13. And what did we under the papacy but walk blindly? We suffered ourselves to be led just as we were directed by the names of God and the saints. I was myself a pious monk and priest, holding mass daily, wherein I worshipped St. Barbara, St. Anna, St. Christopher and others — more saints than the calendar mentions, some of whom no one knew

Co-author Chris Lawson writes:

This new Booklet Tract that I co-authored with Mary Danielsen was recently released in May 2016, through Lighthouse Trails Publishing. This booklet is available online if you would like to read it, or purchase a copy. Mary has also written other Booklet Tracts which can be found here.

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If we would grow in holiness and become more sanctified, we must continually go on as we began, and be ever making fresh applications to Christ.” — J.C. Ryle

Consider the Christ that looked off heaven and heavenly things for you, how much more should you look off earth and earthly things, the world and worldly things for Him? —

Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the [desire for] spiritual things … that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.

— Susannah Wesley

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In her article, NAR Leaders meet with the Pope, Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error  writes:

By asking the Pope about universalism, Bickle showed that he apparently doesn’t understand the Catholic position on salvation. The Roman Catholic Church does not hold to universalism, the belief that all belief systems are equally valid (like

Marsha West explains:

To fully grasp all the reasons the New Apostolic Reformation is such a dangerous movement and why discernment bloggers incessantly warn about this cult I’m going to take an excerpt from a piece I wrote a few years ago entitled “Dominionists are on the move…and they mean business.”  I

Pastor Bill Randles writes:

What would you think of a Bible school that sends young people out to literally prostrate themselves on the graves of deceased preachers so that the students can absorb “the anointing” that lingers on the graves? What about a church in which a mist containing feathers, gold, and jewel dust descends on the

Yeah, I know.

It doesn’t make any difference to many of you. You’ll talk about how it’s not a Bible, it’s a paraphrase (even though it’s used as a Bible per se by millions). Or you’ll reject calls for investigation and cast every criticism of The Message as judgmental. You’ll find all kinds of reasons

 

Bonus: NT Wright masterfully pontificates around whether the Genesis creation account is literal or not:see short video

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Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error warns, “Beware: An NAR apostle has come out with his own NAR translation of the Bible, called “The Passion Translation.”

 

According to Pivec, NAR apostle Brian Simmons “has taken verses of Scripture that have nothing to do with NAR teachings or practices and reworded them so they appear to

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“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.” ― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“By

“But the end of all things is at hand…” Here is David Guzik’s commentary on 1 Peter 4:7:

(7) In the last days, Christians should live with an attitude of serious prayer.

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

a. The end of all things is at hand: If we really believe that we

Holly Pivec of Spirit of Error nails this one down. She writes:

Following Christianity Today’s recent cover story on Bethel Church in Redding, California, I’ve been contacted by people wondering about Bill Johnson’s statements made in that article distancing himself from the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). The two specific

Do not flatter yourselves; if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.

— C.H. Spurgeon

Perhaps  our views of God are nowhere more obvious than in the songs we sing when we gather together. …The song service is such an easy way to promote our views of God that we must be