The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

 Why is there a need to address the personality of Faith leaders? There are some within the Faith movement who are not well mentally. They are charismatic leaders who appear to be normal but they are abnormal. Such personality can range from passive aggressive personality to aggressive personality. It depends upon the degree of such chronic illness. Also, it appears to be healthy, but are "unhealthy." Some of these people can be so polish on the outside, but damage on the inside. They can say all the right things even to the point of being persuasive they can convince their followers of narrative and outright lies. (2 Cor. 11:3) Throughout this article I will begin to ask a series of questions that will shed light concerning the DNA Personality of Faith Leaders in chapter 10 of my book, "The Prosperity Gospel: Where Did It Come From?" These will be a Questions of Discussion. I would encourage many of my readers who have already purchased my book as well as those wil...

During my sermon today, I preached entitled, "The Sins of the People" according to Amos 1:9-10 where it stated: "This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Tyre even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because he sold whole communities of captive to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, "I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses."  The main idea of my message: "To disregard the value of people by selling them into slavery." (Am. 1:9) In the introduction of my sermon I begin by sharing with my parishioners and social media followers that you treat people as props by which to make profit is unjust. There are large corporations and CEO of companies pay their employees lesser pay while at the same time profit from their hard work. It is amazing that many of these CEO of large corporations and companies receive large bonus at the end of the year while many of their employees are struggling trying to pay hi...

 The Danger of Authoritarianism Text: 1 Sam. 8:11-17 Preface Acknowledgement Introduction I. God's Mouthpiece   A. Samuel a messenger of God.    1. Sent by God. (1 Sam. 8:7)    2. The true message by which to give the people.      a) The "revelation" by which to give to God's servant.      b) The message by which to give to God's people.  B. The propositions of God's message. (1 Sam. 8:11-17)    1. Warnings concerning the character of the king. (vv. 9, 11)      a) Mean-spirited and indifference.      b) The captivity of the people. (vv. 1, 13, 16, 17)      c) Crops and livestock. (vv. 14, 15, 17)    2. The taskmaster of the king. (v. 12)      a) Over worked and hard labor of the people. (vv. 12-17b)      b) Skill labor and wages. (vv. 13, 16) II. The Ruthless of a Dictator. (1 Sam. 8:12, 16-17)   A. Extreme work-"to plow his...

Introduction: There is a list of essential Christian doctrines that are non-negotiable by which it is the foundational to the faith and life of the church today. The church must never sacrifice biblical faith in place what will be acceptable in those who are professing believers. Many professing Christian leaders will contend that the church was not "divide" over doctrine, but to demonstrate "mere" love for the sake of unity. Whenever the church sacrifice the faith of the church for the sake of unity it "divides" people than to give them a robust understanding of the foundations of the Christian faith. Our understanding of essential Christian theology strengthen believers by which to share their faith with others. We are called to give people biblical answers to their Bible questions simply because of the fact that they wants to know with all that is going on in the world today: that of racial strife and social disparities. (1 Pet. 3:15) Foundations of the...

 There is a need to know what the gospel is! The gospel must be clearly defined according God's Word. The problem is that there is so much diversity and variations pertaining to the gospel by which it will be difficult for the average person to understand what it truly is the gospel message. Unfortunely, there are many professing churches and church leadership who have denied people of the opportunity of embracing Christ and the gospel: that of its understanding what the gospel entails and how it is to be applied to everyday life of those who are lost. (2 Cor. 4:3-4)    A basic understanding of the gospel is that of the "good news" of Jesus Christ by which He was crucified, buried, and resurrection by the glory of God. (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 15) It is important to explain clearly point-by-point what is Christ's death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. There are those who will seek to "spiritualize" the essentials of the gospel message in terms of Christ for e...

 There are "coded" languages that are communicated with those who are within the world of the health and wealth gospels known as the prosperity faith movement! First, we would think that by the prosperity faith movement being exposed by those who critical of this particular outside of the Word of Faith movement that it would have settled the case. Even though there are books that are critical of the "health and wealth" gospel for example the Health, Wealth & Happiness authors David W. Jones and Russell S. Woodbridge address the historical, biblical, and its theological analysis. But, yet, the "coded" language of this particular movement have not been addressed. (2 Cor. 11:3)  In order to reach those who are entrap within this particular movement known as the "health and wealth" that comes in the form as the Word of Faith is to break into its "coded" language. The only people who can understand such "coded" language is that...

 Just on today I heard on a local radio station here in Atlanta that the Host interviewed a guest on its program. It was the particular guest promotion of her book promoting but utilize such memorable statement "It is your health the promotes wealth." I thought about it for a moment by which the guest distorted the biblical text of 3 John 2. She's going further to talk about spiritual laws, principles by which she encourages her listening audience to follow. In so many words in order for people to be prosperous or to be "healthy" is to follow such principles and spiritual laws. What immediately came to my memory in how many Faith televangelists will contend that God is subject to the laws of the spiritual by which to create the universe. In turn many Faith Christians must utilize the same spiritual laws by which to create the world of their own desires. Also, in so many words what you say is what you create. You must speak such faith-filled words in order to cre...