Foundational Podcast

“Dean, how did you know and how did you know so early?” That was the question several pastors asked me in the late eighties when a huge mega-church in the Kent area of Washington state was exposed for extreme moral failures. I had begun warning people of the errors and spiritual apostasy three years earlier and had come under great criticism. Three Ways to Spot Apostasy In a Church The church was a lightning rod, drawing huge crowds to its “Holy Spirit-filled meetings.” I had been accused of being judgmental and critical of a new move of God. The warning signs that I saw at that time, which others seemed to overlook, are very present in some circles of ministry today. They are very popular circles, I might add. 1. The first sign is an over-emphasis on the humanity of Jesus. Certainly, “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14 KJV). We know that Jesus was “tempted in al