Why Does Paul Washer’s Family Stalk People?
Sanctified Calvinist Joel Taylor was once a member of a Heart Cry (Paul Washer’s missionary society) church plant. Since he left more than a year ago, Washer’s boy-elders have been stalking him and his family. Taylor’s recent, and chilling account can be read here.
By the way, just sayin’, if Paul Washer ever smacks me on the head, it’s on. If any New Calvinist ever lays hands on me, they are in for a really, really big surprise. “Paul! Where in the world did that come from?” I’m not at liberty to say. Let’s just say that my nature is not as passive as some other brethren. And even before I was a Christian I had contempt for bullies.
And Paul Washer is a bully. While presenting himself as a crusader against easy believism and a stalwart of Biblicism, he propagates an egregious false gospel. That’s why he allows his little minions to stalk his detractors; he’s unregenerate. 2 + 2 = 4.
Let me make that case. In Washer’s book, The Gospel Call And True Conversion, one does not even get past the first chapter without taking note of blatant heresies. In chapter one, under The Essential Characteristics Of Genuine Repentance, and under the element, Renunciation of works, Washer states that the truly righteous person “sees” the impossibility of possessing God’s righteousness and the “unsearchable depths of his own depravity.” Any questions? Under Practical Obedience, if one reads carefully, Washer posits the only logical conclusion to the assertion that Christians are totally depraved; “obedience” is a “manifestation” of Christ’s salvific works progressively imputed to us.
Under Continuing and Deepening Work of Repentance, Washer states that maturity in a Christian life grows as we obtain a deeper and deeper sense of our own brokenness and depravity. But then the grand heresy follows under the same heading that is the last element of repentance in chapter one. Washer asserts that as the Christian becomes more and more aware of his own depravity, visions of God’s grace results in joy. Washer states that the joy equals our brokenness. So, focusing on our depravity, as Christians, leads to seeing God’s grace more and resulting in joy. In essence, and please note this with all vigor, we find joy in our depravity. Of this, Washer states in the same section, “This cycle simply repeats itself throughout the Christian life.”
That’s why my dear Sanctified Calvinist friend—that’s why Washer stands by silently: it’s a totally depraved family tradition.
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“I have known of people that became suicidal after listening to Paul Washer.” (Abe)
I better not go listen to that sermon on youtube then.
“I would go further and say – predestination is the biggest problem. It’s license to evil, mostly. It’s a caste system. Right and wrong aren’t even in the car with predestination.” (A Mom)
James, strike added. Please respect this ministry’s view of the Scriptures. We all know where you stand on this and that we disagree on it–you’re beating a dead horse.
Yes, well, although that is clearly true, you can’t just get rid of predestination. There’s this pesky problem with it being mentioned in the NT, and there’s the real problem, that the Protestant Reformers threw out the Apocrypha but kept the NT books that teach Predestination. They should have finished the job on cleansing the canon.LikeLike
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Can we say, “Drama King.”
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Joel needs to sue Paul Washer and his minions for criminal harassment. Washer is one of the New Calvinists that really gets under my skin.
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Ryan,
Agreed. But you know what Ryan? If churches would get involved in universal church discipline on this issue, it would stop. Basically, repent or our church people will not associate with your church people and we will complain to your associations in a letter signed by the whole congregation. That would put a stop to a lot of this.
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“Basically, repent or our church people will not associate with your church people and we will complain to your associations in a letter signed by the whole congregation. That would put a stop to a lot of this.”
There was a small SBC association in KY that refused to admit a YRR church. Caused a big stink. I am not sure of the outcome but what is interesting is that it caused a bunch of bloggers in the the SBC to check out their church web site finding their belief statement was about 50 pages long and even mentioned Santa Claus!
So you can imagine what these young Nazi’s were like in person!!!!
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Oh and you can imagine that SBC pew sitters had no idea their tithe money went to such people to plant churches. But it does all the time.
BTW: No one can get a good fix on YRR church plant successes or failures in the SBC. Some of it is because they give money for a plant such as paying a salary, etc. And these churches are Reformed only with no oversight from the SBC.
Ed Setzer, who was promoted to Lifeway fame with nice 6 figures, is touted as the church planting guru. Problem is, he has had 2 failed church plants…maybe 3. But no one mentions that part. :o) You gotta wonder how much money was sunk into those and why failure warrants a big promotion in SBCthink?
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Did you notice that YouTube says he’s preaching at Grace Community. Let’s see, there’s BGraceBC, SovGRACE, GRACE Community. Who did I miss?
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Oh, I forgot to make the distinction between Grace Community in San Antonio and Grace Community (John MacArthur’s church).
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They love running the word “Grace” into the mud by pretending they teach it. Have you ever noticed, by the way, how sometimes Sovereignty (the big Calvinist word) is often transferred away from God Himself to Grace as if Grace is a sort of secondary Deity? They very easily transition from “The Sovereignty of God” to “Sovereign Grace.” Reminds me of Marcus the Magician’s invocation of a Power called Charis (Grace) in his prayer over the Eucharistic cup in Ireneaus’ Against Heresies where he asks this power possess certain women and make them prophecy. Have they made Grace another God?
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God is a God of grace. Grace and peace. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, is even the last verse of the Bible. God is gracious. The true definition of grace, is apart from law/works (Romans 11:6). But the calvinist definition of “grace” is not Biblical grace.
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Abe, I have to disagree with you somewhat. The true definition of grace is not “apart from law/works” but rather its Mercy. “Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD”–and yet that grace came in the form of a commandment to build an Ark to save himself and his household. It wasn’t “apart from law/works” but it was Mercy, because he was given a way to be saved from the flood.
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