Willow Creek “Shifts”
Into Low Gear
April, AD 2008
Ok, forget about the long
history of doctrinal compromise and ecumenism. Forget about Bill Hybels
featuring a Muslim cleric in his pulpit and various faulty seeker sensitive
paradigms. Forget about the admission of failure we heard about recently
showing from their own research that their penchant for problematic
programmatics has resulted in mile wide inch deep non-disciples who don’t have
a good grasp on the Word. Never mind the fact that their proposed solution
involves further implementation of programs to “fix” everything. To your
problems just add problems and hopefully you’ll get… more problems?
Read about all this here:
http://moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/bill_hybels_admit_done_it_wrong.htm
http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.811
http://www.svchapel.org/Resources/articles/read_articles.asp?ID=142
Just brush aside and downplay
the fact that Bill Hybels and Rick Warren signed, along with some emerging
church teachers, the recently introduced ecumenical interfaith document
entitled “A Common Word Between Us and
You”; evidence of their growing willingness to accommodate Islam! Read all
about it and weep:
http://caribouyah.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-on-common-word.html
http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor137.htm http://newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor138.htm
http://www.yale.edu/faith/abou-commonword.htm
On second thought, don’t
ever forget those roots and bad fruits! I want to stir everyone up by way
of reminder that these compromises are commonplace in the Willow Creek crowd.
These past tragedies are the trail markers that scream loud and clear how they
got here! Its high time the Body of Christ learns from this and repents of this
direction.
Folks, there need not be
much more to be said here but now in the “cats-out-of-bags” category, here
comes Willow Creek’s Shift 2008 Conference, http://www.shiftexperience.com/Home.aspx
, Showing without a doubt that their new bearings are leading them full steam
ahead into emergent mystical waters of dangerous compromise:
Main session speakers
include Brian McLaren, Shaine Claiborne, and Mark Yaconelli who all promote emergent theology or
contemplative teachings! http://www.shiftexperience.com/ScheduleSessions.html
Brian McLaren and Scott
McKnight are among those in the breakout sessions: http://www.shiftexperience.com/breakouts.asp
“Thursday Night Experiences”
will include Rob Bell’s NOOMA videos: http://www.shiftexperience.com/Experiences.html
Conference resources include
Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark
Yaconelli, Everything Must Change by
Brian McLaren, and They Like Jesus, But Not the Church by Dan Kimball,
among others: http://www.shiftexperience.com/Resources.html
This April, we will all see
a new emerging Willow Creek being molded and trained by false teachers who have
compromised the faith. Ken Blanchard and unsaved business gurus have mentored
many in this type of ministry paradigm with Hybels at the helm, introducing
dubious falsehood to the church through past conferences and seminars. It is
amazing to me how many people still remain in the WCA and tell others to get into
it. Does anybody realize the peril and looming judgment that awaits those who
collaborate with the guilty? To WCA churches: Consider the implications as you
continue to pay for the perilous “privilege” of being associated with Hybels
and WCA.
My heartfelt advice: Get out
now! In recent months, I’ve voiced my concerns and been roundly rejected. I’ve
been mislabeled an “alarmist”, “elitist” , “troublemaker”, you name it but no
matter what is thrown my way in terms of labeling, KNOW THIS! I love you and am
concerned for your spiritual well being. I am a fellow Christian worker and
brother in the Lord who is sounding a firm but fervent warning like a watchman
should: Get out now and take others with you! Stop promoting the WCA and its
counterproductive shenanigans. Deception and leavening are vile and scary and
ought not to be named among those who claim to follow the true God and the real
Jesus.
I make no judgment calls on
your personal soul conditions nor do I label this or that person as unsaved or
hell bound. But I judge as righteously as I can with the discernment and power
of the Holy Spirit in accordance with God’s Holy Word and these ministries and
men are found wanting and can only be hindrances rather than helps to the
spiritual health of our churches and ministries.
Paul wrote: “ Now I urge
you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the
doctrine which you learned, and avoid them…” Romans 16:17
I believe this warning
carries heavy application for today and we ought to be heeding it.
Don’t be deceived! These are
the false teachers and false doctrines that we have been warned about and
judgment will befall those who continue to listen to and point others to them!
With all the love in my heart: TURN BACK!
Preach the Word! Get back to
the Bible! Be Vividly Biblical!
A Revolution Will
Follow!
In Christ Jesus,
Steve Mitchell powertostand@yahoo.com
Additional Reading:
Read everything here
including the archives: http://herescope.blogspot.com/
Everybody’s shifting these
days!
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/02/reframing-jesus.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
More must-reads:
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/03/brian-mclaren-to-speak-at-world-future.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-heretical-idea.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/03/shifty-new-age.html
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