Heretics To Avoid

All one has to do to be a heretic is use another version of the Bible, other than the King James Version. How much of the Word of God does one have to deny, change, add too, weaken to be an heretic? When one uses any other version he is calling God a liar, a deceiver, adding to God's Word, denying, and changing it. When this happens just about everytime, they (the Bible doubter or scholar) very soon get off on other doctrines.

Romans 16:17 "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them."

2 Corinthians 6:14-17 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,"

1 Timothy 6:5 "Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself."

2 Timothy 2:16 "But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness."

2 Timothy 2:21 "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."

2 Timothy 3:5 "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

Titus 3:10 "A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;"

2 John 1:10 "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:"

Revelation 18:4 "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

2 Thessalonians 3:6 "Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us."

Ephesians 5:11 "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."

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Separation is not being mean or unloving, it is being obedient to God and His Word.

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David Cloud said, "Failure to separate from error leaves one open to the influence of error."

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Promotes and praises God for the Church of Christ that teaches the heresy of baptismal regeneration, along with prasing God for the Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, Southern Baptist, and the Anglicans. All of this is found in his book "In the Grip of Grace."

These are liberals in their beliefs on the Word of God. They do not stand on the Word of God because they change it, they do not take it literally when it says something. Instead, they question what God says with other perversions, there scholarships, and their opinions.

In its June 19, 2002, edition, the Los Angeles Times published an article entitled “Hold the Fire and Brimstone,” documenting the fact that “mention of hell from pulpits is at an all-time low. Bill Faris, pastor of Crown Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, told the Times that though he believes in hell he doesn’t preach on it because, “It isn’t sexy enough.” The Times observed that not only does Faris not preach on hell but “his flock shows little interest in it.”

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Bruce Shelly, professor of church history at Denver Theological Seminary, observed that hell is “just too negative” and that “churches today feel the need to be appealing rather than demanding.”

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Geisler has writen over sixty books and hundreds of articles and is considered by the new evangelical crowd to be a "scholar", therefore we know right off that he doesn't believe the Bible. Because the world's crowd will never call a true Bible believer a scholar, instead they will call him fanatic, a Jim Jones, etc. Geisler in just one of his books The Battle for the Resurrection, denies the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Norman Geisler and Ralph MacKenzie coauthored Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences. The publisher is Baker Books. Below is a few false teachings found in the book.

"Catholics and evangelicals share a common core of beliefs about salvation. ... For both groups salvation is by grace and is not prompted by human works. It comes as a gift of God to undeserving humanity" (pp. 81,103,104).

"Since evangelicals and Roman Catholics have so much in common doctrinally and morally ... we believe that there are, nonetheless, many areas of common spiritual heritage and practical social and moral cooperation possible. ... In this final section we wish to end on a positive note, firmly believing that a cooperative effort between Roman Catholics and evangelicals could be the greatest social force for good in America. ... Our common doctrinal and moral beliefs are too large and the need in America for a united voice on them is too great for us to dwell on our differences to the neglect of crucial cooperation needed to fight the forces of evil in our society and our world. ... Even the most reactionary of Protestant fundamentalists has more in common with Cardinal John O'Connor and John Paul II than with Joan Campbell and John Spong" (pp. 357,358).

In 2007 wrongful termination suits were filed against Oral Roberts University by former professors alleging that the founder’s son RICHARD ROBERTS and his wife LINDSAY misappropriated school money and other improprieties. According to the suit, they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund their lavish lifestyle, including a stable of horses for their daughters, a $29,400 trip to Orlando and the Bahamas aboard a university jet for a daughter and her friends, and a $39,000 shopping spree at one clothing store for Lindsay (“Healing ORU,” Christianity Today, September 2008). The suit also alleges that the Roberts’ home has been remodeled 11 times in the past 14 years, that Lindsay spent nights in the ORU guest house with an underage 16 year old male,  and that she frequently had cell phone bills of more than $800 per month, with “hundreds of text messages sent between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. to underage males who had been provided phones at university expense” (“Oral Roberts University Faces the Blue Screen of Death,” http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/10/oral-roberts-university-faces-blue.html). The professors were fired for trying to expose “the leadership’s moral failings and financial improprieties.” On November 13, 2007, the tenured faculty of ORU approved a nonbinding vote of no confidence in Richard, and he resigned as president on November 23, 2007. Lindsay is his second wife. He and his first wife, Patti, divorced in 1979.

David Cloud   wayoflife.org

On September 12, 2004, the Los Angeles Times reported that PAUL CROUCH OF TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK had paid $425,000 in 1998 to Enoch Lonnie Ford, an employee at TBN, to keep him from going public with his allegation that they had a homosexual encounter. It was after Ford threatened to sue that Crouch paid almost a half-million dollars to keep the matter quiet. TBN also paid thousands of dollars in debts that Ford had accrued. Crouch denied the allegations and tried to blacken the character of his accuser, which was not difficult to do. Ford is a convicted sex and drug offender, but it seems very strange that Crouch would pay such a large sum to a man if there was no truth to his allegation. Ford wrote his testimony of the affair but it was sealed by the courts after Crouch sued to have the matter squelched. 
 

David Cloud  wayoflife.org

In 1981 Bratcher said, "Only willful ignorance or intellectual dishonesty can account for the claim that the Bible is inerrant and infallible...No truth-loving, God-respecting, Christ-honoring believer should be guilty of such heresy. To invest the Bible with the qualities of inerrancy and infallibility is to idolatrize it, to transform it into a false god" (The Baptist Courier, Greenville, SC April 2, 1981).

“And what is ‘hell’? It is the loss of pride that naturally follows separation from God--the ultimate and unfailing source of our soul’s sense of self-respect. ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ was Christ’s encounter with hell. In that ‘hellish’ death our Lord experienced the ultimate horror—humiliation, shame, and loss of pride as a human being. A PERSON IS IN HELL WHEN HE HAS LOST HIS SELF-ESTEEM. Can you imagine any condition more tragic than to live life and eternity in shame?” (Schuller, Self-Esteem: The New Reformation, 1982, pp. 14-15, 93).

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Luke 16:22-23 "And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."

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Schuller said that "to be born again means that we must be changed from a negitive to a positive self-image" (Self-Esteem page 68).

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In 1986, at a "Jesus Seminar" Ron said, "The death of Jesus was like a car wreck; it's an accident of history. ...I'm not sure why the Romans killed Jesus, but the gospel stories are not historical in the modern sense of the word. I don't think Jesus had the notoriety that the gospels say he had. His sayings don't anywhere give evidence that he was trying to found a church or a reform movement" (Christian News, April 7, 1986).

I hate to tell Mr. Cameron but Jesus death was no accident and the Romans didn't kill him. I would dare to say that Mr. Cameron is lost and needs Christ because one cannot be saved and believe such "damnable heresies."

2 Peter 2:1 "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."

1 John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

John 10:15 " As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep."

John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."

Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"

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Ungodly Quotes that Support her False Teachings

From her book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, God's Joyful Surprise (1988) and When the Heart Waits (1990).

"... beginning in my early thirties I'd become immersed in a journey that was rooted in contemplative spirituality. It was the spirituality of the 'church fathers,' of the monks I'd come to know as I made regular retreats in their monasteries. ... I thrived on solitude, routinely practicing silent meditation as taught by the monks Basil Pennington and Thomas Keating. ... For years, I'd studied Thomas Merton, John of the Cross, Augustine, Bernard, Bonaventure, Ignatius, Eckhart, Luther, Teilhard de Chardin, The Cloud of Unknowing, and others" (pp. 14, 15). 

"I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding ritual" (p. 15). 

She says, "I began to form what I called my feminist critique" (p. 59).

"I would go through the gate with what Zen Buddhists call 'beginner's mind,' the attitude of approaching something with a mind empty and free, ready for anything, open to everything. ... I would give myself permission to go wherever my quest took me" (p. 140). 

She said this after rejecting the Bible as the final authority. "I remember a feeling rising up from a place about two inches below my navel. ... It was the purest inner knowing I had experienced, and it was shouting in me no, no, no! The ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible; it is not confined between the covers of a book. It is not something written by men and frozen in time. It is not from a source outside myself. My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period. ... That day sitting in church, I believed the voice in my belly. ... The voice in my belly was the voice of the wise old woman. It was my female soul talking. And it had challenged the assumption that the Baptist Church would get me where I needed to go" (The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, pp. 76, 77, 78). 

She was even willing to give up her marriage. "I would not, could not forfeit my journey for my marriage or for the sake of religious acceptance or success as a 'Christian writer.' I would keep moving in my own way to the strains of feminine music that sifted up inside me, not just moving but embracing the dance. ... I felt the crumbling of the old patriarchal foundation our marriage had rested upon in such hidden and subtle ways. Though both of us would always need to compromise, there was no more sacrificing myself, no more revolving around him, no more looking to him for validation, trying to be what I thought he needed me to be. My life, my time, my decisions became newly my own" (pp. 98, 125). 

Rejected God as Father. "I knew right then and there that the patriarchal church was no longer working for me. The exclusive image of God as heavenly Father wasn't working, either. I needed a Power of Being that was also feminine" (The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, p. 80). 

Believe in the divinity of man. "There's a bulb of truth buried in the human soul that's 'only God' ... the soul is more than something to win or save. It's the seat and repository of the inner Divine, the God-image, the truest part of us" (When the Heart Waits, 1990, pp. 47, 48).  
"When we encounter another person ... we should walk as if we were upon holy ground. We should respond as if God dwells there" (God's Joyful Surprise, p. 233). 

Delve into the worship of ancient goddesses. She met in a cave and sang prayers to "the Goddess Skoteini, Goddess of the Dark." She says, "something inside me was calling on the Goddess of the Dark, even though I didn't know her name" (The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, p. 93). 

Prayed to God as Mother.  "I ran my finger around the rim of the circle on the page and prayed my first prayer to a Divine Feminine presence. I said, 'Mothergod, I have nothing to hold me. No place to be, inside or out. I need to find a container of support, a space where my journey can unfold'" (p. 94). 

Believed that she was a goddess. "Divine Feminine love came, wiping out all my puny ideas about love in one driving sweep. Today I remember that event for the radiant mystery it was, how I felt myself embraced by Goddess, how I felt myself in touch with the deepest thing I am. It was the moment when, as playwright and poet Ntozake Shange put it, 'I found god in myself/ and I loved her/ I loved her fiercely'" (The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, p. 136).  
"To embrace Goddess is simply to discover the Divine in yourself as powerfully and vividly feminine" (p. 141). 
  "I came to know myself as an embodiment of Goddess" (The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, p. 163). 
"When I woke, my thought was that I was finally being reunited with the snake in myself--that lost and defiled symbol of feminine instinct" (p. 107). 

Believes that the world can be saved by the divine mother.  
"I know of nothing needed more in the world just now than an image of Divine present that affirms the importance of relationship--a Divine Mother, perhaps, who draws all humanity into her lap and makes us into a global family" (p. 155). 

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Unscriptural Doctrine

Below is a question asked be a viewer and the question and answer was posted on the web site of Focus on the Family. Listen to their unscriptural answer.

"I heard that Focus on the Family doesn't recommend gender-neutral Bible translations. What translations does Focus recommend?

Since Focus does not employ textual or translation experts, we have relied on outside scholars for advice regarding Bible translations -- notably the conservative leaders who signed the Colorado Springs Guidelines for Translation (this link will take you to The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood organization's Web site) in 1997. 

Based on their input, we use or recommend the following Bible versions:

Gender-Specific Translations

Essentially Literal, "word-for-word" translations:

NLV	New Life Version
KJV	King James Version
NKJV	New King James Version
NASB	New American Standard Bible
ESV	English Standard Version
AMP	Amplified Bible
HCSB	Holman Christian Standard Bible
RSV	Revised Standard Version

Dynamic Equivalence, "phrase-for-phrase" translations:

NIV	New International Version
NIrV	New International Reader's Version (1998 Revision)

Gender-Specific Paraphrases* (culturally adapted imaginative renderings of the Bible)

LB	The Living Bible -- Paraphrased by Kenneth Taylor
TLB	The Living Bible
MSG	The Message by Eugene Peterson

* Please note that if a paraphrase is used, it should always be in conjunction with one or more of the above "regular" Bible translations.  Paraphrases can be helpful as a form of commentary or for inspiration, but they should not be one's only source of reading.

Gender-Neutral Translations

Focus on the Family does NOT use or recommend the following gender-neutral Bibles:

TNIV	Today's New International Version
NLT	New Living Translation
NRSV	New Revised Standard Version
NCV	New Century Version
CEV	Contemporary English Version
GW	God's Word
NIVI	New International Version Inclusive Language Edition"

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Much could be said here about the error of each of these perversions (not the KJV). This is what they call a stand. When I was growing up it was call yellow, or coward. This is a cowards answer to appeal to the masses of worldly "Christians." One does not have to employ translators to believe the Word of God, or to take a stand on it. Notice that they use outside "scholars" to give them advice. They received bad advice from people who don't believe the Bible. Anyone that the world or the New Evangelical crowd calls "scholar", you can bank on it, they don't believe the Bible. They question it, they deny it, they change it, they doubt it, they add to it, they take away from it, they update it, they gender it, they make it positive, they use serveral versions, they use the wrong Greek Text, they don't use the KJV, and they don't believe in preservation like the Bible teaches.

Question 2-Does Dr. Dobson answer theological questions?

Dr. Dobson is often asked to respond in detail to biblical or theological inquiries, however, he has had no formal training as a pastor or theologian and freely acknowledges his limitations in these areas.

Over the years, Dr. Dobson has made a deliberate decision to direct the attention of our ministry away from in-depth biblical interpretation and theology, choosing instead to concentrate our efforts on our primary
purpose — introducing individuals to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and thereby strengthening the family.

As an alternative, you may wish to contact Christian ministries that routinely discuss theological topics. Dr. Dobson has great respect for the theological views and biblical integrity of Billy Graham and Chuck Swindoll; the addresses of their organizations are:

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The Bible tells us to "study" and that includes James Dobson. One does not need to have a degree to know the doctrines of the Bible. The Bible tells us to be ready to give an answer if we are asked. In Hosea God said, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..." If Mr. Dobson doesn't know doctrine how can he be sure that his ministry is not founded on some false teachings? He refers readers to the evangelicals friends of his, Billy Graham and Chuck Swindoll. That's because he is from the same tree, New Evangelical. Paul said that the very first thing that the Scriptures are profitable for is doctrine, not building homes, not building marriages. How does Dobson know if his marriage doctrine is biblical with the Word of God, King James Version, if he has no views, or is not willing to share them? Paul said don't be ashamed of the Gospel, which includes doctrine. One who is not willing to share their faith, has no faith.

In 1944 Billy Graham the evangelist for Youth for Christ met the Great Whore, the Roman Catholic Church, leader Fulton Sheen. Sheen's hope for heaven is Mary. 

In 2004 the schools news paper, the Lariat, featured an article defending homosexual marriages. Just think Baylor is a Baptist institution. How far they have fallen into apostacy.

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Harold Lindsell the author of The Battle for the Bible said this about Fuller. "In or about 1962 it became apparent that there were some at Fuller Theological Seminary who no longer believed in the inerrancy of the Bible, among both the faculty and the board members" (Page 106).

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David Hubbard, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary:

"At Fuller we are characterized by balance in that we are an institution of 'both-and' rather than 'either-or.' We seek to be both Evangelical and ecumenical ..." (Hubbard, Christianity Today, Feb. 3, 1989, p. 71).

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Provided a free screening of the new movie "Billy: The Early Years" on August 3. Thomas Road Baptist Church called Graham "an incredible servant of God."

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Christianity Today editor Kenneth Kantzer wrote that Tony Campolo was entirely orthodox.

In 1984 stated that Robert Schulller theology was not a heretic.

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