Pietism Radio Broadcasts


Watchman Nee, Part 3 - Falsely Cleaving Spirit and Soul
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz
Broadcast Monday, December 25, 2023
Bob DeWaay continues sharing about his time in the Deeper Life Movement, which was heavily influenced by Watchman Nee. Nee believed that we must separate soul and spirit and learn to follow only our spirit. We don't need to divide up our spiritual anatomy
MP3 (duration 00:38:55)

Watchman Nee, Part 2 - False Teachings Do Not Sanctify
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz
Broadcast Monday, December 18, 2023
In dealing with the problem of "soulish (carnal) Christians" Nee introduces a false system of anatomical sanctification. We show that "carnal Christians" are unbelievers. We then discuss sanctification and show that false teachings cannot sanctify us.
MP3 (duration 00:39:47)

Watchman Nee, Part 1 - Examining "The Spiritual Man"
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz
Broadcast Monday, December 11, 2023
Bob DeWaay shares how he spent five years trying to be "the spiritual man." Watchman Nee claimed he received his teaching through extra-biblical revelations from God. The teachings of Nee reject Scripture Alone and are powerless to sanctify.
MP3 (duration 00:34:05)

Walking in Christ and Avoiding Pietism: Colossians 2:6,7
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma
Broadcast Monday, April 25, 2016
Since the reception of Christ meant freedom in Christ, it also implies living a Christ-centered life according to the freedom He gives. Evangelical Christianity has been harmfully influenced by pietistic, second blessing doctrines for over a hundred yrs.
MP3 (duration 00:34:25)

Objective Promises Not Subjective Pietism: Galatians 4:27-31
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma
Broadcast Monday, July 21, 2014
We continue to develop the theme of the promises of God, and why understanding the meaning of Scripture is essential. True theology must be grounded in a careful study of Scripture, not theological speculation. We also discuss pietism...
MP3 (duration 00:33:37)

"The Dangers of Pietism" - False teachings and implications from recent church history: Galatians 2:20
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma
Broadcast Monday, September 2, 2013
We will show what it meant to be crucified with Christ: death to the Law. The "I" who no longer lives was Paul as committed to law-keeping to earn favor with God. Serious misinterpretation of this verse has led to pietism and false, perfectionist claims.
MP3 (duration 00:36:33)

How Pietism Deceives Christians, Part 3
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, October 31, 2011
In part three of this series we explore the concept of "carnal Christians." We show that Paul's ironic use of the term "carnal" in 1Corinthians has been often misinterpreted to teach that there are two classes of Christians.
MP3 (duration 00:26:27)

How Pietism Deceives Christians, Part 2
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, October 24, 2011
This program traces pietism in church history starting with the Roman Catholic teaching on works of supererogation, Jacob Boehme, Jane Leade, William Law, Finney, Wesleyan perfectionism, and the three "new reformations" being proposed in the church today.
MP3 (duration 00:29:23)

How Pietism Deceives Christians, Part 1
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, October 17, 2011
Pietism has existed in the church since Paul warned the Colossians against it in Colossians 2. In part one of this series we define pietism, explain why it is so deceptive, and discuss early versions of it in church history.
MP3 (duration 00:31:03)

Mike Bickle and the International House of Prayer, Part 3
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, November 24, 2008
We discuss the difference between having faith in Christ and having faith in our own degree of personal piety. IHOP promotes the latter and we point to the passages in Hebrews that explain how we draw near to God. We finish by offering advice.
MP3 (duration 00:30:02)

Mike Bickle and the International House of Prayer, Part 2
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, November 17, 2008
We explain how IHOP uses allegorized scripture to create an elitist system of hyper-pious Christians who deem themselves superior to ordinary Christians. We show how allegorizing the Bible leads them away from the meaning of the inspired Biblical authors.
MP3 (duration 00:30:36)

Mike Bickle and the International House of Prayer, Part 1
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel
Broadcast Monday, November 10, 2008
Mike Bickle claims to have heard the audible voice of God telling him to start a ministry of "tabernacle of David" worship, which Bickle calls the International House of Prayer (IHOP). We discuss numerous theological problems with this movement.
MP3 (duration 00:31:53)

 
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