Category Archives: Take Heed Ministries
Bahaism
One of the ‘gaps’ to date on the ‘Take Heed’ ministry web site has been any meaningful reference to the subject of ‘BAHA’ISM’ so with this article I hope to rectify that situation. The format of the article will be firstly to give a link to an informative documentary dating back to 1985.
There are two aspects of the documentary that I have specifically identified. There is ‘Persecution’ and that highlights the terrible persecution that Baha’is had to endure in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran that deposed the Shah and saw the return to the country and to power of Ayatollah Khomeini. There are helpful details concerning these events on this link –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
and under a section headed ‘Politics and government’ – we read this –
‘The members of the Bahá’í Faith have been declared heretical and subversive. While persecution occurred before the Revolution since then more than 200 Bahá’ís have been executed or presumed killed, and many more have been imprisoned, deprived of jobs, pensions, businesses, and educational opportunities. Bahá’í holy places have been confiscated, vandalized, or destroyed. More recently, Bahá’ís in Iran have been deprived of education and work. Several thousand young Bahá’ís between the ages of 17 and 24 have been expelled from universities’.
Today’s Psychic Fare
TODAY’S PSYCHIC FAYRE
In recent weeks, posters were displayed along a route that I quite often drive along. These posters were advertising an event to be held in a hotel located along that same route. This is a photo of one of the posters –
This link gives details of what those attending might have expected to see
http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Eventbrite-MICHAEL-HENRY-PSYCHIC-MEDIUM-Balmoral-HotelBelfast
It goes without saying that there is great interest in such matters and people in attendance often view it as ‘fantastic’ and ‘unbelievable’.
‘EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE’ in Amsterdam?
‘EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE’ in Amsterdam?
Many years ago, friends and fellow-contenders living in The Netherlands sent me videos of a large 1998 gathering held by Rome in Holland to celebrate ‘Mary: Lady of all Nations’. This is just one of the many baseless and unscriptural titles ascribed by the Roman Catholic religion to Mary. In this article, I want to focus upon a claimed ‘Eucharistic Miracle’ that is detailed in the opening portion of the first video and so to begin with here is a link to enable you to watch that portion of the video –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWr2lpEysc
Having watched the video, you perhaps now understand why I included the phrase ‘Hard to stomach!’ as a subtitle to this article. This supposed ‘miracle’ centres totally around the claim that a sick man, who had received a Roman Catholic ‘consecrated wafer’, later vomited it up and, despite having been thrown in the fire, it refused to be destroyed but instead was ‘reconstituted’ and ‘danced’ above the flames of the fire next morning.
TIM KELLER and CHRISTIANITY
TIM KELLER and CHRISTIANITY
Those familiar with the ministry of ‘Take Heed’ will know that I have already shared many concerns about the teachings of TIM KELLER – one of my previous articles concerning him is located on
https://www.takeheed.info/pdf/2015/March/Tim-Keller-fleshing-out-concerns.pdf
On 25 December 2016, the current principal of Union Theological College, where those being prepared for ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland are trained, posted the following to his Facebook Timeline –
Stafford Carson
25 December at 08:51
Great article for all who have doubts about Christianity.
Am I a Christian, Pastor Timothy Keller?
A prominent evangelical considers a skeptical journalist’s doubts. NYTIMES.COM|BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF
This post then linked to the following
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/opinion/sunday/pastor-am-i-achristian.html?mwrsm=Facebook
WILLIAM BRANHAM: His teachings ‘surface’ in Donegal
WILLIAM BRANHAM: His teachings ‘surface’ in Donegal
Annual Review Letter December 2016
Ministry Update Letter : July 2016 – December 2016
Dear praying friends and supporters of ‘Take Heed’,
in recent years when issuing my Annual Review Letter, I have normally deferred quoting from encouraging feedback until quite late in the letter. However, this year I want to begin by quoting extracts from a very encouraging email I received because it will also serve as a lead into quoting in full a short article that I penned on what has become I believe a very ‘hot topic’ for Christians to consider. First the email extracts –
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE: Power to Deceive
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE: Power to Deceive
“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived” 2nd Timothy 3:13
The expressions ‘good’ and ‘evil’ tend in our human thinking to focus on the direct and obvious consequences of actions carried out by people. ‘Good’ actions are those that are viewed as bringing blessing, benefit and joy to people whereas ‘evil’ actions are viewed as bringing misery, loss and hurt to people. In such human circumstances those terms are I believe perfectly apt.
BETH MOORE: Warning resources
BETH MOORE: Warning resources
Some weeks ago I received the following message of inquiry concerning the ‘ministry’ of Beth Moore –
I wonder if you can give insight. In 2008 I was assigned as City Coordinator to bring Beth Moore (prominent well known Bible Study teacher of women) here. 7000 women attended as it was Beth’s first time in Canada and many had not heard of her.
She is coming back in January 2017. However, I find myself in a place that I cannot stand behind her teachings (some of them false as she has changed substantially from 2008 till now) – such as shaking hands whole heartedly with Catholicism, receives “extra” revelation, believes in silence meditation (eastern type) etc.