The Counterfeit Revival
Series By Hank Hanegraaff
The Counterfeit Revival Part One: Rodney Howard-Browne
and the "Toronto Blessing"
Christianity is undergoing a paradigm shift
of major proportions - a shift from faith to feelings; from fact to
fantasy; and from reason to esoteric revelation. Leaders of this Counterfeit
Revival, such as Rodney Howard-Browne and John Arnott, have peppered
their preaching and practice with fabrications, fantasies, and frauds,
seemingly unaware of the profound consequences. Many of the followers
who at first flooded into Counterfeit Revival "power centers" have
become disillusioned and have now slipped through the cracks into
the kingdom of the cults. Click
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The Counterfeit Revival Part Two:
Visionary Hoaxes and Revisionary History
The deceptions of the Counterfeit Revival
include both visionary hoaxes and revisionary history. Its leaders
appeal to one of the leading figures in American revivalism, Jonathan
Edwards, to prove that the bizarre behaviors and extrabiblical revelations
of their own "revival" are signs of an authentic work of God. Edwards
did describe unusual manifestations that accompanied conversions during
the First Great Awakening, but the great New England theologian was
actually one of the most eloquent critics the church has ever seen
of the principles and practices that characterize the Counterfeit
Revival. Click Here To Read.
The Counterfeit Revival Part Three: Separating
Fact from Fabrication on the Pensacola Outpouring
While promoters of the Pensacola Outpouring
allege nearly two million participants to date, an examination of
the revival reveals its serious distortions of biblical Christianity,
concluding the movement is simply the latest outbreak in a long history
of Counterfeit Revival. Characterized by an overemphasis on subjective
experience in opposition to objective tests for truth, nonbiblical
spiritual practices, Scripture twisting, and false and exaggerated
claims, the Pensacola Outpouring threatens countless believers and
depicts to the world a tainted stripe of Christianity. In post-Christian
times as these, evangelicals more than ever need to return to the
basic teachings and practices of the historic, biblical Christian
faith. Click
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The Counterfeit Revival Part Four: Modern-Day
Mesmerists
What Counterfeit Revival leaders attribute
to the anointing of God is far better explained by the old and pervasive
principles of hypnotism. Whether referred to as hypnotists, Holy Ghost
bartenders, or Hindu gurus, today's "mesmerists" all employ similar
methods and obtain similar results. Counterfeit Revival leaders work
their subjects into altered states of consciousness, manipulating
them through peer pressure, exploitation of expectations, and the
subtle power of suggestion. Ultimately, revival mesmerists convince
their followers that reality can be reduced to a personal experience
of enlightenment, leading them into severe spiritual deception. Click
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