Pop-Christianity and humanist: A new breed of church leaders, pastors, and churches labeled “false preachers”
Progressive humanist, otherwise known as “Popular Christianity,” is actually Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD). Their teachings are based on the Bible but embrace humanism, which is all about us, rather than all about God.
The most common signs of false Christianity are those who preach MTD, install women or trans pastors, advocate woke social justice, and emphasize “hypergrace.” Some of them have a strong following on YouTube.
1. MTD: They focus on what we get from God
These preachers teach a kind of God of the universe whose purpose for creating us is to make us feel good. Hence, a Moralistic Theistic Deist or MTD.
They often talk about how God can bless us if we do certain things and ignore preaching repentance, a clear requirement for salvation. In short, they rub God like a genie.
They rub God like a genie
Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, and Benny Hinn are old news, but a new breed of dynamic churches preaches heresy, and you may not even be aware of it
Among the heavily criticized churches for their “faulty exegesis” are Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Church. For example, Bethel church has weird practices such as grave soaking, resurrecting dead people, and the “name it, claim it” gospel.
Although impressive and charismatic, apologist John Macarthur rebuked Steven Furtick and called him “unqualified.” Furtick is criticized for his extra-biblical interpretation and wealth.
Beth Moore has a massive following in the USA and is accused of preaching the new phenomenon of the “social justice gospel.”
2. The marriage of prosperity gospel, progressivism, and wokeism
Hypergrace and social justice preachers
Hyper grace emphasizes the grace of God to the exclusion of preaching repentance and confessing sin. The Osteen family, Paul Ellis, Andrew Farley, and Joseph Prince, made what is “cheap grace” famous.
At the height of Black Lives Matter in 2019, many Christian churches in the United States jumped into the bandwagon of woke social justice. They supported the Marxist atheist group out of “white guilt.”
They are endangering the gospel.
Woke LGBTQ Churches supporting transgender gay and lesbian pastors
In 2018, female theologians from Geneva University published a “feminist Bible” translation. They said the Bible is outdated, joining the bandwagon of the #MeToo movement.
Since 2015, the marriage of “woke churches” that ordains “trans pastors,” baptizes “trans kids,” and Christian social activists are part of a new progressive-liberal Christian movement.
For example, Rev. Paul became Paula Williams, youth pastor Kris Lowen became the “annotated Esther,” and Pastor Rose Beeson to Reverend Peter Beeson.
3. Humanist churches on the rise
It’s not just the “politically woke churches” but ‘Christian humanist churches” on the rise. From Lakewood, IHOP, Elevation, and Bethel Church to the Hillsong scandal, these mega churches in America have turned the Gospel about us rather than about Jesus.
They use music as a tool to indoctrinate young people with MTD, devoid of Biblical repentance and gospel apologetic.
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