This short article is simply a reprint of a post I made today on FACEBOOK but I felt it should be reproduced as an article on the ministry web site because of the relevance of the topic. There are ‘voices’ trying to ‘marry together’ the religion of Christianity and the ideology of Islam – they are deceiving ‘voices’ and must be firmly and biblically resisted and that is my hope for this article.
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JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES : True or False?
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: True or False?
In recent times the outreach ‘strategy’’ of those who call themselves Jehovah’s Witnesses has broadened from being in the past mainly door-to-door outreach activity to now encompassing street/market-place outreach activity. Where we live in Ballynahinch there is a weekly market held in the town centre on a Thursday and Margaret shops in it most weeks. Recently she stopped at the portable stand erected and staffed most weeks by these so-called Jehovah’s Witnesses and took a copy of their AWAKE magazine (No.1 2016). She took it as she thought it might be of some interest and use to me and I’m glad she did because in it there is a very interesting item on pages 7-9.
CRI : Misleadingly ‘soft’ on Roman Catholicism
CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Misleadingly ‘soft’ on Roman Catholicism
In the early years after my conversion and, with a growing interest in ‘apologetics’, I soon became aware of the work of the Christian Research Institute and its ‘leading light’, its founder and director, the late Dr. Walter Martin. Over a number of years I regularly subscribed to and received their ministry magazine that contained many helpful articles on various cults and non-Christian religions.
However, I was saddened, disappointed and dare I say it, even shocked, by a series of articles they published in 1993 (some 4 years after the death of Dr Martin) on the subject of Roman Catholicism. Whilst their analysis of that religion was at times helpful, the eventual conclusions that they reached seemed to me to be dangerously misleading and evidenced a ‘soft’ approach to the subject under consideration.
POPE FRANCIS and SYNCRETISM – All Roads Leading To God?
POPE FRANCIS and SYNCRETISM – All Roads Leading To God?
On Tuesday 5th January 2016 Pope Francis published a first-ever video outlining his ‘prayer intentions’ and he called upon people to ‘spread my prayer request this month’. The content of that video has caused quite a stir and you can read a full account of it and the reaction to it by going to – http://christiannews.net/2016/01/09/pope-calls-for-collaboration-with-worldsreligions-those-who-meet-god-in-different-ways/
There is a link to the video at the foot of the article but, just as a back-up, this link will also let you see what the Pope had to say – http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/in-first-video-message-popefrancis-stresses-unity-we-are-all-children-of-god-39381/
Crucial statements in the Christian News article read as follows
Pope Francis called for dialogue and collaboration among those of the various world religions on Tuesday, asserting that they are simply “seeking or meeting God in different ways”…
The Pope of Rome in Africa 2015: Why now?
The Pope of Rome in Africa 2015: Why now?
Earlier this year my good brother in Christ, Shaun Willcock, of ‘Bible
Based Ministries’ in South Africa wrote a detailed and comprehensive
article assessing the Papal visit to America that had just taken place. It
was titled –
“The Pope of Rome in America 2015: Why now?”
and it could be accessed on –
http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/2015/10/01/the-pope-ofrome-in-america-2015-why-now/
and was I know appreciated by many.
In a similar vein and following the recent Papal visit to Africa Shaun has
just published another article entitled –
“The Pope of Rome in Three African Countries 2015: Why now?”
and it can be accessed on
I trust that once more it may be helpful to many.
Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 15th December 2015
ISLAM: GEORGE BEST: ‘GAY’ RIGHTS: FALSE PREACHERS:
Items in ‘the news’ this week have included yet another murderous Islam-inspired barbarity (this time in America) and also special events to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of soccer legend, George Best.
In everyday life we see the ongoing incursion of LGBT ‘equal rights’ into the lives of those out of step with such a ‘lifestyle’.
In pulpits and papers we see, hear and read ‘Christian’ messages totally at odds with “the narrow way” proclaimed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Whilst searching the ministry web site for a quote by Abraham Lincoln that could be applied to those who hold to the world-view espoused by those who carried out the atrocity in San Bernadino I eventually located it in my ministry newsletter of MARCH 2006. As I read through that almost 10-year old newsletter I was greatly struck by how relevant and applicable what I wrote back then in all the articles in that newsletter is to current events such as those I have mentioned.
If you would like to read what I wrote then you can do so by going to
https://www.takeheed.info/news-from-the-front-march-2006/
Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 4 December 2015
HINDUISM
Recently I had a look through the various Indexes that are listed on the ministry web site, firstly under –
Categorised ‘Index of Articles’
And then secondly under –
Categorised Index for ‘ASSORTED ARTICLES’
I was looking to see what, if any articles, I had written that dealt with the religion of HINDUISM. As I suspected, there was no direct article dealing in any way with this topic. The closest to one was an article in my March 2002 ‘News From The Front’ newsletter that was titled –
ALPHA’S ECUMENICAL FIGUREHEAD: NICKY GUMBEL
It goes without question that NICKY GUMBEL is the face and the voice of The ALPHA Course and I have written about him and it on a number of times in the past. This is the time of year when many churches are launching ALPHA courses and so I want to reproduce here a helpful article that details the close ecumenical and unscriptural links that NICKY GUMBEL has with the Roman Catholic religion. The article was the lead article in the British Church Newspaper of 4 September 2015 (No. 313) and it is reproduced here with kind permission of both the author and the paper.
EVOLUTION CREATES LIARS
I think right at the outset of this article that it is necessary for me to say that in relation to the title, ‘Evolution Creates Liars’, my ‘target audience’ is very much those who on the one hand affirm that the Bible is The Word of God and then on the other hand deny the truth of 6-day creation, preferring rather to perhaps give their allegiance and support to ‘Theistic Evolution’. I will be quite up-front now in saying that for me, holding such a position, calls into great question that person’s claim to be a faithful Christian – it’s as serious as that. Why do I come to that conclusion? Well, shortly I will outline just some of the consequences of a professing Christian claiming to believe in ‘THEISTIC EVOLUTION’ but, to begin with –
TIM KELLER: FLESHING OUT SOME OF MY CONCERNS
TIM KELLER: FLESHING OUT SOME OF MY CONCERNS
Back in 2013 I posted an article to the ministry web site called Sharing concerns about TIM KELLER It can be viewed on
https://www.takeheed.info/pdf/current-concerns-2013/Tim_Keller.pdf
Towards the end of that article I wrote the following – From my own perspective there were 2 points in particular that were noteworthy. Bearing in mind that Mr Keller is supposedly coming from a ‘Reformed’ position
(1) He supports ‘Theistic Evolution’ and
(2) He regards favourably the heretical teachings of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits whose aim of course is to reverse The Reformation and restore the Universal Rule of ‘Mother Church’ and that cause has been greatly helped by the election of the first ever Jesuit Pope earlier this year.