McMahon, T.A.

Let the Biblical Buyer Beware!

October 1, 2004

Today’s church is experiencing two new and deadly influences: “biblical” marketing and “biblical” movies. Nothing in recent history has impacted evangelical Christian churches as pervasively and powerfully as these phenomena. “Biblical” marketing is an attempt to use the latest sales concepts and marketing principles to attract the lost in the...Read more

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Question: I don’t understand why Bill Johnson and Bethel Church in Redding are not classified as a cult....They are false teachers and wolves in sheep’s clothing. What do you think?

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Question: Are you familiar with Randy Frazee [co-editor Max Lucado] and his book called The Story? Our church is promoting it for small group study and I have a few concerns. Would appreciate any information you may have.

Question: I asked a pastor [a question] about the end times and the nation of Israel. Here is the response I received: "As you probably know, those with a strongly dispensational view...

Question: I was recently sent a book that rather shocked me. Its title is Have Heart: Bridging the Gulf Between Heaven and Earth. It seems to do what you objected to in Heaven Is For Real [in a previous TBC article]. What do you think?

Question: Do you have any information on Dr. Scott McQuate? I have never heard of him, but his book The Tribulation has been recommended. The advertising seems so bizarre I am a little afraid to buy it.

Question: I’ve been told by a Calvinist that if I’m not a Calvinist, then I’m an Arminian. As a Christian, do I have to be one or the other?

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