NOVEMBER 8TH, 2009
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Posted on Apostasy Alert
November 7, 2009
by Jackie Alnor
Headlines in the news this past week were an ugly reminder that violence is on the increase all over America. TV viewers cringed as images of the dead and wounded being rushed into ambulances in Fort Hood, Texas and Orlando, Florida interrupted regular programming. Collective tears were shed for the hysterical parents desperately trying to find out if their young people were among the victims.
The week before, the Bay Area reeled over the news of a 15-year-old girl who had been gang-raped, robbed, beaten and left for dead outside the Richmond High School dance she attended with her friends. Reportedly ten young men, some of them minors, took part in the brutal assault, taking turns at her. Many dance-goers stood around and watched, laughed, took pictures and egged the deviates on. None of the onlookers came to her assistance or even bothered to call the police. Finally, a student heard second hand that a naked girl was laying unconscious in the dark by the dumpster and called 911. Those who told her about it said they didn’t want to be snitches and so wouldn’t call for help for fear of retaliation. The victim survived but no doubt is scarred for life.
With all the talk in the liberal press about hate crimes, the local news was totally silent over the fact that the victim was a white “church-goer” and all the attackers were Latino in a region where illegal immigration is protected under the “safe haven, sanctuary” laws. If it were the other way around or if the victim were gay, they would have been all over it.
[Click to read entire article on its website.] 
OCTOBER 31ST, 2009
This entry posted by MORIELDANNY
October 30, 2009
by Jackie Alnor from Apostasy Alert
(Original article posted here.)
Do the recent deaths at a Sedona, Arizona New Age spiritual retreat have a lesson for anyone on a Christian journey today? It may seem far-fetched to think that anyone calling themselves “Christian” could learn anything from a group of ‘stupid people’ following a charismatic cult leader into an unventilated sweat lodge with 65 other ‘stupid people,’ yet this could be a wake-up call for some emergents, ecumenists and “prophetic” charismaniac ‘stupid people.’ (tongue-in-cheek, of course) Continue reading »
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2009
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A follow-up report by Jackie Alnor
The 2nd annual Women on the Watch conference held last week-end in Ontario, California, turned out to be a wonderful time for like-minded believers to focus on the theme: “Behold the Bridegroom Cometh.” Although the conference featured women speakers, the men who attended were also blessed to look toward the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ from a unique perspective. The line-up of the armies opposing the state of Israel and the nature of the terrorists who threaten the entire world were not the focus. Themes like spiritual deception and the moral landslide of the world were examined in detail and the excitement of the soon return of Jesus was contagious.
(Click to read the entire report at Apostasy Alert.)
AUGUST 24TH, 2009
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by Jackie Alnor of Apostasy Alert
I observed a very sad scene on TBN last week, August 20, 2009, on the Praise the Lord program originating from TBN’s new studio in New York City. The night’s hosts were Matthew and Laurie Crouch and their first guests were TBN’s founder Paul Crouch Sr. and his best friend Benny Hinn. Hinn was there to promote his new book, Blood in the Sand, a book on the subject of the Middle East in Bible prophecy. Very little time was spent on the book. Host Matt Crouch took this segment as an opportunity to confront his elderly father about his belief in the soon return of the Lord, a hope that the younger Crouch obviously does not share with his dad.
The disrespect Matt showed in confronting his dad on world-wide television — on the network his dad built — was astonishing. Paul Sr. has had a divided family on this issue of Dispensationalism as his wife Jan bought into the Kingdom-Now heresy of the late Earl Paulk decades ago and even won her husband over to it, at least for a short time. But now as he is facing the declining years of his life, he is taking a strong stand on his pre-mil/pre-trib heritage resulting in the scorn of his son who seems to despise his eschatology. (to continue reading – go to link for rest of artice.)
JULY 11TH, 2009
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Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America — and Found Unexpected Peace, by William Lobdell. —Reviewed by Jackie Alnor
“I had always been an anxious person and still am one. I bite my fingernails until they bleed. My stomach can churn up at a moment’s notice. I have anxiety nightmares more nights than not.” [page 56]
Those do not sound like the words of someone who “found unexpected peace” after rejecting Jesus Christ. But those are the words of William Lobdell, former religion reporter for the Los Angeles Times, whose 2009 book published by mega-publisher, HarperCollins, is a first-person account of apostasy in the life of a professing believer. Continue reading »
NOVEMBER 17TH, 2008
This entry posted by MORIELCAROL
by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert Ministries
Every year around this time we see news features that look back at the year to size up the events that took place. In the church world, 2007 seemed somewhat typical – no big revivals, true or false, to report on. The biggest thing to happen this year were the killings that took place in Colorado at YWAM and at Ted Haggard’s former church New Life Church. We also had the 7-7-7 let-down of Lou Engle’s “The Call” that was hyped up to be the expectant “shift” in the heavenlies – a big dud! Then two scandalous marriage break-ups of Juanita Bynum and Paula White. Nothing earth-shattering there! And 2007 was wrapped up in the announcement of the televangelist investigation of Senator Grassley that is ongoin. Continue reading »
JUNE 27TH, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert
The signs and wonders seekers waiting in line under the hot Los Angeles sun for the best seats in the Galen Center got more than they bargained for. They came to USC’s sports stadium last weekend to see their hero Todd Bentley and to receive a promised impartation of God’s anointing. But what they got was a dud of a meeting inside and some unanticipated reproofs, rebukes, and exhortations on the outside. Continue reading »
MAY 15TH, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert
If you’ve been watching the news on “Christian Television” in the past couple of weeks, you could not have missed the glowing reports of a “revival” breaking out in Lakeland, Florida. It is headed up by a certified false prophet/teacher by the name of Todd Bentley, one of the guys from the infamous Elijah List, an umbrella group that markets all the bogus “prophetic” junk their many seers sell. Many of these forerunners for the antichrist are heralding this outbreak as the much-touted outpouring of the latter rain. {If you think I’m speaking harshly, keep reading to understand why I can’t mince words.} Continue reading »
FEBRUARY 4TH, 2008
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By Jackie Alnor
www.apostasyalert.org
Well, it’s open season on Christianity and the Bible at California State University-East Bay where I work and go to grad school. The Philosophy Department sent out announcements to view a documentary film that attacks Christianity and to join in a discussion afterwards. I couldn’t resist the challenge. Continue reading »
FEBRUARY 3RD, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
www.apostasyalert.org
The latest charismatic craze heralding the long-awaited “Latter Rain” has fallen in Idaho – and I really mean fallen. How can the ‘holy laughter’-shaking-drunkenness craze be outdone? How about with the gemstone-’weight-loss’-'hair growth’ revival? We’re talking major signs and wonders here! That’s right – gemstones are falling from the sky in Coeur d’Alene. We can call this the “Chicken-Little Latter Rain Revival.” It’s raining cheap jewelry. Continue reading »
FEBRUARY 3RD, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert
I have a confession to make. I can’t write about Catholicism without my emotions getting stirred up. I can’t be objective about the subject – nor can I shut up about it either.
When I see Bible-believing churches adopt Roman Catholic traditions, such as the liturgical use of incense, candles, and icons, I recoil in disgust. When Roman Catholic church fathers are quoted by Protestants to prove some theological point, I roll my eyes. When I’m in a gathering of believers and we are led by the leader to recite the Lord’s Prayer in unison, Matthew 6:7 comes directly into my mind. Continue reading »
FEBRUARY 1ST, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
Apostasy Alert
The “Spiritual Perils in the Last Days” conference was held last weekend. In gearing up for it I put my commentaries on hold for a while so I could complete last minute details that needed my attention as both the conference coordinator and a presenter. It was a unique women’s conference, sponsored by Moriel Ministries, because all the featured speakers were women yet men were not barred from attending. Continue reading »
JANUARY 15TH, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
http://www.apostasyalert.org
Chuck Smith Jr. is back to his pulpit at Capo Beach Calvary Chapel after taking a sabbatical that included a month-long stay last October in a Catholic monastery in Big Sur. He told his congregation of his experience there and brought back the “truths” he discovered under the tutelage of a monk named Romuald – so named after the medieval founder of the hermitage called Camaldolese. Below is a major portion of that message. Continue reading »
JANUARY 15TH, 2008
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By Jackie Alnor
www.apostasyalert.org
I’m having church issues this week. As many of you know, I have attended Calvary Chapels since I was born-again back in 1981. My first Calvary was Costa Mesa and my first pastor was Chuck Smith. I still think of it as my home church since I’ve moved around this country a lot. Pastor Chuck and I would agree on all the essentials of the faith and even on many non-essentials. But, because he pastors a mega-church, I’ve never actually met him face to face. He doesn’t know me, though he knows of me, however I can finish his sentences, I’m that familiar with his teaching. Continue reading »
JANUARY 13TH, 2008
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by Jackie Alnor
www.apostasyalert.org
Aquarian Conspiracy Revisited
Early in the decade of the 1980s, a book rose to the best-sellers list that frightened many Christian leaders and marked the birth of the world’s awareness of the new age movement. That book was The Aquarian Conspiracy, written by sociologist, Marilyn Ferguson. It was instantly recognized by the church as a threat to God’s truth and a force to be reckoned with. Continue reading »
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