List of Issues with the Message: Difference between revisions

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#[[Reason and the Message|Thinking is discouraged]]
#[[Reason and the Message|Thinking is discouraged]]
#The [[The King James Version of the Bible|KJV is the only inspired translation]] of the Bible.
#The [[The King James Version of the Bible|KJV is the only inspired translation]] of the Bible.
#[[Message Urban Legends|'''Urban legends''' of the message]]
#If you don't believe the message, you are not going in the rapture.
#If you don't believe the message, you are not going in the rapture.
#Only ministers can handle the Word.
#Only ministers can handle the Word.
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#The Pastor is our Absolute or Your Pastor in his Office is always right.
#The Pastor is our Absolute or Your Pastor in his Office is always right.
#Diminishing the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ of two thousand years ago, as a result of Promoting the Jesus Christ of Today.
#Diminishing the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ of two thousand years ago, as a result of Promoting the Jesus Christ of Today.
#The focus on the message, removes the focus from the bible.
#The focus on the message, removes the focus from the Bible.
#Rapturing Faith in on the Tapes.
#Rapturing Faith in on the Tapes.
#Don't question. Don't argue. Don't Debate. Don't Discuss. Just give them a message book.
#Don't question. Don't argue. Don't Debate. Don't Discuss. Just give them a message book.
#If they're Seed...
#If they're Seed...
#The church is the wife, the husband is the pastor
#The church is the wife, the husband is the pastor
#"programs" are of the devil, so no-one does anything to help others through the church.
#"programs" are of the devil, so message churches do nothing to help the poor.
#Missions are for people overseas, not the homeless down the street.
#Missions are for people overseas, not the homeless down the street.
#It's OK to preach against other churches who don't have the mighty revelation.
#It's OK to preach against other churches who don't have the mighty revelation.
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#Legalistic teachings related to [[The Celebration of Christmas]]
#Legalistic teachings related to [[The Celebration of Christmas]]
#People have made Jesus into a super man.  Message believers are the sons of God and ultimately, don't need Jesus to be the sacrifice.
#People have made Jesus into a super man.  Message believers are the sons of God and ultimately, don't need Jesus to be the sacrifice.
=Some really strange things that circulate in message churches=
#[[Message Urban Legends|'''Urban legends''' of the message]]


=But Message believers reject these teachings=
=But Message believers reject these teachings=