Fowl Doctrine - Christ Consciousness (aka, Creation Spirituality)

Christ Consciousness is a panentheistic teaching  promoted by religious heretics. The doctrine teaches that all people have God inside them, waiting to be discovered, liberated, and empowered. One is required to adopt and practice "spiritual disciplines" to unlock and channel the power of one's mind.

Matthew Fox, formerly a Catholic priest, is notorious for his teaching of such doctrines. Fox was denounced by the Roman Catholic Church and subsequently embraced by the Episcopal Church USA . Another major proponent of this teaching is Leonard Sweet, a professor of Evangelism at Drew University. Sweet is also an ordained Methodist minister and leader in the Emergent church.

The language of Creation Spirituality is also found in the principals of The Center for Progressive Christianity.

Oprah Winfrey is currently teaching about Christ Consciousness in her 10-week Internet course on Eckhart Tolle's book, The New Earth.

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Fowl Workers - "Christian" Homosexual Activists

This group is represented most distinctly by overtly offensive organizations like The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.  The Sisters are not without friends in sheep's shepherd's clothing who reserve seats in their churches for these unrepentant blasphemers. Let us not forget their supporters in high places, who claim to be followers of Christ, and their 'cities of refuge' which promote the degradation of living souls.

This group is also represented by professional ministers and seminarians who worship at the bloodless altar (Joshua 22) of feminine churchianity.  These men wear soft raiment and hire themselves out as preachers. Their love for mammon hinders them from taking a firm stand against popular sins.

Homosexuality is soundly condemned as sin in the Holy Bible. Immoral heterosexuality, sex outside of marriage, is also condemned as a sin.

Well-meaning Christians turn a blind eye to the blasphemes of homosexual writers, especially and particularly their attempts to homosexualize Jesus Christ. Many so-called Christians feel content to deny the authority and reliability of the Bible in calling for a permissive attitude toward homosexuality in churches.

The push to legitimize homosexuality has been so strong on a denominational level that church organizations have ordained active and openly homosexual clergy in violation of their own denominational doctrines against adultery. The result of this overt contradiction of faith and practice has been schism.

Christians are yielding to political correctness, instead of standing on the Word of God.

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Fowl Workers - The Emerging church

The Emerging church is a postmodern group that functions as a deconstructionist movement with the trappings of nominal-Christianity. Their method is to turn the traditional church on it's head embrace all heresies as authentic belief.

Emergers are reported to congregate in bars and house churches when no established church will host them.  They trade traditional communion for house parties, and some of their members report widespread use of hallucinogenic drugs within their ranks.

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Fowl Nominees vs. Fowl Workers and False Apostles

I have decided to draw a line between dead heretics and living ones. I feel it is important for the child of God to leave room for repentance. I will use the designation of Fowl Nominee to refer to living heretics. I think it is fair, however, to refer to groups as Fowl Workers.

God is dealing with the human family as individuals in the Church age. I intend to give living individuals the most latitude while still pointing out their heresy of choice. Jesus affirmed the words John the Baptist when he said, "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire" (Mat 7:19). John said that method to be used is to lay and axe at the root of the tree. John was speaking of false religious systems. Jesus was speaking of false prophets. Our LORD, speaking in context, goes on to say that He will deny the false prophets entry into the Kingdom. He isn't asking me to deny them entry, so let's leave room for a wayward brother to repent and pass from death unto life.

Fowl Workers - Westboro Baptist Church

The Westboro Baptist Church is a small congregation in Topeka, Kansas. They have made a name for themselves by staging protests at funerals. The congregation is pastored by Fred Phelps Sr. and consists mostly of his extended family.

The Phelps family is notorious for traveling far and wide throughout the United States to stage protests and seek media attention. Their methods are incongruous with the message of the Gospel, over-emphasizing judgment. They also appear to take pleasure in the misfortunes of others, which is decidedly unchristian.

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Fowl Doctrine - Life-Coaching from the Pulpit

Pastors like Joel Osteen claim to be called as life-coaches, forsaking the responsibility of teaching and preaching the Holy Bible. These pastors often pepper their sermons with a few Bible verses, but they use scripture to prop up teaching that promotes popular psychology.

In October of 2007, Byron Pitts of CBS News interviewed Joel Osteen for the program, 60 Minutes. Osteen stated that I didn't feel called to explain the Bible to his congregation. When asked why his church, a former basketball arena, does not have a cross, Osteen said he didn't know why.

"I want you to get a bigger vision. There are exciting things in your future. Your future is filled with marked moments of blessing, increase, promotion. God has already ordained before the foundation of the world, the right people, the right opportunity. Time and chance are coming together for you. Why don’t you get your hopes up?" Osteen tells his audience. "Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you."

Osteen won't have any crosses in the sports arena that he preaches in.  He won't preach about the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8), but he'll teach about right people and right opportunity for prosperity of the the prosperity-seeker on the earth.

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Fowl Doctrine - Sowing Financial Seed

Word of Faith preachers like Mike Murdock, teach a doctrine of giving to ministries based on financial rewards. They often use the parables of Christ that mention sowing as support for this doctrine. The aim is always to get the listener to give to the preacher's ministry, often mentioning specific sums like $1,000.

Jesus Christ spoke about sowing in four contexts; birds that depend on God to be fed (Mat 6:26); sowing the Word of God (Mat 13:3-9 & 13:18-23); Christ sowing children of the Kingdom (Mat 13:24-30); and a king accused of reaping what other men sow (Luke 19:12-27).

NOWHERE does he say anything about sowing seed in the context of giving to a ministry. Jesus himself explains these parables, so there is no room for varied interpretation. It is also very interesting that the only parable that deals with sowing in any connection with money is the one in Luke 19. And sowing is used there by a worthless servant making excuses for his faithlessness. The king tells that servant that he should have put the money in a bank.

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