Why are Christians Following a Cult Member Named Glenn Beck?

ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 12, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder ofLivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading the daily devotional he has written every morning for 12 years on the issues of the day from a Biblical worldview, is warning Christians that entertainer Glenn Beck is Satan, "masquerading as an angel of light," and using Christians to further his agenda and advance the satanically inspired cult he belongs to.

Five years ago before most people even knew who Glenn Beck was, Keller was publicly warning people that this proud member of the Mormon cult had an agenda rooted in the false beliefs of his cult, and was using mostly Christians that he attracted through his conservative political beliefs and by tapping into the tea party movement to carry that agenda out. Keller stated, "Beck has finally exposed his true motivations with the unveiling of his 'charity' and latest money-making scheme at Cowboy Stadium in Dallas next July. That is to make hundreds of millions of dollars personally while helping to advance the cause of his cult that is leading the eternal souls of men to hell through their heretical beliefs."

Keller said, "To understand Beck you have to understand what he and those in his cult believe, beliefs that are 100% inconsistent with Biblical Christianity. The Mormon cult teaches a works-based salvation, that they are a lost tribe of Israel explaining why Beck and Mormons have such an affinity for Israel, and the 'white horse prophecy' of their cult's historically documented murdering, racist, polygamist, and pedophile founder Joseph Smith who prophesied that the United States will face tremendous financial and social upheaval and a Mormon will be elected President (Smith once ran for President as did Mitt Romney's father) who will suspend the US Constitution and enact a Mormon theocracy."

"These beliefs that Beck clearly embraces as do all those in his cult, fully explain his apocalyptic teachings. Beck views himself as a modern day Paul Revere or Moses guided by God. Actually, Beck is being guided by Satan while making tens of millions annually, mostly from gullible Christians, scaring people into buying gold, safes, and food insurance, and now asking them to donate to his new charity." Keller stated.

Keller has been critical of high-profile Christian leaders who Beck has bought off to give him credibility with true Biblical Christians. Men like Wallbuilder's David Barton, Christian TV pastor John Hagee, and a host of pastors and others who Keller claims "have sold out the faith like Judas to give this cult member credibility within the Christian community." Keller went on, "Beck has been very clever to find Christians he can buy off by promoting their books and ministries on his radio and TV programs enabling them to make money from his audience. In exchange, they help Beck further his lie that he is a Christian, when based on the teachings of the Mormon cult, a Mormon is no more a Christian than a Muslim is."

"Beck and all Mormons believe their 'god' was once a man, and that they too can become a god when they die. Their 'jesus' is not the Jesus of the Bible, but a created being who is the brother of Lucifer who they claim came to the United States and say will return to Independence, Missouri, all in total contradiction to what the Bible teaches," Keller said. He goes on, "Beck says, 'the truth lives here,' when in fact he lies every time he calls himself a Christian. He understands that the vast majority of the last two generations have never been to church and most of those who do attend are largely Biblically illiterate and don't really know what he and those in his cult truly believe about who they call God and Jesus."

On numerous occasions Keller has asked Christians who support Beck to publicly debate him on why they support a man whose cult is leading souls to hell He has also challenged Beck to debate him in any forum about his spiritual beliefs. "People like Barton, Hagee, James Robison and others will never allow themselves to be held accountable for their support of Beck since they know their support is about one thing, MONEY. As for Beck, like the real founder of his cult, Satan, he is nothing but a gutless coward. He is a very intelligent man who knows exactly what his cult believes. It is easy for him to simply dismiss someone like myself as a 'hater' or 'bigot,' rather than answer questions that would expose his heretical beliefs and destroy his multi-million dollar business."

Keller claims, "The Bible says that in the last days even the very elect will be deceived. Beck is a great case study of that passage. Sadly, the most Christian leaders of this generation have failed to lead, worrying more about building their own Kingdom than God's, leaving a huge void for wolves of Satan like Beck to easily fill, a man skilled at speaking 'Christianese' and quoting from the Bible which he and those in his cult teach is a flawed and imperfect book, NOT the inspired, inerrant Word of God and representing Absolute Truth which Biblical Christians know it to be."

In recently exposing his true motives to be a spiritual leader, even though to keep his scheme alive he can't directly advocate the beliefs of his cult, Beck tells his followers that it doesn't matter what church they go to, or what they choose to believe. Instead, Beck encourages them to do good works. Keller rails, "It DOES matter what you believe and that you go to a church that teaches the Bible as God's only revelation since the eternal souls of men are at stake! The Bible clearly states that man can't saved by good works but by faith in the Jesus of the Bible alone!"

Keller concludes, "There is only one answer for this nation, the nation's of the world, and each person, and that is faith in the Jesus of the Bible. The efforts of Beck will succeed in continuing to make him tens of millions of dollars each year that he brags about tithing to his cult which is leading souls to hell with their false beliefs. However the lives of men and the spiritual course of this nation can only be permanently changed by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit through faith in the Jesus of the Bible." Keller reminds Christians that the Bible asks, " 'what fellowship does the light have with darkness?' The answer is NONE!"

Evangelism Ministry Positions Itself for Future Growth

Founder & CEO, Larry Moyer, Adds New President, Andy Coticchio

DALLAS, Sept. 6, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- EvanTell Board of Directors announced September 1st, that Dr. Larry Moyer, President & CEO of EvanTell, will continue full-time in a new role as Founder & CEO. They named Andy Coticchio, EvanTell's Chief Operating Officer, as President effective September 1st. Formerly a senior executive in the telecommunications industry, Coticchio served as EvanTell's Board Chairman prior to joining the staff in late 2009.

"Andy Coticchio brings over three decades of management experience and a wealth of knowledge in managing operations and overseeing finances," stated Dr. Taylor Gardner, current EvanTell Board Chairman. "We've asked him to assume responsibility for managing EvanTell's daily activities. We are pleased to make this transition as God has blessed us." 

Moyer will continue speaking and writing and will concentrate on the ministry's strategy, future direction and scope as EvanTell approaches its' fortieth anniversary. Since being founded in 1973, the ministry has developed an array of evangelistic training, resources and outreach events. 

Also, David Souther was promoted to Senior Ministry Director in addition to his international responsibilities. A Dallas Theological Seminary graduate, David is gifted in evangelism and will increasingly become a major spokesperson for the ministry. He will train believers in evangelism, speak at evangelistic outreaches, and direct EvanTell's ministry team. 

"I am grateful to God for Andy and David and their skills, experience and giftedness" states Moyer. "These two along with our entire team will be used of God to continue to grow the impact EvanTell has had. What has happened is just the beginning of what we are convinced an awesome God is going to do."

EvanTell's mission is to declare the gospel clearly and simply. We activate believers to share the gospel by providing training and resources to individuals, pastors, seminary professors, missionaries, short-term mission teams, ministry organizations and strategic partners worldwide. EvanTell is a non-profit charitable organization and ministry exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. For additional information seewww.evantell.org.  

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Richard Viguerie: Appeals Court Ruling on Obamacare is a Reminder to Constitutional Conservative Activists

MANASSAS, Va., Aug. 12, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, regarding the decision of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that declared parts of Obamacare to be unconstitutional:

"The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided 2 -1 that Obamacare's mandate attempting to force individual Americans to buy federal government-approved health insurance is unconstitutional. 

"This is a hopeful sign that at least some of the freedoms usurped by the passage of Obamacare will be restored without legislative action.

"It is still too early to tell what impact this ruling will have on the final outcome of the battle to protect Americans from Obamacare's oppressive regime of mandates and regulations.

"This ruling is one more reminder to Tea Party and conservative movement activists of the importance of the presidential power to appoint federal judges. 

"We need all three branches to hold the federal government within the constitutional limits set by our nation's founders, but federal judges are often the last resort to protecting constitutional freedoms when elected leaders show contempt for, or ignorance of, the Constitution."

Richard A. Viguerie pioneered political direct mail and has been called "one of the creators of the modern conservative movement" (The Nation) and one of the "conservatives of the century" (Washington Times). He is the author of Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause.

Pakistan: Peace & Reconciliation Ministries has been established to Create Christian-Muslim Friendship

By Ashfaq Fateh
Special to ASSIST News Service


SAHIWAL, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- In a bid to end persecution and discrimination and also to promote Christian-Muslim dialogue, a new organization called Peace & Reconciliation Ministries Pakistan (PRMP) has been established (http://www.wix.com/prmpak/ministries).

Christians protesters with their important message

To find out more, ANS-Pakistan interviewed Mr. Stephen John, Executive Director PRMP, to find out more and discover what he hopes to achieve through it.

Mr. John told, ANS, "It has been observed that violence against Christians is increasing day by day. They are often accused of blasphemy and killed before they can prove their innocence in the courts.

"Forced conversions and marriages are taking place and also the five percent quota for religious minorities in jobs and civil services is not implemented in many of the provinces of Pakistan."

Mr. John said that the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian cabinet murder, earlier this year, showed the situation in the country was continued to get worse for minorities and Christians in particular.
He revealed that Christian human rights workers, social workers and those involved in women's developments, have recently met in the Punjab city of Sahiwal, Pakistan, to discuss the present situation and how to respond to it.

"These Christian leaders from various cities shared their stories and issues faced by Christians in their areas and how these affect them," John told ANS-Pakistan.

Mr. Stephen John

He went to say, "The leaders reached a conclusion that there are a small numbers of outlaws in Pakistan who try to destabilize peace here. Unfortunately, although they are small, these forces are strong and they can easily trap and misuse the common Muslim who is peaceful, tolerant and open in normal situation. Unfortunately, over the past three decades these forces have not been curbed by our state departments and they have gained more and more power and strengthened their network.

He went on to say that the leaders discussed examples of normally peaceful cities like Faisalabad and Gojra where violence broke out. "It showed how in these cities, a few outlaws could create law and order situations and took of lives of poor Christians in Gojra violence in 2009 and also the Emmanuel Brothers in 2010, who were gunned down as they left a court in Faisalabad," he said.

Mr. John said that the survival and livelihood of Christians is "linked" with their Muslim brothers and sisters, as well, in many cases, their livelihood as they work for them and in many cases the Muslims trust their Christian workers.

He told ANS, he heard an interview with well-known lawmaker Senator S.M. Zafar on Geo TV when he said that he always trusts and prefers Christian people to work with for "their honesty, hard work and sincerity to their employer."

ANS asked Mr. Stephen John about the objectives of PRMP, he replied, "PRMP has been formed to create an enabling environment for Christians to grow peacefully having reconciliation with Muslims. PRMP will organize programs to foster Christian-Muslim cooperation and will spread a message of peace and reconciliation.
"The basic idea is to make Christians understand that isolation will not help. Interaction between Christians and Muslims will give an opportunity to promote peace and reconciliation."

Mr. Stephen told ANS, "PRMP saw not only Christians face forms of violence, persecution and poverty but millions of Muslims also become prey. For instance, poor Muslim workers are not fairly paid, health care, education and other social services are also out of the reach of Muslims like Christians in Pakistan.

Mr. Stephen revealed that PRMP has decided to set up subsidized Ramadan Bazaars for poor Muslim brothers and sisters. Asked why these bazaars from Christians and how would it work? He replied, "In the western world during Christmas season, food clothing and variety of services are provided on discounted rates.

However, on the contrary, in Pakistan, the black marketers, traders and shopkeepers sell basic necessities of life on more than double rates. Unfortunately, the government fails to stop these practices resultantly poor Muslims suffer. It has been reported that, due to these price hike's, there have been poor people commit suicide.

"PRMP has planned to set up these subsidized bazaars where 1,000 Muslim families would be provided with sugar, rice, tea, cooking oil, lentils, onions, potato, pepper, spices, bath soaps and washing powder on subsidized rates rather than open and government-based utility and model bazaars," he said. "However, we will not give a subsidy on wheat flour as the government of the Punjab is already doing that.

"When the Muslim families purchase these items from their Christian brothers and sisters, it will create good impact at least many thousand people directly. It will also help to change the mindset of Muslims when they realize that Christians love them and respect their faith. We are hoping that our national and also international media as well as opinion-makers, will positively welcome this gesture of goodwill."

Mr. Stephen then told ANS, "This ministry has launched an appeal to the international Christian community, including churches, and ministries, that they would donate funds for this noble cause which strengthen friendship and acceptance of the Christian community in Pakistani society."

Peace & Reconciliation Ministries Pakistan's headquarters is in Sahiwal and can be reached at prmpak@gmail.com

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Ashfaq Fateh, 38, studied civic and human rights, at Pakistan's leading University, the Aga Khan University in Karachi. He has been working to promote peace, human rights and particularly for Christian's rights. He has also been working against the discriminatory laws prevailing in Pakistan. His wife, Rafia Salomi, is serving as deputy director for Society for Human Development, popularly known as Human Development Center, an icon of Christian's rights in Pakistan since 1984.

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Charles Stanley: U.S. Facing Destructive, Man-Made Tide

By Stephanie Samuel | Christian Post Reporter

There is a “destructive, man-made tide that is deteriorating our country at a frightening pace,” and the only way to reverse it is to turn to God, not politicians, says bestselling author Charles Stanley.

As the 2012 race nears, Stanley tells Christians in his new book, Turning the Tide, that real hope and true change for the United States comes when they get on their knees in prayer.

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Fluctuations Show Radioisotope Decay Is Unreliable

By Brian Thomas, M.S.
Special to ASSIST News Service

DALLAS, TX (ANS) -- Radioactive isotopes are commonly portrayed as providing rock-solid evidence that the earth is billions of years old. Since such isotopes are thought to decay at consistent rates over time, the assumption is that simple measurements can lead to reliable ages. But new discoveries of rate fluctuations continue to challenge the reliability of radioisotope decay rates in general-and thus, the reliability of vast ages seemingly derived from radioisotope dating.

Illustration from www.icr.org

In 2009, New Scientist summarized a discovery at Brookhaven National Laboratories that revealed a statistical correlation between the distance to the sun and fluctuations in the decay rate of a radioactive silicon isotope. The data showed that silicon-32 decayed more slowly in the winter, and then sped up during the summer. A 2010 Stanford University report reflected similar fluctuations in the decay rate of other elements.1


To see whether or not nearness to the sun somehow affected these radioisotope decay rates, researchers laid a solar proximity plot atop the silicon decay plot, and they showed a close match.

Since that time, investigators have yet to discover a satisfying physical mechanism explaining how the sun might accelerate the decay of radioactive atomic nuclei.2 For example, although at the time of the Brookhaven and Stanford reports solar neutrinos were implicated, it appears that neutrinos are just too small and too few. The chances seem too slim for enough neutrinos to collide with enough radioactive atoms to have caused the observed fluctuations.

However, a new report on a separate isotope has again correlated radioisotope decay acceleration with nearness to the sun.3 The investigators locked radioactive radon-222 gas in a lead chamber and compared radioactive readouts taken from both inside and outside the chamber. The experiment was designed to test whether or not changes in radon decay rates are due to atmospheric effects such as gases mixing. The researchers found instead that significant changes were cyclical and corresponded to the relative positions of the earth and the sun.

They wrote, "Combining these observations implies a strong inter-connection between the seasonal and diurnal patterns. This in turn again implies a mutual connection to the rotation of earth around its axis and its rotation around the sun."3 The radon decay rates accelerated during the daylight hours and during the summer. Other rate fluctuations were irregular and remain mysterious.

Some unknown factor affects certain radioisotope decay rates. If this, or a similar factor, altered nuclear decay rates of the systems that are routinely used in rock dating, then any "age" determination provided by this method would have been compromised. And this is exactly what the Institute for Creation Research's project Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) reported in 2005.

In particular, RATE scientists found that radioisotope decay rates had been accelerated by orders of magnitude in the past and that one or more such acceleration events vastly inflated the apparent age of rocks (i.e., the age derived from the assumption that radioisotope decay has been constant through time). For example, RATE found a high accumulation of helium, a product of radioisotope decay, still trapped inside small crystals.4 If evolutionary ages are accurate, the helium should have leaked into the atmosphere millions of years ago. RATE researchers also found radiohalos and fission tracks, which are microscopic scars in minerals. Such scars could only exist if the parent isotope's decay rate had been dramatically accelerated.5

Nobody yet knows what (or who) accelerated nuclear decay in the past, just as nobody yet knows what mechanism causes the sun-related decay of silicon-32 or radon-222. But science clearly shows that radioisotope decay rates have not been constant or reliable enough to support the standard geological ages assigned to earth materials.

References
1. Thomas, B. The Sun Alters Radioactive Decay Rates. ICR News. Posted on icr.org September 3, 2010, accessed July 25, 2011.
2. Chaffin, E. Nuclear Half-lives and Changes in the Strength of the Nuclear Force. Presented at the Third Annual Creation Research Society Conference at Trinity Baptist College, Jacksonville, FL, July 23, 2011.
3. Steinitz, G., O. Piatibratova and P. Kotlarsky. 2011. Possible effect of solar tides on radon signals. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 102 (8): 749-765.
4. Humphreys, D. R. 2006. A Tale of Two Hourglasses. Acts & Facts. 35 (12).
5. Snelling, A. A. 2005. Fission Tracks in Zircons: Evidence for Abundant Nuclear Decay. In Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth: Results of a Young-Earth Creationist Research Initiative, volume 2. Vardiman, L., A. A. Snelling and E. F. Chaffin, eds. El Cajon, CA: Institute for Creation Research and Chino Valley, AZ: Creation Research Society.

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Brian Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org).

Glorifying God on Fraternity Row

By Gordon Govier
Special to ASSIST News Service

MADISON WI (ANS) -- InterVarsity staff, students, and alumni, are saddened to hear of the passing of John R. W. Stott, Rector Emeritus of All Souls Church in London and Urbana conference expositor from 1964 to 1979.

John R. W. Stott

According to the All Souls Church website, "John Stott died in his retirement home at St. Barnabas College at 3:15pm on Wednesday July 27th. He was surrounded by Frances Whitehead, and a number of good friends. They were reading the Scriptures and listening to Handel's Messiah when he peacefully went to be with his Lord and Saviour."

John Stott was the Bible Expositor at InterVarsity's Urbana Student Missions Conferences in 1964, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, and 1979. He had a long association with InterVarsity in the U.S., as well as in England. He made his first visit to North America in 1956-57, speaking at campus meetings arranged by InterVarsity students at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Yale, and the University of Illinois. The title of the lecture series was, "What Think Ye of Christ?"

In 1950 InterVarsity Press published Becoming a Christian by John Stott. After that, InterVarsity Press became the major U.S. publisher of Stott's books, including the classic Basic Christianity , which sold over a million copies.

Stott was invited back to the U.S. to be the Bible Expositor at InterVarsity's Urbana Student Missions Conference. Thousands heard him at the Urbana conferences on the campus of the University of Illinois in 1964, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, and 1979. He spoke at InterVarsity staff conferences immediately after Urbana on many occasions, and also at InterVarsity's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1991.

"I personally was impacted by John Stott through meeting him as a Harvard student in 1993," said Tom Lin, InterVarsity's Vice President and Director of Missions. "During a busy trip to Boston, I was amazed that John invited me and a few other students for a luncheon at the Harvard Faculty Club.  He listened to us and encouraged us in our campus ministry.  His encouragement was one thing God used to call me to God's global mission."

Tom learned of the death of John Stott while attending the quadrennial World Assembly of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Krakow, Poland. "John loved two things that InterVarsity and IFES continue to be passionate about - students and God's global mission.  He challenged students and inspired students to become God's missionary people and to live for God's purposes."

(Photo: John Stott speaking at Urbana. Twentyonehundred Productions)

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Gordon Govier is a veteran journalist currently working as a web editor for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, atwww.intervarsity.org.  You can contact him at ggovier@intervarsity.org.