ALPHA? The FORCE be with you:
http://www.christiandoctrine.net/news/alpha_news/alpha_nov_2002_web.htm
Rome sees Alpha as a means to ensnare unwary unsaved people into its net. Rome
is happy to let Alpha do the work, so long as it gains in numbers.
http://www.pfo.org/alpha-cr.htm
�1. The God of Alpha is not the God of the
Bible. ... it does not present us with the God who has revealed Himself
in the Bible. ... It simply fails to tell us anything we need to know about
God.
2. The plight of man in Alpha is not as serious
as in the Bible. ... Alpha does not use strong terms and leaves
us rather unclear about where we stand. As one follows its argument, sin is
more to be seen in the way we have �messed up our lives.�... For all the
gravity of sin, Alpha never allows us to feel too bad about
ourselves. It never permits us to see ourselves in God�s sight. That is a
big omission.
3. The Jesus Christ of Alpha is not the Jesus
Christ of the Bible. ... despite having part of the course titled
�Why did Jesus die?�, it is unable in the final analysis to answer
this question. ...
4. The love of God in Alpha is not the love of
God of the Bible. ... The God of the Bible is love but it is love that
is seen in His willingness to save sinners. ... without the context of God�s
holiness and absolute perfection, the meaning of love is lost to us.
...
5. The Holy Spirit of Alpha is not the Holy
Spirit of the Bible. ... Alpha�s �Spirit� appears to work in ways
that lie outside the confines of Scripture. Whoever it is that people
are �introduced� to at the Alpha Weekend, it is not the Holy Spirit.
But whoever this mysterious guest is, he is equally at home with the
ecstatic gatherings of New Age enthusiasts and
non-Christian religions alike.
6. Conversions in Alpha are not like the
conversions in the Bible. ... More often than not it is an emotional
experience about the love of God but without any understanding of
holiness or the need to be saved from our sins. ... For all its efforts,
Alpha does not help us to know God. It does not describe the true and
living God for us. It does not diagnose man�s condition accurately enough.
... it is unable to supply us with the �good
news�.�10
Alpha is just new window dressing on the old �Holy Ghost
bartender� theme, the Toronto theme and the Brownsville reruns. It
could be retitled �Steps to Frenzy� or �Finding God in My
Feelings�, or �Letting Out the Animal Inside.� The result is not
unlike the old Esalen groups, primal scream therapy or the lunacy of a drug
experience.
Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Caroline I noted you are involved with Alpha, are
you also involved with the Toronto Blessing and aware of the
following?
This is from an Australian publication.
judyt
TITLE: Toronto Blessing leads to Rome
TEXT: An
unbelievable exodus has been occuring from Protestant Churches to the Roman
Catholic Church. Seeing is believing - here is
one site where
you can see ex-pastors from Protestant Churches as well as sects making the
shift.
These people believe that are returning or converting to the
�true faith�. The Catholic Church is boasting of the many hundreds that are
now �coming home�. Apostacy has taken a giant step. Assemblies of God
pastors who once �felt the presence of God� at Toronto are now
�feeling the presence of Jesus� in the eucharist. They
are reading into Scripture to support their new beliefs just as they were
before.
Rodney Howard
Browne brought Toronto to the Catholic Church in 1997.
According to a report on the November 1997, Charisma magazine, Rodney
Howard-Browne took his phenomenon to the Presentation Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Church in Philadelphia. More than 1,200 Catholics, many from far
distances, attended the meeting in August.
Charisma magazine noted that "Catholics laughed hysterically after they
were hit with what Howard-Browne refers to as 'the joy of the Holy Ghost.'"
Did the Holy Spirit convict them of error? No, Rodney H Browne just gave
them a laugh and increased converts to the Roman Catholic Church. Alpha is
also being hailed as bringing in more converts to the RCC then in its recent
history and there is a nice blend of charismania and Mary worship in many
parishes like
this
one:
