Category Archives: Postmodern/Emergent Church

On Discerning the Difference Between Religious Phenomena from Upgraded Old Catholic “Mystical Experiences” and Truth

Posted on August 16, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are … Continue reading →

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Hallmarks of Spiritual Abuse and Sally’s Story (© 2018, Sally Richardson)

Posted on July 20, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Introduction: Today’s post is a contribution from a reader in the UK who shares her story of spiritual abuse in several churches. She also presents a list of the hallmarks of such churches, which aligns with the … Continue reading →

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Letters to the Remnant: Welcome! (New Series)

Posted on August 31, 2015 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Co-Saints, Perhaps you, too, can relate to the following: In recent months or years you left one or the other denominational church because you realized the leadership focus shifted from the basic tenants of Christianity to purposes, … Continue reading →

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On “WIKIs” and Truth (Commentary/Devotional)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila WIKI BRAIN? I was listening to an interview with a futurist, a person who makes his living predicting and estimating life ten, twenty, even a thousand years from now. As opposed to many people in these days of … Continue reading →

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Johanna Michaelsen on Rapture Ready Radio, June 10, 2012: Her Testimony and Warning to Christians About Occult Influences Inside the Church

Posted on June 11, 2012 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila I’m posting last evening’s Rapture Ready Radio program, “Afterglow,” co-hosted by Tim Roden and Vince Tarquini (Sunday, June 10, 2012). Their guest was Johanna Michaelsen, author of The Beautiful Side of Evil, and Like Lambs to the Slaughter: … Continue reading →

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On Paradigms and Postmodernism in the Church: Watch Your Step

Posted on June 9, 2012 by pbn

  Phyllis Nissila What prompts this commentary is a brief conversation I had on the term “paradigm” with the hosts of Rapture Ready Radio’s “Afterglow” program a few weeks ago (May 27th, 2012). The term paradigm, coupled with the current … Continue reading →

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“Mrs. P.” and the Gold Rosary Beads: The Danger of One Degree Off

Posted on June 2, 2012 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila The following story happened some years ago when I worked as an administrative assistant for a ministry set up to help people leave religious cults. [1] The woman at the center of the story was not one of … Continue reading →

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Is Your Loved One Caught up in False Teaching? Here’s a Story of Hope

Posted on May 28, 2012 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila In the 1980s I worked for a ministry that focused on counseling people out of the cults and the occult by helping to establish or re-establish them in biblical truths. Stories of hope in the midst of great … Continue reading →

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The Danger of Postmodernism in the Church (The Turn of the Snake)

Posted on May 20, 2012 by pbn

  Phyllis Nissila THE POWER OF QUESTION A pretty crafty one, that Satan, to initiate the downfall of mankind with an innocent-enough sounding question: “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1, … Continue reading →

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Response to a Contemplative Prayer Advocate from a Former Roman Catholic

Posted on May 9, 2012 by pbn

Phyllis Nissila A CONTEMPLATIVE DISAGREES Recently, I read a letter from a contemplative prayer advocate expressing disagreement with writers of articles critiquing that practice. The letter writer wonders why the authors would denigrate the prayer form that “had its flowering … Continue reading →

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