Mike Winger: Bethel and Bill Johnson’s Bridge to the New Age and Spiritual Fakery

Really glad Mike Winger is now taking a hard look at the New Age implications inherent in the Bethel Church behemoth of Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton. Winger examines the books The Physics of Heaven and Experiencing the Heavenly Realm. Christians need to quit singing Bethel songs long enough to learn about some of Bethel’s barely disguised New Age practices.

Related information: “Whether Bill Johnson and other Bethel Redding leaders realize the ramifications of their actions or not, their participation in and approval of The Physics of Heaven begs the question: Does Bethel threaten to serve as a spearhead for synthesis of the sorcery-science of New Age/quantum mysticism into the Body of Christ?” (The New Age Propensities of Bethel Church’s Bill Johnson)

A.A. co-founder Bill W. and the Ouija Board

Unholy. The A.A. co-founder was entrenched in spiritualistic practices for at least three decades. There was never a Christian origin of either Alcoholics Anonymous or the 12 Steps.

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Here is one of  Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson’s many unholy adventures. According to Wilson:

“The ouija board began moving in earnest. What followed was the fairly usual experience-it was a strange melange of Aristotle, St. Francis, diverse archangels with odd names, deceased friends–some in purgatory and others doing nicely, thank you! There were malign and mischievious ones of all descriptions telling of vices quite beyond my ken, even as former alcoholics. Then, the seemingly virtuous entities would elbow them out with messages of comfort, information, advice—and sometimes just sheer nonsense.” (PASS IT ON, Wilson’s official A.A. biography, pg. 278) (Bold mine)

“There shall not be found among you…a medium or a spiritist or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 18:10, 11, 12)

“[He] knew little of psychics and had heard nothing before this of my adventures.”–A.A. co-founder…

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How Heretics Shaped Alcoholics Anonymous

12 Step spirituality (A.A., N.A., C.A. etc.) has infected and diluted the visible church for decades.

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When it comes to A.A’.s alleged “Christian” roots, God’s people have been—to use a technical term—snookered.

Scripture is clear. We were never meant to be part of an all-gods religion. It is not “legalism” to point out that the Lord will absolutely not be seen as one higher power among many (Isaiah 42:8, Galatians 1:6-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17).

AA’s murky history can seem very confusing. Throughout his writing career, (now deceased) pro-A.A. author Dick B. presented AA’s origin as Christian. But Alcoholics Anonymous is like a pie. One can claim it is made with lemon meringue ingredients, but if tar, rat poison, and glass shards are also in the mix, was it ever really a lemon meringue pie? A little leaven… (1 Corinthians 5:6)

A.A.’s origin must include A.A. co-founders Bill Wilson’s and Dr. Bob Smith’s biblically forbidden spiritualism, Dr. Bob’s freemasonry, the meditative Silence/spirit communication learned from the Oxford…

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More on Kenneth Copeland’s sermon at Bethel Redding

So, newsflash, Jesus Christ did not suffer for three days in hell as Kenneth Copeland teaches. This heresy is now in many Pentecostal churches, and Kenneth Copeland’s “sermon” at Bill Johnson’s Bethel Church of Redding will further amplify this. Bill Johnson will answer for allowing the heretical claim that three pain-wracked days in hell by our Savior was needed for our redemption.

If you have been taught this please investigate:

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The Kenneth Copeland False Doctrine Extravaganza at Bethel Redding

Book Review: Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret

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It only takes a few popular Christian leaders with national profiles to embrace a teaching thatsounds Christian to bring about big changes in the church. –Ray Yungen [1]

Louie Gigglio, Dave Ramsey, Dr. Russell Moore, The Bible Project founders Tim Mackie and Jon Collins, Mark Batterson, Amy Grant, and many other high profile members of the visible church have delved into the world of the Enneagram.

Does this mean the Enneagram is helpful to Christians? No, it does not. But for deception to be successful, it must be effective in masking its real nature.

In Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret, authors Don and Joy Veinot and Marcia Montenegro demonstrate that it is neither a reliable means of determining personality type, nor does its underlying spirituality line up with the Word of God.

The authors do a wonderful job sorting through the information and misinformation about the origin and…

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Is Jesus Christ Lord and Savior?

[From Craig at CrossWise]

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In answering this question a Christian can simply rearrange the words and turn it into a statement, a truth-claim:

Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.

But let’s ponder this further.

Let’s break it down into two separate claims. First: Jesus Christ is Savior. Any Christian would have no trouble affirming the truth of this statement. This is an intrinsic and necessary part of the Gospel—the Good News!

Let’s make the second claim: Jesus Christ is Lord. Once again, a Christian would find no difficulty affirming its truth.

Now let’s make it more personal: Jesus Christ is Lord of my life. I cannot speak for you, of course, but I can tell you that I have difficulty affirming this. Honestly—and shamefully—I must confess that far too often Craig is lord of his own life. And, truthfully, I don’t do a very good job in that role. Yet…

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