How To Handle Strange or Different Teachings With Right Perspective

We are living in days of mass deception – especially from within “so called” Christian circles. The Bible instructs us to watch out for false prophets, to be discerning and also ensure that false teaching does not spread like leaven. So how do we determine whether a teaching is heresy, major error, or just simply a minor difference in interpretation? Also, how should we behave, respond when we read or hear what seems like “strange” teachings?

The purpose of this article is to encourage us all to seek the Lord and in so doing we will be better equipped to handle these things and not be drawn to false teaching or teachers who tickle our ears by the things they say,
with all sorts of unsound ideas.

Let's first, gets things in the right perspective, though. So let us

How To Handle False Teaching And Strange, Different Teachings

Old article Posted in Feb 2010 has now been replaced by this new and improved one 24 Sep 2010

Edited 1st Sep 2011 (see last section in bold, for the edited part).

We are living in days of mass deception – especially from within “so called” Christian circles. The Bible instructs us to watch out for false prophets, to be discerning and also ensure that false teaching does not spread like leaven. So how do we determine whether a teaching is heresy, major error, or just simply a minor difference in interpretation? Also, how should we behave, respond when we read or hear what seems like “strange” teachings?

The purpose of this article is to encourage us all to seek the Lord and in so doing we will be better equipped to handle these things and not be drawn to false teaching or teachers who tickle our ears by the things they say, with all sorts of unsound ideas.

Let's first, gets things in the right perspective, though. So let us

Christian Protestant Denominations In 2010. Are They Now All Apostate? (Of Course Not). This Blog's Statement

I need to clarify the stance taken on this blog, regarding its views on todays Protestant Denominations. This is being done because the blog was questioned over its view of current denominations and believers.


It was claimed that the blog appeared to be dismissive of the millions of  born-again, evangelical, or bible-believing  christians who are members of denominational churches. They asked if I was suggesting that these were not "true" Christians and whether we were more "biblical" than them?

This (I know) is a sensitive issue and needs to be addressed,  in case many get unnecessarily discouraged in their faith, hurt or angry because of misunderstanding. I certainly do not want to give the wrong impression and encourage you to participate in this blog.

I will start this article by stating very emphatically that I am NOT saying that all denominational protestant churches (or all those believers within them) are not true Christians!  Note: Here is a more recent article (written 20 Feb 2013) regarding this subject:
http://watchmanforjesus.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/in-these-days-of-apostasy-and-false.html

Actually it is not the building or the denomination which makes it Christian but the people inside it. A denomination  and individuals show that they are a true church or believer if

Evidence Of Premier Christian Radio's Ecumenical and Catholic Links. Why They Can Be Dangerous.

Additional Information 19th November 2014 At Bottom Of This Article

Premier Christian Radio has great influence amongst Christians in the UK (in particular in London where it first operated). It is mostly heavily subscribed financially by Kingsway International Community Church ie KICC (which is a Word of Faith church) and the Roman Catholics, so has become VERY ecumenical (and New Age ideas are promoted on the digital radio and on its website). It seeks to unite Evangelicals, Protestants and Catholics by presenting mixed programmes, but is primarily Catholic, new age and ecumenical, presenting some very weird stuff and promoting heretical Christian groups. As a high percentage of Christians in England listen to the station they are being badly influenced (brainwashed) in this ecumenical drive.


However, at present (amongst the majority of poison) they do have a "few" decent teachers who teach scriptural truth but for how long? Please click on this shortcut link

Benny Hinn Wheelchair and Hypnosis Fraud Exposed

I found this very enlightening about how Word Faith operate - not just Benny Hinn.

THE LAST WORD By Ole Anthony with Skippy R.

Issue # 177, Sept./Oct. 2001

“Who says I am not under the special protection of God?” --Adolph Hitler

We were as surprised as everybody else when HBO compared televangelist Benny Hinn to Adolph Hitler in a special program last spring.

But now that they’ve made the comparison, we can’t explain how we overlooked the resemblance for so long.

The comb-over hair should have been a dead give-away. And here’s a description we ran across of an early Hitler rally by Newsweek magazine in the 1930s: “Women faint when, with face purpled and contorted with effort, he blows forth his magic oratory.”

Blows forth? Yep. That could definitely be Benny.

We decided the cover of our magazine should do justice to this new revelation, but the scale just didn’t quite work. So we substituted Charlie Chaplin’s character in The Great Dictator for Adolph himself, and it balances just right.

Antony Thomas, producer of the HBO special called America Undercover: A Question of Miracles, brought together specialists in psychology, neurology and theology to take a look at the techniques of crowd control used by Hinn and a German evangelist, Reinhardt Bonnke, and compare their style to Hitler’s.

Interspersing clips of their crusades with footage of Hitler at the Nuremberg rallies, the similarities couldn’t be denied.

Here are excerpts of the dialogue:  

Qualities Of True Biblical Leadership Compared To the False Teachers

This new article follows on from these previous articles:

Prophetic Ministry In These Last Days. How to Recognise True And False Prophecies

An Exhortation To Pastors or "Good Shepherds"

List and Details On Other False Teachers and Prophets

We are living in days where false teachers and false prophets abound. Jesus said that by their fruits you will know them. Putting these words into the whole context of the passage we will see that the fruit, Jesus was referring to, was unscriptural false teaching but He was pointing out that they were wolves. What are the fruits of a wolf in sheeps clothing? Here are some traits: arrogance, pride, greediness, lies. Maybe, instead of looking at these traits it may be better (as a counter to the false) to consider what makes for a “true” leader or a “good shepherd”

This article will look at the qualifications for leadership as defined in the Bible to help you determine whether a teacher is sound or not.

Before we look at the qualities for Biblical leadership, I need to point out that these are  very different from worldly leadership qualities or criteria. James says that friendship with the world is enmity with God.  Paul tells us that we are not to be conformed to this world (ie the way it thinks and acts) but be transformed (in our minds and hearts) by the renewing of our minds.

In fact, we are in days of being very influenced by “new-age” thinking about leadership. For instance, many books have been written by new-age gurus about leadership skills. However, this article concentrates on revealing God’s Mind on what is required in leadership.

God is looking for spiritually qualified leaders to feed His flock. He is looking for

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Bible NIV 2010 Version ALERT	32
Who Runs The World? An Investigation Into The Global Scheme Of Things. Completed Report (Revised)	29
Fix Your Eyes Upon Jesus	29
Connecting True Biblical Christians Together In Fellowship	27
Why Book Of Enoch Is A Fake, Alert	24
Why We Should Reject Rick Warren's Purpose Driven and PEACE Agenda	24
The GIANT Global Conspiracy and the Scheme Of Things, Who Is In Control?	21
Chronological Emergence Of The Apostate Church Over Last 100 Years	20
New Calvinism. Explaining And Exposing This Latest Ecumenical and Apostate Movement Which Is Taking The Church By Storm	20
List and Details On Other False Teachers and Prophets	19
Why The Catholic Church is Not a Christian Denomination	19
Christian Protestant Denominations In 2010. Are They Now All Apostate? (Of Course Not). This Blog's Statement	19
Information On The Seeker-Friendly Movement and Its Links, Why It Arose and How It Has Fallen From Biblical Christianity	19
What Is Repentance?	17
My Rapture and End Times Stance	17
Showing Why The (Experiential) Emerging Church Christianity is Apostate, Pagan, Babylonic and Catholic	16
Explaining The Beast With Seven Heads and Ten Horns and The Woman Riding The Beast	15
Letter From Jacob Prasch Revealing Some Truth About Palestine and Israel and What Is Really Going On	15
Are The Global Leaders Nephilim?	15
Why Word Faith Organisation is a Cult and is Detrimental To Your Faith, Mind And Soul	14
Blog Written From Heart Of Love and Compassion. Tough Love? A Response To Criticisms.	13
How To Handle False Teaching And Strange, Different Teachings	13
Revised: Bible Translation NKJV Debate	13
Comparing How To Be Truly Saved (The Biblical Way) To The Nicky Gumbel (Of Alpha Courses) False Way	12
What True Biblical Fellowship is and Why It is Vital We Live It, In These Last Days	12
Does Bible Teach Us To Love Ourselves?	11
Why You cannot Trust Any Preacher Who Has Ecumenical Connections	10
Do Not Judge, But Watch Out For False Prophets, Matthew 7 Explanation	10
Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Rick Warren PEACE Agenda & One World Political Religious Government	10
Significance Of The Scapegoat On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Revised	9
Flotilla Illustrates An Actual Global Conspiracy Against God And His Purposes	9
Christians Wake Up. A Rallying Cry	9
How To Be Truly Saved and Be Certain Of Going To Heaven	9
Has God Finished With The Jews And The Nation Of Israel?	8
Why Dominion and Kingdom Now Theology Leads The Church Down The Same Road To Apostasy As Pursued By Rome	8
What The Olive Tree of Romans11 Represents and How it Speaks of God's Plan For Israel and the Church	8
Why I Can No Longer Endorse Any Of Watchman Nee's Books	8
Tony Pearce Urgent Prayer Request	8
Prophetic Ministry In These Last Days. How to Recognise True And False Prophecies	6
Answers In Genesis Cautious Report re Alleged Noah's Ark Finding	6
Ecumenical Christian Organisations and New-Age Christian Organisations To Avoid	6
Qualities Of True Biblical Leadership Compared To the False Teachers	5
Black Parents White Baby. Black/White Twins. Two Stories Which Give Further Evidences Bible Can Be Trusted	5
UFO Sightings, Abductions etc Are They Evidence of Life on Other Planets (Aliens) or The Return Of Nephilim or Some Other Explanation?	5
Tony Blair courts US pastor Rick Warren in bid to unite faiths	5
The truth and Danger About The Word Faith Heresy Movement	5
Word Of Faith Deception. Everything You Need To Know On Video	4
How To Study The Bible and Why. Learning How To Avoid Deception	4
Are We Seeing True Church Revival In These Last Days	4
Why Christians Should Stand Up For Israel	4
An Exhortation To Pastors or "Good Shepherds"	4
Why Most of Our Major Bible Translations Can Be Trusted	4
The Two Babylons. First Was Old Babylon and It's Religion. Then Came a Christianised Babylonic Empire	4
Evidence Of Premier Christian Radio's Ecumenical and Catholic Links. Why They Can Be Dangerous.	4
Babylonic , satanic Roots Of Psychology and Philosophy	4
Video Evidence Showing The Catholic Institution as "Babylon"	4
Is It Sin To Touch The Lord's Anointed? What Does Bible Say?	4
Riots In UK. Why?	3
Reply To A Rabbi. Why There Can Be No Forgiveness Without Blood Sacrifice	3
Answers To Questions On Why Emerging Church Teaching Should Be Rejected	3
We Are No Longer Under Law But Under Grace! What Does That Really Mean?	3
Why True Believers Are Eternally Secure In Their Salvation	3
Showing Why The Bible Version "The Message" Is Blasphemous	3
Difference Between Joy And Happiness	3
Billy Graham's Demise Into Apostasy	3
Present Day Israel Is A Nation Of Miracles, Created By God. The Overwhelming Facts!	2
When Did Jesus Drink The Fourth and Final Passover Cup? The Mystery Truth Revealed	2
What Do You Think About BibleFresh Venture?	2
Would Fundamental Biblical Christians Have Crucified Jesus Too? (Hypothetically Speaking)	2
Peter Was Not The First Pope! Conclusive Historical Evidence Revealed and Matthew 16:18-19 Contextual Evidence	1
How The Bible Was Put Together and Proving Why It IS The Inspired Inerrant Word Of God	1
BBC Hardtalk Video. Strong Creationist Argument Against Evolution By John Mackay	1
The New Apostolic Reformation. Why We Should Be Concerned About It	1
Why God Required Animal Blood Sacrifice, In The Bible?	1
Why Jesus Is The ONLY Way To Heaven and How To Be Saved	1
Clearing The Tables Of The Money Changers	1