Category Archives: Take Heed Ministries

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”…

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The Pope of Rome in Africa 2015: Why now?

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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

http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/2015/12/12/the-pope-ofrome-in-three-african-countries-2015-why-now/

I trust that once more it may be helpful to many.

Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 15th December 2015

Ministry Update Letter : July 2015 – December 2015

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Dear praying friends and supporters of ‘Take Heed’, Following on from my letter in June the second half of 2015 included a ‘landmark’ date where ‘Take Heed’ Ministries was concerned. It was back on 1 st September 1990 that I launched the ministry so on 1 st September 2015 the ministry marked its 25th anniversary. A short article was posted to the ministry web site and I made reference to ‘biblical mathematics’. In that short article I wrote –

TWENTY-FIVE is evidently the number for the FORGIVENESS of sins… The number TWENTYFIVE is connected with a PARDON for Jehoiachin, King of Judah. Read Jeremiah 52:31-32. Jeremiah states that Jehoiachin’s prison garments were changed and that he did eat bread before him all the days of his life (v 33). Here is a picture of a pardoned sinner. This happened on the TWENTY-FIFTH day of the month. What a beautiful picture of Christ who forgives our sins, changes our garments and feeds us on the bread of life all of our days… How fitting that on this anniversary the emphasis when considering ‘25’ should be on the gracious saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ and not on any “reasonable service” (Romans 12:1).

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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

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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 –

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The Pope of Rome in America 2015: Why now?

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My good brother in Christ, Shaun Willcock, of ‘Bible Based Ministries’ in South Africa has written a detailed and comprehensive article assessing the recent Papal visit to America. It is titled –

“The Pope of Rome in America 2015: Why now?”

It is lengthy, so may be best read ‘in stages’ – but it is VERY well worth reading. It can be accessed on –

http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/2015/10/01/the-pope-ofrome-in-america-2015-why-now/

Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 2nd October 2015

ALPHA’S ECUMENICAL FIGUREHEAD: NICKY GUMBEL

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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.

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‘TAKE HEED’ MINISTRIES 25TH ANNIVERSARY – 1ST September 2015

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Tuesday 1st September 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of ‘Take Heed’ Ministries back in 1990. ‘Launch’ is a rather apt word as one of the verses that led me to leave secular employment on 31st October 1989 and eventually establish ‘Take Heed’ was Luke 5:4 where the Lord said to Simon Peter “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch”.

Well, having “launched out” on 31st October 1989 when I left my secular employment the “nets” were well and truly “let down” with the formation of “Take Heed” some 10 months and one day later.

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SCAPULAR SUPERSTITION

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On a recent short visit to the Cork area in the south of Ireland, Margaret and I spent an afternoon having a look at the shops in the centre of Cork City itself. As is our custom on such occasions we split up having agreed a rendezvous time and place for later that day (we have personally found this is one of a number of good methods for maintaining a happy marriage!).

During my ‘browsing’ I noticed a number of men and women handing out something to shoppers as they were either entering or leaving ‘Penney’s’ on St Patrick’s Street. Having ‘loitered with intent’ I was approached by one lady who engaged me in conversation about the ‘Merits of Mary’ and how in particular the use of a SCAPULAR would be of great spiritual blessing and benefit to me. She offered me a free SCAPULAR and I said I would accept it if she would in turn accept something from me. That something was a free DVD of the Revelation TV debate that I took part in back in 2012 with Jesuit Priest, Keith McMillan. After mulling it over she declined my offer and moved on.

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‘ELLEL’ & ‘NEW HEART’ MINISTRIES

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‘ELLEL’ & ‘NEW HEART’ MINISTRIES: IHOP: JOHN CROWDER: THEIR ‘INTER-CONNECTEDNESS’.

On 7th July 2015 a friend posted the following on my Facebook ‘timeline’ –

PHIL JOHNSON on Charismaniac JOHN CROWDER (who is coming to speak in Ballyclare Northern Ireland)

“And now there’s a group led by a man named JOHN CROWDER who pretends the Holy Spirit is a supernatural narcotic that will put you into a thick, inebriated stupor. Some of his stuff is the rankest blasphemy. He says he is “tokin’ the Ghost,” or “smoking Jehovah-juana.” Sometimes he gets downright obscene, and if you have never seen him before you’ll be tempted to think he is an unbeliever doing a bad parody, but he is not. He claims the Holy Spirit makes him act this way.”

http://www.thenewmystics.com/Articles/1000139600/Home_Page_of/Upcoming _Events/SOT_Conferences/UK_Tour_with.aspx?redirected=1

The full text of what PHIL JOHNSON said in his talk entitled ‘Is There a Baby in the Charismatic Bathwater?’ and in which he mentions JOHN CROWDER can be accessed on –

http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/TM13-9/is-there-a-baby-in-thecharismatic-bathwater-phil-johnson

As a follow up to that I posted the following to Facebook on 10th July 2015

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