How many of you go to church? What's your church like?

[Claire Rousseau]

I kind of figured that's what you meant by hard preaching. As far as I can see, that site only has videos from Steven Anderson. Why an entire section on Sodomy? Does Anderson have a lot of sodomites in his church? He seems to preach on sodomy an awful lot.

I find David Peacock to be a good example of solid Biblical preaching. He is the kind of pastor I wish I could find around here, and every month or so I'll say to my wife, "Why don't we just go to Peacock's church?", even though it would be a 57-hour drive one way.

Peacock's style would be called "hard", but in the hundreds of sermons I've listened to, he's only mentioned "queers" once, so maybe he's not hard enough for some people. Or maybe there's not as many sodomites in his church as in Anderson's. Pastor Peacock preaches a daily walk with Jesus Christ, an awareness of personal sin, and the spiritual importance of developing and displaying good Christian character. He warns against lust, and immoral behaviour, and bad doctrine. He used to be a cop, and he yells quite often, generally at the people sitting in the pews in front of him, but he's also one of the most tender preachers of the word of God that you'll ever hear. He is constantly teaching the Bible and good Christian doctrine in his sermons, and they are available here.

It's funny that you link to Anderson, though, because he's the reason I find myself struggling with my attitude toward my own pastor right now.

Someone in our church started listening to Anderson, then invited Anderson followers to come to our church, where a few of them tried to inject themselves into the leadership. My pastor may not preach or teach doctrine enough for my taste, but he knows it, and he let Anderson's followers know where they were wrong, from the Bible, and why they wouldn't be taking the pulpit that Sunday.

The Andersonites literally stormed out of our church while the pastor was in the middle of a prayer. They moved on to another local IFB church where they tried the same thing, but in this case the pastor was weak because of a recent heart attack, and they were able to exploit the situation and cause division in that church. If that kind of behaviour is the result of listening to hard preaching, I fail to see that as good fruit, or edifying the body of Christ in any way, but that's not why I'm not happy with my pastor.

I wonder how my pastor could know that someone in his church was listening to bad doctrine, and also know that Anderson's followers were causing division in the local IFB body, and not say something about it from the pulpit, or at least start teaching the right doctrine to inoculate against the false teaching of Anderson. I think that the reason why a lot of Christians have no sense of basic Bible knowledge, let alone the ability to defend basic doctrines from scripture, is because most pastors these days are well-meaning, and ineffectual. When someone like Anderson comes along, reading the King James Bible, and calling himself a Baptist, Christians fall for him because they don't have a clue what the church they go to actually believes. And because he yells and throws fits about homos and whatever, they think he's a hard preacher.

Anderson thinks that Jesus burned in hell for three days to pay for our sins. Now, any Christian can read in their Bible that Jesus said, "It is finished," and then with further basic study can learn the doctrine that it's the shed blood of Jesus Christ that paid for our sins, and that when Jesus said it was finished, he meant that the price for our sins had been paid in full. No one can read the Bible and believe that Jesus suffered in hell, but Anderson teaches exactly that. Throw in some rants and hissy fits about homos or whatever, and that's what passes for hard preaching these days, I guess.

It isn’t only “Andersonites” lol, whatever that is, there is lots of different preaching from him but also Pastors Berzins, Perry, Romero & Jimenez.

Why you focus on Anderson, I have no idea. They are all great preachers with sound, Biblical sermons. Clearly you do not like Anderson, but you shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water, so to speak.

As far as Jesus descending into Hell after His crucifixion, I believe that is NOT something that is required to be believed in order to be saved, yet is nevertheless, true.

We know Christ died and was buried for 3 days & nights before His bodily resurrection, so where do you suppose His soul went?

The Biblical evidence is Hell.

Also, remember that Jonah spent 3 days & nights trapped in the belly of the fish, which was a foreshadowing of Jesus being in the “belly” or center of the earth, which is where I believe Hell is currently located:


Jonah 2 (KJB) :
1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.


Acts 2: (KJB)

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”......Revelation 1:18 KJB


Jesus paid the FULL PENALTY for our sins, which is death & Hell.

Again, all you must believe to be saved is the death, burial & bodily resurrection of the sinless Christ to be saved, so if someone doesn’t believe Jesus was in Hell for those 3 days & nights, it not a big deal; it is a minor, secondary doctrine, but as I have shown from the Bible, I do believe it’s true.

Many, MANY Pastors were hard preachers back before preaching became watered down as it is today, where Pastors are so concerned with making money & having a big fancy church building & large congregation so they don’t want to offend anyone, so they preach ONLY smooth things to satisfy the itching ears of those who get offended by what the Bible says.

These preachers trim the message & do not preach the ENTIRE Bible, as God COMMANDED:

2 Timothy 4 (KJB) :

1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.



........And the fact is, the Bible IS offensive.

People get OFFENDED when Pastors preach against divorce &/or remarriage(which is actually adultery), fornication, sodomy, adultery, drunkenness, gambling, envy, covetousness, abortion (murder), spanking your kids, women keeping silent in the church, wives submitting to & obeying their husband & being keepers at home, children being obedient/respectful, etc...

But that IS what the Bible teaches, so we ought to realize being offended by the TRUTH means we need to get our heart right, not trim the message.

 

[Lisa]

Why you focus on Anderson, I have no idea.

Because Anderson is out there..

 

[Thunderian]

It isn’t only “Andersonites” lol, whatever that is, there is lots of different preaching from him but also Pastors Berzins, Perry, Romero & Jimenez.

Why you focus on Anderson, I have no idea. They are all great preachers with sound, Biblical sermons. Clearly you do not like Anderson, but you shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water, so to speak.

All those preachers are acolytes of Anderson and preach the exact same bad doctrine that Anderson does. One of them, Donnie Romero, recently resigned as the pastor of his church after confessing to gambling, drug use, and cheating on his wife with prostitutes. Yikes.

Again, all you must believe to be saved is the death, burial & bodily resurrection of the sinless Christ to be saved, so if someone doesn’t believe Jesus was in Hell for those 3 days & nights, it not a big deal; it is a minor, secondary doctrine, but as I have shown from the Bible, I do believe it’s true.

You are right, it's not doctrine that affects salvation, but by the words of Jesus Christ himself, his death was the payment. His body lay in the ground for three days and his soul went to paradise, where he gathered the souls there and then ascended with them to Heaven.

Many, MANY Pastors were hard preachers back before preaching became watered down as it is today, where Pastors are so concerned with making money & having a big fancy church building & large congregation so they don’t want to offend anyone, so they preach ONLY smooth things to satisfy the itching ears of those who get offended by what the Bible says.

These preachers trim the message & do not preach the ENTIRE Bible, as God COMMANDED:

I agree this is the biggest problem in churches today. Pastors who don't preach the word of God.

........And the fact is, the Bible IS offensive.

Yes, but the preaching of it doesn't have to be. We are told to speak the truth in love. From what I can see, "hard preaching" is just another name for "being an asshole".

People get OFFENDED when Pastors preach against divorce &/or remarriage(which is actually adultery), fornication, sodomy, adultery, drunkenness, gambling, envy, covetousness, abortion (murder), spanking your kids, women keeping silent in the church, wives submitting to & obeying their husband & being keepers at home, children being obedient/respectful, etc...

But that IS what the Bible teaches, so we ought to realize being offended by the TRUTH means we need to get our heart right, not trim the message.

What's the spiritual application in a sermon on sodomy? What do you personally take away from that?

 

[Claire Rousseau]

Because Anderson is out there..

He is a saved, Bible-believing Christian , and as far as I can tell, an excellent Pastor who isn’t afraid to preach the entire Bible ...the whole truth of God’s Word, even the parts that make people uncomfortable because it convicts them of their sin.

It’s easy to criticize a person but you don’t even substantiate your claim with an example of WHY you are opposed to a brother in Christ without cause, especially when he proves all his preaching directly from the Bible.....so you can mock him but he preaches the truth, so I respect him.

He is no false prophet, and knows that stealing a candy bar is a lesser sin than killing a child, which you haven’t figured out yet.

Matthew 7 (KJB) :
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

 

[Todd]

knows that stealing a candy bar is a lesser sin than killing a child, which you haven’t figured out yet.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what do you believe are the implications of your supposition stated here?
If unrepentant sinners all burn in hell eternally, does the one that only steals candy bars get a lower temperature flame then the one who kills children?

 

[Lisa]

He is a saved, Bible-believing Christian , and as far as I can tell, an excellent Pastor who isn’t afraid to preach the entire Bible ...the whole truth of God’s Word, even the parts that make people uncomfortable because it convicts them of their sin.

It’s easy to criticize a person but you don’t even substantiate your claim with an example of WHY you are opposed to a brother in Christ without cause, especially when he proves all his preaching directly from the Bible.....so you can mock him but he preaches the truth, so I respect him.

He is no false prophet, and knows that stealing a candy bar is a lesser sin than killing a child, which you haven’t figured out yet.

Matthew 7 (KJB) :
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Well, I used to like Anderson, he had a good movie about the rapture that I liked. However, I started listening to more of his sermons and the guy is off. I don’t and would not listen to anything he talks about and that is called discernment.

But I have to say this does shed so much light on you, your words here make sense in light of the people you follow. Unfortunately, I do think your following the wrong people and your attitude reflects it.

 

[Lisa]

What's the spiritual application in a sermon on sodomy? What do you personally take away from that?

From some of her replies, I think she personally learned that some people are disgusting homos?

 

[Claire Rousseau]

All those preachers are acolytes of Anderson and preach the exact same bad doctrine that Anderson does. One of them, Donnie Romero, recently resigned as the pastor of his church after confessing to gambling, drug use, and cheating on his wife with prostitutes. Yikes.



You are right, it's not doctrine that affects salvation, but by the words of Jesus Christ himself, his death was the payment. His body lay in the ground for three days and his soul went to paradise, where he gathered the souls there and then ascended with them to Heaven.



I agree this is the biggest problem in churches today. Pastors who don't preach the word of God.



Yes, but the preaching of it doesn't have to be. We are told to speak the truth in love. From what I can see, "hard preaching" is just another name for "being an asshole".



What's the spiritual application in a sermon on sodomy? What do you personally take away from that?

There is NO preacher currently on earth that preaches 100% perfectly (only Jesus can claim that title) , because man is imperfect. I don’t even think a preacher can know every single doctrine of the Bible even after a lifetime of study because the Bible is so profound & supernaturally rich in information that it simply isn’t possible to know it all with our finite minds.

Yes, Romero did resign, and I will not defend his sins because adultery & fornication are abominations. I know God will chasten him greatly for it. At least he resigned, because his actions no longer qualify him for being a Pastor.

What do you mean that Jesus soul went to paradise to gather the souls there and ascend to Heaven? I have never heard of that. Are you saying Jesus went to Heaven before His resurrection to drop off souls, then bodily resurrected, spent 40 days on earth and ascended to Heaven again, Do you have Scripture to back it up?

What about Acts?

Acts 2 (KJB) :
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Verse 31 says His (Christ’s) “soul was not left in Hell”......how could it not be left there if it wasn’t there ?

Hard preaching is aimed at SAVED people, not the lost. Since we are already saved, we already know of God’s love. Hard preaching is meant to keep us from sin by warning us of God’s chastening. It helps to know that the Lord chastens every son He receives and we don’t want to ruin our life here on earth by getting backslidden into sin and God destroys our flesh because of it.

The preaching against sodomites is because our world is increasingly being subverted by Homofascists and I am sure you recognize it, so that is preaching that is “in season”: relevant to what’s going on in our society today. It IS necessary, because already homosexuality is being ACCEPTED by many so-called Christian churches.

Maybe if the last couple of generations of preachers had preached harder against divorce, our churches wouldn’t have divorce rates that rival the secular world.

These are perilous times, Thunderian, and what will be the condition of churches when our children & grandchildren are looking for a good, Biblically sound church and can only find apostate fun centers?

Man needs the Word of God as much as bread to survive. I do not wish to see future generations starved of the Word of God as we are already in a famine of Biblical teaching today.

 

[Lisa]

These are perilous times, Thunderian, and what will be the condition of churches when our children & grandchildren are looking for a good, Biblically sound church and can only find apostate fun centers?

Man needs the Word of God as much as bread to survive. I do not wish to see future generations starved of the Word of God as we are already in a famine of Biblical teaching today.

But don’t you think that those things can’t be stopped even by “hard” preaching? We are told people are going to fall away from the faith...not if you preach better people won’t fall away.

We are told that fun centers will happen because people want their ears tickled...is “hard” preaching going to stop that? Personally I don’t think so. Perhaps he should instead teach on discernment, testing to see if you are in the faith and that people will fall away from the faith? Warning people about what the Bible says is being forewarned just like God intended.

 

[Claire Rousseau]

Well, I used to like Anderson, he had a good movie about the rapture that I liked. However, I started listening to more of his sermons and the guy is off. I don’t and would not listen to anything he talks about and that is called discernment.

But I have to say this does shed so much light on you, your words here make sense in light of the people you follow. Unfortunately, I do think your following the wrong people and your attitude reflects it.

Again....HOW is he “off”??

You make claims but cannot back them up with any evidence or even an opinion of why he is “off”.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what do you believe are the implications of your supposition stated here?
If unrepentant sinners all burn in hell eternally, does the one that only steals candy bars get a lower temperature flame then the one who kills children?

The implication is that the punishment increases with the severity of the crime.

Just read the verses I posted....in order to have a “greater” punishment (which seems to be for false prophets) there MUST be a lesser. But Hell in general sounds unimaginatively horrific.

And going to Hell is ultimately a person’s own choice....people go to Hell because they reject or refuse to believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[Alpha&Omega]

I've been away from my country for almost a decade now, and I used to attend in our church every Sunday . I still remember what our church looked like, it's just a simple old house. And what's very funny was that our neighbours were Mormons and Adventist. Adventist can be very loud with their electric guitars and drums but I always found it enjoyable to sing along with our acoustic accompaniment (even though the Adventist overpowered us with their top notch gadget.) Even if I'm on the edge of falling asleep because of the heat, I still found those time wonderful because each of us can share what had inspired us during the week and what lessons we picked up from God. Sometimes we had a small feast once a month that keeps our small community closed. Wish I could go back home again and reminisce those times.

 

[JoChris]

He is a saved, Bible-believing Christian , and as far as I can tell, an excellent Pastor who isn’t afraid to preach the entire Bible ...the whole truth of God’s Word, even the parts that make people uncomfortable because it convicts them of their sin.

It’s easy to criticize a person but you don’t even substantiate your claim with an example of WHY you are opposed to a brother in Christ without cause, especially when he proves all his preaching directly from the Bible.....so you can mock him but he preaches the truth, so I respect him.

He is no false prophet, and knows that stealing a candy bar is a lesser sin than killing a child, which you haven’t figured out yet.

Matthew 7 (KJB) :
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

I read this ebook a while back. https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/what-about-steven-anderson-1.php
David Cloud seems pretty fair towards Anderson.

 

[Thunderian]

Yes, Romero did resign, and I will not defend his sins because adultery & fornication are abominations.

But you called him a "great preacher" just a post or two ago.

I admire your obvious love for Jesus Christ, but I think you need to learn more about the preachers you're listening to. Romero is a long-time associate of Anderson's, and men like Romero tend to associate with other men like themselves. Think about that.

Anderson went to Hyles-Anderson Bible college, and if you don't know about Jack Hyles, you should do some research. His church and his Bible college were filled with immorality. Hyles kept a mistress while he was pastor of a Baptist church, and his hand-picked successor, Jack Schaap, who Anderson would have learned how to preach from, later served 12 years in prison for having sex with a minor. It's not a coincidence that Anderson was trained in that atmosphere, and then his protegee, a man he personally ordained, turned out to be just as much of a reprobate.

Another person that Anderson is closely connected with is Paul Wittenberger. Wittenburger has been involved with so many of Anderson's videos that he could be considered the media arm of Anderson's church. Not a big deal, until you go to his website, which Anderson promotes, and where he sells a lot of his merchandise. Check out the Health section, where Wittenberger sells products from a company called Auromère. What is Auromère?

Auromère is entirely owned and operated by a non-profit Integral Yoga ashram in Northern California. It is run and managed by members and volunteers of the ashram as part of their spiritual practice. All proceeds from Auromère products support the upkeep and activities of the ashram, as well as other Integral Yoga efforts in the U.S. and India.​

In other words, Anderson's media chief is selling products that promote and support the false religion of Hinduism, alongside products from Pastor Steven Anderson. Does that seem right to you?

If you're going to a church that is lead by someone who follows Anderson, or if you go to Anderson's church yourself, please be careful.

 

[Claire Rousseau]

But don’t you think that those things can’t be stopped even by “hard” preaching? We are told people are going to fall away from the faith...not if you preach better people won’t fall away.

We are told that fun centers will happen because people want their ears tickled...is “hard” preaching going to stop that? Personally I don’t think so. Perhaps he should instead teach on discernment, testing to see if you are in the faith and that people will fall away from the faith? Warning people about what the Bible says is being forewarned just like God intended.

Discernment is given when a saved person reads the Bible daily and knows the Word to rightly divide truth, and through the revelation of the Holy Spirit in dwelling them.

I’m sure he & other IFB Pastors have preached on it.

Hard preaching is for the saved, the lost will always be offended by it, which is why hard preaching isn’t used for soul winning. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is given in love because we want them to believe the Gospel and pull them from the fire.

99% of people in our church are already saved. Sometimes people bring unsaved visitors, but the Pastor’s job is to Shepard his flock, and keep them out of sin so we can be blessed by God, instead of scourged.

There’s no point in preaching salvation to a church full of saved people....it’s redundant & we need meat at that point, not milk.

And once you are SAVED (past tense), you will never “fall away” from faith.....faith is believing the Gospel and since the Gospel hasn’t changed, and will never change, it never stops being true.

The only way a person can stop believing something is true is if that thing is proven to be false, and God is not a liar, so we can trust Him.

You simply do not understand that verse that you are preoccupied with, even though I have expounded on it & reproved you, which is why I do not think you really, actually BELIEVE the Gospel to begin with.....you haven’t testified to the assurance of salvation, and the Bible says the saved ARE assured of their salvation:

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”.....1 John 5:13 KJB


“He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”....1 John 5:10 KJB

1 Peter 1 (KJB) :
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


If you really believed you would KNOW it & would KNOW that it cannot be lost or fade away.

Place ALL of your faith in Christ & NONE in yourself.

 

[Claire Rousseau]

But you called him a "great preacher" just a post or two ago.

I admire your obvious love for Jesus Christ, but I think you need to learn more about the preachers you're listening to. Romero is a long-time associate of Anderson's, and men like Romero tend to associate with other men like themselves. Think about that.

Anderson went to Hyles-Anderson Bible college, and if you don't know about Jack Hyles, you should do some research. His church and his Bible college were filled with immorality. Hyles kept a mistress while he was pastor of a Baptist church, and his hand-picked successor, Jack Schaap, who Anderson would have learned how to preach from, later served 12 years in prison for having sex with a minor. It's not a coincidence that Anderson was trained in that atmosphere, and then his protegee, a man he personally ordained, turned out to be just as much of a reprobate.

Another person that Anderson is closely connected with is Paul Wittenberger. Wittenburger has been involved with so many of Anderson's videos that he could be considered the media arm of Anderson's church. Not a big deal, until you go to his website, which Anderson promotes, and where he sells a lot of his merchandise. Check out the Health section, where Wittenberger sells products from a company called Auromère. What is Auromère?

Auromère is entirely owned and operated by a non-profit Integral Yoga ashram in Northern California. It is run and managed by members and volunteers of the ashram as part of their spiritual practice. All proceeds from Auromère products support the upkeep and activities of the ashram, as well as other Integral Yoga efforts in the U.S. and India.​

In other words, Anderson's media chief is selling products that promote and support the false religion of Hinduism, alongside products from Pastor Steven Anderson. Does that seem right to you?

If you're going to a church that is lead by someone who follows Anderson, or if you go to Anderson's church yourself, please be careful.

I suppose I should have said Romero “was” a great preacher, since he resigned. Anderson had no idea what Romero was up to. You cannot fault one for the sins of another.

Yes, Romero’s sins were a huge disappointment, but that is why we must put our faith in God, not men. Man is fallible, God is not.

But Romero is certainly NOT a reprobate, and Anderson is not either. They are clearly SAVED.
I have never heard false doctrine from them.

That makes them our brothers in Christ.

Anderson only briefly went to Bible College, as he is now very much against it. He was NEVER “trained” by Jack Schaap, and this sermon of his linked below (from 2007 or 2008) calls Schaap out for being “the Portrait of a false prophet”:


http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/schaap.html

Anderson practices what he preaches: he is married to the wife of his youth, has 10 kids with the 11th on the way, lives in a VERY humble 1500 sq ft home, has a simple church building, and does more for God than nearly any other preacher I know of.

You can tell he genuinely cares for the lost, and wants to get them saved, and works very hard sharing the Gospel.

I didn’t know about Auromere, I will check into that.

People are opposed to Anderson because he isn’t ashamed to preach the whole Bible, and they often speak ill of those who are doing work for God.

Those people who say he is too harsh take it out on a bold preacher like Anderson, but REALLY, they have a problem with the Word of GOD, because THAT is what he preaches.

“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”........Luke 6:26 KJB

I do not attend Anderson’s church, or any of his direct affiliates, but he is an IFB, as am I , and a brother in Christ, who clearly loves God.

Your concern is unfounded, but nevertheless, it is appreciated.

 

[Susu.mochi]

That's a really good question. Church should be a place where Christians gather together and have a time to talk with each other get to know each other, and to praise Jesus. I go to a Russian Ukrainian church, and it's literally the most amazing church. Everything is Biblocal and strictly biblical. But y'all better be careful because some churches are fake and demonic.

 

[Colonel Valerio]

On the occasions I feel like attending church instead of sleeping, I go to the Episcopalians. I like them. When I was in the army at Fort Knox I attended their church every Sunday. They had coffee and doughnuts and what a beautiful thing that was in such a painful environment. They will always have a special place in my heart. I never would have survived that 9 week period in my life without the Episcopalian Church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transmigration_of_Timothy_Archer