“I asked her to justify statements made by members of her church that her divorce would have no impact whatsoever on its ministry. How is that possible, I asked? How is it possible that two high profile ministers could conclude that their own relationship was so damaged that divorce was the only solution, and yet believe themselves spiritually fit to continue their ministries? She had no concrete answers …”
Be sure to read this entire interesting article about Paula White’s radio interview here: http://godandculture.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/paula-whites-desperate-moment/
There’s also a link to the complete interview, itself.
The Bible warns about being tossed to and fro by winds of doctrine … yet this is exactly what is happening today! Jersak talks about listening to God’s voice, but could it be that he has been messing with mystical methods like ’spiritual doorways’ and ‘visualization’ for so long that he has now fallen for the deception of deceiving spirits?”
“We are seeing false teaching because of a couple of centuries of bad doctrine that has become increasingly man-focused. Am I seeking to cause division? Yes I am. I am seeking it because God commands it. We are to be separate from those who teach false doctrine and the core of all false doctrine is rebellion against God and is, therefore, the fruit of unbelief.”
Not all that long ago, I had a conversation with the youth pastor at our former church. I was telling him about how I thought for many, many years I was a Christian because I’d prayed a prayer. Everyone around kept insisting and assuring me that I was saved because of that magic little prayer that I’d prayed. But I knew that I knew that I knew that something was missing. Without even knowing what I was doing, I was examining myself to see if I was in the faith or not. And the answer I kept getting was a resounding, “No.”
“Discernment is not a matter of simply telling the difference between right and wrong; rather, it is telling the difference between right and almost right.”
