18 Areas the American Church Has Been Deceived – part VII

18 Areas the American Church Has Been Deceived – part VII

Oct 21

Godly New Testament believers resisted all pressure to patronize false teachers, seek association, accept their sponsorship, increase their numbers, send them converts, add to their prestige, follow them around, invite them to open in prayer, or obliterate all important distinctions!

Reader’s Choice Top 30 Articles on codybateman.org

Reader’s Choice Top 30 Articles on codybateman.org

Jun 02

As is often the case, there are not enough sidebar widgets to effectively locate a favorite article from the past – especially when the number of articles published is in the hundreds. Such is the case with codybateman.org.

The Most Unrecognizable Cult in the Religious World

The Most Unrecognizable Cult in the Religious World

Apr 22

[Translate] The evangelical church today is being seduced as never in its history. It faces a danger so grave that, although we have discussed this problem before, it must be addressed again with new insight and vigor. If evangelicals succumb to the seduction, as they increasingly are doing, then their gospel witness will be submerged in confusion and could eventually be lost—a tragic and...

TBN Issues Another False Prophecy – Facebook & Twitter Still Working

TBN Issues Another False Prophecy – Facebook & Twitter Still Working

Apr 07

“For such ones are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light? Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.” II Corinthians 11:13-15 A few nights ago, I sat down to watch a taped broadcast of TBN’s (Trinity Broadcasting Network) latest “Praise-a-Thon” that aired Sunday evening, April 5th, 2008. The cast of characters was a veritable “Who’s Who” of modern day word-faith teachers; Paul & Jan Crouch, Paul Crouch, Jr., Jesse Duplantis, Jamal H. Bryant, Steve Munsey, Donnie McClurkin, Judy Jacobs, Karen Wheaton & Chosen, HLE Singers & Actors, John Hagee, Nasir Siddiki, Dr. Mark Chironna, Steve Galiher and more. As each droned on about the virtues of sowing seed faith money into their “ministry” efforts around the world – one man in particular, boasted of receiving a revelation from God. He described his private revelation as a “marrying together technology with theology” that was going to bring one of three popular social networks to a screeching halt.