Category: Progressive Christianity

Questions and Comments

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 15, 2019 | Ask Mike, Christianity, Culture & Morality, False Teaching, Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Social Justice | 1 |

Today on our Listener Friday Q&A we discuss some of the following issues:
Lordship Salvation
What is EFT?
Is acupuncture an acceptable health practice for Christians?
Churches conforming to this world
Have you ever heard of the group “Justice Democrats”?
What about vaccinations?
Shouldn’t Christians love our transgender friends?
How can we speak on issues of sexuality when so many of us struggle with adultery or pornography?
This battle for LGBTQ “rights” is only a precursor to shutting down churches
What to say to those struggling with depression, OCD and mental health issues
Does it matter if a dead person’s body is buried or cremated?
Could you do another episode specifically on the biblical perspective of social justice?

Persecution is Coming Soon to American Christians

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 6, 2019 | Beliefs, Christianity, Church Leadership, Discrimination, Emergent Church, False Teaching, Globalism, Israel, Liberalism, Persecution, Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Religious Freedom | 0 |

We are blessed to reconnect with former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel, David Rubin about the pending corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the peculiar timing of these allegations just before an election, and the impact on Israel and the Middle East should Netanyahu lose his re-election bid.President Trump is also preparing to roll out his Middle East Peace Plan, and David shares his thoughts and concerns. David Rubin is also the founder of Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund which helps children heal from the trauma of terrorism.In our second segment today, we look at Step 2 of the 5 Step Plan to bring persecution upon disciples of Jesus Christ in America. We covered step 1 on Monday: creating doubt about the Bible’s truth, has already been successfully implemented in a growing number of churches. Step 2: Preaching human unity over biblical truth in churches.

A Quiet but Important Schism

by Stand Up For The Truth | Feb 26, 2019 | Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Church, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Emergent Church, Evangelism, False Teaching, Gospel, Leadership, LGBTQ, Mike's book, Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Prophecy | 0 |

There is a growing schism going on in within Christianity in America. It has been slow and subtle, but it is reaching the point where serious disciples of Jesus Christ are starting to take notice. This schism is centered around two important points:

Is the Christian walk about salvation, or holiness?
The Church’s relationship with the world.

Jesus warned that many who called Him “lord” would be condemned to eternal hell. Jesus and the Apostles warned that a great apostasy would infect the professing church in the days leading up to the Lord’s return. The Bible is clear that evil would grow exponentially in the final days and that Christians are to be a unique, holy people set aside for the glory of God. This means the true Church of Jesus Christ should be increasingly contradictory to the teachings and behaviors of this wicked world. Instead, some churches are intent on looking more like the world.

Mike and Crash discuss this great schism and how Christians who are serious about pursuing holy living can determine if they are in a church that is increasingly unique, or one that is conforming to the world.

Christian Devotionals: Quick Fix or Contextual Study?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Feb 25, 2019 | Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Growth, Christianity, Contextualization, False Teaching, Israel, Podcast, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

A lot of Christians read quick, daily devotionals as part of their routine. The concern is in some cases it has replaced reading and studying God’s Word in depth as we become busier and busier and are looking for that “quick fix” instead of a deep, intensive Bible study.

That is certainly not to say that all devotional studies are bad or wrong; but a devotional written by man will often have the slant or perspective of the writer and may or may not accurately reflect God’s message or context on the subject. The best devotional study we can do is one directly from the Bible itself since it is inspired by God and eternal truth.

Pastor Jeff Solwold of Calvary Chapel in Madison joins us the good and bad of daily devotionals for Christians and how to use God’s Word to gain the wisdom and insight we need to navigate life in these challenging times. Pastor Jeff can be heard weekdays at 5a.m. here on Q90 FM Christian Truth Radio.

Is American Christianity Selling its Soul?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Feb 6, 2019 | Abortion, Beliefs, Catholic, Christian Church, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, False Teaching, Globalism, Government, Leadership, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

The abandonment of God’s Word and principles by Christian leaders in America continues to kick into increase with each passing year. Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit keeps bringing in speakers who defy God’s Word and Law, elevating them (secular progressives) as leaders that Christians should emulate. And now, the National Association of Evangelicals invites House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak to Christian College professors about the need for Evangelicals to support her fight against legal immigration policies and common sense.

This is the same Nancy Pelosi who at every opportunity supports legislation leading to more abortions, and a professing Catholic that is allowed to remain a Catholic in good standing in spite of her support of infanticide. Has the leadership of American Christianity completely sold the “church” out by compromising with and embracing an anti-biblical world view?

In our first segment, Mike and David talk about Christianity and athletics with our guest Kellen Cox of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. And in segments two and three, we tackle compromising denominations and church organizations.

The Changing Face of American Christianity

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 30, 2019 | Abortion, Biblical Social Justice, Christianity, Evangelism, gender confusion, Government, Islam, Leadership, Persecution, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Progressive Christianity, Religious Freedom | 0 |

As we gather in Christian fellowship for that precious hour or two every week, it is important we take full advantage of the blessing of gathering, glorifying God, and for leaders – equipping the Body of Christ to be a bright light to a dark world. As the secular culture around us grows darker and more evil, all the more important that we understand the spiritual battle in front of us, put on the armor of God, and do righteous battle for the truth and for souls of our family, friends and neighbors.

This morning we share some good news about Asia Bibi from Pakistan, a strong warning from the publisher of Wisconsin Christian News, and a call to pastors to preach about the evils of abortion and rally church members to get involved for in the battle for human life in the womb. In our first segment we talk with Kevin Michalowski, an expert on church safety, about the importance of developing a security team at your church in the event of violence or an emergency.

Does Your Church Look More Like the World?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 23, 2019 | Apologetics, Beliefs, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, False Teaching, Gospel, Humanism, Leadership, Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Salvation | 0 |

Mike and Crash continue to look at how a growing number of churches look more like the world instead of standing out against the growing sin and depravity of this culture. As spiritual insanity grows in America shouldn’t the church stand out in contrast all the more? But instead it seems many churches continue to modify their approach to growth by accommodating a growing sinful culture. The ‘gospel’ being preached has been sanded and watered down to the point that it is incapable of rescuing sinful man from the coming wrath of God.

This subtly creeps into the church through programs adopted and exported by churches like Willow Creek and Rick Warren’s “Purpose Driven Church” Model that is secularizing leadership in the church, creating a hierarchy where church leaders go unchallenged as expository preaching transitions into ‘life coaching’ and the gospel is presented as a holy God compromising His standards so that more might be ‘saved.’

Pastor Mike Abendroth of No Compromise Radio joins us to discuss this sad transition and also take a deeper look at Jesus’ teachings in Matthew Chapters 5-9.

Is America Experiencing its Romans 1 Time?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 21, 2019 | Abortion, American History, Apologetics, Christian Growth, Church Leadership, Contextualization, Culture & Morality, False Teaching, gender confusion, Globalism, Government, Israel, LGBTQ, Middle East, Persecution, Podcast, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

In Romans chapter one, Paul explains that since men reject the truth of God, He turns them over to a reprobate mind to think and do evil in astounding ways. Their rejection and hatred of God fuels them to believe and do unthinkable evil.

Sixty million murdered children in mother’s wombs in the U.S.; homosexual marriage legalized; and gender dysphoria accepted as “normal” with the government paying for people to try to change their gender (something medical science says is quite impossible), all point to a collective depravity in a nation established under God’s Laws and moral principles. And in the meantime, American Christianity gladly allows secular culture to infiltrate and influence her to the point that churches and their members look more like the world than a unique, holy people.

Gary Kah of Hope For the World joins us to talk about these issues and discuss globalism, Israel, the political divide in the U.S., and a report that President Trump will be unveiling a peace plan for the Middle East that seems to have Israeli officials very nervous.

Listener’s Show: Your Questions and Comments

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 18, 2019 | Ask Mike, Church Leadership, False Teaching, Homosexual Agenda, LGBTQ, Listener Questions, Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Religious Freedom, Seeker Friendly | 0 |

Here are some of the questions and comments from this past week:

The large company I am applying for proudly supports the LGBTQ agenda and contributes to related causes. I was excited about the opportunity before I learned this, but now am conflicted. What do you think?
My daughter just told me she is bisexual and I’m in shock. She grew up in church, went to a private Christian school and attends a Christian college. What angers me is the church generally accepts LGBTQ lifestyles now.
Please clarify a Scripture you shared on a recent podcast, 1 John 4:3 about spirits that deny Jesus came in the flesh and are not of God.
You said American Christianity is looking more like Babylon these days than the church Jesus shed His blood to redeem. I sense this as well but could you expound on it please?
Here in Canada, we don’t have anything like your show and the sell-out by the church to government has already happened. Please continue warning Americans!
My husband and I are heartbroken. Our 12 year-old son just announced he is really a woman. We’re completely caught off guard and don’t even know how to confront this.

The Difficulty in Finding a Biblical Church

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 17, 2019 | Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Church, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Emergent Church, False Teaching, gender confusion, Leadership, Liberalism, Podcast, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

There are still some sound biblical Christian churches in America; a “remnant,” to be sure. But a growing number look more and more like the world than they do an assembly of God’s called-out people. A difficulty arises when you have been a member of a historically sound church, but it has been in the midst of a transformation where it is adopting the beliefs and values of this fallen world. This gradual shift is often so subtle that you cannot see the drift away from God and toward secular humanism.

Pastor Randy White has studied this trend and joins us to discuss how this drift of the church away from God has transpired, how we can spot it, and how to find a biblical church in a sea of growing heresy and apostasy.

What Happened to My Church?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 16, 2019 | Abortion, Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Church, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Emergent Church, False Prophet, False Teaching, gender confusion, LGBTQ, Liberalism, New Age, New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), Podcast, Progressive Christianity, Prosperity Gospel | 0 |

Many Christians in America are asking that question these days as we see a growing number of churches change. The Gospel of reconciliation being replaced with consumerism and our “best life now”; moves of the Holy Spirit being replaced with emotional manipulation through loud music and fog machines; and churches that look more and more like the world Jesus told us would hate us and that we should hate.

But the changes introduced into American Christianity have been so subtle that many people do not even notice them until one day we suddenly feel like a stranger and alien in the very church we attended for years.

Jan Markell of Olive Tree Views and Understanding the Times Radio joins us to talk about the growing concerns of serious Christians about what they see happening in many of our churches these days.

A Redefining of Christianity in America

by Stand Up For The Truth | Jan 9, 2019 | Beliefs, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Economics, False Teaching, gender confusion, Higher Education, LGBTQ, Liberalism, Podcast, Progressive Christianity | 0 |

This morning, Mike and David continue discussing how that which calls itself “Christianity” in America is becoming anything but biblical Christianity more and more. We look at a Lip Sync event at Luther Seminary in Minnesota to show just how far off the rails one denomination has fallen. We also look at a recent statement by the National Evangelical Association supporting the LGBTQ movement in its special rights under the guise of “equality.”

In our first segment, we talk with Art Ally of The Timothy Plan to discuss biblical generosity and how the money Christians invest in corporations and stocks is being used to either glorify God or support those who oppose biblical Christian values.

Pyrite Christianity in America

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 22, 2019 | American History, Apologetics, Beliefs, Christian Growth, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Discrimination, Entertainment, Evangelism, False Teaching, Gospel, Humanism, Leadership, Persecution, Podcast, Prosperity Gospel | 0 |

Pyrite is a mineral made up primarily of iron that looks like gold, thus it’s nickname of “fool’s gold.” It looks like valuable gold but in reality, it is generally useless and of little to no value.

As America continues celebrating godlessness and too many members of churches fail to look significantly different than the secular culture taking over this nation. A growing number of churches and professing Christians are holding “fool’s gold” thinking it will save them when they stand before Jesus Christ as judge, only to find out what they hold is useless and even abhorrent before our Lord and Savior.

Elijah Abraham is a former Muslim and now born-again believer who travels around the world proclaiming the gospel, teaching pastors, and equipping believers who face constant threats of persecution. He shares insights about what he has witnessed with believers here in America compared to churches in countries where persecution is often a way of life. Elijah points out the lack of maturity, discipleship, and sound doctrine in too many American churches.

Christianity, Relationships, and Society

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 21, 2019 | Abortion, Biblical Social Justice, Christian Church, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Evangelism, False Teaching, Humanism, Liberalism, Podcast | 0 |

In our final segment today we look at the increasing evil and godlessness of our world, our nation, and how Christians must stand out as light and salt. Jesus said the greatest commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and mind. The second is that we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Biblical Christianity is all about relationships in a world that is broken, decimated by sin, and needs to be reconciled to God.

How do we as disciples of Jesus Christ develop truthful, loving relationships with other believers as well as those still imprisoned in darkness? Pastor Randy White joins Mike and David to discuss relationships according to the Bible.

Francis Chan: Discerning or Guilty by Association?

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 20, 2019 | Beliefs, Christian Church, Christianity, Contextualization, Cults, Dominionism, Entertainment, False Prophet, False Teaching, Gospel, Mike Bickle, New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), Podcast, Prosperity Gospel | 0 |

The Bible is clear that there will be many false teachers leading people astray in the final years, and many professing Christians will be part of this final apostasy. It also tells us we should avoid anyone who teaches a gospel contrary to the Bible’s teaching. But Paul also tells us to bear with one another as believers; standing up for truth, but also not allowing insignificant divisions to cause problems. The problem is that we are not always clear about what is a significant or insignificant division within Christianity.Francis Chan has been on a very interesting journey over the past few years. He resigned as pastor of the mega-church he founded and went on a personal sabbatical. He has returned and finds himself in a growing controversy surrounding his criticism of American Christianity as well as his recent appearances at IHOP and alongside Todd White and Benny Hinn. Really?So where does Chan really stand on doctrine? Mike, David, and Crash look at the controversy and discuss the difficulties in being discerning Christians without jumping to conclusions or branding those we disagree with a “heretic” or “apostate.”ARTICLES

Ramping Up to a One World Government

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 19, 2019 | American History, Biblical Social Justice, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Dominionism, Evangelism, False Teaching, Globalism, Government, Islam, Israel, Liberalism, Persecution, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Prophecy | 0 |

Our world is in the midst of a social and political upheaval that is threatening institutions and confusing a lot of people. And many think this is a well planned series of events to lead mankind to seek a “savior” who will bring up peace and tranquility. The Bible warns us of such a man and calls him “Anti-Christ”.

Gary Kah of Hope for the World Ministries joins Mike and Crash to discuss the rapid move toward globalization and how Christians can prepare for the coming persecution the Bible warns us about.

Cracks in Radical Liberalism’s Foundations

by Stand Up For The Truth | Mar 18, 2019 | Apologetics, Catholic, Christian Church, Christianity, Church Leadership, Culture & Morality, Evangelism, gender confusion, Government, Liberalism, Podcast, Politics and Faith, Religious Freedom, the Gospel | 0 |

We often discuss how radical liberalism is eventually exposed and dismissed because of its obvious self-defeating contradictions. In their zeal to develop more and more “protected classes” of people, they eventually run into a contradiction they cannot reconcile with their attempts to make everyone feel like a victim. This morning we look at liberals and feminists along with conservative women in pushing back against the awful “Equality Act” introduced by House Democrats that would impose national protections and special rights to those who identify as transgender.We also look at a growing number of Catholics who are now considering leaving their church because of the wide ranging sexual abuse scandals within their church.In our first segment we talk with Preston Condra, of Sufficient Word Publishing, about his new book aimed at helping parents explain the gospel to their children and helping them develop a biblical world view as they head into the dangerous waters of public education.