By Ken Silva pastor-teacher Features, New Apostolic Reformation
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The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries continues to do our part to alert you to increasing syncretism e.g. Steven Furtick Bringin’ On Word Faith And The Pastrixes.
Unfortunately, the truth is, we are on the brink of a veritable tsunami of apostasy.
Who would have thought that hyper-charismatic spiritual Word Faith wingnuts like Oneness Pentecostal heretic T.D. Jakes could be considered an evangelical?
Or that New Apostolic Reformation self-appointed “apostles” like C. Peter Wagner would ever even be close to the mainstream? Well, guess what; now they are.
In the video below you’ll see apostlette Cindy Jacobs, one of main leaders within the corrupt NAR and co-founder of an apostate organization called Generals International along with her equally deceived husband Mike.
As a former Word Faith adherent myself I recognize the classic WF jargon at :42 in where supposedly in the Name of Jesus she takes:
authority over every spirit of lust; pornography; addiction; homosexuality; bisexuality; perversion…
The idea is she will bind and cast out these spirits that have caused people to be in bondage to them. It gives further proof you needn’t fear these fools who’ve anointed themselves prophets and apostles.
You see, if they really were sent by Jesus then they would know the real source of these sins; the sinful nature of mankind. Jesus already told us:
And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Mark 7:20-23)
So you see, these things NAR apostlette Cindy Jacobs thinks she has control over aren’t really caused by demons at all. A true servant of Christ would have known that. I say, leave them; they are blind guides.
"The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith."
--Catholic Church's decision against Galileo Galilei
Note, these Church Fathers are the very ones to canonize the letters of Saint Paul into the New Testament Bible. Peter gives a warning about these letters in 2Pe 3:16 Indeed, he speaks about these things in all his letters. They contain some things that are hard to understand, things which the uninstructed and unstable distort, to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
People who identify as gay or lesbian are not able to become heterosexual. While some people of ambivalent sexual orientation are capable of functioning as heterosexuals, those for whom homosexual orientation has become an integral feature of their personal identity are not able to transform into heterosexuals.
The following 2005 statement by the American Psychological Association summarizes the current scientific consensus about sexual orientation and individual volition: Human beings cannot choose their sexual orientation. Sexual orientation emerges for most people in early adolescence or late childhood without any prior sexual experience. The experience of sexual attraction and falling in love is one that individuals experience as outside their conscious control. Although we can choose whether to act on our feelings, psychologists do not consider sexual orientation to be a conscious choice.
The near total failure of advocates of “cure” to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals obviates the halakhic significance of tracing the source of homosexuality. Gay and lesbian people are homosexual and will remain so. Even those who have attempted a “cure” have been unable – in the vast majority of cases – to change their orientation. For the halakhist, therefore, the issue of significance is not the origin of homosexual orientation, but rather the permanence of such an orientation by the time sexuality reaches consciousness.
Whether sexual orientation is determined by nature or nurture or some combination of both does not alter the resultant orientation, whether that orientation is heterosexual, homosexual, or something in between. More:
This Is the Last Post I’ll Ever Write about Ken Silva
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June 17, 2011 may have been the best day of Ken Silva’s life. It was also, most probably, the worst day in the history of journalism. For it was on that day that the USA Today quoted Silva in its article on the upcoming Wild Goose Festival.
It seems that the USA Today didn’t call Silva, since it’s difficult to find a phone number for him (I have, and I’ve called him a couple times). Instead, the USA Today simply cribbed a quote from one of Silva’s blogs and took his word for his own credentials.
Silva is the pastor of Connecticut River Baptist Church in Claremont, New Hampshire. It is a church with no website, a hard-to-find phone number (or this phone number), and at last report, eight members. The address of the church, 24 Crescent Street, is a vacant building. (It is actually listed as the home of “Stevens Alumni,” whatever that is. It has also formerly been the home of “Green Acres Fine Food and Wine.”)
Silva does not have any pictures of himself online, nor any more than the most sketchy of biographical information. He does not allow comments on his site (though he does not hesitate to comment on others’ sites). He has repeatedly refused to appear on Doug Pagitt Radio. He has refused multiple invitations from Doug and me to join us at our events.
Since Silva does not allow for any other means of communication with the outside world, I called him at the numbers linked above (you can, too!). I first spoke to him in 2007 andblogged about it. He was a decent human being on the phone.
And he may be a decent human being in person. I wouldn’t know.
This I do know: on the internet, Ken Silva is a troll. He doesn’t play by the rules (yes, there are rules). Among those rules are, if you’re a blogger, you should allow comments, especially if you comment on others’ posts.
He runs two sites, neither of which I will name or link to. He often double-posts — that is, posts the same thing at both sites — and he constantly links between the two sites. This is a way to game the system of search engines, since permanent in-bound links from authoritative sites is a major way that Google prioritizes search results.
He also uses names (like mine) and URLs (like mine) in posts that have nothing to do with me. Again, this is gaming the system, for it’s giving Google the impression that his site is an authoritative site regarding information about me.
Don’t get me wrong, I believe in free speech above almost everything. Silva has the right to say whatever the hell he wants about me or anyone else. He’s free to game the system (until Google catches him). He’s even free to solicit donations, which he’s been doing recently.
But you, dear reader, should know that every time you click on a link of his, every time you rise to his bait on Twitter, you’re aiding and abetting a gossip and slanderer. You’re also helping him trick Google.
I encourage you, if you care for what is good in the world, and if you want to protect your own soul from hatred, gossip, and slander, to never again click on a link of his.
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source:[2] http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tonyjones/2011/07/01/this-is-the-last-post-ill-ever-write-about-ken-silva/
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