The phraise, "fundamental baptist," says it all as far as explaining 
this article is concerned.  this Christian bashing has just got to 
stop!  It makes me sick.  I guess that the population of heaven is 
bound to be pretty small, this guy and nobody else.
Kathy


At 10:42 AM 11/13/2006, you wrote:
>For your information, gathered by David Cloud about Jack 
>Hayford.  More information follows in another post.
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>>BEWARE OF JACK HAYFORD
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>>http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/bewareof-jackhayford.htm
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>>March 28, 2006 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information 
>>Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, 
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>>
>>Jack Hayford is the influential Pentecostal pastor of Church on the 
>>Way in Van Nuys, California, and the author of many popular books 
>>and contemporary praise songs, including "Majesty."*
>>
>>Christianity Today magazine calls Hayford "The Pentecostal Gold 
>>Standard" (Christianity Today, July 2005), but when his theology 
>>and practice is placed under the microscope we find that his 
>>position is not the untarnished gold of Scripture but the rust and 
>>corrosion of extra-biblical "revelation."
>>
>>Speaking at St. Louis 2000, for example, Hayford told of how his 
>>daughter approached him one day with a concern about her "tongues 
>>speaking." She was afraid that she was speaking mere gibberish, but 
>>he encouraged her that the believer must first learn to speak in 
>>baby tongues before he speaks in adult tongues. (I attended this 
>>conference with press credentials and heard Hayford say this.) 
>>There is absolutely no Bible support for such nonsense and it 
>>denies the Pentecostal's claim that the Bible is his sole authority 
>>for faith and practice. Biblical tongues-speaking is not something 
>>that be learned; it is supernatural gift and there is not one 
>>example in the New Testament of someone learning how to speak in tongues.
>>
>>At the Promise Keepers Clergy Conference in 1996 Hayford urged the 
>>crowd of 40,000 to "dance in the Lord," saying that he learned the 
>>dance in Africa and that later the Lord said to him, "May I have 
>>this dance?" An eyewitness called it "an African witch-doctor 
>>dance" (Bruce Caldwell, "Following in the Footsteps of the Apostate 
>>Presbyterians," Christian News, March 11, 1996). Nowhere in the 
>>Bible do we find God dancing with His people. Further, the Bible 
>>plainly warns, "Learn not the way of the heathen" (Jer. 10:2).
>>
>>Hayford claims that he got his radical position on ecumenism 
>>directly from God. He says that in 1969, as he approached a large 
>>Catholic church in Southern California, God spoke to him and 
>>instructed him not to judge Roman Catholicism. He says he heard a 
>>message from God saying, "Why would I not be happy with a place 
>>where every morning the testimony of the blood of my Son is raised 
>>from the altar?" ("The Pentecostal Gold Standard," Christianity 
>>Today, July 2005) Based upon this "personal revelation," Hayford 
>>adopted a neutral approach to Catholicism, yet upon the authority 
>>of the Bible I know that the message that Hayford heard was 
>>demonic. The atonement of Jesus Christ is NOT glorified on Roman 
>>Catholic altars. The Mass is an open denial of the doctrine of the 
>>once-for-all atonement that we find in the book of Hebrews. Note 
>>what the Vatican II Council said about the Mass: "For in it Christ 
>>perpetuates in an unbloody manner the sacrifice offered on the 
>>cross, offering himself to the Father for the world's salvation 
>>through the ministry of priests" (The Constitution on the Sacred 
>>Liturgy, "Instruction on the Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery," 
>>Intro., C 1, 2, p. 108). This is only a small part of Rome's wicked 
>>heresies, and it is impossible that God would encourage Jack 
>>Hayford to look upon the Roman Catholic Church in any sort of 
>>positive, non-judgmental manner. If Hayford based his theology 
>>about the Roman Catholic Church strictly upon the Bible, he would 
>>never fall for such delusion.
>>
>>Hayford has acted on this "personal revelation" by yoking up with 
>>Roman Catholic leaders in conferences throughout the world. For 
>>example, he joined hands with thousands of Roman Catholics, 
>>including hundreds of Catholic priests and nuns, at the North 
>>American Congress on the Holy Spirit & World Evangelization in St. 
>>Louis in 2000.
>>
>>Hayford was a featured speaker at John Wimber's 1991 conference in 
>>Sydney, Australia, joining hands in that forum with Catholic 
>>priests Tom Forrest and Raniero Cantalamessa and Catholic layman 
>>Kevin Ranaghan. Speaking at Indianapolis '90 Forrest said he 
>>praises God for purgatory. Cantalamessa was the papal preacher at 
>>the Vatican. Ranaghan claims that the Roman Catholic Church alone 
>>contains the fullness of God and truth and that the Pope is the 
>>infallible head of all churches. Hayford put his stamp of approval 
>>upon these men's heresies by appearing with them and treating them 
>>as if they were true men of God.
>>
>>Hayford is on the Board of Regents for Melodyland Christian Center, 
>>which has a close relationship with Roman Catholicism. A fellow 
>>board member is Roman Catholic Fred Ladenius, author of Amazing 
>>John XXIII, a book fully supportive of the Pope by that name, a 
>>Pope who died with a Rosary in his hand and prayers to Mary and 
>>Catholic "saints" on his lips.
>>
>>Hayford also has a close relationship with heretic Robert Schuller. 
>>He spoke at Schuller's Men's Conference at the Crystal Cathedral in 
>>March 1995 and in January 2005 and endorsed Schuller's 1996 
>>autobiography, My Soul's Adventure with God. In 1982 Schuller 
>>published Self-Esteem the New Reformation in which he twisted Bible 
>>theology to conform to his heretical humanistic psychology. 
>>According to Schuller, To Schuller, sin is "any act or thought that 
>>robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem" 
>>(Self-Esteem: The New Reformation, p. 14). Schuller's christ is 
>>"self-esteem incarnate" (p. 135). His new birth is to be "changed 
>>from a negative to a positive self-image" (p. 68). His hell "is the 
>>loss of pride that naturally follows separation from God" (p. 14). 
>>To Schuller, the most destructive thing is to call men lost sinners 
>>and thereby injure their self-esteem (Christianity Today, Oct. 5, 
>>1984). Schuller is a universalist who believes that all people are 
>>the children of God. (For more about Schuller see "Evangelicals and 
>>Robert Schuller" at 
>><http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/evangelicalsschuller.htm>http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/evangelicalsschuller.htm 
>>)
>>
>>Friends, beware of Jack Hayford and beware of those undiscerning 
>>Christian bookstores that sell his books. There is great spiritual 
>>danger in the average Christian bookstore today.
>>
>>* The song "Majesty," lovely though it is, promotes the 
>>unscriptural "kingdom now" philosophy, in which Christians are 
>>thought to be able to exercise kingdom authority over sickness and 
>>the devil in this present hour. This is what the words "kingdom 
>>authority" refer to in Hayford's song.
>>
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