The Seduction of Christianity

I recently read The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days by Dave Hunt and T.A.McMahon. This is the second book I’ve read by Dave Hunt after finished reading Peace, Prosperity and the Coming Holocaust. It’s a very good, clear and detailed book on knowing all about the dangers of the seducing New Age Movements, Positive Mental Attitude (PMA), Shamanism, psychology, spirit guides and many more that’s INVADING THE CHURCH!!! This book was first published back in 1985 and both of these gentlemen considered this to be a VERY, VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.

From the back cover of the book:
The Bible clearly states that a great Apostasy must occur before Christ’s Second Coming. Today [remember, this was back in 1985 – my emphasis] Christians are being deceived by a new world view more subtle and more seductive than anything the word has ever experienced.

What are the dangers in the growing acceptance and practice of- 

• positive and possibility thinking 

• healing of memories 

• self-help philosophies 

• holistic medicine 

The Seduction of Christianity will not appear as a frontal assault or oppression of our religious beliefs. Instead, it will come as the latest “fashionable philosophies” offering to make us happier, healthier, better educated, even more spiritual. 

A compelling look at the times we live in. A clear call to every believer to choose between the Original and the counterfeit. Only then can we hope to escape 

THE SEDUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY 

This is one particular segment in the book that I find to be very true: 

It is absolutely necessary to allow the Bible to judge every experience. If there is not clear teaching in the Bible to support a practice, it should not be adopted by the church today, regardless of how beautiful and seemingly miraculous the experiences are that it produces. Unfortunately, to an alarming degree, the Scriptures are no longer looked upon as the full and sufficient guide given by the Holy Spirit for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). 

Two major attitudes have opened the door to error in the church: 1) Experience is taken as self-authenticating, so that the need for the biblical authentication is considered to be marginal at best; and/or 2) psychological theories are accepted that provide the authentication of experiences and practices which cannot be justified from the Bible. Both of these attitudes are becoming widespread in the church [emphasis in the original]. - Dave Hunt and T.A.McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity (Harvest House, 1985), Chapter 12: Psychological Salvation, p.179, second paragraph. 

In conclusion, to have spiritual discernment in the Last Days and to correct and reproof this seduction and the people practicing it, including fellow believers in Christ, I recommend this book highly. I also recently got Dave Hunt’s Global Peace and the Rise of the Antichrist. 

GOD BLESS YOU!!!