Problematic Teachers

1 Sexual abuse scandals in Argentina; lack of transparency and refusal of Bergoglio to help victims. [1] [2]

2 First Jesuit to be elected Pope. [1]

3 "Mary is not only the bridge joining us to God; she is more. She is the road that God travelled to reach us, and the road that we must travel in order to reach Him." [1]

4 Active supporter of Kenneth Copeland who has an office in the Vatican. He also spoke at Copeland's Leadership Conference. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 Regularly holds interfaith services and vehemently pushes a One World Religion. [1]

6 He has declared that Buddhists worship the same 'god' that the Catholic Church worships. [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 Explicit and official support of Catholic Mysticism / Contemplative Prayer. [1]

8 Serious theological errors. [1] [2]

9 Supporter of civil union laws for same-sex couples. [1] [2] [3]

10 Public endorsement of Thomas Merton, a Buddhist - Catholic monk. [1] [2]

1 Sex scandals. He concealed a ninefold child abuse. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 Prosperity Gospel Teacher. Author of the book 'You Need More Money - Discovering God's Amazing Financial Plan for Your Life'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Considered the father of Pentecostalism in Sydney. [1] [2]

4 Many (if not all) of his churches are scandal-ridden. [1] [2]

5 Endorsements / collaboration with Joel Osteen, Joseph Prince, Kenneth Copeland, Paula White, Shawn Bolz, TD Jakes. Bill Johnson is a friend of Brian Houston and of other Hillsong pastors like Carl Lentz. Johnson has been invited as one of the main speakers at the Hillsong Conferences 2019 and 2020. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Ordained pastor. She is actively preaching to men. Egalitarian, rebels against male authority. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 At least two of her books had been copied from another author. [1]

3 Proponent of Word of Faith (Prosperity Gospel). [1] [2] [3] [4]

4 New Age practice of 'Impartation'. [1] [2] [3]

5 Spiritual daughter of Joyce Meyer. Co-authors. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 Collaboration with Beth Moore, Joel Osteen, Paula White, Priscilla Shirer, Rebecca McLaughlin, Robert Morris, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

1 His 'End Time University' is being led by

• Jane McDonnough (Graduate Rhema Bible College by Kenneth E. Hagin)
• Jim Kaseman (Graduate Rhema Bible College),
• Wayne Cordeiro ('The Dream Releasers', 'Powerful Attitudes for a Successful Life', Preached at Rhema Bible Church dedicated by Kenneth E. Hagin).

He himself studied at Rhema and openly promotes this fact and Word of Faith through his website. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] 

 2 His teachings on eschatology play fast and loose with conspiracy theories, spiritualized numerology, and space aliens. His speculations range from rational to bizarre. [1] [2] [3] [4] 

 3 His bookstore includes the books 'Igniting Your Passion to Pray | The Way of the Azusa Street Revival', 'Trump's Pro-Christian Accomplishments', 'Trump's Unfinished Business'. Many of his teachings use and promote Donald Trump, specifically as a future 'ruler of the world' (name of satan). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 

 4 3 times married, 2 times divorced, left wife for nanny, but self-declared expert in marriage counselling. [1] [2] [3] 

 5 He opposes gun control. [1] [2] [3] [4] 

 6 Teaches greed through 'Blockchain & Bitcoin from a Christian Perspective'. [1] [2] [3] 

 7 Rick Joyner is his 'guru'. [1] [2] [3] 

 8 Highest endorsement for Billy Graham. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 

9 His received endorsements include Rev. Samuel Sia (Anglican), Wong Foo Mun (Presbyterian). [1]

1 Claims to have been teleported. [1]

2 Claims to have been dead for 4 hours and to have visited Heaven, having walked alongside Jesus and also spoken to Paul, Abraham, Moses and David. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Called a random congregation to become apostles and prophets, says that everyone can prophesy. [1] [2]

4 Ordained by Morningstar TV (Rick Joyner; see separate discernment; NAR) where he worked for 8 years. [1] [2]

5 Prosperity Gospel Teacher "Prosperity and divine provision are part of the redeeming gift that comes through the wonderful life of Christ." [1] [2]

6 Teaches 'Once-Saved-Always-Saved' heresy and Hyper-grace (nearly identical to Joseph Prince):
"A Christian going to a prostitute will still go to heaven without repentance"; "Christians are never punished by God"; Teaches that the New Covenant is not with the believer, but only between the Father and the Son; We do not follow any laws of Christ nor the Moral Law; "It is wrong to bless others"; "Christians do not suffer nor have trials". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

7 Co-author of Mike Bickle in 'The Power to Forgive'. [1] [2]

8 Founded the 'School of Supernatural / Prophecy'. [1]

1 She worships Mary, not Jesus. "This virgin who gave me my "mojo", who gave me my God grove for which I had been built" ..." I looked at the statute of Mary, and she looked back. As I sat there, just the two of us, it occurred me: all for which she had labored ..." ... "For some reason, I felt more comfortable talking to Mary about this." [1]

2 She is most probably an undercover Jesuit: Her collection '10 Of My All Time Favorites' on Goodreads includes the book: 'Hearts on Fire: Praying with JESUITS'.

She endorsed Anthony de Mello (Jesuit priest), Gerard Manley Hopkins (English poet and Jesuit priest), St. Ignatius (Jesuit), John of the Cross (Jesuit, mentored by Teresa de Avila), Mother Teresa (direct enabler of sexual abuser and Jesuit priest Donald McGuire), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French Jesuit priest, father of transhumanism) and Teresa of Ávila (Jesuit confessor). [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 She says about the latin mass "It's so beautiful, I agree, but no one can understand it. Different generations flock to different service styles." [1] [2]

4 Adoration of the Pope "I do find Pope always a good place to return to ;)" [1]

5 She described Catholicism and Protestantism as 'sects of the same creed'. [1]

6 Female teacher and feminist. Teaching function at St Peter's College (Anglican). She 'loves' Kathleen Norris, who is also a strong feminist and of the same spiritual walk. She endorsed Christina Rossetti (Feminists held her as symbol of constrained female genius and a leader among 19th-century poets). [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 She draws her inspiration from John Milton (Paradise Lost) and C.S. Lewis. She even attended C.S. Lewis Society meetings. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

8 She promotes in her book fortune telling. She partook in this practise between her 'conversion' and her baptism. [1]

9 Heavy endorsement of Bono and the band U2 in her book 'Surprised by Oxford' - trying hard to put it in a Christian context. [1]

10 She endorses Augustine, Brennan Manning (Catholic priest), Francis Thompson (English poet and Catholic mystic), Madeleine L'Engle (Episcopal, Universalist), Thomas Merton (used the terms G*d / Krishna / Tao interchangeably), Friedrich Nietzsche, Sarah Young (Jesus Calling), Sigmund Freud, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Anglican), Sheldon Vanauken (Anglican, co-author CS Lewis), Tolkien, and even quoted Jerome with the title 'saint'. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Regular female teaching. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 She made a public call for congregants to leave churches with male eldership only. She was piloting a movement to launch female church planters. "Jesus was a feminist". She also recommended the heretical book 'Why Not Women' (see discernment on books). [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Promotion of 'The Message Bible' by Eugene Peterson. [1]

4 Proponent of the Enneagram. [1]

5 Active in Ecumenism; collaboration with 24/7 Prayer Canada, The Apha Course and the Canadian Church Leaders Network. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 Collaboration with Christine Caine. [1] [2]

The Agressive Christianity Missions Training Corps (Salvation Army)

7 She and her husband, Stephen Court, are speakers for 'The Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps' (abbreviated ACMTC; also known as the Holy Tribal Nation, the Free Love Ministries, or the Life Force Team), a militaristic Christian fundamentalist new religious movement, also described as cult:

7.1 It can be summarized as an extreme form of Pentecostalism. [1]

7.2 ACMTC is an "Anti-ecclesiastical organization that claims that anyone who supports a centralized government or denomination is affiliated with the Antichrist. Salvation can only be found outside church and governmental systems." [1]

7.3 The founding family ('General' James and Deborah Green, son Peter) was charged in 2018 with sexual assault of minors, kidnapping, child abuse and murder, sentenced to 72 / 10 years in prison. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

7.4 Members call(ed) Deborah Green an 'oracle' and believe that she has direct communication with 'god'. Occurence of disturbing 'visions'. [1] [2]

7.5 The Greens took their ideas from Catherine Booth, founder of Salvation Army and a feminist leader. 

Salvation Army and Danielle Strickland still preach the concept of Aggressive Christianity today !! [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

1 He supports the Big Bang Theory - claims that the creation 'days' of Genesis 1 do not represent literal 24-hour periods. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 Quote: "There are about 12 species of bipedal primates that predated Adam and Eve but they're in the same category the chimpanzees orangutangs and the gorillas ... and they're roughly similar to us ..." [1]

3 Ross subtly equates science for nature - science and the Bible should be equated in authority. [1] [2]

4 Teachers such as Gary Habermas, Jack Hayford, Josh McDowell, Michael Licona and Wayne Grudem adapted his teaching. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 Close collaboration with Francis Collins from BioLogos. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 Guest at the infamous 700 Club. [1]

1 His ultimate aim is not Christianity, but rather to develop a generic religion. "An analysis of the world's religious ideas might allow us to describe our essential morality and eventually develop a universal system of morality." He is not promoting the Bible, he is subverting people away from it. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 He is picking and choosing the parts of Christianity he likes. He denies that Jesus rose from the dead. When asked "Do you believe that Jesus rose again from the dead", he answered: "I cannot answer that question, it depends on what you mean by Jesus ... I would say that at the moment I'm a gnostic about that issue." [1] [2]

3 He believes that the serpent in the Garden of Eden is actually an electrical force inside the human nervous system called Kundalini that ascends up the spine altering consciousness and leading to human enlightenment. [1] [2]

4 Quote "I do Kundalini Yoga in the morning with my wife ... for 20 years, not every day but I'd say a third of the time." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 Heavily influenced by Carl Jung's Psychotherapy (outmost heretical; called Ab***as a god higher than the Christian God and Devil who combines all opposites into one Being; embraces the gnostic Sophia). "I mean people are very unsophisticated generally when they criticize Jung. I also spend a lot of time reading Carl Jung." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

6 Quote "You may know, you may not, that I'm an admirer of Nietzsche." Nietzsche was a popular critic of Christianity, famous for his "God is dead". [1] [2]

7 He directly promotes the Catholic 'Hallow' app for prayer and meditation (featuring Jonathan 'Jesus' Roumie, The Chosen), which involves Contemplative Prayer, the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Examen (Jesuit origin), Spiritual Writing and Christian Meditation. [1]

8 He promotes Elysium, the fountain of youth pill, and 'Body Armor built for everyday wear'. [1] [2] [3]

9 He took over at Harvard Timothy Leary's previous position, who considered himself to carry out the work of the Satanist Aleister Crawley. [1]

1 He is "pursuing most monastic ideals". [1]

2 He teaches Spiritual Formation including Contemplative Prayer (Mysticism; repeat the name of 'Jesus' over and over) and Lectio Divina. He embraces proponents of CP such as Dallas Willard, Henri Nouwen, John Ortberg, Peter Scazzero (friends), Richard Foster and Richard Rohr. [1] [2] [3]

3 He spoke at The Apprentice Gathering (Spiritual Formation; see section 'movements'). [1]

4 He did his dissertation on Teresa de Avila (First female Doctor of the Catholic church, Spanish Carmelite nun, prominent Spanish mystic, levitated, most probably demon-possessed) and St. John of the Cross (Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar). Further studies on St. Benedict (Christian monk, venerated in the Catholic Church). 'Guest Author' at 'The Discerning Leader Podcast'. [1] [2] [3]

5 Spiritual Formation conference with John Mark Comer, Tyler Staton (Practicing The Way) and the Canadian Church Leaders Network. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 Positively quotes in his book 'God In My Everything' Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson (The Message), Richard Rohr (key figure of New Age), Joseph Martos (Catholic sacramental scholar). [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 Friendship and close collaboration with Darrell Johnson (CCLN). [1] [2] [3] [4]

8 He signed in 2016 a letter [see 1] from the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver (only 5 signers), where the coming of Franklin Graham had been opposed for the wrong reasons, precisely for his opposition of Islam and homos**uality. Calvary Baptist Church, co-signer of the letter, is openly supporting homos**uality [see 2]. [1] [2] [3]

9 He studied at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, an ecumenical Christian graduate school rooted in the Presbyterian Church. It specifically offers Spiritual Formation with a foundational course of 'Contemplative Listening'. [1] [2] [3]

10 His profile and book is being endorsed through the Renovaré website. [1]

1 Shaking performance. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 False prophecy about Todd Bentley. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Collaboration with Faytene Grasseschi. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

4 Part of the 'Catholic Miracle Rally'. [1]

5 Their book 'Praying the Bible' highly praises Teresa de Avila as 'great saint'; total of 4 quotes. The foreword is written by Mike Bickle (IHOP). Endorsement of projects of Johannes Hartl (House of Prayer Augsburg), Jean-Luc Trachsel and Ben Fitzergerald (Awakening Europe). [1]

6 Official endorsement of 'The Passion Translation' on their website. [1]

7 Called out even by Benny Hinn as false teacher. [1] [2]

1 Both he and his wife are probably demon possessed. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Sexual misconduct, adultery, homosexuality & alcohol abuse. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 Adultery. He left his wife for a church intern. [1] [2]

4 Heavenly tourist, laying on an operating table. [1]

5 False healings. "Visited regularly by angels." [1] [2] [3]

6 Former Hells Angels member. [1]

1 His unbiblical technique of Contemplative Prayer and Catholic Mysticism is increasingly being used by Beth Moore, Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson, Henri Nouwen, John Ortberg, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Ruth Haley Barton and Timothy Keller, and is a fundamental and inseparable part of the Emerging Church. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 Mentored by Teresa of Avila on Jewish Kabbalistic Mysticism (Esoteric Mysticism; levitated !!! on a number of occasions). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 He showed regularly demon-possessed behavior. [1] [2]

4 Wrote the popular and highly influential book 'Practicing the Presence of God'. [1] [2] [3]

1 Bonhoeffer was a footnote and practically not known in the 20th century, until the Catholic Church picked up on him in the 1960s. Today, both Catholics and Evangelicals love him for the fact that he died as a hero, in opposition to what we all agree was pure evil, the N-regime. [1]

2 We read in his biography that the Colosseum (Rome) "conveyed incredible power and beauty to him." We have to utterly condemn such a horrible statement. It is like saying to find beauty in a concentration camp. [1]

3 He, his father and his uncle were all Freemasons, specifically members of the Black Fraternity 'Der Igel' (The Hedgehog) in Tübingen. [1] [2]

4 He expressed that "the Catholic church is greater than their popes and minions" and visited the mass, while criticizing specifically evangelicals for not pursuing the same liturgies on Palm Sunday. [1]

5 He visited in Rome the Chiesa del Gesù with the crypt of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. He "marveled at the multitude of white-robed Jesuits, swaying like a sea of flowers, who read passages from Lamentations, while large families waited their turn at the confessionals, illuminated by slowly darkening altar candles." He later studied 'The Spiritual Exercises' of St. Ignatius of Loyola. [1]

6 Bonhoeffer claimed "The biblical witness is uncertain with regard to the virgin birth." He also rejected the notion of the verbal inspiration of Scripture, and in a footnote to 'Cost of Discipleship' he warned against viewing his statements about Christ's resurrection as ontological statements (that it did not happen in real space and time). [1] [2]

7 Bonhoeffer himself admitted that his book 'The Cost of Discipleship' has a dangerous side to it. He maintained the error that the biblical author was restricted by the state of knowledge when it was written. The Garden of Eden is in his opinion a mythical world and the story is picture language to convey truths which can never be grasped in themselves. [1]

8 He directed people to listen to the church rather than to seek personal revelation through studying the Scriptures [a typical Catholic behavior]. "If we want to hear his [Jesus'] call to discipleship, we must hear him where he himself is. The call of Jesus Christ goes forth in the church through his word and sacrament. Preaching and sacrament of the church is the place of the presence of Jesus Christ. If you want to hear the call of Jesus to discipleship, you do not need any personal revelation. Hear the sermon and receive the sacrament!" [1]

9 Proponent of the ecumencial movement. [1] [2]

10 He was influenced by Kierkegaard (committed to an irrationalist, existentialist worldview), Karl Barth (Calvinist; mark of Universalism; called the resurrection of Jesus an "unhistorical event"), of Kant, Hegel, Schelling, Melanchton ... [1] [2]

1 Mike Bickle in his foreword to Stacey Campbell's book: "In 2005 during a visit to IHOPKC, the vision became clear to Johannes Hartl that they needed to launch a 24/7 House of Prayer with the spirituality of the Catholic charismatic renewal movement and a focus on Ecumenism." [1]

2 Contemplative Prayer, with the specifically mentioned origin in Teresa de Avila and Carmelite Mysticism. Other references are Johannes vom Kreuz, Henri Nouwen and Therese von Lisieux. [1] [2] [3]

3 Strong proponent of Ecumenism. The prayer house has been organizing the Ecumenical Conference MEHR since 2008. [1] [2] [3] [4]

4 Hartl wrote the catholic 'Mission Manifest', mainly with Catholic theologians and specifically promoted together with the Vatican. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

5 They try to impress God with many words. "In his prayer instructions, Hartl states that many Christians can no longer think of anything else to say to God after an hour and a half. In order to be able to continue praying, one should, according to Hartl, resort to speaking in tongues [=intentional and not Spirit-led!] or to the Catholic rosary with its prayers to Mary. The ritual prayers of the Orthodox Church could also help here." [1]

6 In Hartl's book on the Catholic faith, he also promotes papal infallibility, celibacy (priestly renunciation of marriage), the Catholic doctrine of purgatory, and prayer for the dead. [1] [2]

7 Close collaboration with Jean-Luc Trachsel (co-authors of several books, repeatedly invited to preach at his ministry). [1]

1 One of the fathers of the Toronto Blessing. [1] [2]

2 Part of the Latter-Day-Movement. [1] [2]

3 False claims in a talk show with Benny Hinn: "We had an average of 2 million completed decision cards for conversion, that is 6 million in 3 months [...] so in the 5 crusades I have a real chance to have 10 million souls who have received Jesus." Since 1987, Christ For All Nations has supposedly 'documented' 78 million decisions for Christ in its massive open-air campaigns in Africa and around the world. [1]

4 Close collaboration with Benny Hinn. He even re-married him to his wife in a big show. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 Many false healings and miracles. Big shows with people 'slain in the spirit', including people bringing objects they think have demons connected to them, piling them on stage, and having a big bonfire. On one night of a crusade, 15 people were trampled to death while supposedly 78 miracles happened. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

6 Part of the New Apostolic Reformation / Third Wave Movement, in close collaboration with C. Peter Wagner, Pat Robertson ... [1] [2] [3]

7 He gave transferable anointings / impartations to others. What does the Bible say?

"Impartation was never mandated or taught in Scripture. In fact in Exodus it is made very clear that our anointing (pictured in the oil) is for each individual alone and attempted impartation of the true anointing of the Holy Spirit is an abomination to the Lord. It also cannot be done "by" human hands because the Holy Spirit of God is sovereign and moves where He wills, not at the command of people. The few times during Pentecost when the Spirit was given separately from salvation He indwelled the new believers "at" the laying on of hands, not "by" the laying on of hands. The fact that no power transfer was possible "by" the Apostles became evident when Simon Magus tried to buy the power for himself and was roundly rebuked." [1] [2]

8 He publicly defended female teaching in an interview. [1] [2] [3]

9 He added to the Bible, e.g. told stories how Noah had helpers whom he paid. [1]

10 He was a mentor to the highly problematic teacher Jean-Luc Trachsel. [1]

11 Financial partnership with bishop Earl Paulk, who was involved with many sex scandals spanning several decades. Earl even had a child with his sister-in-law and was charged with perjury. [1]

1 In 1994, Mother Teresa argued that the sexual abuse allegations against Jesuit priest Donald McGuire were untrue. She wrote to the Jesuits urging his reinstatement and successfully enabled years of further abuse. 

When he was finally convicted in 2006 of sexually molesting multiple children, Teresa defended him again. He has been described as "perhaps the most egregious offender among American Jesuits" and was convicted after 40 years of horrific crimes to 25 years of prison. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 Quote "Mary … is our patroness and our Mother, and she is always leading us to Jesus." [1]

3 She was a Universalist. "All is God - Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, etc., all have access to the same God." In her book 'Life in the Spirit: Reflections, Meditations and Prayers' she writes: "We never try to convert those who receive to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of God's presence and if Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, or agnostics become for this better men -simply better- we will be satisfied. [...] If he does not know any other way and if he has no doubt so that he does not need to search then this is his way to salvation." [1] [2]

4 She directly worshiped Buddha. [1]

5 She is being endorsed by hosts of authors and teachers, such as Carol J. Kent, Carolyn Weber, Elizabeth Sherrill, Frank Turek, Gary Chapman, Gregory A. Boyd, Jefferson Moore (movie 'The Perfect Stranger'), J. Warner Wallace, Lee Strobel, Norman Geisler, Rick Warren, Tim Tebow et al. [1]

1 Prosperity Gospel teacher --> 'repented' in 2019, but still continues the same practises. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 He practices the Seed-Faith manipulation: "You give and then God will give you back way more than you can ever expect." His giving cards start with $10,000, $5000, $2000, $1000, $500, $250 ... [1] [2]

3 Prophesied that Jesus would physically appear in his crusades. [1] [2] [3] [4]

4 His ministry was inspired by, and he regularly visits the grave of Kathryn Kuhlman. [1] [2]

5 God gave him a vision that he was outside of heaven. He then wrote a letter to all his partners and stopped his crusades.

6 False healings and miracles. He claims that by having enough faith, God will heal people through the agency of a healer like himself. [1]

7 Adultery with Paula White. [1] [2] [3] [4]

8 His wife divorced him in 2010, Reinhard Bonnke remarried them in 2013, and his wife divorced him again in 2024. [1] [2] [3]

9 Net worth of US$60 million. [1] [2] [3]

1 He was a Jesuit and studied at the 'Jesuit Aloysius College' in The Hague. [1] [2]

2 He taught Contemplative / Centering Prayer, Hesychasm and the Egyptian Desert Fathers and Mothers. Desert mysticism included cave-dwelling, starvation, and, at times, bodily mutilation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

3 He endorsed Universalism "all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

4 Endorsement of a book by Hindu spiritual teacher Elnath Easwaran (Mantra Meditation). [1] [2]

5 He openly embraced Buddhist concepts and asserted we can learn from them. [1]

6 Taught Kenosis (to empty one's mind; very similar to New Age/ Eastern meditation, but with Christian words). [1] [2]

7 Quote: "Christ is the clown who came into our circus and made us laugh because he came to tell us that we are not what we perform. He came for the crying, the persecuted, the weak, the hungry, the poor. He who is called to be a minister is called to be a clown." [1] [2]

8 He characterized Thomas Merton (Buddhist - Catholic monk) as "the greatest spiritual writer of the twentieth century." [1]

9 Collaboration with Richard Rohr (New Age; forward in book 'Following Jesus') [1]

10 Heavily promoted by the Canadian Church Leaders Network, Francis Chan, Gospel Coalition, Mike Bickle, Peter Scazzero, Ravi Zacharias, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Timothy Keller et al. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

11 He was a self-confessed celibate homos**ual who supported the idea of homos**ual unions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

12 In a 1994 survey of 3,400 U.S. Protestant church leaders, Nouwen ranked second only to Billy Graham in influence among them. [1]

1 Prosperity Gospel teacher. "If you are not a tither, you end up a beggar." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 Oyedepo claimed that an embalmed man sneezed and came back to life, after his brother proclaimed that the 'God of Oyedepo' is in the room. [1] [2]

3 Ordained as pastor by Kenneth Copeland. [1] [2]

4 He has referred as mentors: Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, T.L Osborn, Smith WigglesWorth, Enoch Adeboye, Benson Idahosa. [1] [2]

5 Four private jets, estates, restaurants, shopping stores, bakery, processing plants, a petrol station, commercial properties and educational institutions, buildings in London and the United States et al ... [1] [2]

6 Net worth of US$200 million. [1] [2]

1 Part of the Pentecostal Church (Latter Rain). The slogan of his personal website is 'Let It Rain'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Active role in the ecumenical movement. He works both for and with Islam. He blessed a spokesman of Boko Haram. He is also Advisory Board Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Global Ethics. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

3 He calls himself 'Daddy' = Father. Open idolatry & blasphemy through congregation praying in his name. [1] [2] [3]

4 Several false prophecies, often copied from developments previously announced in newspapers. [1] [2]

5 Openly teaches the Prosperity Gospel. Anyone who does not pay his tithe cannot be married in church. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 His books have titles such as 'Ultimate Financial Breakthrough', 'Time of Favour', 'Prosperity: A Collection of Messages on Prosperity' ... [1] [2]

7 When they teach in his church 'conduction and convection' as methods of transferring anointing, they go as far as to say that the 'cloth radiation' of a jacket one of their members wore at a Holy Ghost night, revived a week later a dead man on the street. [1]

8 He invited Kenneth Copeland to his conference. [1] [2]

9 Invited Archbishop Justin Welby, who doubts God's existence and actively supports g*y marriage. [1] [2]

10 Strongly influenced by Kenneth Hagin. [1] [2] [3]

11 Net worth of US$39 million. Spent $30 million on a Gulfstream jet. Drives a Rolls-Royce. [1] [2] [3] 

1 Abandoned his church silently. He refused in Aug 2020 to re-open 'due to safety concerns', despite the authorization by the Nigerian government. Only later it turned out that he was already living in Canada / US. 

He teaches since 2 years (update 10/2022) online from North America, where he heavily pro-motes his business model. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

2 His books have titles such as 'Ideas Rule the World', 'Multiply Your Success', 'Parable Of Dollars', 'Success Is Who You Are', 'Think And Succeed', 'We Are The Government' ... [1] [2] [3]

3 Prosperity Gospel "Sam would like to bless you with the Supernatural Promotion Series for love gift of $20 or more." [1] [2] [3]

4 Teaches the Law of Attraction. [1]

5 Female pastors teaching at his church. [1] [2]

6 He follows Andy Stanley, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, K. Copeland, T.D. Jakes, R. Morris. [1] [2]

7 Success Power Int. offers 'How To Create The New You', 'How To Build Self-Esteem For Success' and 'How to Change Your Mindset for Success' [1] [2] [3] [4]

8 Net worth of US$20 million. [1]

1 He probably committed s**cide ("from a yet-to-be- publicly-disclosed ailment") after the BBC had done the first interview of their documentary released 2.5 years later. [1] [2]

2 He claimed that every 2000 years comes a Messiah, and that he is the next after Christ. Proclaimed that he was 'prophesied' 100 years prior. He also forced others to call him 'Daddy'. [1]

3 His disciples lived with him in the church. The passports were taken, forbidden to sleep for more than a few hours at a time, specific dress code, no own phones / personal emails. Corporal punishment. Death threats for those who spoke up and/or being locked up for months or years. He randomly raped 4-5 disciples per week over a time of 15 years. Many forced abortions (at least 1 disciple with 3 abortions), having occurred inside clinic / church complex. [1]

4 Brutal abuse of his illegitimate daughter since age 7, both by him and as commanded by his disciples. [1]

5 Every church service consisted (and still consists, now through Evelyn Joshua) of fake healings and exorcisms, which drew followers from all over the world. Countless false prophecies. [1] [2]

6 In 2014, one of his churches collapsed, killing at least 116 people. The church was culpable because of criminal negligence, but he never faced any charges. Widespread bribes to officials and people of power. [1] [2]

7 After his death, the leadership limbo degenerated to a point where Joshua's disciples and prophets were attacked and harassed by the board loyal to his wife Evelyn, who is now leading the church by force. The disciples were evicted from the church, while others were held hostage in their rooms. [1]

1 Prosperity Gospel teacher. He states that God calls His people to enjoy wealth. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 He claimed that God is not running the entire world. [1] [2]

3 He specifically taught that the Holy Spirit does not convict believers of their sin. "Now pay attention to this because it will liberate you. The bottom line is that the Holy Spirit never convicts you of your sins. He never comes to point out your faults." From 'Destined To Reign', page 134 [1]

4 Quotes from his book 'Destined to Reign': "There is nothing but blessings for the believers." (p. 53), "God will never judge America for her sins." (p. 49), "Repentance and confession of sin are never necessary." (p. 53). "Repentance just means changing your mind." [1] [2]

5 Hyper-Grace gospel. He teaches that grace and law are opposites. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 Insider report from Kevin Kleint. [1]

1 Key figure of Catholic and 'Christian' Mysticism. Founded with the mystic John of the Cross the Discalced (without shoes) Carmelites, an order with roots in the eremitic tradition of the Desert Fathers. Her doctrine of asceticism is considered a classic explanation and exposition of contemplative life. [1] [2] [3]

2 First female Doctor of the Catholic church - granted through Pope Paul VI in 1970. [1] [2]

3 She attended an Augustinian nuns' school. [1]

4 At the age of 41, fellow nuns and her priest confessors suggested that her newfound knowledge could be of diabolical and not of divine origin. She had begun to inflict mortifications of the flesh upon herself. But her confessor, the Jesuit Francis Borgia, reassured her of the divine inspiration of her thoughts. [1] [2]

5 Her spiritual adviser was the Franciscan priest, Peter of Alcantara, who is known to have undertaken cruel mortifications and who slept 1.5-2 hrs a night. For more than 20 years he wore an iron belt studded with sharp points which pierced his flesh, and for 40 years he daily scourged himself till he bled. [1] [2] [3]

6 She levitated on a number of occasions; at a height of about a foot and a half; for an extended period somewhat less than an hour, in a state of mystical rapture. She called the experience a 'spiritual visitation'. It was a source of embarrassment to her and she bade her sisters hold her down when this occurred. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 People & organizations specifically endorsing her (and generally also Contemplative Prayer): Adam S. McHugh, Brennan Manning, Canadian Church Leaders Network, Carolyn Weber, Dallas Willard, Elizabeth Gilbert, Eugene Peterson, Gareth Brandt, Henri Nouwen, James W. Goll, Johannes Hartl, John Mark Comer, Josh McDowell, Ken Shigematsu, Lee Strobel, Mike Bickle, Pete Greig with 24/7 Prayer, Peter Scazzero, Regent College Vancouver, Richard Rohr, Rick Warren, Stacey Campbell (called her a great saint), The Gospel Coalition (TGC), Thomas Merton, Timothy Keller, Tyler Staton, Zack Eswine ... [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

1 Practices 'Cold Reading / Shotgunning' (techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums; see also Shawn Bolz and Todd White). [1]

2 He studied at Oral Roberts University. [1]

3 Part of the Bethel Church team. Guest speaker for 'Miracle & Healing' services. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

4 Bill Johnson wrote the foreword for 'Moving into Miracles & Healings'; Heidi Baker for 'Behind the Scenes of a Miracle'. He also wrote a book together with James W. Goll, Johannes Hartl and Lou Engle. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 "Reinhard Bonnke was a father and a very good friend of mine, a supporter and a mentor since my youth." [1]

6 Guest at Sid Roth's show 'It's Supernatural'. [1] [2]

7 The Catholic / Ecumencial Gebetshaus Augsburg (House of Prayer, IHOP) is "one of his favourite places". [1]

8 Invitation of Benny Hinn, Bill Johnson, Heidi Baker, Johannes Hartl and Todd White to preach at his ministry. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

9 Highly praised Jack Hayford "as a source of inspiration to my own life and ministry". [1]

10 Official endorsements through Bill Johnson, Wesley and Stacey Campbell, including a Dominican priest. [1]

11 He spoke at Amsterdam 2023 together with Bill Johnson, Christine Caine, E.A. Adeboye, Heidi Baker and Rick Warren (a conference 'inspired by Oral Roberts'). [1] [2]

1 U2 made the Coexist movement popular. Pointing to the cross, the star of David, and Islam's crescent star, Bono said, "Jesus, Jew, Muhammad, it's true. All sons of father Abraham." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 Friendship between him (the band U2) and Eugene Peterson. Heavy endorsement of The Message bible. Eugene Peterson in turn said that U2 has a prophetic voice to the world and that Bono is a prophet like John the Baptist (foreword to Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog). [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Rob Bell told that the first time he experienced 'God' was at a U2 concert ... Bono is often endorsed or interviewed by Emerging Church leaders such as Bill Hybels, Brian McLaren, Brian Walsh, Rick Warren, Tony Campolo ... [1] [2] [3]

4 Bono was raised Catholic by Catholic / Anglican parents. He met in private with several popes and attended the mass in Bogotá. Bono describes himself as a 'half-Catholic', and in visiting the Pope (in 2002) he said "I was very glad to be in his presence", and "I felt he has very sincere beliefs". At one of his concerts, Bono called out the name of the Pope , - "John Paul" to the crowd and described him to the crowd as "an Italian who knew the right person [Jesus] to get into heaven." Bono is also featured in the Alpha Course and worshiped by Christianity Today, which are both heavily influenced by Catholicism. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 He substitutes Karma for Jesus as the heart of the universe and quotes the Koran. [1]

6 U2 website: "On Friday Ireland votes in an historic referendum on legalizing same-s*x marriage. Here's what the band say: #voteYes." [1]

7 He invented the character 'Macphisto' and wore a gold lamé suit with gold platform shoes, pale makeup, lipstick, and devil's horns on his head. As such, he made it a routine to make in-concert prank calls, targeting local politicians and mocking them by engaging them in character as the devil. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

8 Bono in an interview: "It's funny, my mother used to call me the Antichrist." When asked, "Who's closer to God, Blur or Oasis?" Bono answered, "Well first of all, I am God. And Liam is my only son."

When awarded the honorary knighthood by the British crown for his humanitarian work, he said, "You have permission to call me anything you want except sir." Bono then suggested the following titles for himself, "Lord of lords, your demigoddness." [1] [2] [3] [4]

9 The band intended to erect their own tower (skyscraper) in Dublin. [1] [2]

10 For decades, Bono has been playing with themes found in the writings of C. S. Lewis, specifically focusing on The Screwtape Letters. In U2's song 'The Fly' Bono actually personifies the character he calls 'The Fly'. Bono said it was like a phone call from hell in which he, the senior demon, was letting loose the secrets of his trade. Bono appeared as the The Fly in the 1994 Zoo TV tour, the Vertigo tour in 2005, and the film U2-3D.

He also played 'Judas' (and his bandmate Christ), confessing on stage "Jesus, this is Judas" and then launched into the apocalyptic song 'Until the End of the Word'. "I reached out to the one I tried to destroy. You, you said you'd wait 'til the end of the world." [1] [2] [3] [4]

The book 'Lectures to My Students', read in its entirety by the author of this ministry, provides a good insight into his personality.

1 Quote: "I believe there will be more in heaven than in hell." (John Gill and Jonathan Edwards held similar heretical beliefs). He essentially denies the 'narrow gate' which CHRIST taught repeatedly. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Strong embrace of Ecumenism. "Luther was very wrong to nail up his thesis on the church door; he should have seen the Pope, and prayed with him!" [1]

3 Open & regular endorsement of a Catholic mystic and co-founder of the Knights Templar, Bernard of Clairvaux: "What Protestant can refuse to love the holy Bernard? Was there ever a more consecrated servant of God or a dearer lover of Christ than he? Yet he was most sorrowfully in bondage to the superstitions of his age and of the Romish Church." [1] [2] [3]

4 He was unashamedly a Augustinian / Calvinist. "Calvinism is the true Gospel, not just a nickname." "Calvinism, then, is the spiritual meat which enables a man to labour on in the ways of 'Christian' service." [1] [2] [3]

5 Goes as far as to call Arminianism (his stereotype enemy, a doctrine much closer to the Bible) a heresy. "I was afraid the people might veer towards Antinomianism, an extreme as dangerous as Arminianism." "I do not serve the God of the Arminians at all; I have nothing to do with him, and I do not bow down before the Baal they have set up; he is not my God, nor shall he ever be; I fear him not, nor tremble at His presence." [1] [2] [3]

6 Spurgeon declared: "Augustine obtained his views, without doubt, through the Spirit of God, from the diligent study of the writings of Paul, and Paul received them of the Holy Ghost, from Jesus Christ." > Augustine was without doubt or the slightest exaggeration one of the greatest antichrists in history. He was the father of most of Roman Catholic & Calvinism's practices and doctrines. To credit Christ with Augustine's inspiration, is indirect blasphemy. [1] [2]

7 He taught Calvin's heresies: "Hence, even infants bringing their condemnation with them from their mother's womb ... and therefore cannot but be odious and abominable to God." [1] [2] [3]

8 He taught Grace only + no response (Unconditional Election, Sovereign Grace) [1]

9 He taught that Jesus came and died for the elect only (Limited Atonement; terminology originated with Manichaeism, taken over by Augustine and Calvin). [1]

10 Entire rejection of 'free will' - he calls it 'ridiculous'. A believer cannot reject the grace of God (Irresistible Grace). [1] [2] [3] [4]

11 Unbiblical 'Once-Saved-Always-Saved' and 'Single-Tense-Salvation' teaching, no one can fall away in his view. "The Bible is a lie and he himself will become an infidel, if he ever came to believe that even one saint of God has fallen finally." [1] [2]

12 He believed in Total Depravity, that no one could come to God for salvation by his or her own volition. [1]

13 In his sermon titled with the verse of Mark 16:15 (where Jesus gave the Great Commission), he explicitly attacked the Great Commission by preaching against baptismal regeneration. When being challenged "I hear you are in hot water", he answered "Oh, no, it is the other fellows who are in the hot water. I am the stoker, the man who makes the water boil" (clear reference to satanic origin) [1] [2] [3]

14 In parts great-, but sometimes also very condescending and hateful preaching with words such as 'fools', 'idiots' or 'ridiculous'. Quote: "a conspicuous absence of brains; brethren who would talk for ever and ever upon nothing ... not capable of conceiving or uttering five consecutive thoughts, whose capacity is most narrow and their conceit most broad ... these brethren will do quite as well without education as with it, and therefore I have usually declined their applications." [1]

15 He was both overweight and a chain-smoker (as he stated "to the glory of God" ...), an addiction that may have contributed to his death at young age of 57 yrs. [1]

1 Strongly influenced by George MacDonald (a universalist) who once wrote: "Adam was married to a demon named Lilith before he married Eve ... the devil will eventually be redeemed." 

The very same character of Lilith shows up in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', as the mother of the white witch. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 He 'Christianized' white witchcraft and wrote the very popular, but heretical book series (Chronicles; Narnian; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) long after his 'conversion' in 1931 and 8 years -after- he wrote 'Mere Christianity'. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

3 Lewis dedicated his autobiography to Bede Griffiths, who founded a 'Christian ashram' in India. Lewis: "Hindu temples are a sacrament" ... "No one can say in the proper sense that the Hindu, the Buddhist or the Muslim is an unbeliever. I would rather say that we have to recognize him as our brother in Christ." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

4 Quote "Pagan religions have truths" ... "Christianity fulfilled paganism." [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 Quote "Tao contains the highest morality of all religions." [1] [2]

6 He presented 2 Roman gods (***), as visible angelic deities on Planet Venus in his book, Perelandra. [1] [2]

7 He denied the literal Adam and Eve; theistic evolutionist. "Events found in the first three chapters of Genesis are true myths." "Man is physically descended from animals." "God perfected the animal form which was to become the vehicle of humanity and the image of Himself." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

8 He believed Jesus was mistaken about the timing of his Second Coming (Mat 24:34 'Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away ...'), simply because Lewis did not know how to interpret the term 'generation' (see Isa 51:8-9 in the Greek OT). Lewis stated: "And he [Jesus] was wrong. He clearly knew no more about the end of the world than anyone else. It is certainly the most embarrassing verse in the Bible." [1] [2] [3]

9 He rejected biblical inerrancy and believed in neither sola fide nor sola scriptura. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

10 "Purgatory (Catholic doctrine) is a real place." "Of course I pray for the dead. The action is so spontaneous, so all but inevitable, that only the most compulsive theological case against it would deter me. And I hardly know how the rest of my prayers would survive if those for the dead were forbidden. At our age, the majority of those we love best are dead. What sort of intercourse with God could I have if what I love best were unmentionable to Him?" [>> very, very clever language manipulation!!!] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

11 Very close friends with J.R.R. Tolkien (Very strict Roman Catholic; all his writings are consistent with RC doctrine and ideology; instrumental in bringing Lewis to 'Christianity', but disappointed that he became 'only' Anglican and not a full RC). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

12 J.K. Rowling (author of demonic Harry Potter series): "C.S. Lewis is one of my two favorite authors"! [1] [2]

1 "I feel very drawn to religion, but at the same time I feel a lot of uncertainty. I live in a state of spiritual flux. I believe in the permanence of the soul." [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Central themes of her books are: black magic, communing with the dead and spirit world, curses, divination, evolution, mother goddess, occult symbology, reincarnation, seasonal nature celebrations, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry. Lead roles are played by wizards, witches / other magical creatures. Characters cast spells, read crystal balls. There is no higher power to answer to at all. No contradistinction between two categories of 'good' and 'malevolent' witchcraft. The books are orientational and instructional manuals of witchcraft woven into the format of entertainment. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

3 The first 6 books have no single mention of God or Scripture, though being purely spiritual books. [1]

4 She stated that "God is a black woman". [1] [2] [3] [4]

1 He was one of The Jerusalem Bible translators, a Catholic Bible with 73 books. The translators claimed that Moses did not write the Pentateuch (a theory discredited by Jesus Himself in Mar 12:26). [1] [2]

2 His strict Catholicism was a significant factor in C. S. Lewis's conversion from atheism to ~Christianity~, although he was dismayed that Lewis chose to join 'only' the Church of England. In the last years of his life, Tolkien resisted the liturgical changes implemented after the Second Vatican Council, especially the use of English for the liturgy; he continued to make the responses in Latin, loudly, ignoring the rest of the congregation. [1]

3 His oldest son John Francis Reuel Tolkien became a Roman-Catholic priest. There were a number of legal allegations of child sexual abuse against him. [1] [2]

4 He invented his own languages (12 languages), clearly showing his unbiblical intentions by propelling the consequences of the Tower of Babel even further, to create more confusion in the world. [1] [2] [3]

5 The elves in his books present an atmosphere of spirituality, and Tolkien creates a sort of religion or religious system with the 'gods' of Middle Earth, such as El***th, Gil***iel ..., whom the characters pray to and draw on for strength. [1]

6 His books are consistent with Roman doctrine and ideology. Although his followers often consider his books to have a Christian theme, none of his books actually includes any element of the redemption of evil men. None of the characters are redeemed or changed. NONE. Good characters remain good; evil characters remain evil. [1]

7 From an atheist [see article 1]: "Over and over, 'Christian' fans tried to get Tolkien to confess to Christianity in his work." When Tolkien finally 'agreed' in a letter to a Catholic father who also pushed him on this, 'Christians' had their smoking gun. This became all the proof needed of whatever 'Christian' ideas any Christian would ever bring to Tolkien's work. [1]

8 Close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. [1] 

1 Direct involvement in the Holy Laughter movement. Nicky Gumbel attended a meeting in a home in 1994 where Eleanor Mumford, who brought the Vineyard movement to the UK , 'invited the Holy Spirit to come.

Then one person was thrown across the room and did lie on the floor howling and laughing, making the most incredible noise. Another man was lying on the floor 'prophesying'. Some appeared to be drunk. Gumbel testified that he had an experience "like massive electricity going through my body". Gumbel got himself together and rushed to a meeting at Holy Trinity Brompton. When he closed that meeting with prayer and said "Lord, thank you so much for all you are doing, and we pray you'll send your Spirit" the same strange phenomenon were again manifested. One of those present lying on the floor with his feet in the air started "laughing like a hyena". [1] [2]

2 Main contributor to Ecumenicalism. Quote: "Differences between Protestants and Catholics are totally insignificant compared to the things that unite us" ..."Ultimately, unity is not doctrinal, it's relational"; "I've come to love the [Roman] Catholic church". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 

3 Personal meeting with the Pope in 2004: "It was a great honor to be presented to Pope John Paul II, who has done so much to promote evangelism around the world. We have been enormously enriched by our interaction with Catholics in many countries." [1]

1 He publishes under 2 different names. [1] [2]

2 He stated in his book 'Simply Christian' (see review) that the Quran is a 'majestic document'. This statement alone disqualifies him as a Christian minister. [1]

3 He stated that the Bible is not inspired, specifically not infallible nor inerrant. He goes as far as to make fun of those Protestants who think otherwise, declaring them as people who believe in 'long-range linguistic thunderbolts' having come down to the authors of the Bible. His conclusion is that God provided the 'energy' for the writing, but that every writer wrote essentially what was on his heart. The Bible was then assembled through a process of editing back and forth ... [1]

4 He rejects the 7-day-creation account in Genesis. He partners with Biologos and even sang a 'Genesis Song' with Francis Collins: [1] [2] [3] [4]

"Genesis. Earth and Heaven in a cosmic kiss.
Evolution must have been like this.
Oh, I believe in Genesis.
DNA shaping creatures from the dust and clay.
Double helix in the Milky Way.
Oh, Genesis means DNA.
How He made it all 14 billion years ago. [...]
In a trice, didn't listen to divine advice.
Einstein wondered whether God played dice.
We're trapped within a world of vice.
Why they had to fall? I don't know – it doesn't say.
They did something wrong ..." [1]

5 He promotes the highly problematic practice of 'Lectio Divina' (see Catholic Mysticism). [1]

6 He stated that it does not matter if you call the Communion now 'Mass' or with any other name. [1]

7 He endorsed Calvin through the questionable quote '~if God is the Father, then the church is the mother'. [1]

8 His book 'Surprised by Hope' is endorsed on the back cover by Rob Bell and Dallas Willard. [1]

9 He is a big fan of the French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, C.S. Lewis and the Italian Dominican friar and priest Thomas Aquinas, and referred to them several times in 'Surprised by Hope'.

10 Several doctrinal issues which are not included here. [1]

1 Denies the authority of the Bible; Christians should focus on the resurrection only and not rely on the Bible. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Antinomian (anti nomos = against the law; someone who argues against biblical norms). In his book 'Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World', he states "The Ten Commandments have no authority over you. None. To be clear: Thou shalt not obey the Ten Commandments" (p. 136). [1] [2]

3 Strongly supports homos**uality in his church. Baptism of an unrepented person. [1] [2]

4 He denies the virgin birth of Jesus Christ! [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

5 Endorses a pro-feminist worldview. [1] [2]

1 False & Prosperity Gospel teaching at Bethel church. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Unabashed promotion of New Age in his book 'The Physics of Heaven'. [1] [2] [3]

3 Liturgical Prayer to the god of Mammon. [1]

4 Church staff put gold dust in the ventilation system. [1] [2]

5 Part of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 His teaching is inspired by John Wimber and he attended several Toronto Blessing revival meetings. [1]

7 Spoke at the 2020 Southwest Believers' Convention of Kenneth Copeland. "I Have absolutely fallen in love with this man, who is a genuine believer". [1] [2]

8 Close collaboration with IHOP-International House of Prayer. [1] [2] [3]

9 Official endorsement of 'The Passion Translation' on their website. "One of the greatest things to happen with Bible translation in my lifetime." He writes blog articles for Brian Simmons. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

1 Strong tendency towards Universalism. He suggested that people without explicit faith in Jesus can be saved. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Key figure in the Ecumenical Movement. He has often expressed his belief that Catholics who are faithful to Roman Catholic teachings are saved. "I find myself closer to Catholics than the radical Protestants." "I can now have complete fellowship with Roman Catholic people and there are no barriers that existed 10 years ago, I think all of that is to the good". He even used Roman Catholic lay people as altar workers (counselors) at his crusade meetings. On at least one occasion a Roman Catholic priest would serve as the supervisor of all of counselors at a Graham crusade. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

3 Close collaboration with the Vatican and the Pope (since the 1950's). Several meetings with the Pope. The Pope: "Listen Graham, we are brothers." In 1997, Larry King interviewed Billy Graham: "You like this Pope?" "I like him very much. . . . He and I agree on almost everything." Interview in 1999: "I would pick Pope John Paul II as the man of the century." Graham after the Pope's death: "I almost feel as though one of my family members has gone. I loved him very much ..." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

4 When the author of the 'Halley's Bible Handbook' died, Billy Graham bought the rights, and removed all the research and warnings about the Jesuits in the editions he printed. According to Mrs. Halley, her husband spent years working on those chapters and would have never permitted the book to be changed. [1] [2] [3]

5 He said at the National Council of Churches on June 12, 1966, that "I don't know of anyone who had done more for the kingdom of God than Norman and Ruth Peale or have meant any more in my life for the encouragement they have given me." Norman Vincent Peale is publically known to be a lifelong Mason (33°) ranging all common grades and innumerable accolades. The Knights Templar, appointed him Grand Prelate for the 1970-1973 triennium. [1] [2] [3]

6 In 1969, with his friend Nixon finally in the Oval Office, Graham advised him to try and end the Vietnam conflict in a blaze of glory, with a bombing campaign that Nixon himself estimated would kill one million civilians. Such an act, Graham wrote, "could overnight destroy the economy of North Vietnam". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

7 Billy Graham was raised in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and ordained as Southern Baptist minister. He spoke at 13 SBC annual meetings, served as a trustee of two SBC entities. He was even nominated for SBC president in 1963. [1] [2] [3]

8 Billy Graham trained female pastors and he endorsed the preaching Ministry of his daughter, saying that Anne is the best preacher in in the Graham Family. [1] [2] [3] [4]

9 He taught Theistic Evolution. [1]

10 He mentored Rick Warren and was very close to him. [1] [2] [3]

11 He promoted the Alpha Course. [1]

12 Estimated $25 million net worth. He received a whopping total of $1.2 million in 2008 and $880,000 in compensation in 2014. [1] [2]

1 He denied biblical inerrancy and blatantly denied the infallible inspiration of the Bible. He advocated that Matthew incorporated errors in his genealogy of Christ. [1] [2]

2 He sat on the ecumenical committee of the NRSV translators amongst Catholics. Earlier in 1973, he was already at the forefront of producing 'the Ecumenical Edition' of the RSV and personally presented a copy to Pope Paul VI. In a private audience granted to a small group, Pope Paul accepted the RSV 'Common' Bible as "a significant step in furthering ecumenical relations among the churches". [1]

3 He co-edited the New Oxford Annotated Bible RSV, which was the first Protestant annotated edition of the Bible to be approved by the Roman Catholic Church. Metzger and May claim the O.T. contains "a matrix of myth, legend, and history", deny the worldwide flood ("heightened version of local inundations"), call Job an "ancient folktale", claim there are two authors of Isaiah, call Jonah a "popular legend" ... [1] [2]

4 He was was general editor of the Reader's Digest Bible, which cuts out about 55% of the Old Testament and another 25% of the New Testament (including Rev 22:19, which says "if anyone takes away from the words ..."). He questioned in this Bible the authorship, traditional date, and supernatural inspiration of books penned by Moses, Daniel, Paul, James, and Peter. [1] [2] [3]

5 Bart Ehrman was one of his students at Princeton. [1] [2]

6 Metzger was mentioned in Christianity Today as one of the "highly skilled, believing scholars" of our day. [1]

1 1966: He studied at a Jesuit liberal arts college (Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH)). [1] [2]

2 1970s: His parents joined the Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Calvinist) in New York, after reading the book 'The Power of Positive Thinking' (Gospel of Self-Esteem, Pantheism, Humanism) from Norman Vincent Peale. [1] [2]

Peale served there as senior pastor from 1932 to 1984 and is publically known to be a lifelong Mason (33°) ranging all common grades and innumerable accolades. The Knights Templar, appointed him Grand Prelate for the 1970-1973 triennium (the time Trump's parents joined). [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 1977: Trump married his first wife Ivana at this church. The ceremony was performed by Peale. His two sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth, were also married there. Trump and his parents were mentored by Peale until his death in 1993. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

4 06/2015: Trump highly praised Peale as "one of the greatest speakers" he'd ever seen, identified himself as Presbyterian and as active member of the Marble Collegiate, but the church had then not anymore a record of him being a member. In 07/2015 he admitted that he never repented [no salvation without repentance] "Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?". [1] [2]

5 Also in 06/2015, he said that moderator Kelly had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever" while questioning him during the debate. [1]

6 In 06/2016, Paula White (mouthpiece for Mother Moon and Han, the ~only begotten daughter~ of God) was credited by James Dobson for having converted Trump to 'Christianity'. She also provided the invocation prayer during Trump's inauguration ceremony. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 He secretly mocks his Christian supporters and called Christianity and its religious practices 'bs', then soon after posing as a fervent believer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

8 His Spiritual Advisory Board consists of problematic teachers (mostly Prosperity Gospel) such as Guillermo Maldonado (NAR), James Dobson (Humanist), Paula-White, Kenneth Max Copeland (WoF), Ralph Reed (Indian gambling), Robert Jeffress (False prophet), Jerry Falwell Jr. ("DT lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the Great Commandment"), Franklin Graham (Puppet of the RCC), Mark Burns (False curriculum), Robert Morris (WoF) ... [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

9 Praise of the heretical 'Mother Moon / Unification Church' (see separate discernment; also strongly supported by Paula White). Keynote speech at their 2021 / 2022 conference [see 12]. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

10 Intended sale of his property 'Mar-a-Lago' to the Unification Church. [1]

11 "As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect our LG**Q citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology." [1] [2]

12 Open support of the demonic QA**n group. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Authors of the highly problematic books The Cross and the Switchblade, God's Smuggler and Return from Tomorrow.

1 She worked for 7 decades for Norman Vincent Peale (book 'The Power of Positive Thinking'; a lifelong 33° Mason, appointed Grand Prelate by the Knights Templar; former pastor of Donald Trump) at Guideposts and wrote more than 2,000 articles for them. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 She also endorsed Masonry multiple times in her book 'Return from Tomorrow'. It is unclear if they were Masons themselves. [1]

3 The Sherills received ~baptism in the holy spirit~ after interviewing the Lutheran & Dutch Reformed minister Harald Bredesen (upon the initiative of Norman & Ruth Peale who had dinner with Pat Robertson). [1]

Harald Bredesen was often called the father of the charismatic movement. He was friends with
Pat Robertson and founded with him the Christian Broadcasting Network (The 700 Club), after having introduced him to the Pentecostal experience of ~baptism in the holy spirit~. Bredesen also created a 'Prince of Peace Prize' he later gave to Mother Teresa and Billy Graham. [1] [2]

The Sherrills endorse Bredesen in 'The Cross and the Switchblade'.

4 Repeated endorsement of 'Kracht van Omhoog', which means 'Power from Up'. It is the name of a Dutch Pentecostal movement that teaches replacement theology by denying that Israel will be restored at the end of our times. It also rejects original sin, and states that human first sinned because he gave in to demons that need to be expelled. [1] [2] [3]

5 They were both part of the Episcopal church (St. John the Evangelist in Massachusetts which is almost entirely led by female priests!), and they were proud about their granddaughter being an Episcopal priest. [1] [2] [3]

6 The book God's Smuggler includes in chapter 22 a direct endorsement of Norman Vincent Peale (& Guideposts), and the Sherrills bragged themselves to have converted Brother Andrew after the writing of the book from a Protestant to a defacto Catholic. Quote: "...attending our Episcopal Church (when Andrew had visited several times the Sherrill's and lived at their home), Andrew found the service too formal: there is no spontaneity. Going to his evangelical prayer meetings, we (the Sherrill's) missed the sense of the past. There is no history. We preened over our powers of persuasion when in the early 1990s Andrew was ordained a priest in the Anglican church of Pakistan [...] We delighted in calling him father Andrew". [1]

7 Display of idol images / other gods on their website. [1]

8 She described Ruth, the wife of Billy Graham, as her friend. [1]

9 She had an extensive meeting with the former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, (also) a Freemason. [1] [2]

10 John's father was a professor at Union Seminary, a very problematic seminary founded by the Presbyterian Church. [1] [2]

1 He wrote the book 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy', where he obviously endorsed the false teacher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was a Freemason and openly endorsed Jesuits. The false teacher Timothy Keller wrote the foreword. [1] [2]

2 In an interview with the Christianity Today, Metaxas even made the astonishing statement that Bonhoeffer was as orthodox theologically as the apostle Paul. [1]

3 He wrote fascist children's literature 'Donald Builds the Wall'. [1]

4 He affirms Joel Osteen's false gospel. [1] [2]

5 Collaboration with Mike Bickle and Francis Chan. [1]

6 An outspoken supporter of Trumpism. "You have many people who are professing evangelical Christians, serious Catholic Christians, who are as anti-Trump [...] That, to me, is the darkest of this ..." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Author of the Message 'Bible', a highly problematic 'translation' (New Age; "I did the Beatitudes in about ten minutes"). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

2 The Message 'Bible' is overwhelmingly being used by highly problematic teachers / organizations such as 24/7 Prayer, Bono (U2), Canadian Church Leaders Network (CCLN), Danielle Strickland, Darrell Johnson, The Gospel Coalition (TGC), Jack Hayford, Ken Shigematsu, Levi Lusko, Mike Todd, Pete Greig, Rick Warren ...

3 He deleted 'homos**uality' from his bible translation. Homos**uals can "have as good a spiritual life as I do". Homos**uality is "not a right or wrong thing as far as I'm concerned." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

4 Editor of the heretical 'The Spiritual Formation Study Bible' (Mysticism); see also Richard Foster. [1] [2] [3]

5 He 'learned to see by reading' Annie Dillard (Catholic author). "I see the world around me better and clearer with her as my guide." [1]

6 Promoted Contemplative Prayer / Catholic Mysticism. [1]

7 Wrote a front cover endorsement for The Shack - a book that teaches the heresies of universalism, patripassianism, and outmost blasphemies. He endorsed also Rob Bell's universalistic 'Love Wins' and Sue Monk Kidd's 'When the Heart Waits'. [1] [2] [3]

8 Close friendship between him and Bono (U2). Bono even visited his private residence. Peterson said that U2 has a prophetic voice to the world and that Bono is a prophet like John the Baptist. [1] [2]

9 Regularly read books from Teresa de Avila (Catholic doctor, levitated, "spiritual visitations"). [1]

10 Promoter of Richard Rohr (New Age figurehead). [1]

11 Promoted by Pete Greig (24/7 Prayer), who even appears in the introduction of the Message bible: "His Message translation of the Bible and the Lectio Divina complement one another like fish and chips!" [1] [2] [3] [4]

1 He teaches that man comes from Evolution and that interpreting the Bible in a ultra-literal way is wrong. He composed and performed a 'Genesis Song' with N.T. Wright, where they ridicule the Genesis account. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 Supports Genetic Enhancement of healthy people. [1] [2]

3 Said that God is ok with aborted fetal tissue research. Serious crimes against humanity as well as animals. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

4 Explicit and proactive (!) support of LG**Q. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 In a 1999 newspaper interview, Franklin Graham said that his father's decision early in his ministry to cultivate broad ecumenical participation in his crusades, including the Roman Catholic church, was "the best thing he ever did". [1]

2 In an April 2, 2005 interview with Katie Couric on NBC's Today show, Franklin Graham praised the late Pope John Paul II and said that they preached the same gospel: "We disagree on a lot of doctrinal issues and I guess those disagreements will always be there." [1] [2]

3 In 2005, he attended the enthronement of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Franklin's preacher sister Anne Graham Lotz represented the organization at Pope John Paul II's funeral. [1] [2]

4 Many crusades and festivals together with Catholics. At Franklin's 1998 crusade in Adelaide, Australia, out of 400 registered churches, 74 had been either Catholic or Anglican. [1] [2]

5 He has become known, above all, as the most vociferous evangelical ally of Trump. Graham suggested that the opposition to Trump was the work of a "demonic power", and he compared opponents with Judas Iscariot, suggesting that the Democrats had promised them "thirty pieces of silver", and indirectly comparing Trump therefore with Jesus what leads to blasphemy. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

6 After Trump was convicted in 2024 of felony crimes, he rebelled publically against the judicial system. [1] [2]

7 During Franklin Graham's 'Prayer March 2020' he partnered and joined in prayer with numerous heretics, false teachers, and their organizations, including TBN, Matt and Laurie Crouch, Jonathan Cahn, Jentezen Franklin, Robert Morris, Paula White, et al, and then unashamedly platformed them on his Twitter feed. [1]

8 "Paula White has led an interesting life and now serves as a trusted advisor to Donald Trump. She has a new book coming out tomorrow that you might want to check out." [1] [2]

1 He sat on the Renovaré Board with Richard Foster (see separate discernment). He praised him for his efforts in bringing together all the 'streams' of the church. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Female elders at his Foursquare Churches (founded by a woman, Aimee McPherson). Teachings involve 'Spirit-slaying' and tongues for every believer. Hayford boasted that 80% of their members received the gift of tongues ... [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Hayford publically to his daughter: "The believer must first learn to speak in baby tongues before he speaks in adult tongues". [1] [2]

4 He promoted Catholicism including the Alpha Course. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 Promoted Dominionist Kingdom Now Theology. [1] [2] [3]

6 Promoted The Message 'Bible'. [1] [2]

7 Progressive Creationist who followed Hugh Ross. [1]

8 He led The King's University together with Robert Morris. [1]

9 Cleansing Stream is a deliverance ministry that originated out of Foursquare Church. It is rooted in Carl Jung's Psychotherapy, which is also embedded in Rick Warren's SHAPE Program and Richard Foster's teachings. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

10 He facilitated teachers such as Rick Warren, Robert Schuller (spoke at his conferences) and Todd Bentley. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

11 He was one of the original officers and trustees of Charismatic Bible Ministries (CBM), founded by hyper-charismatic Oral Roberts. He also received a honorary degree from Oral Roberts University. [1] [2]

1 Numerous false prophecies. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 Possibly demon-possessed. [1]

3 Proponent of Contemplative Prayer / Catholic Mysticism and endorsement of Brother Lawrence and Richard Foster. Wrote the heretical book 'The Lost Art of Practicing His Presence'. [1] [2]

4 "... we know of many women of vibrant faith whose gifts and courage made a difference for the Kingdom ... they are some of my favorites: Vibia Perpetua, Joan of Arc, Madame Jeanne Guyon [French Catholic mystic], Susanna Wesley, Catherine Booth [Feminist], Fanny Crosby, Maria Woodworth-Etter [Healing evangelist], Aimee Semple McPherson, Amy Carmichael, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Basilea Schlink" [1]

5 Part of New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). [1] [2] [3]

6 Official endorsement of 'The Passion Translation' on their website. "What a marvelous job my friend and seasoned leader is doing for the Body of Christ! I applaud the life and ministry of Brian Simmons!" He also writes blog articles for Brian Simmons. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 He claimed to have been taken on a journey into the realms of God's eternal dwelling. 'Jesus' also appeared to him and gave him an extraordinary teaching on healing. [1] [2] [3]

1 Official endorsement of 'The Passion Translation' on their website. "Brian Simmons' work is truly breathtaking!" Both John and Lisa write blog articles for Brian Simmons. Lisa on her Twitter: "I love TPT" [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 John teaches Dominion theology. [1] [2] [3]

3 John teaches the Prosperity Gospel. [1]

4 John was board member of Joyce Meyer Ministries (at least from 2012 to 2016). [1] [2]

5 John and Lisa both have problematic theology. [1]

6 Both are strong supporters of female preaching. Lisa frequently preaches at Sunday worship services. [1] [2] [3]

7 Lisa is a regular conference speaker at highly charismatic church conferences such as Bethel's Women's Conference. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

8 Lisa is aligned with several false teachers such as Ann Voskamp, Beth Moore, Caroline Leaf, Christine Caine, Cindy Jacobs, Joel Osteen, John Eldredge, Joyce Meyer, Kris Vallotton, Paula White, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes and Timothy Keller. [1] [2] [3]

10 They sent their son Arden to the Hillsong Sydney Bible college (2015). His book is endorsed by Christine Caine and Jentezen Franklin. [1] [2]

11 Their son Addison (COO of Messenger International) published a book, where Mark Batterson (The Circle Maker) wrote a problematic foreword. [1] [2]

12 John and Lisa served under Benny Hinn at World Outreach Center. [1]

1 Contemporary figurehead of Augustinian-Calvinism. [1] [2] [3]

2 He frequently quotes Augustine. [1] [2]

3 Whereas some Pentecostals base their theology on positive experiences, he bases his on negative experiences (both when it comes to Cessationism being defined by the abuse of Spiritual Gifts, and also when it comes to Calvinism being defined by its contrast to Catholicism). But just as a positive experience cannot be the basis of doctrine, neither can negative experiences be the basis of truth. [1]

4 One of the main proponents of the heretical doctrine of Cessationism. Claim that Cessationism is fundamental to the Reformed view. [1] [2] [3] [4]

He has been warned already in 2015 in his church: "YOU HAVE GRIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. YOUR DOCTRINE OF CESSATIONISM IS AN ERROR. HE HAS BEEN GRIEVED, JOHN MACARTHUR. I'VE BEEN SENT HERE TO TELL YOU THAT. YOU'RE SHARPENING A SWORD AND THEY'RE CUTTING EACH OTHER". After the warning, JMA made no effort to test the prophetic Word as clearly instructed in the Bible, but laughed it away and continued his preaching. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 He once was asked, "Will people who take the mark of the beast during the tribulation period be redeemed by coming to Christ?" And JMA's answer was, "Yes, they will!" [1] [2]

6 Open endorsement of the false teacher Jack Hayford: "He is a model of diligence, faithfulness to the Lord and enduring loyalty to a local church. It's the long haul that manifests integrity and proven character. Many have fallen in the battle. Hayford is still standing- a tribute to God's marvelous grace." [1]

7 He believes a person can kill themselves and still end up in heaven. [1] [2] [3]

8 His income from 'Grace to You' and 'The Master College' alone was $323,733 (2006) and grew to $505,724 (2011). [1] [2] [3] 

1 Offers workshops on the Enneagram. He got into the Enneagram by reading Richard Rohr's book in 2012, and currently sells Rohr's book on his website. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

2 Teaches polytheism, with 'good and bad gods under one God'. Bases his reasoning on Psalm 82 - favourite psalm of the Mormons. In his book 'God Has a Name', he states that a better way to think about monotheism is to see Z*us, Shi**r the Wi**an as real spiritual beings and that Jesus is not the only way to God !!! [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

3 Speaker of the New Wine programme, associated to many false prophets / teachers. [1] [2]

4 Strong proponent of Contemplative Prayer, including the Catholic monk Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises. Highest appreciation for problematic teachers Dallas Willard, John Ortberg and Peter Scazzero, all also included in his book store. Dallas Willard's writings have "done more to shape the way that I follow Jesus more than anybody that I am aware of since the NT". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

5 He spoke at The Apprentice Gathering (Spiritual Formation; see section 'movements'). [1]

6 He stated in interviews and on Twitter that his spiritual director is a Jesuit Priest !!! He quotes Saint Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuit order) "I smile every time I read Ignatius". He also cites and links to the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford. He teaches a video series on 'The Prayer of (Ignatian) Examen', a prayer technique developed by the Jesuits. He further endorses Dorothy Day (a Catholic who appeared in a Jesuit magazine) and Karl Rahner ("who was one of the most important Catholic theologians of the 20th century"). Ronald Rolheiser is his "undisputed favorite Catholic writer of all time". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

7 He directly taught and endorsed the Catholic Mass. [1]

8 His father Phil Comer served with Luis Palau, who had a great fondness for, and friendship with Pope Francis. [1] [2] [3]

Both Phil and John Mark Comer were Elders at the megachurch 'Applegate Christian Fellowship' until 08/2002 (see link #1&2; John Mark met there also his wife Tammy). In the time between 1987 and 2007, another elder, Kelly Rassmussen, abused several children (unclear if through the church or outside the church). The other elders covered it up and Rasmussen was only convicted in 2009 for another case of intented sexual abuse of minors. John Mark refers in his interview with Levi Lusko only to a "long story but a megachurch down in Southern Oregon", avoiding at all cost its name. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Lead pastor emeritus Jon Courson and his son Ben Courson also showed sexual misconduct, which was first covered by the elders, but then came to light. [1] [2] [3] [4]

9 They repeat the suspicious story of how his wife faced for 15 years a rare neurological disorder, resulting in the last 5 years in shaking / facial spasms / loss of vision et al. She then took the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality course by Peter Scazzero (a highly problematic teacher) and created a Genogram, pointing her to generational curses she then broke through a prayer by a third person ... [1] [2] [3] [4]

10 He wrote a song for Jeremy Camp with a Third Wave mentality about emptying your mind. [1]

11 Endorses false teachers Greg Boyd and Christine Caine. [1] [2] [3] [4]

12 John Ortberg wrote the foreword for his book 'The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry'. [1] [2]

13 He regularly quotes in his books Eugene Peterson, Michael Green (Anglican Priest, Oxford), Richard Foster and Richard Rohr, and even positively quotes Pope Paul II. [1] [2] [3]

14 In his interview with Levi Lusko, when speaking about his pure motivations, it somehow appears in min. 12:55 that another voice is speaking through him [see 1]. 

I, the author of this ministry, never saw something like this before. [1]

1 Teaches Antinomianism. When asked "Are Christians under the Ten Commandments?", his response was unequivocal: "No. The Bible says we're not under the law." [1] [2]

2 Highest praise for one of the greatest heretics in Christian history, for Augustine (see separate discernment): "He was known throughout the Christian world as a God-besotted, Biblical, articulate, persuasive shepherd of his flock and defender of the faith against the great threats of his day, mainly Manichaeism, Donatism, and Pelagianism. [...] The influence of Augustine in the Western World is simply staggering." [1]

3 He told half-truth when saying that Augustine willingly walked away from Manichaeism, instead of having been forced by the Roman emperor under threat of death, while making Christianity the state religion. Piper: "For the next nine years he was enamoured by the dualistic teaching called Manichaeism, until he became disillusioned with one of its leaders when he was 28 years old." [1]

4 An article on Desiring God states: "God . . . brings about these evil aspects for his glory and his people's good. This includes - as incredible and as unacceptable as it may currently seem - God's having even brought about the Nazis' brutality at Birkenau and Auschwitz as well as the terrible killings of Dennis Rader and even the sexual abuse of a young child … Nothing that exists or occurs falls outside God's ordaining will. Nothing, including no evil person or thing or event or deed." [1] [2]

5 He defended his friend, Mark Driscoll, long after he was revealed as problematic teacher. He has no regret partnering with him and even called his fall a 'colossal satanic victory', although it was clear that God made justice, and not satan had won. This clearly reveals Piper as a false teacher. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 "I have read more of C.S. Lewis than any other author on the planet except Jonathan Edwards. I love C.S. Lewis, he has made a great difference in my life." [1]

7 His ministry promoted Lectio Divina, but removed it shortly after they had been criticized for it. [1] [2] [3]

8 He wrote an obituary for Billy Graham. [1]

1 Quote: "When I met Pope Paul there was a Oneness." [1] [2]

2 Responsible for breaking up at least one marriage involving children. According to her it was by God's revelation that she took a married man away from his wife and children. Later divorce (unrepented). [1] [2] [3]

3 An estimated two million people reported that they were healed in her meetings over the years. But her claims of healings lack documentation and definitely include many fake healings. One woman who was said to have been cured of spinal cancer threw away her brace and ran across the stage at Kuhlman's command; her spine collapsed the next day and she died four months later. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Testimony Kurt Koch: "At once I began to pray in my heart, "Lord Jesus, if this woman gets her power from You, then bless both her and me. If she has gifts and power which do not come from You, protect me from them. I do not want to come under an alien influence." While Kathryn was praying, two ushers came and stood behind me to catch me as I fell. I felt nothing, however, and stood like a rock without losing my consciousness in the least. Then came a second surprise. Kathryn nudged me gently, probably in order to make me fall. She did not succeed. Then she asked me, "Do you have a healing ministry yourself?" [1]

One year after meeting with Kathryn, the state of all twenty-eight people said by her to have been healed was as follows: Ten had not been healed, seven had experienced an improvement in their condition, eleven had diseases in which the mind can play an important part. In the whole of this extensive report, there is not one clear case of healing from an organic disease.

... what KK displays is not a gift of the Holy Spirit of God, but a gift of the spirits who rule in the air. These spirits make use of her, herself deceived and deceiving others ... She is a medium of Satan." [1]

4 Shady financial practices. She lived a rich and lavish lifestyle, and had serious financial allegations against her that were settled privately and secretly. [1] [2] [3]

5 False teachings. "Faith is that quality or power by which the things desired become the things possessed."

6 Several appearances at the 700 Club. Close collaboration with Pat Robertson. [1]

7 She inspired Benny Hinn to start his ministry following exactly her methods. He wrote the book 'Kathryn Kuhlman: Her Spiritual Legacy and Its Impact on My Life'. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Quote: "Jesus Christ was born again in the pit of hell". [1]

2 Prosperity Gospel and false teacher. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 He got his start in ministry as a direct result of memorizing Kenneth Hagin's messages and still refers to him in 2022. [1] [2]

4 He studied at Oral Roberts University. [1] [2]

5 Strong collaboration with Pope Francis. He has an office in the Vatican. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 He cut himself and pretended to drink his blood for communion. [1]

7 Blasphemy. He is most probably demon possessed. [1] [2] [3] [4]

8 "Adam was not subordinate to God"; countless other heresies. [1]

9 Part of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). [1] [2]

10 Invited Bill Johnson to the 2020 Southwest Believers' Convention of his ministry. He spoke at Bethel Church, delivered there a false testimony and strongly unbiblical teachings. [1] [2] [3]

11 Net worth of US$300 million. Numerous private jets. [1] [2] [3] [4]

1 He officially supports Metamorpha (Contemplative Spirituality; an online community for Catholic Mysticism / Spiritual Formation; owned by his son). Lee invited Dallas Willard in his book 'The Case For Faith' for a conversation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2  Systematic endorsement of the Roman Catholic Church (specific endorsement of Anthony Grafton, Augustine, Bartolomé de las Casas, Billy Graham, Blaise Pascal, Edgar McGrath, Francisco de Vitoria, Francisco J. Ayala, John D. Woodbridge, John Stott, Luis de Molina, Luis Palau, Madeleine L'Engle, Mother Teresa, Os Guinness, Peter Boyle, Peter Kreeft, Teresa de Avila and Popes Alexander III / Innocence III / John Paul II / Paul III / Urban II ... ) and of Augustinianism / Calvinism (Augustine himself, D. James Kennedy, James Stewart, John Calvin himself, Joni Eareckson Tada, R.C. Sproul).

He is most certainly a Roman Catholic, a fact substantiated through countless passages in this book 'The Case For Faith'. Lee Strobel: "The Catholic church has an impressive record of taking care of the poor during the middle ages." [1] [2] [3]

3  He unquestionably endorses purgatory in his book 'The Case For Faith'. [1]

4  Substantial and very specific watering down of the Catholic crimes of the past (crusades and
inquisition). "IF CRITICS BELIEVE that aspects of the crusades should be denounced as hypocritical and violent, well, they have an ally in Christ". He further minimizes and partly justifies antisemitism. [1]

5 Highly disrespectful, belittling and partly blasphemous language when speaking about the Lord, often even dramatizing what a doubter would dare to say. He goes far beyond the necessary and by his choice of words it becomes clear that he has a serious problem, and that his supposedly firm faith is anything else than firm. [1]

6 Proponent of Theistic Evolution / the Big Bang, 380M years for animal (= human) creation. [1] [2]

7 He credits Leo Tolstoy with Christian faith, which is a misleading assumption. [1]

8 Endorsement of Francis Collins (Teaches that man comes from evolution; supports Genetic Enhancement; aborted fetal tissue research ...). [1]

9 Very close collaboration with William Lane Craig, with whom he repeatedly worked together and who formed his view of Theistic Evolution (Adam&Eve = Homo heidelbergensis; one million years ago ...; claims that the genre of Genesis 1-11 is pure myth). [1] [2]

1 New Age guru. Williamson's style was called a 'trendy amalgam of Christianity, Buddhism, pop psychology and 12-step recovery wisdom'. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 Quote: "The Messiah is not a person but a point of view." [1] [2]

3 She was a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey show as well, and became known as Oprah's 'spiritual advisor'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

4 Williamson vehemently supports abortion access, services and choice. She has spoken out against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 She is indifferent about religion, having called it a map in which "the route isn't important. It's the destination that matters." [1] [2] [3]

6 She teaches a heretical book 'A Course in Miracles', which Jesus was supposed to have dictated to a psychiatrist in the Seventies. "Some bitter idols have been made of him (Christ) who came only to be brother to the world." "Is he the Christ? O yes, along with you." "There is no sin; it has no consequence." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 Her books include titles such as 'Illuminata: A Return to Prayer', 'The Law of Divine Compensation', 'The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife' [1] [2]

1 The name 'Mars Hill' is borrowed from Act 17:22, where it stands for the assembly of idol-worshipping philosophers "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill [Strong's G697], and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious."

2 Discroll is a proponent of Contemplative Prayer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

3 Alleged abusive behavior at Mars Hill church and also later at Trinity Church. Cursing, shunning and threatening of people - to sue and bankrupt them. Abusive control of social media activities. Sexually vulgar. Denigration of women. Privileges for the rich. Plagiarism. Division of families over contact to excommunicated members of his church. A main facilitator is pastor Brandon Andersen. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

4 Driscoll was sending cease and desist letters, threatening to sue whistleblowers of his church. He reportedly amassed a $10 million dollar litigation fund to sue whistleblowers into oblivion. [1] [2]

5 He confessed to have manipulated sales numbers of his books. [quote from #4:] "He had paid a marketing firm, ResultSource, more than $200,000 to get his book onto the New York Time bestseller list. The scheme included hiring people to purchase 6000 copies of the book in bookstores, then ordering another 5000 copies in bulk. They even made sure to use more than 1000 different payment methods, so BookScan couldn't track all the purchases back to a single source."  [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 He is utterly obsessed with sex. Public endorsement of an*l sex, menstrual sex and cosmetic surgery. [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 (New) Calvinist. Went as far (in the common overemphasis of 'grace') to say that Noah got saved by grace only and that his salvation had nothing to do with faith or righteousness. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

8 Public defense of the Catholic religion he was brought up with. It is not a cult and we should not argue about the different 'interpretations'. [1]

1 In the ecumenical camp, with Roman Catholicism. Signer of 'Evangelicals and Catholics Together II'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 He promotes Catholic Mysticism and Contemplative Prayer, and quotes in his books Saint Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Merton (Buddhist-Catholic Monk who taught universalism), Eugene Peterson and Richard Foster. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Prosperity Gospel teaching (Book 'Glory Days, Living Your Promised Land Life Now') and collaboration with PG teachers. [1] [2]

4 Endorsement of Christine Caine, wrote foreword to Undaunted. "Paul. Mary. Esther. Turns out, I've met all three in the person of Christine Caine. [1] [2] [3]

5 He seeks unity with Beth Moore, Jen Hatmaker and Richard Rohr. He refers to Steven Furtick as his friend and referenced his teaching. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Promotes the New Apostolic Reformation and Emergent Church. [1] [2] [3]

2 Songs include liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. He often collaborates with Catholics and went as far as to perform on the RC World Youth Day. [1] [2]

3 He acknowledged in an interview that some of his songs are influenced by Alan Parsons, one of the most occultic rock musicians. [1]

4 He was mentored by James Goll and Don Finto. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 Uses the heretical Passion Translation in public. Official endorsement on their website. "TPT is a gift to Bible readers." [1] [2] [3]

6 Praised the heretical movie 'The Shack'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 Endorses / partners with the highly problematic Eric Metaxas. [1] [2] [3]

1 Founder of the International House of Prayer IHOP (Cultic origin, worship style, Mysticism, Gnosticism, false prophecies, denial Sola Scriptura, et al). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2 Part of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 Self-appointed apostle. [1] [2]

4 False teachings. [1] [2]

5 His often-told 'Luke 4:18 prophecy / divine poetry', used to legitimize his ministry, was debunked as false. The story involved the mother of well-known Kansas City prophet Paul Cain and the timing when his mother, Anna Cain, died ("She died on April 18 (4/18) at 4:18pm after giving the scripture on Luke 4:18!") [1] [2]

6 Mike Bickle in his forward to Stacey Campbell's book: "In 2005 during a visit to IHOPKC, the vision became clear [...] that they [House of Prayer Augsburg] needed to launch a 24/7 HoP with the spirituality of the Catholic charismatic renewal movement and a focus on ecumenism." [1]

7 Proponent of Contemplative Prayer / Catholic Mysticism and endorsement of Henri Nouwen. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

8 "I want this book to be the manual for IHOP–KC.": St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel On Prayer. [1] [2]

9 Bridal Paradigm / Identity places a heavy emphasis on highly allegorized interpretation of the Song of Solomon. In their view, the book is more than a depiction of sensual love between a husband and wife; it is a metaphor of Jesus and the individual believer. Those teachings are reflected in intimate 'worship' songs, tied to and used by Bickle and his IHOP. [1] [2] [3] [4]

10 Serious allegations of sexual immorality (adultery) spanning several decades, involving at least 3 (married) women. Bickle then used manipulating and intimidating tactics towards the victims to isolate and discredit them, and refused to meet with those who later revealed the scandal. IHOP first promised an independent investigation, but it turned out to be one of the most prestigious, aggressive, and expensive law firms, defending IHOP against accusations. Bickle later admitted some of the charges. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

11 He claims to have had several encounters with God, including hearing the audible voice of God and being taken to heaven twice. [1] [2] [3]

12 He studied at Oral Roberts University. [1] [2]

13 Collaboration with / endorsement of Bill Johnson, Eric Metaxas, Francis Chan, James Goll, Richard Foster et al. [1] [2] [3]

1 His wife is promoted as Lead Pastor of the church. Amberly Bell, Brie Davis and Tammy McQuarters are other female pastors. 67 % of their pastors are female. [1]

2 The only other male pastor is sometimes wearing women's clothing. [1] [2]

3 Prosperity Gospel teacher "God always wants to heal you. Poverty is based on fear." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

4 Teaches Modalism, that God cannot be 3 different persons at the same time, but must change His state. "1 God, 3 expressions." [1] [2] [3]

5 Preaches the Ransom theory - Jesus was paying the devil to release us. [1]

6 Legitimate concerns regarding his man-centered theology; he regularly twists Scripture. [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 Easter 2023 scandal, with a outrageous screenplay, include a female crucified Christ. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

8 He publically uses the Message 'bible'. [1] [2]

9 He spoke at Elevation Church (Steven Furtick), Lakewood Church (Joel Osteen) ... [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

10 Frequent appearance on Preachers n Sneakers for wearing insanely expensive clothing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

11 The founder of Transformation Church, Bishop Carlton Pearson, has studied at Oral Roberts University and was the personal mentee of Roberts himself. [1]

12 He had Robert Morris preach at his church: "Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your children". [1]

13 While preaching, he wore a shirt picturing Myles Munroe (Oral Roberts graduate). [1]

14 Regularly shows himself without shirt, once with sensual dancing, and his wife in bikini. [1]

1 His most popular book, 'The Power of Positive Thinking', was written in 1952 and has sold more than 20 million copies. It was the model for a flood of self-help books that followed. He is the person who is most responsible for bringing psychology into the professing Church (particularly the false gospel of self-esteem). [1] [2] [3]

2 He established a clinic with Freudian psychiatrist Dr. Smiley Blanton in the basement of his church. The clinic was described as having "a theoretical base that was Jungian, with a strong evidence of neo- and post-Freudianism." [1] [2]

3 Norman Vincent Peale is publically known to be a lifelong Mason (33°) ranging all common grades and innumerable accolades. The Knights Templar, appointed him Grand Prelate for the 1970-1973 triennium. [1] [2] [3]

4 He advocated New Age and / or occult teachings such as visualization / positive imaging, pantheism, universalism, human potential, positive confession, positive thinking ... Those concepts are also featured in his popular Guideposts magazine. Guideposts also promotes false teachers such as Joel Osteen (prosperity gospel), Henry Blackaby (contemplative spirituality) and St. Therese of Lisieux (contemplative mystic), and Sue Monk Kidd (contemplative spirituality). Guideposts is strongly ecumenical and interfaith based. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 He not only rejected the requirement of salvation through JESUS CHRIST, he even ridiculed it: "It's not necessary to be born again. You have your way to God, I have mine. I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 He maintained that Jews, Muslims, and other non-Christians worship the true God. [1]

7 In 1975, he received a blessing from Mormon Prophet Kimball. In 1980, he was the featured speaker at a dinner honoring this prophet. [1]

8 He endorsed 'The Jesus Letters', written by two Connecticut women who claim to have made contact with a communicating entity self-identified as Jesus of Nazareth, who dictated 80 letters to them. Peale said of this occultic automatic writing: "It little matters if these writings come from Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus of Jane [co-author Jane Palzere], they are all the same consciousness and that consciousness is God. I am a part of God, and Jane [is] part of that same God." [1] [2] [3] [4]

9 One of Norman Vincent Peale's most 'successful' protégés is Robert Schuller. Schuller teaches that there is no need for one to recognize his own personal sin, no need for repentance, and no need for the crucifixion of self, but that self is to be exalted. [1] [2]

1 Long list of controversies. [1] [2]

2 Pat served in the 1950s as assistant pastor at the First Reformed Church of Mount Vernon, New York under Harald Bredesen, who was often called the father of the charismatic movement. Through him he was introduced to the Freemasons Norman & Ruth Peale, and together with him he founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, after having been introduced to the Pentecostal version of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Bredesen also created a 'Prince of Peace Prize' he later gave to Mother Teresa and Billy Graham. [1] [2]

3 He denied creation and believed in evolution. [1]

4 He "worked for harmony and reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics". [1]

5 Use of ministry funds and airplanes to support horrific dictators in order to extract wealth, including blood diamonds. [1] [2]

6 He falsely prophesied in October 2020 that Trump will be re-elected without question. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 He falsely prophesied two attacks on Trump's life during his second term. [1]

8 He was CEO of Regent University, where they offer up a Roman Catholic Mass every Tuesday in their chapel. [1] [2] [3]

9 His net worth was between $200 million and $1 billion. [1]

1 T.D. Jakes is the 'Spiritual father' of Paula White. 

Year 2000: Jakes invited her to his conference and boosted her career. 

In 2007, she sent him a black convertible Bentley for his 50th birthday. 

2011: Jakes recommended White for the position of senior pastor at New Destiny Christian Center, after its previous pastor, Zachery Tims, was found dead in a room from "acute intoxication" from cocaine and heroin. Tims's ex-wife said in court filings that White was "the spiritual mother of Zachery" and that the two had a spiritually "intimate relationship". Zachery Tims called her his "spiritual mother". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Unification Church
2 She preaches the 'Mother Moon and Han' theology and works with Unification Church to bring the "only begotten daughter of God to America". Clear rejection of the Trinity. She called Hak Ja Han Moon, the widow of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, "a jewel from God" and lauded "Mother Moon for her great work as a spiritual leader who loves the Lord ..." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 She spoke at several Unification Church conferences. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Donald Trump
4 Main spiritual advisor to Trump, who also spoke at Unification Church conferences. The team of spiritual advisors include(d) false teachers such as Guillermo Maldonado, James Dobson, Paula-White, Kenneth Max Copeland, Ralph Reed, Robert Jeffress, Jerry Falwell Jr., Franklin Graham, Mark Burns, Robert Morris, Eric Metaxas ... [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

5 She claimed in November 2020 that "demonic con- federacies were attempting to steal the election". [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 Very close connection to Donald Trump, they have known each other since 2002. After Trump was convicted in 2024 of felony crimes, she rebelled publically against the judicial system. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

False Teachings
7 Prosperity Gospel teacher. She wrote in her book 'Living The Abundant Life': "Prosperity means: welfare, well-being; affluence (wealth); success; smiles of fortune; blessings; and a godsend. . . . Jesus said, 'I come that you would enjoy life.'; You cannot be a non-tither and have a breakthrough." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

8 She urged her followers to donate a 'first fruits' by offering up to 1 month's pay to enjoy 'blessings' for the rest of the year or to otherwise suffer "divine consequences". [1] [2] [3]

9 She promises her donors their own personal angel. [1]

10 She speaks in tongues without an interpreter being present. "Tika hatta onda ora batta ronda aka aka .." [1] [2]

Private Life
11 She met pastor Randy White, who was married with three children. The two divorced their spouses in 1989 and married each other a year later. She is now 2 times divorced and had in 2010 an affair with the married Benny Hinn. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

1 He teaches Contemplative Prayer / Catholic Mysticism. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2 He endorses the late Trappist monk William Meninger, one of the three co-founders of the modern Contemplative Prayer Movement, and had him speak at his church. [1] [2]

3 Promotes the Enneagram. [1] [2] [3]

4 Part of the Catholic-Buddhist movement. [1] [2] [3]

5 Practically every reference he gives in his books are Roman Catholic monks, mystics (Brother Lawrence, Brennan Manning, Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr, Parker Palmer, Henri Nouwen, and John of the Cross), New Age teachers or those teaching Hinduism and Buddhism. [1] [2] [3]

6 He quoted the Catholic priest Henri Nouwen 22 (!) times on his Twitter account. [1] [2]

7 Partnership with Willow Creek Church. [1] [2] [3]

1 He wrote the 'Spiritual Formation Study Bible'. Eugene Peterson (The Message) was one of the editors. The Bible claims that 'Genesis' was not written by Moses, but merged from several religions !!! Jesus is being described as a 'human agent' in Isa 9:6-7. Outmost heresy. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2 Part of the 'Emerging church' / Contemplative Prayer / Mysticism. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Imported Roman Catholicism into conservative Christian church by bringing in Roman Catholic spiritual disciplines. [1] [2]

4 His book: '25 Books Every Christian Should Read' should be titled 'How to Become a Catholic Mystic'. Inclusion of Dallas Willard and Richard Rohr at advisory board. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 His book 'Celebration of Discipline' is filled with the promotion of dangerous Roman Catholic mystics (Ignatius of Loyola, Francis of Assisi, Benedict of Nursia, Teresa of Avila, Brother Lawrence, Dominic, Catherine of Siena, John of the Cross, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Thomas Merton) as well as their heretical practices, such as Breath Prayer / Centering Prayer and even out-of-body experiences. [1]

6 He plainly teaches New Age. These New Age teachers are often quoted by Foster: Agnes Sandford, Eckhart, Elizabeth O'Connor, Harvey Cox, Michael Buber, Thomas Merton ("Well, Thomas Merton tried to awaken God's people!"). [1] [2] [3] [4]

7 Foster and John Ortberg promote each other. [1] [2]

1 Contemplative prayer / Eastern Mysticism and New Age. [1] [2] [3] [4]

2 Proponent of the Enneagram. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

3 Claimed that the 4 Gospels conflict with each other. [1]

4 Denied that Jesus died for our sins. [1]

5 Proponent of Panentheism and Perennialism (all religions are paths to truth). [1] [2] [3]

6 Author of the book 'What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self'. [1]

7 Collaboration with Brendan Robertson, Jen Hatmaker, Richard Foster, Michael Gungor ... [1] [2] [3]

1 Strong proponent of Ecumenism. "I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican Church ..." "Pope Francis is doing everything right". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

2 In 2005, Warren created the Purpose Driven Life Catholics program. [1]

3 His favorite TV channel is EWTN (Catholic TV): "I'm an avid fan of EWTN. I make no bones about it. I probably watch it more than any Christian channel." His favorite TV program is the Chaplet of Divine Mercy: "One of my favorite shows, which you repeat often is the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which I love. And when I've had a very stressful day, I'll come home, I've got it taped, and Kay and I will both, we'll listen." [1] [2] [3]

4 His mentor was Billy Graham. "Billy was my hero and my model" Warren says. "It would be hard to overestimate Billy Graham's influence on my life and ministry." "Growing up in a Baptist home, Billy Graham was our pope" Warren says. [1] [2] [3]

5 He had been promoting Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Spiritual Formation / Contemplative Spirituality as far back as the early nineties in his first book 'The Purpose Driven Church'. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 The author of the book, 'A Life With Purpose: Reverend Rick Warren - the Most Inspiring Pastor of Our Time' accidentally revealed Rick Warren's plans to use New Age sympathizer Ken Blanchard (book 'The Secret') for his global P.E.A.C.E. plan in training leaders around the world. The author, who had praised Warren throughout his book, was then attacked and discredited by Warren himself as an unbeliever, although he had attended his church for several years and must have been close to Warren for writing his autobiography. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 He regularly compares those who believe in the fundamentals of the Christian faith to extremists ("fundamentalists") and to radical Muslims. [1] [2] [3] [4]

8 Saddleback Church was expelled in 06/2023 from the Southern Baptist Convention for having female pastors. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

9 He promotes the liberal mantra of 'Judge Not': "God warns us over and over not to criticize, compare, or judge each other … Whenever I judge another believer, four things instantly happen: I lose fellowship with God, I expose my own pride, I set myself to be judged by God, and I harm the fellowship of the church." [1] [2] [3]

10 Proponent of the deceptive Sinner's Prayer "If you sincerely meant that prayer, congratulations! Welcome to the family of God!" [1] [2] [3]

11 In 'The Purpose Driven Life' he heavily quotes the 'Message bible'. He further quotes Roman Catholic figures such as Mother Teresa, Henri Nouwen (he elsewhere highly recommends Nouwen's contemplative book 'In the Name of Jesus'), Brother Lawrence (Carmelite monk), John Main, St. John of the Cross (a pantheist) and the mystic Madame Guyon. [1] [2] [3] [4]

12 The foreword for 'Leading with Purpose' is written by John Ortberg. [1] [2] [3]

13 Endorsement of Teresa de Avila and Martin Luther King (false Christian). [1]

14 Rick Warren invited Bono (U2) to Saddleback Church to help launch his P.E.A.C.E. program. Bono in turn arranged to make Rick Warren the official pastor of the 2004 Live 8 concert in Philadelphia. [1] [2] [3]

15 "I encourage you to follow these senior pastors on Twitter:" Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Marcos Witt, Mark Driscoll, Louie Giglio, Cash Luna, Andy Stanley, Brian Houston, Steven Furtick, Craig Groeschel, Joseph Prince, Bill Hybels, Jentezen Franklin, Bill Johnson , Nicky Gumbel, Tony Evans, Robert Morris, Tim Keller, Ligon Duncan .... [1]

1 He confessed that the first time he experienced 'God' was at a U2 (Bono) concert ... [1] [2]

2 He denied that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. [1]

3 Universalist. Denial of the eternal judgment of hell. "There is a long tradition of Christians who believe that God will ultimately restore everything and everybody" [1] [2] [3]

4 "I affirm the truth anywhere in any religious system, in any worldview. If it's true, it belongs to God." [1] [2]

5 He systematically downplays the requirement of salvation: "The church must stop thinking about everybody primarily in categories of in or out, saved or not, believer or nonbeliever." [1]

6 "Some people are gay [...] are passionate disciples of Jesus just like I'm trying to be, so let's all get together and try to do something about the truly big problems in our world."

"I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man ... This is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are." [1] [2] [3]

7 He endorses Ken Wilber and his book - the author clearly rejecting Christianity and believing in the divinity of man. [1] [2]

8 He was interviewed by Oprah for her Super Soul Sunday television show. [1]

1 Prosperity Gospel teacher. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2 He affirmed 'Gay Rights' and 'LG**T Churches. Two of his adopted sons are gay. He had a gay police officer dance in his show and applauded him. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

3 2023 allegations that he engaged in gay sex at wild parties hosted by embattled music producer Sean 'Puffy' Combs, aka 'Diddy'. "The worst that could happen, if everything was true, all I got to do is repent sincerely, from my heart. There's enough power in the blood to cover all kinds of sin. I don't care what it is, the blood would fix it. But I ain't got to repent about this", Jakes declared afterwards. [1] [2]

4 'Spiritual father' of Paula White. He boosted her career. She sent him a black convertible Bentley. He recommended her as senior pastor. See also discernment on White. [1] [2]

5 Net worth of US$147 million. [1] [2]

6 Ministry Watch classified him and his ministries with 11/100 'Withhold Giving'. [1]

1 He taught Contemplative Prayer, is a highly influential figure and inspired Max Lucado, Richard Foster and many others ... [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2 Merton taught Universalism and Panentheism. [1]

3 He taught the Gnostic mystic mythology of an alleged "spark of the divine" (God indwells all of mankind) and denied the doctrine of original sin. [1]

4 He was a student of D.T. Suzuki (Zen Master) and Thich Nhat Hanh (Buddhist monk). He said: "I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 The Dalai Lama wrote the back cover endorsement for 'New Seeds of Contemplation': "Thomas Merton is really someone we can look up to. I always consider myself as one of his Buddhist brothers." 

Other endorsements came from Pope Francis: "The Cistercian monk Thomas Merton remains a source of spiritual inspiration ..."; and from Thich Nhat Hanh: "He is an artist, a Zen." [1, including the old cover without Pope Francis]

6 Quote from the book 'Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh - Engaged Spirituality in an Age of Globalization': "Merton left with a feeling of great respect, even fondness for the Dalai Lama and with the conviction that there was a 'real spiritual bond' between them. [...] "Because of meeting with him I found many common practices between Christian monks and Buddhist monks ...". [1]

7 Merton used the terms God, Krishna, and Tao interchangeably. [1]

8 He wrote books on Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, and how Christianity 'relates' to them. [1] [2]

9 Heavily promoted by the Gospel Coalition - years after other ministries exhorted TGC. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

1 Collaboration with 24/7 Prayer. [1] [2]

2 Proponent of Contemplative Prayer (Eastern or New Age meditation, disguised with Christian terms and phrases). [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Foreword for the book 'Praying Like Monks' with Tyler Staton, co-pastor of John Mark Comer, both part of Bridgetown Church / Practicing The Way. "My hope is that you will come to experience prayer and the presence of God in the way [Thomas] Keating describes it" [1] [2] [3] [4]

4 Denies a literal hell - "humans created this myth". [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

5 Distorted / emergent view on Atonement. [1]

6 Specific endorsement of the Enneagram. He came to it through his wife and it "helped him unlock some really undiscovered territory in his value system." [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

7 Serious theological errors in the Bible Project: they often mix up Moral Law and Ceremonial Law; opposition against the Weekly Sabbath by assigning it to Ceremonial Law only ... [1]

8 Waters down the sin of homos**uality "it does not matter if you are gay". [1] 

1 Clever deception by way of doublespeak and language manipulation. [1] [2]

2 Watered down the significance of homos**ual sin; claimed that unrepented homos**ual sin does -not- exclude a person from the Kingdom of God. "Heteros**uality does not get you to heaven. So, how in the world could homos**uality send you to Hell?" [1] [2] [3] [4]

3 Support of the Revoice LG**Q Thriving Conference and of Living Out. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

4 Theistic evolutionist. Rejected Genesis 1 as literal truth. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

5 He promoted Biologos (see Francis Collins). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

6 He promoted Contemplative Prayer / Catholic Mysticism, specifically Teresa de Avila (who levitated !!). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

7 He openly promoted Lectio Divina. [1]

8 Proponent of Ecumenism and explicit promotion of the Catholic Church. [1] [2]

9 Calvinist. Keller founded the Gospel Coalition, which is the national network for the New Calvinist movement. He was also part of the Emerging Church movement. [1] [2] [3] [4]

10 Keller went as far as to describe the Substitutionary Atonement of Christ in his book 'King's Cross' precisely through the 'sacrificial' death of the witch Lilly Potter who forgot her magic wand and died protecting her son Harry. He made no difference between the holy and the profane (witchcraft). Absolutely disgusting and outmost heretical. [1] [2] [3] [4]

11 Christianized Marxism. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

12 He surmised that God may actually have a secret way to heaven for those who do not repent of their sins and place their faith in Christ [=Purgatory]. [1] [2] [3]

13 Problematic view on abortion. [1]

14 He publicly praised Stephen Colbert for pronouncing his Catholic faith. [1] [2] [3]

15 Keller regularly mentioned in his sermons at Redeemer Church e.g. Annie Dillard (Catholic author), C.S. Lewis, Michel Foucault (French philosopher and social theorist), Henri Nouwen (Catholic priest), Madame Guyon (French Catholic mystic) and Julian of Norwich (God is all-loving and without wrath; God is both our mother and our father) and Martin Scorsese. [1] [2]

1 Prosperity Gospel teacher (partly repented). [1] [2]

2 He called the documentary 'American Gospel' demonically inspired and lied that he was never contacted. (It is fair to note that the documentary pushes a Calvinist doctrine and contains several errors; see review). [1] [2]

3 Cold reading (techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums). [1] [2] [3]

4 Leg-lengthening and various other fake healings. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5 Teaches outmost heresy. [1] [2] [3] [4]

6 Part of Gateway Church, pastored by Robert Morris. [1] [2]

7 Friends with his mentor Kenneth Copeland. [1] [2] [3] [4]