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1. How the Church Must Respond to the New Witchcraft

Ally Tower sat still in the church pew, unsure why she was weeping. She was happy with her life in Wicca. She loved the witches in her coven like family. And with her past full of pain and rejection, she ...

Created on 24 September 2019

2. How Satan Plays a Dangerous Game of Truth or Dare With the Church Today

Lately, I have been sensing the devil has been playing a game of truth or dare with the church. When I was a young person, Sunday morning services were a place the sermon was the center of focus. Music ...

Created on 11 September 2019

3. Man Rescued From Drug-Taking Cult: The Real Jesus Healed Me of Deep Damage

A man forced to live in an Australian drug-taking cult until he was 15 says Jesus Christ healed the damage he suffered. Ben Shenton was handed over to cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne at just 18 months ...

Created on 27 August 2019

4. Chinese Schools Pressuring Kids to Report Christian Family Members

The Chinese government continues to tighten its grip on Christianity by actively discouraging young people to engage in things of faith. Under last year's new Regulations on Religious Affairs legislation, ...

Created on 24 July 2019

5. 10 Characteristics of Christian Cults ...

There have been numerous of offshoots of Christianity that have turned out to be heretical cults. Because of the lack of biblical discernment, many people fall prey to them. One of the most popular of ...

Created on 14 November 2018

6. 1,000 Couples Marry in South Korean 'Cult's' Mass Wedding ...

Twenty-five years after her parents were married, Iasmin Lumibao traveled from Macau to South Korea to follow in their footsteps and marry alongside thousands of others in a mass wedding that has come ...

Created on 27 August 2018

7. Pentecostal Pastor Bitten by Deadly Snake in Church Ritual, Screams 'God's a Healer'

Warning: Video contains images some readers may find disturbing. A newly released video shows a Pentecostal pastor being bitten by a deadly snake during a church ritual. Cody Coots—who pastors Full Gospel ...

Created on 27 August 2018

8. Cult Leader? 'Sinful Messiah'? What You Need to Know 25 Years After David Koresh

... e was the actual Messiah (as in Jesus). Who Started the Fire? As noted in the book Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America by James D. Tabor and Eugene V. Gallagher, federal  ...

Created on 17 April 2018

9. 7 Sure Signs You're in a 'Christian' Cultish Church

...  be crazy or that the enemy is just making false accusations. I came out of a cultish church. I'm offering you seven signs and personal examples of Christian cults and cult-like churches. Want more on th ...

Created on 06 March 2018

10. Hundreds Rush to Cult for Assault Weapons 'Blessing Ceremony'

Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as "rods of iron" that could have saved lives ...

Created on 01 March 2018

11. False Prophet Gaining Steam Among a 'Remnant' Church

 Don't call Denver Snuffer Jr. a prophet, and don't view his Remnant movement as a church. Of course, it was his account about a face-to-face meeting with Jesus that branded him a prophetic figure in the ...

Created on 29 August 2017

12. What Is So Alluring About Cults? Billy Graham Answers ...

Whether it's watching from afar through a documentary or hearing about discoveries/escapes on the news, we've developed a fascination with cults. "I'd never do that!" we might proclaim. Or "Who is crazy e ...

Created on 28 July 2017

13. R. Kelly, Brainwashing and Christian Cults ...

... his name." I won't accuse or defend Kelly. I will use this opportunity to dive into the world of Christian cults. I'd highly recommend heading over to Mike Bickle's teaching library and listening to the  ...

Created on 18 July 2017

14. Supporters of Christian 'Prophet' Launch Mass Attack on Jail Imprisoning Him

Supporters of a jailed Christian sect leader on Wednesday attacked the prison in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo where he was being held, freeing him and about 50 other inmates, the government ...

Created on 22 May 2017

15. When Polygamy Becomes a Tourist Attraction

The Utah mansion where convicted pedophile and polygamous religious sect leader Warren Jeffs once lived is being purchased by one of his former wives, who hopes to make it a tourist attraction and home ...

Created on 09 May 2017

16. Woman Claims She Is God and Will Soon Conquer the Devil

"Lady Perfect" Vicentia Tadagbe Tchranvoukinni says she is God and will have victory over the devil. The controversial Tchranvoukinni said she fell from heaven "To end the reign of Beelzebub, to succeed ...

Created on 01 March 2017

17. Billy Graham Answers: How to Know If Your Church Is a Cult

...  a group that will lead you away from what the Bible teaches. While some cults openly deny the Christian faith, others mimic Christian practices and actually claim to believe the Bible—although they den ...

Created on 08 August 2016

18. 'Cult-Like' Church Members Accused of Beating Teen to Death

Police charged six members of New York's Word of Life Christian Church after the death of one young man and the brutal beating of another earlier this week.   Bruce and Deborah Leonard allegedly bludgeoned ...

Created on 14 October 2015

19. How Can We Avoid Fake and False Teachers?

... here we search can be. There is tremendous power and wisdom in the Bible. Many religions and cults recognize its influence, often adding portions of the Bible to their own writings.  In studying various relig ...

Created on 18 September 2015

20. Is Tom Cruise Really Leaving Scientology?

It's not news that Tom Cruise has been a huge supporter of the psycho-cult Scientology since the 1980s, which is why many people were shocked recently when rumors were circulating that he was leaving the ...

Created on 21 July 2015