A lifelong friend of mine wrote a piece for The Wall Street Journal recently about Pastor Bill Hybels and Willow Creek Community Church, the megachurch near Chicago that pioneered and came to symbolize “seeker” evangelicalism in this country. Lately, Willow Creek has been re-examining the assumptions that underlay its emphasis on witnessing to non-believers rather than helping
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Larry Bates’ exploitative fulfillment practices – which I documented in my post yesterday – are so despicable because they take advantage of the growing fear his clients harbor about the economy out of spiritually based concerns. Many, many Christians listen to Bates, heed his advice, purchase his publications – and his precious-metals products – because
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Self-directed LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) IRA’s are the only way to go if people want to keep their IRAs and not cash them in. Precious metals can be rolled right into these LLCs, and they are personally kept by the owner. My recommendation to people has been to get their IRAs in their own possession
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My heart is especially grieved for the sheep being led astray by the many false prophets today.  I’ve been addressing this since 1985, when my ministry marketed and handled the mail from the bestselling Christian book that year, The Seduction of Christianity. If the church was seduced then, how badly is it deceived today? It’s staggering.
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I just read an account forwarded to me from a friend about Christian financial advisors done by ABC News. It’s so sad to me how gullible so-called Christians can be. The piece was really perceptive even though it was done by ABC news, and it is instructive for us today even though it was done early
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Sources tell me that there was a small dinner gathering last night that included Jim Wallis, head of the liberal “evangelical” Sojourners organization, and Ban Ki Moon, secretary general of the United Nations. Why should we care? Because their repast is just another indication of the growing deception that is being foisted on the church
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