianity it's really just eastern mysticism and new age practices. As usual only these teachers have a direct revelation from God and they've been sent to fill all of us in about it. Oddly enough when these so called "revelations" are tested they never hold up to the Bible. They've taken scripture, twisted it, distorted it, taken it way out of context or just thrown it out altogether.

If God doesn't take his Word seriously and just wants us believing anyone who claims to have a "revelation" then what was the point in giving us His Word? All they're dishing out is gnosticism and ecumenicalism. Anyone can research those associated with Contemplative Prayer. It wouldn't take very long to find out the truth. You can put Priscilla Shier to the test with the Bible as we're supposed to do with everyone. So many are paying them (buying their books, workbooks, DVDs and tickets to conferences) to feed them lies.

John Piper Sharing The Stage Again With Heretic Rick Warren

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Piper is only continuing to give credence to heretics and the fact that he is a leader and teacher of God's Word should have him shaking in his boots.

"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others." James 3:1