"As per Robert
Schuller I do not endorse his teachings or ministry. I am sorry
that such conclusion could by withdrawn from the dedication page.
"I also do not endorse the Charismatic Paul Crouch & Co. from TBN or
Bayless Conley teachings or ministry. Still I dedicated the book to
these guys because I came to God THROUGH THEIR SATELLITE TV
BROADCASTS. They explained salvation and made repeated calls to
viewers to receive salvation through faith in Jesus and by grace
alone. I was very encouraged by Schuller’s positive messages. I came
out a very godless society with zero religious knowledge. I could
not distinguish that time at the beginning of my Christian walk what
was wrong with different guys or denominations or individuals. The
shows from Crystal Catedral helped me many times in times of great
discouragment. Schuller always had been optimistic and enouraged the
viewers to be positive believers and follow their dreams; one quote:
"I shut the door on yesterday and threw the key away. Tomorrow is
another day". I know he endorsed Norman Peale’s teachings of
Positive Thinking. I know he stressed on our will more than on God’s
will, on his or Psychology teachings more than on bible teachings. I
loved that man, I loved his faith in God’s goodness and power. I was
impressed about his wife surviving breast cancer, about his daughter
surviving an amputated leg, about his family surviving a fire
destroying their house completely. The Hour of Power is not about a
church is about the Schuller family & guests performances.
"I also do not endorse The In Touch Ministry of Charles Stanley. It is
also about one man ministry. Though Charles made great efforts to
bring me to Jesus and to the right path of Christian walk. So I cannot
forget that these guys helped find Jesus, walked the normal path and
enouraged me when I was so confused or distressed. I am grateful to
them eternally. Anyway I let them know about my book on pastors and
thus actually what God asks of them. I told them, "You help come
to God and walk on His ways, Let me on my turn now help you walk on
God’s narrow path".
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"As you can see the dedication ends like that "May the Lord be
praised for all these, but I wish very much that all be saved and in
the perfect will of God. ", meaning I wish all of them BE SAVED or
IN THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD" cause we don’t know who’s saved or not.
"Anyway I shall try to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion and
will modify a little bit the text of the dedication.
"So beloved I warned these guys and I wish they might wake up one
day and give their lives completely to Jesus."
I had a similar experience with
Pat Robertson and Ben Kinchlow and the 700 Club. As a new believer I
was greatly encouraged by them both. And yet, later, I looked back and a
lot that was being said was mobilizing Christians to right wing political
action and predicting imminent economic collapse. It was strongly implied
that we should buy gold. And then Pat Robertson wrote his book, The
Secret Kingdom, which had a lot of serious false teaching.
But, Brother Cristian and I and many
others can still thank the Lord for working in our lives in spite of
serious error all around us.
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A Romanian brother who recently immigrated to
Canada.
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