This ongoing list represents a list of teachers/pastors/etc. who are banned in our community as legitimate Christian resources because of egregious false and/or outright heretical teaching.

Deliverance

Isaiah Saldivar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktVOKNefiCU)
Greg Locke (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjwQUC-Cu1U)
Vlad Savchuk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlohrsPBvLE)
David Diga Hernandez (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QQsw6TXPM)
Daniel Adams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCyyPIJoRgg&t=310s)
Marcus Rogers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgg8pLG9Us0)
Kathryn Krick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdr0IsabUmo)
Alexander Pagani (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZrikR40Jc)
Bob Larson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1enKY04pcp8)
Todd White (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtE_6h6fDDk)
Deliverance Ministries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKeCiUBxjE)

False Prophecy

"Prophet" Lovy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UoGoCgjfDk)
Kent Christmas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_emfJJu1s)
Troy Black (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIuaswsivLU&t=11s)

Fundamentalism / Legalism

Bill Gothard / IBLP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1PJ7T32LI)

Mysticism

Sarah Young (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah2ddxvKq4)

Gnosticism

Jonathan Cahn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysYW1Msuz8Y)

Charismatic

Bill Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFVCybQvP0Y)

Prosperity / Word of Faith / New Apostolic Reformation

Kenneth Copeland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_GG6rXd2VA&t=259s)
Joyce Meyer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbflniyrd4)
Steven Furtick (https://youtu.be/8S1zDxGJf-E?si=DbcWHyaIgXrcv4vj&t=2001)
Dan Mohler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OzHndIizi4)
Joel Osteen (https://www.gotquestions.org/Joel-Osteen.html)

Immorality

Brandon Robertson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1TRY4boN70)

What do you all think about using AI for Bible study, or scripture clarification. Apps like Creed specifically?

I've only ever gone to non-denominational churches, and while I do enjoy for the most part, I'm also curious about other denominations. I don't know much about the differences in all of them (I'm looking into it currently).

Hope this was the right spot for this question. Thank you 💜

Why does god want Abraham and his sons to cut off thier foreskins? That just seems very random and weird.

Also does lot actually "lay" with gis daughters and have children? Doesn't that seem very wrong?

I had left Christianity for around a decade since my teens. Since some years I've started to come around, and since a few months i have clearly felt my heart pull towards Jesus. I have since read many online testimonies and watched videos. But I had never read the Bible completely. I have since started and Matthew 13 verse 18-23 explains the parable of the seed in the soil. I am generally an anxious and worried person and am afraid this means I am the soil with Thorns, the distracted heart. How do I know if I am? If I am how do I become the good soil?

Dating was never a thing in the Bible; it was primarily arranged marriage. So how do you start a biblical relationship with someone? Dating seems like a trap for lust and not for growth together, so how do you go about it now?

Please add absolutely random messages so that we can ~~corrupt~~ confuse the news!

Can someone please explain slavery in the Bible for me? It doesn’t make sense to me why God would even say it’s okay for it to happen. I don’t think that just because it was a long time ago that makes it okay because God should never change.

If it was being a hired servant than why didn’t the Bible just use that word? And if it was always in a situation where someone willingly sold themselves to slavery then would they really be a slave anymore if they willingly did something to get something in return? And what would the verse no kidnapping mean if they were buying them from other people?

I’m really struggling with this in the Bible. I feel like I’ve lost all the faith I’ve once had but I don’t think I could ever support anything that supports the enslavement of human beings against their will. It doesn’t make sense to me since the Bible is against being a slave to sin so why is it endorsing the enslavement of human beings? You can correct me if I got all the information wrong. I’m just really struggling with my mental health and faith due to this question. I’ve begged God for an answer and I only get signs but I never get any answers to my questions. I don’t want to give up though and I’m scared what will happen if I do.

I can find a refutation for just about every verse except Acts 2:38 thats the one im stuck on so if anybody cares to help a minorly obsessive dude out thatd be much appreciated (also mods pretty please dont take this down for being non protestant a lot of protestans do believe this)

I’ll be back eventually, right????

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I will be there the 32 of December, 2025.

• ||this is a joke don’t actually drive out there||

I want to be in a place where I can provide people with good evidence, and also for my own journey in faith, kinda wondering what everybody's go-to piece of evidence is for the resurrection and the Bible's truth

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The coming Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

The origin of these Protestant foundational beliefs and those who God used to assemble them.

I have prayed to ask for his forgiveness and to accept me into his kingdom but I'm wondering should I feel different. I notice a larger pull to evade sin but I can't tell if I'm just more conscious of it or its somethings actually changed. How do I truly know?

A presentation of the traditional view of which apostle the body of Christ is now to follow.

• HINT: What were each of them given directly by the Christ Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah?

An recent audio sermon and transcript from my blog:

https://apoorwretch.com/2024/04/romans-81-2-how-christ-rescues-us-from-condemnation/

Some see the release of this version of artificial intelligence as the beginning of the end - and I'm not saying it isn't, while others are using in ways both helpful and harmful.

Many are using as a tool to satisfy the lusts of the flesh. Can that same tool be used for good, to the glory of God? Let's ask various versions to see what they say - then discuss to figure out if that's what they're supposed to say...

As the question I pose here, though not really a prominent concept in Christianity. I just wanted to see everyone’s thoughts and thought process on this ‘Spiritual bypassing’

For starters I’ll give a definition of what this means:

Key elements and manifestations include:
Weaponizing Faith: Using phrases like "God has a plan" or "just have more faith" to invalidate another person's pain or to suppress one's own grief.

Neglecting Emotional Health: Treating mental health or emotional struggles as simple lack of prayer, refusing to address the psychological,, or physical root causes.

Over-Spiritualizing Struggles: Assuming all human,,,,, issues are strictly spiritual, thereby avoiding the hard work of processing grief, anger, or relational, problems.

Ignoring the Shadow Side: Avoiding "negative" emotions like anger, fear, or sadness, which are actually present in the Bible (e.g., Jesus's distress in Gethsemane).

Dismissing Compassion: Rushing to fix problems instead of "mourning with those who mourn".

Healthy Faith vs. Bypassing
While faith is important, healthy Christianity encourages bringing pain to God and, often,, seeking counseling or community support, rather than using faith to escape reality. True spiritual growth involves confronting pain with God's compassion, rather than avoiding it.

More reference:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/09/church-hurt-abuse-crisis-good-samaritan-love-neighbor-spiritual-bypass/

What does the Quran really say about Jews, Christians and Jesus?

How to truly be free in Christ Jesus

Reading a book that outlines images of the triune God as a violation of the 2nd commandment. What are everyone’s thoughts? I provided an article that talks about it a bit.

https://cameronshaffer.com/2020/04/26/packer-on-images-in-knowing-god/