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Emergent Deconstructionism: Hell

Deconstruction of Hell

Deconstruction is a philosophical idea which fits nicely into post-modern, and consequently emergent, thought processes.  Essentially, deconstruction is the systematic removal of all certainty and propositional truth from a text based on the assumption (loosely) that a text finds its meaning from its readers rather than having a finite and comprehensible intent of its own.  Or, put another way, there is no way to understand a text outside of our own insights.  This is supposedly due to the subtle biases which exist in every society.  Therefore, no text is able to produce a singular, declarative truth outside of a communal consensus which can remove all such biases through continued examination. Continue Reading

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Jesus and the Folded Napkin (email) Examined

Many of us have received an email concerning Jesus’ folding of his napkin upon his resurrection.  As a pastor, I’ve received it dozens of times, myself.  At first, I – like many people- found the story fascinating and was actually moved at the thought of it.  But, a bit of internet wisdom compelled me to investigate further.  Continue Reading

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An Emerging Relativism

Religious Relativism (part 2 of Emergent Characteristics)

“Relativism” is the philosophical concept that a certain aspect of one’s experience is dependent upon another.  For example, one person may believe an individual to be beautiful while another person believes that same individual to be quite unsightly.  In such cases, the application or understanding of beauty is indeed “relative” to the person interpreting it.   In certain applications however, relativism is the philosophical enemy of the concept of “absolute truth,” (or universal truth) which essentially asserts that what is true for you is true for me, and it is true for people of all times and places.  Continue Reading

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Emergent: History & Characteristics

Introduction

The Emergent/Emerging movement needs special explanation concerning its inclusion in the Wolves in Wool: Creeps in The Church series.  More specifically, a disclaimer should be noted concerning this movement.  Unlike the Word of Faith movement studied up to this point, the Emergent/Emerging movement is much more difficult to define.  And, its definition leaves perhaps half of the movement in the “Creeps” category, while the other half of the movement – though suspect- appears to be attempting to uphold orthodox theological thought. Continue Reading

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Word of Faith Wealth Theology: Part One

Continuing in their pursuit of “get what you want” theology, the next major assault of the Bible in the WOF teaching concerns their doctrine of wealth.   This doctrine teaches that each believer in Christ should expect to be wealthy and have the absolute best of everything our culture offers.

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Word of Faith Wealth Theology

Continuing in their pursuit of “get what you want” theology, the next major assault of the Bible in the WOF teaching concerns their doctrine of wealth.   This doctrine teaches that each believer in Christ should expect to be wealthy and have the absolute best of everything our culture offers.  And, to not be wealthy puts one in the same esteem as one who is not healthy in their world view: a spiritual failure. Continue Reading
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Word of Faith Error: Jesus was “Born Again”


Jesus’ Salvation in Hell

As noted in the last several sections, WOF teachers maintain that Jesus was not God while on the earth, that he took on the nature of Satan on the cross and that he went into Hell (the eternal lake of fire, not Sheol/Hades) upon his death to suffer the penalty of man’s sin.

These atrocities alone are enough to make the Taliban seem biblically motivated.  Yet these false teachers are not through with their systematic untying of the knot of valid soteriology (theology of salvation).  According to them, there is still an issue remaining for Christ to be able to achieve the atonement for mankind:  he, Christ, must be born again.  Yes, read it again if necessary; there is no typo. Continue Reading

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Word of Faith Atonement: Jesus in Hell

Untitled from Jeff Kluttz on Vimeo.

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Word of Faith Atonement:  Jesus in Hell

Jesus takes the nature of Satan on the cross

As noted in the last section, the WOF teaching concerning the nature of Jesus was not the traditional church’s position, namely that Christ was man and God, but rather that Christ relinquished his divinity when he came to earth as a man.  While this is a poor beginning for an atonement doctrine, it gets much worse.

In accomplishing the work of salvation, according to the WOF movement, Jesus also took on the very nature of Satan. Continue Reading
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Word of Faith Atonement Flaws: Kenoticism



Wolves in Wool 6 – Word of Faith Atonement Flaws: Kenoticism from Jeff Kluttz on Vimeo.

 

Word of Faith Atonement Flaws:  Kenoticism

“Atonement” is the theological term for rendering one’s sins forgiven.  Atonement is the process whereby sins actually become forgiven and one is made right with God.

Most Word of Faith teachers have historically been accurate on atonement issues at some point, but have since jumped onto a bandwagon heading toward the continued demotion of God, in the person of Jesus Christ.

This section deals with the false atonement principles of the WOF, which render Christ imminently discredited in light of historical theology and biblical testimony.  Please note that each heading in this section contains a flawed premise, as taught from the WOF perspective.

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