Sermons & Devotionals by Discernment Reasearch Articles

Resolution on Promise Keepers Passed at the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America Annual Conference in Seattle, 20-22 June 1995 The following resolution was passed at the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America annual conference in Seattle, June 20-22, 1995: Recognizing that Christ... Read More

Promise Keepers and the Men's Movement RESURRECTING PAGAN RITES Part 1: THE MEN'S MOVEMENT (From the December 1995 issue of Christian Conscience magazine) The popular, separatist, men's movement uses pagan rituals to define manhood. How could a book become so controversial? It all began with a mass ... Read More

A Critical Examination of his Theology and Practice By Stephen Sizer Rodney Howard-Browne has been invited by some of the larger Charismatic churches in London to minister at an event called "Signs and Wonders 95" at Olympia. Given his status as the "Controversial figure behind the Toronto Blessing"... Read More

Shortly after the laughing revival hit the UK, this group of Christians decided to warn others who were, unsuspecting, travelling long distances to attend meetings put on by Rodney Howard Browne and other proponents of the "revival". This is their testimony. It was written on 2nd June 1995. --------... Read More

The Word of Faith (WOF) Movement is difficult to pinpoint as to when it formally began. Without question its main doctrines came from E.W. Kenyon's writings. Kenneth Hagin is the individual initially responsible for the propagation of Kenyon's heretical concepts. Every major WOF minister looks to Ke... Read More

Kenneth E. Hagin is the acknowledged "father" of the modern Word of Faith Movement and is viewed by charismatic Christians globally as a true prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ. Kenneth Hagin has been active in ministry since the late 1930's and worked around the fringes of the Pentecostal healing rev... Read More

Is the popular Alpha Course leading people astray? Many people have been greatly impressed by the Alpha course. Designed to be an introduction to the Christian faith through talks, video presentations, small-group discussions and a special weekend-away, lots of churches are now employing it as part ... Read More

Part 1: TORONTO REVISITED Revival broke out at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola' Florida, about 16 months ago and continues to this day. Or so we're told. This "sovereign move" of God is spreading like wild fire through the United States, fulfilling a heretofore unannounced prophecy given to... Read More

In Spirit-filled circles today, there is much talk about the need for restoring apostles and prophets in the Church, based on the idea that over the centuries the importance and centrality of these ministries were lost in the wake of Church history. These proponents point out that the huge and varie... Read More

This weekend my wife, daughter, and I went up to Grand Rapids Michigan. We went for several reasons (1) to talk to some of the faculty of Calvin Theological Seminary, (2) to go to some extremely good Christian bookstores, and (3) to visit the Grand Rapids Assembly of God. We had called ahead and wer... Read More

CONTENTS: CAN WE JUDGE? LATTER-RAIN AND MANIFEST SONS OF GOD TEACHINGS THE VINEYARD TODAY Deception Discernment Disinformation Drunk On New Wine End-Time Events For over a year and a half the Toronto Airport Vineyard has been capturing the attention of both Christians and non-Christians alike. Thous... Read More

don't know if this holds for you as well, but for my part, one of the greatest challenges to my Christian faith that I have to face on a daily basis is accepting that the discovery and application of God's truth is sometimes very elusive and subtle. I honestly wish at times that He had sent down som... Read More

Apologists for the so-called "Toronto blessing" have often appealed to the writings of the great American theologian, Jonathan Edwards (1703-58), to give an air of respectability to the experiences and manifestations which have taken place in their gatherings. In particular, they have referred to an... Read More

Where do Peter Wagner, John Lewis, Mark Conners and Ben Gray Fit In? From Our Side, there are two basic texts, which establish the truth. FIRSTLY Paul’s statements in: 1 Cor 3:11: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ;” And SECONDLY 2 Cor 11:13: “For such are ... Read More

You may not have realised that plans for the structure and government of the World Church are already in place! Ministries, organisations and fellowships are networking together like never before, forming major new allegiances, and meeting to formulate the doctrines, structure and leadership of an e... Read More

PROMISE KEEPERS Joel's Army in Formation? A men's movement that is proving to be hugely powerful and popular in the States seems set to arrive here in the UK and Europe at any moment. Already, in preparation, the national media has reported on the phenomenon of thousands of men gathering in public s... Read More

PROMISE KEEPERS UPDATE It's Coming Our Way! The Promise Keepers Men's Movement that has taken America by storm is about to be launched in the UK, if East Anglican Minister Tom Chipper fulfills his vision. He says that God "led him on a journey", each part of which "pointed directly to Promise Keeper... Read More

IS IT REVIVAL ? Revival is breaking out at last - so they say. Whether or not you agree, depends on your belief system and gullibility. For example, the much-vaunted Hinkle event on the 9th of June passed without notice for some. For John Hinkle, however, there was ample confirmation that the spirit... Read More

In a previous issue of PLUMBLINE, I described the efforts of C. Peter Wagner to create a New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) which he predicts will be even greater in scope and significance than the Protestant Reformation of the 1500's. The centerpiece of the movement is the purported restoration, by Go... Read More

(Transcribed from a audio tape recording of a Message at Times Square Church) Zephaniah 3:18 - "I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. " This is a dual prophecy by Zephaniah. It has to do with the children of Israel . .... Read More