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Oh, Look! Kong Hee Has a Fan!

October 15, 2008 in Christianity by Isaiah | 8 comments

I just stumbled upon this site a few days ago and was smiling to myself — thank you, whoever you are who put up the blog and page on YouTube with a whole load of sermon excerpts; it will now be easier to use the resources to warn of the dangers of Kong Hee’s Word of Faith theology and prosperity message!

Technology is wonderful, heh!

Here’s just a couple of samples of Kong Hee’s theology — the first is his vision of a stadium in the marketplace, and the second a very succinct summation of the prosperity message taught at City Harvest Church.

A “Fresh Fire” Descending Upon Singapore

September 20, 2008 in Christianity by Isaiah | 4 comments

My thanks to Yongchun at All of Grace for bringing this to my attention.

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Assemblies of God (AoG) in Singapore, a “Fresh Fire Conference” will be held in November when the organizers believe that “… the LORD will release a fresh prophetic word over the Assemblies of God churches as well as other churches in Singapore and release His anointing in a brand new way!”.

The website announcing the conference goes on to say:

We live in exciting times. The promise of a new era is upon us. As the Assemblies of God of Singapore moves beyond our 80th year, let us catch the fresh fire of the Lord - one that is greater than what we have experienced before - and let us come together to be equipped and empowered to impact this world for the glory of God. Catch the “Fresh Fire” of God as you listen to what God has to say to us through His chosen servants at this Conference.

Speakers at the conference include female apostle Naomi Dowdy (formerly from Trinity Christian Centre), Kong Hee (City Harvest Church), two other female reverends, and a healer/prophet.

Now, I can’t say that I am familiar with the AoG in Singapore, but I would also wonder aloud with Yongchun as to why we are seeing them yoked with the Third Wave and Word of Faith movements. Plus, while I might be seen as being a skeptic, I’m of the opinion that people won’t be hearing a very Biblical message at the conference — I just get very wary when folks claim that there’ll be new prophetic words and anointings.

Picture taken from the Fresh Fire Conference website.

Ray Comfort, Sir, You Had the Microphone

July 24, 2008 in Christian Worldview by Isaiah | 39 comments

Ray ComfortThe word “disappointment” cannot even begin to describe what I felt after reading Ingrid’s report (you can also listen to the podcast here) of the Word of Faith conference that Ray Comfort decided to speak at.

With all due respect, Ray Comfort, Sir, I must say that I am not in agreement with what you did at the conference. More to the point, I was disappointed that you did not do the right thing.

No, not the right thing that we who disagree with you think to be right, but we are specifically instructed in God’s Word to call out false teachers and expose their false teachings.

I’ll be careful to say that I fully believe that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:6), but this is a different crowd. While there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who do need to hear the Gospel, I believe that most there believe they have heard the Gospel and believed. They can’t be more wrong because they have been misled onto a broad road to destruction by these false teachers and their false teachings.

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Fleecing the Flock

July 10, 2008 in Apostasy, Christianity by Isaiah | 27 comments

One fine Sunday morning, at a well-known WoF church in Singapore…

My apologies about the quality, I recorded it off the streaming video of the service.

What Are You Doing, Ray?

July 3, 2008 in Christianity by Isaiah | 21 comments

Ray ComfortI have great respect for Ray Comfort as a brother-in-Christ though I don’t know him personally. It therefore came as a shock to me when this piece of news came to my attention.

Ken Silva at Apprising Ministries and Ingrid Schlueter at Slice of Laodicea disagree with Ray’s practice of participating in some conferences where he will be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with health and wealth heretics on the same stage. The more surprising thing is that this is not the first time that Ray has done this.

Having observed Ray’s ministry, I can say without much doubt that I know that he will strive to preach the Gospel as it is without hesitation. However, the issue here is not whether he will preach the Gospel, but whether Ray, whose radio show has on many occasions decried the practices of such heretics and their errant doctrines, should be seen to be in league with these heretics by his participation in such conferences.

I’m of two minds on this issue, not because I respect Ray and therefore am hesitant to point out that he’s wrong, but because I think there are questions to be answered:

  1. Should Ray be seen to be associated with such WoF heretics though we have faith in his motivation to preach the Gospel at such conferences?
  2. Will such an approach, i.e. preaching the true Gospel in a heretical conference, be effective?
  3. Or is this a case where we can bring up the fact that though Jesus dined with sinners, he didn’t partake of their sinful ways but spoke His truth to them?

What’s your take on this?

Justin Peters On CrossTalk

June 26, 2008 in Apostasy, Christianity by Isaiah | 3 comments

CrossTalk America

Ingrid Schlueter hosted Justin Peters ‘live’ on CrossTalk America just yesterday, Wednesday 25 June, when he talked about his seminar A Call For Discernment which exposes the Word-Faith movement.

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Warnings On the Word of Faith Movement

June 19, 2008 in Apostasy, Christianity by Isaiah | 17 comments

Justin PetersI came across this four-part series of videos by Justin Peters, who has credentials as a Master of Divinity (Biblical Languages), a Master of Theology (New Testament Major / Theology Minor), and is a recognized expert on the Word of Faith movement, having done his thesis on the life and ministry of Benny Hinn.

If you yourself are involved in a church that teaches this dangerous doctrine, and/or holds Benny Hinn and other false teachers in high esteem, I beseech you to watch this four-part summary and find out for yourself just how far removed such doctrines are from BIblical teachings.

And if you know anyone — loved ones, friends, etc — who are in such a church or following pastors who actively advocate the teachings of such false teachers, please show these videos to them. Better yet, order the full DVD set1 of the series A Call For Discernment by Justin Peters.

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A Christian Who Is Strongly Deluded By the Prosperity “Gospel”

May 30, 2008 in Christianity by Isaiah | 36 comments

Please understand that I mean no offense to this brother, but I just cannot stand by and do nothing while he wallows so deeply in such lies spun by the prosperity “gospel” preachers!

I stumbled across a local Christian blog yesterday, and being pleasantly surprised since I don’t really think there are that many Christian blogs in Singapore, decided to read some of his posts.

Written by Yeap Chee Seng, the blogroll on the blog immediately set off some alarm bells in my head — on it were listed the ministry sites of people like Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, and Kenneth Copeland and even a book he authored containing specific verses in the Bible that address prosperity.

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The Prosperity “Gospel” Is the Theology of Babylon!

May 25, 2008 in Apostasy, Christianity by Isaiah | 3 comments

Straight from the pits of hell itself!

So few preach it like Carter Conlon, so few…