by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 27, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
It’s a perfect match, I’m afraid… 5/3/05 “When the first trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobemakes its U.S. premiere Saturday night during ABC’s showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets—...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 27, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
Alliance yokes Evangelicals with Oneness Pentecostals in the name of providing social services to Hurricane Katrina victims, according to a Kitsap Sun article by Eric D. Williams (9/15/05). The following is an email I recently (9/17/05) sent to a local clergyman:...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 27, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
4/8/06 In the April 2006 newsletter of “Present Testimony Ministry”, Frank Viola discusses how he became acquainted with the techniques of mystics in “contemplative” prayer. See the text of his newsletter. I sent an email to Frank Viola raising...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 27, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
What do they all have in common? The False Gospel of Self Esteem! Jesse Jackson led young people in the affirmation chant, “I AM – Somebody!” Gloria Steinem, the Feminist leader, wrote the book, Revolution From Within – A Book of Self Esteem....
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 26, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
The Religious Society of Friends 9/20/06 updated 9/23/06 While in Princeton recently, we visited the Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House built in 1760 and still in use. Consider the following quotes from a Quaker pamphlet available at the meeting house: “The Light...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
About “End of the Spear” “Dare to Make Contact” Posted 12/28/06 An amazing story about five martyred missionaries and the producers hired a gay activist, Chad Allen, to play the lead role. “Why?”, I’ve continued to ask. The fact that a...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
God powerfully revealed Himself through His relationship with His chosen, the Jewish people. The history of the Jewish people is objective evidence for the existence of the God of the Bible. The Old Testament prophesied that the Gospel would go to the gentiles as well...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
10/19/06 Comments by Senator Barack Obama: “We need to take faith seriously not simply to block the religious right but to engage all persons of faith in the larger project of American renewal” “Some of this is already beginning to happen. Megachurch...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
Rick Warren on Meet the Press 12/24/06 Unify the World’s Religions to join with the Global Political and Economic Systems to solve the world’s problems Pragmatism Transcript Faith in America: Can Religion unite the country for the greater good? Tim...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Churchianity
On a recent flight I noticed three magazines that featured his goings-on: Fortune, Time, and Ladies Home Journal. I don’t think we have seen such media hype over an evangelical celebrity since the newspaper empire of William Randolph Hearst made Billy Graham the...
