Category Archives: Charismania

Quotes (938)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

“If signs and wonders did still exist, do you think they would be given to people with bad theology? You think God would give Benny Hinn the power to do miracles to authenticate really bad theology? If those gifts existed, … Continue reading →

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The Charismania Plague: Spreading to the next generation.

Posted on April 12, 2012 by
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Top 10 reasons to reject the cult of Word of Faith.

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

I found the following article at Beyond Grace: Word-Faith (WOF) teaching, identified with Ken Copeland and Ken Hagin, is the foundation for today’s prophetic/apostolic movement. Several years ago Tricia Tillin wrote an article on the Top Ten Reasons for rejecting … Continue reading →

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A Case for the Pre-Existence of the Son of God

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

A Case for the Pre-Existence of the Son of God Defining Who is the Son of God and Proving His Eternal Existence INTRODUCTION             Over two-thousand years ago in the small village of Bethlehem, made famous as the boyhood home … Continue reading →

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Has Mark Driscoll gone Charismatic?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

The Sola Sisters have posted a doozey about Mark Driscoll talking to demons and giving extra-biblical advice on how to perform exorcisms. Had I only read the transcript from the following video–not knowing who it came from–I would have never … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of the Age

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

I was going to post this as a response to this: http://defendingcontending.com/2011/02/17/inner-promptings/ but decided it warrants its own post. Many people have been misled by folk about how to find out the will of God – as if He’s hidden it … Continue reading →

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Mark Driscoll’s Madness

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Ok, this one has pushed me over the edge with Mr. Driscoll. I have had issues with his methods and his personal witness, the way he talks from the pulpit, and so on…but this is a whole new level for … Continue reading →

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She’s back.

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Like a bad penny (or a persistent rash), Paula White is back. HT: Slaughter of the Sheep

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Quotes (861)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

“Anything that partakes of the nature of swamping our personality out of our control is never of God. Do we ever find a time in the life of our Lord when He was carried beyond His control? Never once. Do … Continue reading →

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Quotes (859)

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

“Will you let Jesus take the heroic right out of you? Will you let Him make you see yourself as He sees you until for one moment you stand before the Cross and say, ‘Nothing in my hands I bring”? … Continue reading →

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Quotes (855)

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

The charismatic movement is largely the reason the church is in the mess it’s in today. In virtually every area where church life is unbiblical, you can attribute it to the charismatic movement. In virtually every area — bad theology, … Continue reading →

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“Inner Promptings”

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

I’ve recently read a most excellent book about how to determine the will of God, titled Just Do Something: How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the … Continue reading →

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Derek meets a false apostle and Shelly confronts her pastor.

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

These two videos hit the proverbial nail on the head on every over-used cliche and every platitude I’ve hear ad nauseum in my time in charismatic circles. (You’ll have to watch each video over at YouTube since embedding has been … Continue reading →

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Quotes (814)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

“The whole strength of the personal life, the personal spirit, is to be so gripped by the Spirit of God that we begin to comprehend His meaning. It is always risky to use a phrase with a fringe, a phrase … Continue reading →

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Quotes (789)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

“As long as we use the image of our experience, of our feelings, of our answers to prayer, we shall never begin to understand what the apostle Paul means when he says, “It is no longer I who lives, but … Continue reading →

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Fake healer, Mark Haville, reveals the secrets.

Posted on August 5, 2010 by
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Are we really “Pharisees”?

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

We here at DefCon (as well as our brothers and sisters at other sites, such as Ken Silva and Ingrid Schlueter) use the written Word of God as the rule and basis for everything we believe about God and how … Continue reading →

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Benny Hinn’s wife files for divorce.

Posted on February 18, 2010 by

Another health, wealth, and prosperity preacher is headed to divorce court. According to this report from Fox News, Suzanne Hinn, wife of heretic faith healer Benny Hinn . . . Filed papers in Orange County Superior Court on Feb. 1, … Continue reading →

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Eight public rebukes for Todd Bentley.

Posted on February 15, 2010 by
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“Let us flee, for the enemy of the truth is inside!!”

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

In the First Century AD, Cerinthus was a well-known heretic, being one of the early leaders of the Gnostic movement. John opposed him as fiercely as a man possible could (thus giving us a better example of how to deal … Continue reading →

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Playing the Pharisee Card

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

It happens. It always happens. Someone styles themselves a prophet, or a teacher. They teach some aberrant doctrine that flat-out contradicts the Bible. Or they bring in AC/DC Satan to minister to the people. They use all kinds of newfangled … Continue reading →

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Mike Bickle and IHOP.

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

As a follow-up to Unworthy 1′s post on the International House of Prayer (found here) I’ve decided to post the following eye-opening video I just discovered. The video is a news piece from CBN and is done in a favorable … Continue reading →

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More satire, this time from Sacred Sandwich

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

I had posted the following on my own blog about a year and a half ago. When you stop to think about it, it is more sad than it is humorous. And that because it is just as relevant now … Continue reading →

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IHOP?!?

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

Chrystal at slaughtering the sheep exposes yet another false movement that is catching fire…kudos to her for being on top of things… What is one warning sign of a cult? Well, I think the most obvious is when a person … Continue reading →

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The Bankruptcy of the Prosperity Gospel

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

By: David Jones Just over one hundred years ago, the renowned pastor and statesman Charles H. Spurgeon spoke these words to the then-largest congregation in all Christendom: I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live … Continue reading →

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Measuring Oral Robert’s Influence

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

Here is a very telling look at the ungodly influence of men like Roberts and their prosperity gospel, by John MacArthur. Oral Roberts died this week and the obituaries have been abuzz with analyses of his life and legacy. The … Continue reading →

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What is wrong with the prosperity “gospel”.

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

If you notice, at the end of the title there is a period–not a question mark. It is not great secret that the prosperity “gospel” is heresy. But, how do we explain just how many levels of heresy are involved … Continue reading →

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How Jesse Duplantis’ fictional Italian “Jesus” defends himself.

Posted on December 19, 2009 by
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Rod Parsley: it was bound to happen sooner or later

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

A bad economy is never a good thing…….or is it? God used swarms of locusts to destroy the crops in Judah, in order that the people would stop depending on the sacrifices in the temple to cover their sins, and … Continue reading →

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Oral Roberts Dies

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

In no way rejoicing, but for those who care to know, Oral Roberts today has joined the growing list of Word Faith teachers who have died.  Where once again, a man who claimed he had the power to heal others could not, like … Continue reading →

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