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Rob bell says "The church" Is only moments away form accepting "Gay Marriage"

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Monday, March 2, 2015, In : Apostasy 
ROB BELL SAYS “THE CHURCH” IS ONLY MOMENTS AWAY FROM ACCEPTING “GAY MARRIAGE”

the following was excerpted from (Friday Church News Notes, February 20, 2015, 
www.wayoflife.org,and posted on manifestedbythelight.com

 - Rob Bell, former pastor of the emerging Mars Hill Bible Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, said recently about “gay marriage” that “we think it’s inevitable and we are moments away from the church accepting it” (“Former Megachurch Pastor Rob Bell,” 
Christian Po...
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The Belifes of the Apostolic Church. Part 2 a Cult?

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Friday, August 15, 2014, In : Apostasy 

Now let us observe the Holy Trinity revealed in the New Testament...



And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. – Matthew 3:16-17


Jesus = God, the Son

saw

Spirit of God = God, the Spirit

and heard

a voice saying “my” = God, the Father

All Deity, three persons, not...


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The Beliefs of the Apostolic Church. Part 1

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Friday, August 15, 2014, In : Apostasy 

The apostasy of the so-called Apostolic Church…


For they who affirm that the Son is the Father, are proved neither to have become acquainted with the Father, nor to know that the Father of the universe has a Son; who also, being the first-begotten Word of God, is even God.

- from The First Apology of Justin Martyr, chapter LXIII.


The so-called Apostolic churches, also called “United Pentecostal” churches (not to be confused with other Pentecostal churches) together with their independent c...


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Presbyterians Vote No On Denouncing Infanticide

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, In : Apostasy 





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RESBYTERIANS VOTE NO ON DENOUNCING INFANTICIDE


(The following has been excerpted from Friday Church News Notes, July 18, 2014, and posted on manifestedbythelight.com
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 - The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been busy this summer making all of the wrong decisions. It voted yes on “same-sex marriage,” yes on divesting its stock in companies whose products are used by Israel (to protest Israeli policies toward Palestinians), and no on denouncing the practice of killing...

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Hattiesburg City Council Votes to Support Islamic Center

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Saturday, May 31, 2014, In : Apostasy 
While it is right to be against any violence towards the Muslim faith or any other faith i have to Wonder why does it appear we are so eager to hold their hand's? Why are "Christian" pastors so eager to join in with support or join in a worship service with Muslims? This is forbidden in the Bible, Paul says in Ephesians that we are not to be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.

Ephesians 4:14-15

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every w...

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The Shack's Cool God

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Friday, May 30, 2014, In : Apostasy 


The following is excerpted from wayoflife.org and posted here on 5/30/2014
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The Shack was Number One the New York Times bestseller list for 50 weeks. By 2012, it had sold 18 million copies internationally. It is being translated into 30 languages. 

Shooting is set to begin the summer of 2014 on the movie, and one of the parts will be played by Oprah Winfrey, though it is not yet known what part she will play (“Oprah, Forrest Whitaker, Idras Elba to Star in Controversial ‘Shack’ Movie,” 
C...

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Rick Warrens's Shallow Gospel

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Saturday, November 9, 2013, In : Apostasy 

Rick Warrens's Shallow Gospel

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Rick Warren talks a lot about “the gospel.” At the Exponential 2013 conference, which was hosted by Warren’s Saddleback Church, the theme was preaching the gospel and making disciples. 

But what gospel does Warren preach? In chapter 7 of his ultra-popular book 
The Purpose Driven Life, he explains as follows how to become a Christian:

“If you are not sure you hav...


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Joel Osteen and Oprah Winfrey

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Saturday, November 26, 2011, In : Apostasy 
JOEL OSTEEN CELEBRATES GOD’S WORK IN OPRAH WINFREY’S LIFE

The following was excerpted from (Friday Church News Notes, and posted on manifestedbythelight.com
 
 - When Oprah Winfrey and her television producer visited Lakewood Church in Houston on November 6, Pastor Joel Osteen enthused, “Awesome to have you. We’re so honored to have you both here, and we just celebrate and pray for you guys with what God is doing in your lives” (“Joel Osteen Welcomes Oprah,” 
Christian Post, Nov. 7,...
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Christian God and Muslim god one?

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, In : Apostasy 
EVANGELICAL LEADERS SIGN STATEMENT PROCLAIMING GOD OF ISLAM AND GOD OF BIBLE AS “ONE GOD” The following is excerpted from (Friday Church News Notes, June 24, 2011, www.wayoflife.org and posted on manifestedbythelight.com on 6/27/2011)

- At a time when “evangelical conservative” John Piper has joined hands with Rick Warren in ministry and has proclaimed him theologically sound, we would remind our readers that Warren signed “A Christian Response to ‘A Common Word Between Us and You...

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Divine Healing

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Thursday, March 31, 2011, In : Apostasy 

Divine Healing




March 31, 2011the following is excerpted from  (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; and published on manifestedbythelight.com

1. The issue of divine healing has been confused by the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement.

The absolute promise of healing has always been a part of this movement. Following are a few examples:

John Alexander...

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C.S Lewis's Influence On The Evangelical Downgrade Of Hell

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, In : Apostasy 
C.S. LEWIS’S INFLUENCE ON THE EVANGELICAL DOWNGRADE OF HELL

The following was excerpted from (Friday Church News Notes, March 25, 2011, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, and posted on manifestedbythelight.com )

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C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) has been called a “Superstar” by Christianity Today. A 1998 CT poll rated Lewis the most influential evangelical writer, and In light of the wretched spiritual-doctrinal-moral condition of “evangelicalism” today, that is a very telling statistic an...
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Bieber Fever !

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, In : Apostasy 

Bieber Fever Strikes Conservatives

It doesn’t take much to impress conservatives these days. It doesn’t matter if you stand on a stage with only postage stamps for a covering as long as you state your support for family values. Just ask Carrie Prejean, Miss USA from a couple of years ago, who overnight became the instant pin-up girl for conservatives who were sent into spasms of delight as she defende...


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Emerging Church

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Sunday, December 12, 2010, In : Apostasy 




  
 
The Kingdom of God: The Emerging Church vs. the Bible


The following is excerpted from the book WHAT IS THE EMERGING CHURCH? 489 pages "by David Cloud"



A misunderstanding of the kingdom of God is a foundational error of all aspects of the emerging church. They believe that “the long-promised kingdom, spoken of by the Hebrew prophets, was established in provisional form with the coming of Jesus and the outpouring of His Spirit (Emerging Churches, p. 47). 


Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapid...


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The Gilgamesh Epic Vs. The Bible's Flood Account

Posted by Lyndon V Bechtel on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, In : Apostasy 

The Gilgamesh Epic vs. The Bible's Flood Account



December 2, 2010 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article)

One of the 19th-century archaeological discoveries in the ancient Assyrian library at Nineveh was the Gilgamesh flood account. Henry Layard found this on some tablets...

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