When Evangelicals are pragmatic, this is what you get:
"We have developed a method of reaching new agers that
is unique and enables us to pluck them out of darkness. We actually
teach this method to churches in Australia and indeed shared it to some
of your students when we were visiting Bethel," the Hodges wrote.
"It is ridiculous that Christians have judged us based on photos where
cards appear, yet not one person has asked, 'what exactly are those
cards?'"
On Tuesday, Theresa Dedmon, pastoral
staff member at Bethel who oversees
the Creative Arts Department for the church and the School of Supernatural
Ministry, denied in a blog post that the Destiny Cards are tarot cards, and
explained what they are and defended their use in ministry.
"First, 'Destiny Cards' are not tarot cards. They
do, however, have a similar look that attracts people who are searching for a
'reading.' What they get from Christ Alignment staff is a prophetic
word about their destiny, which is to have a personal relationship with Father
God through Jesus Christ, and encountered through the Holy
Spirit," she said. "Destiny Cards are simply images that help to
communicate the message of the Good News to those who are searching for a hope
and a future."
End quote.
You might change the terms, but the spirit is still the same.
This is nothing by psychic occultism, and that is exactly what Charismaticism's
"prophecies" have always been: personal readings of the past,
present, and future of the customer.
Deu 18:9 "When you enter the land which the LORD your
God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those
nations.
Deu 18:10 "There shall not be found among you anyone
who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses
divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a
sorcerer,
Deu 18:11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a
spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
Deu 18:12 "For whoever does these things is
detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD
your God will drive them out before you.
Isa 8:19 And when they say to you, "Consult the
mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should not a people
consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not
speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
"Father God" is pagan and comes from demonic
teaching as in the pagan Celtic religions:
"The goddess is the Celtic reflex of
the primordial mother who creates life and fruitfulness
through her union with the universal father-god." ~Celtic Life
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