Honestly, reading through these 25 indictments... the first thing that pops into my head is, 'If Paul Washer isn't preaching true biblical Christianity, who is?!'
I'll respond to them one at a time, although I don't personally think that Paul would need to give this guy the time of day, the writer seems more interested in cutting people down than helping them onto the correct path.
[i]1) willfully limiting the subjectmatter of Scripture[/i]
A. In what way does Paul Washer limit the subject matter of scripture? I have heard him preach from the Old Testament to the New Testament, from Abraham to Revelations. Please be specific.
[i]2) willfully presenting his own fabricated version of true christianity[/i]
A. While listening to Paul Washer preach, I can check my bible to see if it corresponds with what he is preaching -for the most part I find that what Paul Washer preaches is in harmony with the Word of God. Again, please be specific.
[i]3) willfully bringing himself under a cloak of godliness[/i]
A. He has made the claim in his testimony, maybe not in so many words, that his time as a missionary in Peru had a sanctifying effect on him, he also points to a dorm room experience of crying out to God that helped him to see Jesus more clearly. Although, Paul Washer preaches often that he is a sinner, and continues to sin, I do not think that he is claiming a special holiness or godliness -beyond what is promised to the believer in scripture. Again, please be specific -you know, Martin Luther was specific!
[i]4) willfully closing the book of Revelation and the Prophets[/i]
A. The book of revelations says that is profitable for anyone to read the book and meditate on its contents... it does not say that we are supposed to conjecture upon their meanings, nor create complex eschatology or 'Left Behind' books. I think that Paul Washer is right in taking the emphasis off of what is only conjecture and putting it on the Gospel, the work of Christ on the cross of Calvary. Mr. Washer said we will know on that last day, everything there is to know about the last day, but we will spend all Eternity trying to fully comprehend what Jesus did on Calvary and never fully know all that he did for us -that is a beautiful picture of heaven, and in keeping with Scripture.
[i]5) willfully painting the graves of the prophets for his own selfish ends[/i]
A. We are talking about the same Paul Washer aren't we?
[i]6) willfully presenting himself since 2002 with remarks that show Billy Graham to be his brother, although Graham is high in the world and an archdeceiver[/i]
A. I have never been a big fan of Billy Graham, although I was listening to a sermon by him to some missionary candidates given in the 1960's and boy was it on fire! Whether or not Billy Graham is saved or not is an issue of wheat and chaff, leave it up to the angels -but I believe that he has demonstrated more than enough fruit for me as a believer to trust in his testimony. I really wonder where you get off being the judge of people's salvation, is that your job?
[i]7) comparison with the whole of Scripture and the true old paths of the Reformation show him to be a cloud without water[/i]
A. Again, specifics... what did the Church Fathers and Reformers and Puritans say that would clearly demonstrate Paul Washer to be nothing more than a false prophet, a 'cloud without water?'
[i]8) connection in the Netherlands to all false christianity has to offer, even with those who publicly say calvinism is a complete error[/i]
A. Again, I'm not sure what you're talking about... who was he associated with in the Netherlands, what was their false doctrine?
[i]9) presenting himself in 80.000 newspapers in the Netherlands smiling as though the sins of the churches and the land are no problem to him[/i]
A. There are scriptures in Timothy that say a deacon should be above reproach, and have a strong reputation in the community. As Christians we are going to face persecution for our beliefs, but at the same time, other should regard us as stalwart and noble for the same beliefs. Keith Green once said that when Christians were called to suffer persecution, it wasn't a call to be obnoxious.
[i]10) proclaiming a message of revival that has never come, thereby telling lies in Gods Name.[/i]
A. Wow, wait, huh! Are you discounting all revivals in history, or the concept of revivals, or just the type of revival that Paul Washer is preaching about? What does the bible have to say about revivals? Are they biblical?
[i]11) accepting in the core of his message two contradictive systems of doctrine[/i]
A. Again, please be specific, which doctrines and how are they contradictory?
[i]12) denying the witness of the Holy Spirit in the Reformation against THE antichrist in Rome[/i]
A. You'll have to point me to this one in Paul's Preaching, don't know where you're getting it. As far as I've heard, Paul comes down pretty hard on Catholic teachings as being false doctrine.
[i]13) denying the blood of hunderthousands christian brothers and sisters against THE antichrist in Rome[/i]
A. According to your eschatology Rome is the AntiChrist, but the way I read it, it could very easily be that the United States is Babylon. Frankly speaking, the book of Revelations isn't so clear on the topic. As far as martyrs go, I haven't ever heard him dismiss their testimonies -you're going to have to point me to some youtube video on this one.
[i]14) going around the USA and the world to gain one proselyte that he makes a clone of himself[/i]
A. You know, Paul Washer preaches out of the bible, if anything he wants to get young men and women into the Word of God... sometimes he says things which at face value may seem legalistic, but he is usually saying them in the context of scripture. He preaches on salvation through grace by faith... not exactly a modern day pharisee -there are plenty of more Pharisaical preachers out there whom you could pick on, you may want to take a look in the mirror.
