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Shane Hipps Says "Jesus Doesn't Claim Christianity As His Own"

Here is Shane Hipps, former co-teaching pastor with Rob Bell at Mars Hill in Grand Rapids, blowing winds of false doctrine designed to make you believe in universalism rather than Biblical Christianity.

The Holy Spirit warned us about men like Shane Hipps in Ephesians 4:10–16 which says:

“He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”

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Emergents Claim We Don't Need to Convert People to Christianity

Lies Lies Lies, yeah.

Emergent Eschatological Gobbledegook

Here is a montage of Emergents, Progressives, Liberals talking about the eschaton. Since these folks deny the inerrancy, inspiration and authority of the scriptures, this video is filled with nothing but mind bogglingly obtuse theobable.

The question that is supposedly being answered is "What Does God's Future Mean for Our Present?"

Notice how NONE of these answers are grounded in scripture!!

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For Contrast...here's how the Apostle Peter answers the exact same question asked in this video. Says Peter:

“This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now” (2 Peter 3:1–18)

We find the Apostle Peter's answer to be so much more helpful and realistic. Don't You?

Jay Bakker and Gay Marriage

Emergent "pastor" and self-proclaimed "outlaw preacher" biffs it on the sin of homosexuality.

If Jay Bakker truly loved his friends he'd tell them they are sinners and that Christ died on the cross to atone for the sins of homosexuals. Then call them to repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Jesus name. (Luke 24:46-47) Jesus Christ loves homosexuals so much that he died on the cross for their sins. (Rom. 5:6-10)

Invent Your Own "Christianities"

Who needs the Bible to tell you what Christianity is and what it isn't?  We live in a day where you can go down into your basement and cobble together your own "Christianity" and then slap an "authentic" label on it and then tell the world how innovative and loving and creative your new "Christianity" is.

This video was shot at the recently concluded Christianity 21 conference put on by Emergent leaders, Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt and it does a fine job of capturing a snap shot of the Emergent Church's idolatrous belief that they can do whatever they want and believe whatever they want and call it "Christianity".

TransFORM: Missional Community Formation from TransFORM on Vimeo.

Shane Hipps, Teaches That All Religions Are Valid

Shane Hipps, who is now Rob Bell's co-pastor at Mars Hill Bible church in Grand Rapids teaches that all religions are valid and that even Osama Bin Laden has the divine spark within him. NO KIDDING!

This is a VERY serious and troubling heresy that Hipps promotes and we at the Museum of Idolatry believe that Rob Bell is not only fully aware of Hipps' teaching but that he agrees with it otherwise Hipps would have never been called to be co-pastor at Mars Hill.

Listen to this segment of a sermon preached by Hipps on the opening verses of the Gospel of John.



If you'd like to hear Hipps' sermon in its entirety, click here.

Brian McLaren Sings About the Unknown God from Acts 17:23

Would someone please send Brian McLaren a Bible. That poor man thinks God is a big unknowable mystery. But, the Bible is God's revelation about Himself and it reveals sooooo much good and knowable stuff about God. Sure no one can comprehend all that God is BUT the truth remains that we CAN comprehend what He's revealed about Himself in His Word.

Rather than singing about knowing nothing about God maybe McLaren can sing about the great truths revealed in scripture.

We think he should write a song about the Penal Substitution. The first line can begin "He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions".

What's Being Taught at Rob Bell's Church?

If you attend Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, aka Rob Bell's church, don't expect to hear Biblical Christianity. You should expect to hear all kinds of novel and imaginative ideas but don't expect to hear Biblical Christianity.

Here is a sampling of the heresies that Emergence guru, Phyllis Tickle spewed while speaking at Rob Bell's church a few short weeks ago. She was invited by the pastoral staff at Mars Hill to come and speak about the 'feminine attributes' of the Holy Spirit.

DONT MISS the whopper of a heresy that she spews at the 8:11 mark. At that point she claims that when we take communion we are "FEEDING THE "GOD" WITHIN US".

If Rob Bell and the pastoral staff at Mars Hill Bible church do not publicly rebuke this woman and publicly repudiate her heresies then they are guilty of participating in her rebellion against God's word and guilty of promoting her heresies.

Note: the music for this snippet is taken from Fractured Fairy Tales. We think that is perfectly appropriate for the 'fairy tales' and myths that Tickle is attempting to pawn off as Christian doctrine.

Further Resources - Chris Rosebrough, curator of the Museum of Idolatry reviewed Phyllis Tickle's entire sermon on the Fighting for the Faith radio program. Click here to listen to Chris' sermon review.

Tony Jones of the Emergent Church Rejects the Doctrine of Original Sin

Anyone who has been watching and warning against Post-Modern Liberalism (The Emergent Church) will be not be surprised by Tony Jones' denial of the Biblical Doctrine of Original Sin. But, for those of you who may be shocked by what is 'emerging' from the Emergent Church we have this bit of Bible denying apostasy to share with you.

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For Record Here is what the Bible has to say about Original Sin.

Eph. 2:1   And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Rom. 5:12   Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned...

Rom. 5:18   Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Psa. 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Rom 3:10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Romans 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Emergent Rebellion Against God's Definition Morality

Prominent Emergent leader, Tony Jones has already come out of the closet and publically denied God's Word regarding the sin of homosexuality and now he's promoting the Queermergent website.

Even though Emergents try to navigate a middle road between liberalism and conservatism, then end up supporting the same agenda as their Modern Liberal cousins.