Tag: Bill Johnson
A List of Prominent New Spirituality Proponents to Avoid
The New Spirituality is a paradigm for devotion and spiritual formation that utilizes unorthodox forms, liturgical rites and rituals, para-religious paraphernalia, and philosophical approaches originating from corruptions of Bible concepts and from so-called “ancient” traditions and extrabiblical sources. It emphasizes individualistic spiritual autonomy and focuses on personal ostensible “spiritual” experience rather than on proven and accepted, i.e., orthodox, scriptural doctrine. It is rooted in Dark Ages mysticism, particularly early-Catholic mysticism paganism, and the occult though insidiously cloaked in common Christian terminology. The fundamental premise of The New Spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). It advocates and actively promotes an all-inclusive ecumenicism achieved through wildly liberal doctrinal syncretism.
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Incursion of Mysticism Into the Pentecostal-Charismatic Stream
As a former Catholic, it’s hard for me to fathom the evangelical church buying into the religious occultism of Roman Catholicism. It makes no sense. Visit any country where that religion is taken seriously. What becomes obvious is a people who are in the bondage of superstition. On the other hand, I shouldn’t be surprised. Apostasy is growing rapidly, the religion of the Antichrist is taking shape, and mysticism, whether it’s the Catholic variety, the Sufism of Islam, yoga and the gurus of Eastern mysticism, the Shamanism of native religions, or otherwise, is a common yet powerful magnet that draws all religions together. We need to be watchmen on the wall as we see this evil invading the church, warning especially — should our Lord delay His return — our next generation of believers. They are the clear targets of this mystical seduction.
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WARNING #2: Bill Johnson and Bethel Church
A couple of years ago we sent out a Warning itemizing a number of facts about Bill Johnson’s ministry and Bethel Church in Redding. Numerous witnesses and videos from Bethel show that this church is spreading an “anointing” very similar to Todd Bentley – i.e. spiritual “drunkenness,” jerking, hysterical laughter, “angel orbs,” “fire tunnels,” spirit travel, mystical “portals,” etc. Plus constant talk in their ministry school of bizarre angel encounters and trips to the “third heaven.” All of it has an extremely “New Age” feel. And it is still going on today. (But even worse, as we shall see).
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KUNDALINI WARNING
Five years ago we put out a book and a video series called ‘Kundalini Warning’. It shocked a lot of people at the time. For a long while I felt there was no particular need to update it in any way. But recently we came across some new information that completely stunned everybody we showed it to. It comes from some of the very biggest Charismatic ministries – in their own words – bringing utterly blatant New Age practices into the church.
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WARNING: Bill Johnson and Bethel Church
I don’t know and have never met Bill Johnson, personally, and frankly neither of those occurrences would have any bearing whatever on what I address here. In no way am I maligning him as a person or engaging in an ad hominem attack on the man or his family, friends, or his followers, and to allege otherwise is ludicrous. From his public persona in videos I’ve seen, He presents as being a meek, personable, loving, and likable fellow. I appreciate the fact that many who do know him personally and professionally hold him in high regard, including several of my minister friends, who minister in the same circles, some at Bethel Church. Again, I have no beef with him as a person, no ax to grind. My concerns are strictly about the doctrinal and Biblical basis for the issues involved, which is always the case when I feel compelled to write about something.
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