A short encouraging word from brother Dean. Bless you guys this season as we remember Christ together.

Today Dean will be unpacking the difficult passage in Romans 9: “Jacob I loved, Esau I hated”. There is so many other passages that dean will bring out that brings out the far bigger picture here, than simply trying to make full sense of this passage on its own.

Today we take a look at the significance of Isaac and Ishmael in verses 7-9 of Romans 9. Understanding the significance of Isaac and Ishmael is key to a correct understanding of Romans 9.

In this section we will begin our journey through Romans 9.

We will take a look at one of the commonly taught doctrine and beliefs of Calvinism, which states that God has chosen people before they were born, to Heaven or to Hell and that the common man just has to hope he’s one of the lucky ones to get picked...if he’s not, no matter how bad he wants it....there is no hope for him....atleast that’s how Calvin sees it.

We continue to examine as a group, the very questionable book circulating in the church: Physics Of Heaven. This is a discussion that is very eye opening and important for us as Christians to be more aware of Satans devices.

In the next few episodes we will take a close look at a book, being sold by Christianbooks.com and by Bethel Church online bookstore. The book is Physics Of Heaven and it is a compilation of different article of various pastors and teachers (from Bill Johnson to Bob Jones). It seems to be, that the collective belief of these writers, is that Christians have a lot to learn from the New Age movement. The Forward (endorsement) of this book is written by Kris Vallotton. If you are a mature believer and very well grounded in scripture, you may wish to purchase the book to verify the content for yourself, although it is certainly not necessary. There is a lot of group involvement in this discussion , which makes for a very very interesting and thought provoking episode! Much input will be given by our friend Cindy, who was deeply involved in the New Age, before fully surrendering her life to Christ. (Dean or Cindy are available if you have further questions)

In this session we will dive deep into multiple scriptures to refute the deceptive theology that God has made us “little gods” like Himself, who have equal authority to God Himself. Has God given us authority? Absolutely! But have some Christians taken this too far? Absolutely! Get your Bibles out...we are going to dig deep.

What are some of the various new age rooted deceptions that are creeping into the church? Are they obvious or cloaked in Christian lingo? How common are these deceptions? How concerned should we be? Hint: VERY!

There are various dangerous doctrines slowly gaining a foothold in the American Church, a few of which are the little gods doctrine and new age mysticism.