Deception is an issue of the heart. There are many factors that lead to deception, but pride and bitterness in heart are the two most important. This book gives an example of a whole congregation gone cultic. The lessons to be learned have universal application. Advice on how to avoid deception is an important part of the book. To date this book has been helpful to many.
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A must-read for leaders. Juster tells of his personal involvement in a church that drifted into full blown spiritual deception. It is at times frightening and sobering to read this insightful analysis of good-intentioned intelligent people as they ignore warning signs and slowly progress into spiritual and moral failure.Because we are in an age of profound social confusion Juster says we should look for several crucial danger signs when assessing a congregation: Inadequacy of Ledership According to Biblical Criteria, Bitterness and Prophetic Direction, Loss of Scripture as Objective Revelation, Preoccupation With Miracles as Opposed to Love, Methodology of Indoctrination, Isolationism, and several more.The real brilliance of this book is in Juster's ability to describe the necessary relationship between intellectual/evangelicalism and charismatic experience.
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