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Purpose-Driven Hostile Takeover?

February 26, 2010

If you haven’t been following along at home lately, Chris Rosebrough has taken off the gloves on the entire Purpose-Driven Church movement. He’s got a special edition put together called “The Cult-Like Hostile Takeover Tactics of the Purpose-Driven Church Transitioning Seminar.”

Quoting from his site:

Below is a Special Edition of the Fighting for the Faith radio program that exposes the Cult-Like Hostile Takeover Tactics of Dan Southerland’s Purpose-Driven Church Transtioning Seminar. The list of cult-like tactics employed by Southerland is LONG. They include:

  1. Flat out lies and manipulative double speak
  2. Blatant Scripture Twisting
  3. New & Direct Extra Biblical Revelation and Visions from God
  4. Flat out intolerance for anyone who questions or challenges these “new” Extra Biblical Revelations and Visions that are supposedly from God.

Download the mp3 version here.

After a listen, tell me what you think. How does this movement compare to the Word of God? Have you seen these hostile takeover tactics in your church?

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Rob Bell is not a fan of Fighting for the Faith

September 5, 2009

Although Joel Osteen and Rick Warren might disagree, Rob Bell just might be the most infamous minister on Chris Rosebrough’s show Fighting for the Faith.

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This first time I heard of Rob Bell was seeing him in the NOOMA video Dust at a men’s retreat about five years ago. I have seen a few other videos over the years, but I haven’t read any of his books.

Chris Rosebrough certainly has spent a lot of time looking at Bell’s theology. Does Bell teach an orthodox Christianity or something else? Is Rob Bell confused on a few issues, but generally faithful to the Bible? Just take a listen to these Fighting for the Faith shows covering Bell and draw your own conclusions. As Rosebrough loves to remind listers regularly, everyone needs to hold the message (wether it be Bell, Osteen, Piper, or himself) against the Word of God.

What about you, what do you think about Rob Bell? More importantly what does the Bible say about Rob Bell’s message?

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