Originally Posted by
victoryword
My apologies. I assumed that everyone on this forum was familiar with Hank Hanegraaff, the so-called "Bible Answer Man," Current president of Christian Research Institute (CRI) and his infamous book, "Christianity in Crisis" (or, the latest revision, "Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century). The book was an attack on Kenneth Hagin, Fred Price, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn and others. The premise was that the WoF is a CULT with unorthodox doctrine and should be placed on the same level as Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, etc.
Basically, when one reads the book (which should NOT be done unless one is truly grounded in the Word and even still only if led by God to read this trash) one can find that it is based on a prejudiced theological mindset (primarily, hyper-Calvinism and cessationism). It contains NUMEROUS out-of-context quotes to make the faith teacher look bad (I have read the context of many of the quotes and saw that the person was NOT saying what the book claims was being said), and twisted historical "research" (a so-called "Kenyon-connectin that purports the false idea that E. W. Kenyon embraced New Thought and Christian Science teachings, synthesized them with his Bible teachings, supposedly influencing Kenneth Hagin, and Hagin influencing the rest of the WoF - all which have been proven FALSE).
In my humble opinion, it is one of the worse diatribes in the history of books. The only reason I was compelled to buy and read this trash was because so many former WoFer had read it and their faith became ship-wrecked. I used to have a web page that has, thankfully, helped many people who were on the fence after reading this utter garbage disguised as an apologetic. Not sure if I will ever return to doing that type of ministry again since the need for it now does not seem to be as extensive as it was when the book appeared on the market. Besides, I do not relish the idea of ever having to read anymore heresy hunter junk.