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LOST TOMB OF JESUS - A Death-Blow to Christianity?
The Discovery Channel's
March 4 premier of a controversial documentary claiming
that the tomb of Jesus and his family has been found, is
stirring great debate among scientists, scholars,
religious leaders, and people in general. Some claim that
it disproves the Resurrection and renders Jesus no more
than a mortal man. They also claim that it bolsters the
theoriesof Jesus marriage to Mary Magdalene, and the idea
that He has descendants living today. The film comes on
the heels of the fictional portrayal of those same claims
in The Da Vinci Code.
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THE
DA VINCI CODE - Truth or Gnostic
Propaganda?
Now that Dan Brown's run away bestseller The Da
Vinci Code
has been made into a block buster movie (it
grossed $77 million its first weekend), the storm
over its controversial attack against Jesus, the
Bible and Christianity in general has been
renewed with even greater fervor. Movies of ten
have a greater impact upon people than do the
books upon which they are based. The audio-visual
impression, particularly at the hands of a
talented director like Ron Howard, is far more impressive than
slogging through almost 500 pages of a small
paper back book. (View the PDF)
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ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT - Or
Demons of Deception?
There has
been of late a great increase of interest
in the subject of angels, not only among
Christians, but among people of many
religions and among New Age practitioners
in particular. Due to the continued
popularity of the Charles
and Frances Hunter book, "Angels
on Assignment," and the rash of
testimonies of alleged angelic
visitations since its publication, this
analysis of these claims remains one of
the most important writings on the
subject. Are these really God's angels,
or are they demons of deception? You
decide.
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CELEBRATION 2000 -
Neo-Orthodoxy and the New Evangelization
written
toward the end of 1999, this report on
the plans to "celebrate" Jesus
during the new mellennium is still
pertinent to neo-orthodoxy and the new
evanglism which waters down the Gospel
for the sake of inclusion. This
ecumenical hoax has found great favor
within the institutional churches. Yet,
as Al Dager points out, there is a strong
social-gospel agenda which incorporates New Age philosophy and cooperation
with the United
Nations
and the world's religions for the sake of
unity. Not everything that purports to
"celebrate" Jesus has to do
with the Jesus of the Gospel.
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COVENANTALISM - A New
Name for an Old Spirit
This
examination into a religious philosophy
that contains sufficient truth to gain
the confidence of Christians is, in
truth, a deception that leads into
bondage to the dictates of men. It
examines the practice of convenanting and
taking of oaths to be in subjection to
religious leaders. It is nothing more
than the shepherding movement repackaged,
but it has been gaining adherents among
the institutional churches for some time.
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DELIVERANCE -
Demonization and the Christian
Can
Christians be demonized? What is the
proper definition of "demon
possession"?
Is the solution to Christians plagued by
sin deliverance or repentance? Can a
person inherit demons from their parents?
These and many other questions are
answered from Scripture in this important
study. (View the
PDF)
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THE GOSPEL IN THE ZODIAC - A Biblical
Analysis
As this age
draws to a close man's search for life's
meaning is taking him on a frenzied foray
into ancient wisdom and and occult
philosophy. Even many of today's
Christians feel a need to prove the
veracity of the Gospel by some means
outside of Scripture. An example is a
currently popular theory which Al Dager
calls "the Gospel in the Zodiac." This theory is based
on the tenuous assumption that the Zodiac was originally designed by
God as a witness to His plan of
redemption. Al looks at the various
zodiacal signs and the theories that
surround them, demonstrating that this
stretch of imagination has not basis in
biblical truth.
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PDF)
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HOLY LAUGHTER - Rodney
Howard-Browne and the Toronto Blessing
Many
churches continue to report spontaneous,
uncontrollable laughter erupting from
their congregations, even during times of
solemn ceremony or messages from the
pulpit. Some report bizarre
manifestations such as barking like dogs,
roaring like lions, falling into trances,
and other unruly behavior. Proponents of
these phenomena insist they are
manifestions of a fresh outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. This study traces the
origins of the "holy
laughter"
movement, and offers a biblical
understanding of its true nature.
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INNER HEALING - A
Biblical Analysis
Examines the
New Age origins of this practice that
gained popularity in the churches as they
began to adopt the psychological model
for ministry. The beliefs of the alleged
"Christian" proponents of this
technique for healing emotions are also
examined. Those addressed are Agnes
Sanford,
Ruth
Carter Stapleton, Dennis and Rita
Bennett,
and John and
Paula Sandford, among others. Agnes
Sanford,
as the progenitor of inner healing among
Christians is found to have been a
believer in reincarnation, astral
projection, and other aberrant,
unbiblical philosophies.
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PENSACOLA: REVIVAL OR
REVELING?
Following
strongly on the heels of the "Toronto
Blessing,"
aka "holy
laughter,"
the Brownsville, Florida, Assembly
of God church,
located in a suburb of Pensacola,
expanded with even more outbreaks of
spontaneous bizarre behavior which its
leaders attributed to the work of the
Holy Spirit. While both movements have
seen the peak of their popularity, they
represent watershead events that will no
doubt increase among the institutional
churches. This study looks at the
Pensacola outbreak from a biblical
perspective, and reveals the lies and
deceit behind its propagation. (View the
PDF)
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PROMISE KEEPERS - Is What You
See What You Get?
Although the
influence of Promise
Keepers
is on the wane, this organization
continues to influence thousands of
churches. This report looks at the
ecumenical agenda of its leadership, and
the psychological integrationism of its
group dynamics, as well as other
unbiblical elements.
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PDF)
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PROMISE KEEPERS' Washington,
D.C. COVENANT
Building
upon its popularity, Promise
Keepers
organized its "million man
march" with the intent of bringing
to the nation's capital its appeal for
denominational and racial reconciliation.
In the process, it called for all
churches to voluntarily look to Promise
Keepers as their central authority for
those agendas. It also called for men as
individuals to covenant with God under
Promise Keepers' auspices certain
promises that amount to spiritual
bondage. Regardless of the
"positive" spin put on this
organization by its proponents, it has
proven to be dangerous to the spiritual
health of men.
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SIX ROMAN CATHOLIC DOCTRINES THAT
NULLIFY SALVATION BY GRACE
Citing the Roman
Catholic
St. Joseph's Edition of the New American
Bible, this study proves the truth of
salvation by grace. It then proves that
the Roman
Catholic Church nullifies salvation by grace
in spite of its words to the contrary.
According to Roman
Catholicism, salvation comes by God's grace, but
the only way to receive that grace is
through partaking of the Roman Catholic sacraments dispensed through the
priesthood. An important aid for
non-Catholic Christians in understanding
the true nature of Roman
Catholic
"grace," this study arms
believers with the knowledge to witness
to their Roman
Catholic
friends and family.(View the
PDF)
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STIGMATA - Is Lucy Rael
for Real?
Citing the
example of Catholic charismatic Lucy
Rael, this report exposes her as a fraud,
and challenges the idea of stigmata as a legitimate sign of
holiness or a miracle from God. It
includes a historical brief of stigmata. (View the
PDF)
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