This is a refutation of water baptism as a condition of salvation. Here I am taking aim at the Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, that teach this heresy. The premise of these people as well as others is to add the “work” of water baptism before a person is saved.
How to tell if you are in cult #4 evangelism is lost, evangelism is not the priority, our primary goal is not Christlikeness but promoting the cult. This is a study of some simple elements that are very common in cults, false religions, even bad political groups.
How to tell if you are in cult #3 condemnation of impropriety of a leader is swept under the rug, giving is controlled, loyalty is to the cult first before Christ.
How to tell if you are in cult #2 no soul liberty, member problems only through the leadership, the cult comes before your family.
How to tell if you are in a Cult #is continued from part 1. This is a study of some simple elements that are very common in cults, false religions, even bad political groups.
How to tell if you are in a Cult #1 condemnation depends on relation to the cult. Success is principally money. Righteousness is not Jesus Christ. This is a study of some simple elements that are very common in cults, false religions, even bad political groups.
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority in the Church,David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen, 1991.
Continue reading Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse Johnson-VanVonderen
Cults: What is their source of Authority? describes the marks of a cult so you will know how to identify them. Continue reading Cults: What is their source of Authority?
A study on False Prophets and Teachers is excerpted from some good old books about false prophets and teachers.
taken from http://www.sounddoctrine.net/apologetics.html
A cult becomes destructive when:
¨ It isolates members from family and friends.
¨ The group interferes with an individual’s ability to think freely.
¨ A charismatic figure dominates the group, claiming to have a direct line to God or some secret knowledge that makes the group elite.
¨ The cult persuades members that the group goal is more important than individual needs, using guilt and shame to keep followers from questioning doctrine.
¨ The leader instills fear that something dreadful will happen to anyone who leaves.
Christ’s Atonement in Catholicism shows that Roman Catholicism has a wrong concept of Christ’s work, and it is seen in various doctrinal beliefs and practices. They do not believe in the sufficiency of Christ’s atonement in the single act of dying on the cross, but rather it is like a single major event within many other events.
by David Cox
Why so many Crises Today? Is an article about our day with a constant crisis at every corner and how this works into the Antichrist and his takeover.
