Jesus' Warnings About False Teachers - Matthew 7:13-27.  As a conclusion to the series warning about false religions, philosophies, cults and aberrant Christianity, Pastor Harris examines Jesus' stern warnings at the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount. Your righteousness must exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees in order to enter heaven, but false teachers only offer the same self-righteousness which God condemns. There is hope in Jesus Christ and Him alone.

Philosophical Foolishiness - The Errors of Philosophical Based Theology.   In this sermon Pastor Harris explains some of Scriptures warnings about vain philosophies and the fool as described in Psalm 14. Topics he addresses includes the types of atheists and agnostics, empiricism, rationalism and theological liberalism. He concludes with our hope in teh rock of God's word. 

What’s Emerging? The Errors of Post-Modern Theology.  In this sermon Pastor Harris discusses the Emerging Church Movement, Modernism, Postmodernism and the Biblical incompatibility of the gospel and postmodernism. While commendable in its desire to reach the postmodern, the emerging church movement fails because the gospel and a postmodern mindset are contradictory. Either the postmodern changes to believe in the Bible's absolute propositional truths, or the gospel must be distorted and will become heretical

Tickets to Heaven: The Errors of Market Based Theology    As long as the purpose of the church remains making disciples of Jesus Christ and its focus with unbelievers is proclaiming the gospel, there are many things that can be very helpful that have come from the Church Growth Movement. However, when attracting numbers crowds becomes the purpose and the gospel is toned down to avoid offense of the unbeliever, those same principles are detrimental. The change from being God centered to man centered changes the church into just a religious social organization.

Spiritual Confusion: The Errors of Experience Based Theology - May 2, 2010.  In this sermon Pastor Harris seeks to expose the theological problems that have their root in allowing experience to determine truth instead of the Scriptures. This foundational error not only results in heresies in false religions and cults, but it also causes problems in aberrant Christian sects and even among the conservative orthodox.

Cultic Oppression - The Errors of Man Based Theology. In this sermon Pastor Harris defines cults and exposes their foundational error in putting supreme authority in something other that the Scriptures. He also explains practical ways in which to protect yourself and others from the various cults

Experts in Enigmas - The Errors of Mystical Religions / The New Age Movement.  In this sermon Jonathan Harris gives an overview of the origin and basic beliefs in the New Age Movement and how its ideas have become mainstreamed into American society. He contrasts it to the teachings of the Bible to expose its lies and dangers.

Demonic Deception: The Errors of Angelic Based Theology  Grace Bible Church, April 11, 2010  In this sermon Pastor Harris warns of the danger of demonic deception and explains how to defend against it including how to discern between revelation that comes from God through Angels and that which comes from demons.

Faith Worth Believing: The Necessity of Biblically Based Theology.  In this sermon Pastor Harris follows up on the warnings in 2 Peter 3:17 and begins a new series of sermons designed to expose the foundational errors of false religions, cults and worldly philosophies. This sermon examines the importance of truth as the foundation for theology.

Mockery in the Last Days, Part 2  Pastor Harris continues in his explanation of 2 Peter 3:3-7 expanding on the error their premise “all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation”  which is the basis of uniformitarian geology. The earth is radically changed since the beginning - and the physical evidence for the Genesis Flood is overwhelming. Five lines of physical evidence for the flood are given along with links for further study.

Mockery in the Last Days, Pt. 1 - 2 Peter 3:1-7. In this sermon Pastor Harris warns of the dangers of those who mock God, His revelation, and willfully ignore the evidence around us of His past judgment of the earth in the Genesis Flood. In this sermon Pastor Harris explains the text and cites some of the flood mythologies around the world that parallel the Genesis account.

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Defense Against False Teachers - Selected Scriptures

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Pastor Scott L. Harris

Grace Bible Church, NY

October 18, 2009

Defense Against False Teachers

Description of False Teachers - 2 Peter 2:10-22  In this sermon Pastor Harris continues his exposition of 2 Peter and its description of false teachers. Such false teachers are still around, even prevalent, and we must be able to identify them in order to protect ourselves and others from their evil influence, even if they are self-deceived.

Grace Bible Church

There Shall Be False Teachers - 2 Peter 2:1-10

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Pastor Scott L. Harris

Grace Bible Church, NY

October 18, 2009

There Shall Be False Teachers