Deborah (Discerning the World) { Malherbe Unfortunately we are dealing with an actual CULT here, http://www.disc erningtheworld. com/category/pe ople-names/eric -von-anderseck- apostle/ } – Feb 06, 6:31 PM
Malherbe { Aijajai, wanneer ek so na al die kommentaar hierbo lees, kan ek nie help om met dankbaarheid vervul te wees... } – Feb 06, 6:10 PM
Herman Badenhorst { From the outset I must say there are some things that Prof. Gouws teaches that I disagree with for one... } – Feb 06, 4:52 PM
Redeemed { Martin, if you will do some research and check your facts, you will find that Francis Schaeffer was both a... } – Feb 06, 4:10 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Metadoodle Just for interest sake...Calvinis t call themselves Calvinists after a man called John Calvin. When you show them this, they... } – Feb 06, 3:52 PM
Metadoodle { This is a loooooooooong comment thread so I did not read through everything, but I thought I, a Christian believer... } – Feb 06, 11:08 AM
Dave Sharp { What? No one saw this coming? I've been a Christian for 10 years and in our little neck of the... } – Feb 06, 9:04 AM
Dave Sharp { Isn't it enough already that this guy is the poster boy for church growth at the expense of any real... } – Feb 06, 8:40 AM
Helen { I don't tithe money not anymore to church (The building), I tithed 10 percent each sunday beleiving my money would... } – Feb 05, 6:59 PM
die kleinhond { Shame you guys obviously have huge problems in the giving department and the faith department. Trying to rationalize your way... } – Feb 05, 2:06 AM
estelle { [deleted - not interested in nutcase comments by people infatuated with Rebecca Brown] } – Feb 04, 10:33 AM
Moemsie { Thanks! A Brilliant article! (Just for interest matter: Mnet has an advertising flash promising: The Year of Change 2012. Believe.... } – Feb 04, 10:29 AM
Yet another SDA { [deleted - nasty comments from 7th Day Adventists not welcome] } – Feb 03, 9:56 PM
Martin Horan { Daniel's idea is quite interesting. However, Jordan--unless I'm missing something--is a Moslem nation. Moslems are not nor ever were mystery... } – Feb 03, 6:07 PM
Martin Horan { I remained in a "Christian" cult for a bit over twenty years. The reason for that was simple. I was... } – Feb 03, 5:41 PM
Werner { Amen - just remember our O.T are derived from the Septuagint and other writings, so in effect that is the... } – Feb 03, 5:39 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Bev Hope it wasn't a real brick LOL? } – Feb 03, 4:52 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Thanks Steve } – Feb 03, 4:48 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Lizelle No worries, I figures it out lol Re 7th Day Adventists. Nope they are not for the REAL Jesus... } – Feb 03, 4:45 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Werner You are right, it should not affect our relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, unless you start... } – Feb 03, 4:39 PM
Beverley { Poor Deborah With some of these 'christians' you can't win. What you must pray is that the Lord drops a... } – Feb 03, 4:37 PM
Werner { Yes, Debs, I did read the article! I know Anton quite well and respect his teachings - like many other... } – Feb 03, 4:29 PM
Lizelle { Dear Deborah Sorry to confuse you! I did not say anything about globalreport. I said that the dvd series from... } – Feb 03, 4:00 PM
Deborah (Discerning the World) { Werner Did you read the article? } – Feb 03, 3:52 PM
Steve { I renounced a deep occult and new age life for the sake of Christ. I needed to cause it nearly... } – Feb 03, 3:46 PM
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Today I will give a review of Heaven is for Real – A Little Boys Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back. I went to a local Christian book store called CUM Books stores here in South Africa to find hundreds of copies of this book stacked under the ‘Best Selling’ section. I picked one up and thought to myself, “Satan’s smart, he is now using little kids to sell his story.”
To give a brief summary of the story, little Colton aged 4, complains of stomach pains and runs a high fever. His parents, Todd and Sonja Burpo take him to a hospital where the doctor fails to diagnose the problem. The little boy is now deteriorating to such an extent that they remove him out of the hospital and take him to another one where he is diagnosed for a burst appendix. Rushed into surgery, little Colton while on the surgery table experiences something many people never do. He apparently goes to Heaven and meets Jesus. After he is home he starts to recount his story to his parents, as best as a 4 year old can, of his trip to Heaven and back.
There have been many books written by many people on their supposed trips of Heaven where they meet a ‘Jesus’ type person. One being Choo Thomas’ “Heaven is so Real” and then Don Piper’s “90 Minutes in Heaven”, who just happens to endorse Heaven is For Real. In the front of the book on the ‘Praise for Heaven is For Real’ pages, there are praises from 12 different people telling you why you should by this book, all reasoning as to why Colton’s story is just as good as that of the bible, and why you should “allow a little child to lead you.” – Don Piper, Speaker and Author, 90 Minutes in Heaven
Frightening expectations of unprecedented natural disasters and apocalyptic judgements that would strike the world in 2011 had been stirred up in different quarters, but nothing happened! We are now in 2012, and for this year even more prophecies of doom alluding to the destruction or near-destruction of all life on earth have been uttered.
As far as 2011 is concerned, there were the predictions of Harold Camping of Family Radio in California that the rapture of believers would occur on 21st May 2011, followed by five months of divine judgements, up to 21st October 2011, during which virtually all life on earth would have been exterminated. Camping wrote a book titled, The Doomsday Code.
Unbelievable as it sounds, one of the latest New (old) Age temptations to confront both the world and the church is to encourage spiritual and religious seekers to talk with the dead. In this maneuver we can see the adversary’s ploy is to further open the door to a seducing spirit world (1Timothy 4:1). Demonic spirits that impersonate deceased loved ones will attempt to convey “new understandings” and “new revelations” that will contribute to a “new worldview.” This will ultimately lead to a deceptively contrived world peace. This deceptive “peace” plan was warned about in the Bible (Daniel 8:25, Matthew 24:3-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Tim 4:1, 1 John 4:1, Revelation 13, etc.).
This temptation to talk and listen to the dead has already entered the church. And it is entering through mainstream evangelical doorways. Pastor Steve Berger and his wife Sarah have written a book entitled Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth. In this book they describe how their recently deceased son, Josiah, has appeared to them and to members of their church in a variety of ways.
Because we are living in the last days (and boy are we in the last days), we are seeing more and more ‘Evangelists’ turning to Rome, and speaking a message that Pentecostals, Protestants, et al need to come together with Rome and work together on common ground.
A while ago I posted an article on the Nephilim stating that I did not believe that the Nephilim were demonic offspring. I then deleted the article because I became uncertain if I was indeed correct. Since then I have been searching for the truth and I am happy to say I have found the TRUTH. The reason I am so passionate about the answer to this question is because of the rise in interest in the supernatural, i.e, aliens, trans-humanism etc. There are stories running abound that during the tribulation demons will be free to do as they please on earth, producing offspring like the Nephilim. The bible is very clear that we are to not let our minds be captured by occult imagination because when human minds get hold of unbiblical ideas it runs free and causes all sorts of havoc.
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Permission received by Anton Bosch to re-publish his article. Thank you! [Emphasis added by DTW][See DTW notes at bottom of article.]
Prof. Johan Malan, Mossel Bay, South Africa (2011.08.24)
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Dear Peter
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I address this Open Letter to you in response to your article, The New Apostolic Reformation: an Update (Aug. 19, 2011).
Evangelical Christians everywhere, but particularly also here in South Africa, have to take issue with you for deceptively presenting the NAR as a movement which subscribes to “all the standard classic statements of Christian doctrine”, for creating false expectations of introducing God’s kingdom on earth by, among others, using an unbiblical form of strategic spiritual warfare, for completely negating biblical prophecies on the end-time, and also for associating a Christian reformation with the African Independent Church Movement.
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I will briefly substantiate these four objections:
Is there a logical reason for HARDSHIPS in the presence of a LOVING GOD?
Job 2:10 …….What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?……..
The Last Days and The Last Day.
Before we do get to the topic on suffering, there is one more stumbling block to overcome and that is question regarding the last days. I was also one of those, whose will too listen to Biblical truths was somewhat cooled off, when looking at the last days and trying to establish meaning pertaining to the significance of the last days. Everyone always said and so was my own train of thought, that the last days were spoken of two thousand years ago. How long are the last days then? Does the Bible have a never-ending plan for the world, or is there a final end? It seems as if the end is continuous. This is exactly what Peter was drawing on in 2Peter 3: 4 – 7.
Well, let’s see what is really meant by this. Can we take this in a literal sense or not? If the Scriptures are Holy inspired, then the answer should be found in the Bible. The Bible has many apparent contradictions, yet when one really delves into the studying of the Scriptures prayerfully, the Scriptures in its original context disprove any contradiction. There is a bigger picture to be found. Scripture always interprets Scripture and extended study will always permeate into a better understanding of the Bible, as a whole.
An article in the Rapport Newspaper stated that the Brooklyn Theatre in Menlo Park Pretoria are against any form of Gospel events, and this was re-confirmed thereafter in a Newsletter they sent out.
“OUR MISSION AS ADVERTISED AND STATED IN THE RAPPORT OF 20th FEB 2011, CONFIRMS THAT WE ARE AGAINST ANY FORM OF GOSPEL OR CHRISTIAN EVENTS, WE ARE THERE TO PLEASE THE WORLD AND KEEP PEOPLE HAPPY.”
To all Christians: Now if you do belong to Jesus Christ and therefore stand for something in your life, don’t go to see any shows at this theatre. Simple :)
Prof. Johan Malan, Mossel Bay, South Africa (February 2011)
We are living in an ever changing and unpredictable world. People through the ages have always wondered what the future holds, and this is the reason why prophecies about the future have always been very popular, regardless of whether they are derived from divine or psychic sources. Now, more than ever before, there are ominous signs in nature as well as in human societies that more and more major disasters are in the offing. Consequently, there is a proliferation of various kinds of prophecies. In many of these, the next two years (2011 and 2012) are identified as appointed times for the fulfilment of major gloom and doom prophecies.
The following categories of prophecies are commonly encountered and should be evaluated:
Author: Most Evangelicals Believe Good People are Heaven-Bound
By Stephanie Samuel | Christian Post Reporter | Society |Fri, Dec. 17 2010 07:00 AM EDT
The majority of Protestants and evangelicals believe that good people and people of other religions can go to heaven, according to author David Campbell.
Campbell, who co-wrote American Grace, How Religion Divides and Unites Us, contends that surveys of 3,000 Americans, used to write the book, show that American people of faith, though devout, are very tolerant. So much so that most believers also believe that good people, despite their religious affiliation, can go to heaven.
For a few months I have been wanting to do an article on the Music Industry and the music they vomit out of America as it is played over and over and over again to your children as they sway their hips to the beat. Kids love Beyonce, J-Zee, Rhianna, Lady Gaga, Black Eye Peas and Pink, etc. They love their music. Everyone watches their videos in awe of these super Pop idols who have it all. What sounds like a lovely dance tune with lyrics that don’t make that much sense are in fact devellish songs skillfully prepared for an unsuspecting audience.
Thank you to The Vigilant Citizen for all their hard work in analysing these music artists and reporting the FACTS.[Note: DTW does not agree with all content on The VC website, so please use discernment at all times.]
Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” video is viewed by most people as being merely “sexy” or “fashion” but not many get its occult meaning. Hidden in the symbolism of the video and in the song’s lyrics are references to dark themes: possession and mind control.
Many a preacher today teaches that we are gods, or little gods, based on the incorrect interpretation of scripture. Some are very subtle in the way they teach this message, others come out right and just say it.
The verse they will show you to try prove their point is John 10:34 ”Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?
But let me explain what Jesus really meant:
Jesus was in dialogue with the Jews of His day and quoting from the Old Testament Psalms, saying: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? The Jews wanted to stone Jesus for calling God His Father and making Himself equal with God. So Jesus quotes Pslam 82 to them to show the distinction between himself and those in Pslam 82 who were called ‘gods’.
No, there are no prophets today because genuine Prophets are mentioned in the Bible – they were the foundations of the church and secondly the gift of prophecy has ceased.
The office of Prophet and Apostle was temporary…
and only necessary for the church beforethe completion of the Bible. The actual foundation of the church was built UPON the Prophets and Apostles (with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone).
Ephesians 2:19-22
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,20having been built ON THE FOUNDATION of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Near the end of 2010, Rick Warren announced that Saddleback Church would be entering “a Decade of Destiny.” He told his congregation that they would be focusing on several key areas, one of them being “health and wellness.” The “Daniel Challenge” or the “Daniel Plan” is Saddleback’s new health “initiative.” On Saddleback’s website, it states:
Gods’ Prescription For Your Health
Be a part of this transformational debut to be a healthier you!
There is a massive increase in New Age ministries popping up all over South Africa under the disguise of Christianity. Delightfully Divine Womans Ministries run by Luzanne Nel and Melinda du Plessis is one of them.
The name of their ministry is absolutely terrible. Delightfully Divine Women? This is completely shocking and totally unbiblical. When you become a born again Christian you grow to become more Christ-like, you DO NOT become like Christ or a Christ or anything Divine for that matter. However in New Age teaching you do, you become a god, you realise you are a god trapped in a human body part of a huge cosmos.
Our Vision Is to be obedient to what the Lord put in our hearts: to build a ministry that will uplift women in a practical fashion, inspiring them to live a fulfilled life in the Lord in their personal divine purpose
Our Mission Putting our faith into action and fulfill the purpose He gave us!
Today I will give a review of Heaven is for Real – A Little Boys Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back. I went to a local Christian book store called CUM Books stores here in South Africa to find hundreds of copies of this book stacked under the ‘Best Selling’ section. I picked one up and thought to myself, “Satan’s smart, he is now using little kids to sell his story.”
Great Disasters Predicted for 2012: How Real is the Danger?
A while ago I posted an article on the Nephilim stating that I did not believe that the Nephilim were demonic offspring. I then deleted the article because I became uncertain if I was indeed correct. Since then I have been searching for the truth and I am happy to say I have found the TRUTH. The reason I am so passionate about the answer to this question is because of the rise in interest in the supernatural, i.e, aliens, trans-humanism etc. There are stories running abound that during the tribulation demons will be free to do as they please on earth, producing offspring like the Nephilim. The bible is very clear that we are to not let our minds be captured by occult imagination because when human minds get hold of unbiblical ideas it runs free and causes all sorts of havoc.
Open Letter to C. Peter Wagner of NAR 
Suffice in Correction
Author: Most Evangelicals Believe Good People are Heaven-Bound
For a few months I have been wanting to do an article on the Music Industry and the music they vomit out of America as it is played over and over and over again to your children as they sway their hips to the beat. Kids love Beyonce, J-Zee, Rhianna, Lady Gaga, Black Eye Peas and Pink, etc. They love their music. Everyone watches their videos in awe of these super Pop idols who have it all. What sounds like a lovely dance tune with lyrics that don’t make that much sense are in fact devellish songs skillfully prepared for an unsuspecting audience.
Many a preacher today teaches that we are gods, or little gods, based on the incorrect interpretation of scripture. Some are very subtle in the way they teach this message, others come out right and just say it.
No, there are no prophets today because genuine Prophets are mentioned in the Bible – they were the foundations of the church and secondly the gift of prophecy has ceased.
There is a massive increase in New Age ministries popping up all over South Africa under the disguise of Christianity. Delightfully Divine Womans Ministries run by Luzanne Nel and Melinda du Plessis is one of them.