Although he seems quite friendly and sincere the truth is that Joel Osteen has followed the footsteps of his late father John into the so-called “Positive Confession” of the heretical Word Faith Movement. In this piece from Apprising Ministries I point out that Osteen’s message is essentially a blend of the self help mumbo jumbo of Robert Schuller with […]

What you will read below is a very prevalent view in the seriously off-track and heading for a crash “missional” man-centered emerging church and its new breed new evangelical sister. In more technical terms: orthopraxy trumps orthodoxy. But at the bottom line what we are witnessing in a New Downgrade is a rebellion against proper […]

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self. (2 Timothy 3:1-2) Here is Robert Schuller from his travesty of a book Self-Esteem: The New Reformation: If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities […]