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...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
Consider the techniques and philosophies coming into the professing Church and where they come from. What is Frank Viola’s MinistryMind? “MinistryMind: A Breakthrough MasterMind That Will Transform Your Ministry” Frank facilitates...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 25, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
Below is from the July email version of the “Present Testimony Ministry Newsletter” 7/8/08 What is so tragic is that, to many, Frank Viola represents a major part of the “House Church Movement”. At a time when modern Evangelicals ought to be...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 24, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
Link between Contemplative & New Thought Movements: Brother Lawrence Posted 1/16/08 updated 1/19/08 See the quote from New Thought Movement page by Alan Anderson: “Using the title of a famous book by Brother Lawrence, New Thought is “the practice of...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 24, 2018 | Counterfeit Christianity
“Peter rebuked Simon the magician for thinking “that the gift of God may be purchased with money” (Acts:8:20). Yet the practice of charging for what only God can give has become the norm in the church. Were he living today, Simon would find that his...
