"Whatever" Christianity (Part 2)

Scripture twisting has become an art form.  This is not just a problem in America.  All over the globe false teachers are pulling Christians into their web of deception.
 
There's so much unorthodox teaching going on that it's impossible to expose all of it.  Flawed "theology" should be obvious to Christians who are biblically literate.  I'm not talking about Bible scholars; I'm talking about your average Jack and Jill Christian who study the Bible for all it's worth.  What results from a diligent study of God's Word is discernment. Even so, false teaching blended with truth is sometimes hard to detect, even for the discerning mind.  Which is why false teachers have been so successful at making their mark on the Church, and marketing their made up Christianity. 
 
Don't think for one minute that these men and women are unaware that what they've been feeding the gullible sheep is not only unorthodox, it's heretical.  Many of them know perfectly well that they're preaching a different gospel.  But they don't care!  In Part one, I used Robert Schuller's "Theology of Self-Esteem" as an example.  Rev. Schuller is the epitome of a false teacher who is preaching another gospel to millions of people.  What is the true Gospel?  Christ crucified.  Schuller is more concerned with people's "self-esteem" than with their eternal souls. 
 
There are also false teachers among the Pentecostals.
 
PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT 
Methodist holiness preacher Charles Parham is considered the founder of modern Pentecostalism.  Parham broke with the Methodist church and started his own ministry.  In 1901Agnes Ozman began to speak in "tongues" when hands were laid on her. Parham believed that speaking in tongues was both a sign of Spirit baptism and also the signal of the end of the age.  Parham also linked the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with a latter-day Pentecost.

"What began on a corner at the turn of the twentieth century is now barreling down Main Street. What was once known as the Pentecostal movement has now splintered into numerous diverse, yet overlapping movements: Pentecostal, Charismatic, Vineyard, Word-Faith, and Holy Laughter."  [1]

Here are a few more to add to the list: Latter Rain Restorationism; Third Wave (or Signs and Wonders); Dominionism; Deliverance; Soaking in the Spirit; New Apostolic Reformation.  And I've only scratched the surface!

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