Apostacy and Heresy in the Christian Bookstores

The Bible warns of a great turning away from the faith among professing Christians. [b]2 Timothy 4:3-4[/b] [i]"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; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."[/i]

This prophecy describes the rejection of sound Bible teaching and the desire to create a new type of Christianity that allows people to live after their own lusts. That is a strange type of Christianity, but we are seeing its fulfillment before our very eyes. The prophecy says there will be heaps of teachers who will give the people this new type of Christianity, and that is exactly what we see.

Christian bookstores are filled with books and the Internet is filled with Christian articles and blogs, but the majority of this material does not contain the straightforward preaching and teaching of God's Word that reproves, rebukes, and exhorts ([b]2 Timothy 4:2[/b]). Rather, we find doctrine that scratches the itching ears of those who have rejected the Bible.

We find pop novelties, psychology, self-esteemism, charismaticism, pampering of the ego, friendship with the world, heresies, questionings, boastings, doubtings, illicit fellowship with error (e.g., evangelicals and contemplative spirituality, evangelicals and Rome), railings against "legalism" falsely so called, fairy tales, fictional romance, reconstructed history, fascination with ancient heretics called "church fathers," and many other such things.

Krispy

KrispyKrittr wrote:
The Bible warns of a great turning away from the faith among professing Christians. [b]2 Timothy 4:3-4[/b] [i]"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; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."[/i]

This prophecy describes the rejection of sound Bible teaching and the desire to create a new type of Christianity that allows people to live after their own lusts. That is a strange type of Christianity, but we are seeing its fulfillment before our very eyes. The prophecy says there will be heaps of teachers who will give the people this new type of Christianity, and that is exactly what we see.

Christian bookstores are filled with books and the Internet is filled with Christian articles and blogs, but the majority of this material does not contain the straightforward preaching and teaching of God's Word that reproves, rebukes, and exhorts ([b]2 Timothy 4:2[/b]). Rather, we find doctrine that scratches the itching ears of those who have rejected the Bible.

We find pop novelties, psychology, self-esteemism, charismaticism, pampering of the ego, friendship with the world, heresies, questionings, boastings, doubtings, illicit fellowship with error (e.g., evangelicals and contemplative spirituality, evangelicals and Rome), railings against "legalism" falsely so called, fairy tales, fictional romance, reconstructed history, fascination with ancient heretics called "church fathers," and many other such things.

Krispy

The devil is heavily competing against the Lord. In politics, advertising, most anything the key is getting the spin out there. You can sell almost anything, to anyone now days, if you got enough money to put the rethoric out there. Everyone wants to take a shortcut, instead of studing thier Bible and learning what God allows them to learn, they let someone else do there studing for them and get it from them. The only problem that is if you don't know the orginal, you can't tell if it is an imatation! There are much imitation out there and half truths, websites, books, and people.
2 Tim 3:15-17
15 And that from a child thou hast known the [i]holy scriptures,[/i][b] which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.[/b]

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
KJV

I find, and sure all of you do as well, that the writings of the men of Faith from the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s far surpass the 'stuff' that is out there today.

No doubt... read some book from the local Christian bookstore for an hour... and then read Matthew Henry for 5 minutes... see if there is a depth and insight in Henry's writing that you will not find in 95% of the books written today.

Krispy