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The place of doctrine in the life of charismatic and pentecostal believers

“We may not even hold a doctrine or seek an experience except in Christ. Many are willing to seek ‘power’ from every battery they can lay their hands on, in order to perform miracles, draw the attention and adoration of the people to themselves, thus robbing Christ of his glory, and making a fair showing [...]

Popular Myth#4: Truth doesn’t matter

We, in Western Europe, live in an age of tolerance, respect, diversity and inclusiveness. Everyone is to be open to the opinions and beliefs of others. Except, of course, any opinion or belief that suggests exclusivity. The world is open to all ‘truth claims’ except absolute truth claims. Anyone who claims to have ‘the truth’ is [...]

Popular Myth# 3: People Contribute Something Towards Their Salvation

This has to be one of the saddest and deadliest myths to have been recieved by evangelicals. The nature of it is subtle and its consequencies are severe. Eternally severe. This myth has been allowd to emerge largely due to, 1)Ignorance or 2) rejection, of the reformation doctrine Justification by faith alone. Or more specifically [...]

Popular Myth # 1: God exists for my fulfilment and happiness

This is both so wrong yet so popular that it is scary! So many believers think that this is true that to question it is to almost sound like a heretic! God, for these believers, is a means to an end. Their worship revolves around themselves, their prayer life revolves around themselves, they continually look [...]

Ten of the Most Popular Contemporary Christian Myths

As Christians we are called to walk in truth. Truth sets us free. We have an enemy who is known as ‘the Father of lies’. One of his key weapons is deception. Through deception he renders many of God’s people ineffective. As Christians we need to combat error with truth. Is our Christian life built [...]


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