How Do We Really Hear From God? Conference
Saturday, February 9th - 9am to 4pm

Theme: How does God speak to us today - guaranteed? Is it through personal revelations? Is it through techniques to contact God? Is it through a postmodern community in dialogue? Is it through latter day apostles and prophets? We propose that all these methods are uncertain and that God only speaks authoritatively through Scripture.

Session 1: Personal Tents of Meeting: Divination and Delusion

Popular Christian speaker, Beth Moore, claims that each Christian can have a personal tent of meeting like Moses in the Old Testament where God will come and speak to them. [See her on the Be Still and Know That I Am God DVD] Bob DeWaay will prove from Scripture that this is dangerous and unbiblical.

Session 2: The Dangers of Unbiblical Techniques to Contact God - Mysticism

Some Christian teachers teach that the kingdom of God is “within” each person. Based on that premise they justify the idea of a journey inward to meet God. Bob DeWaay will show what the Bible teaches: that God is not found by an inward journey, but rather through the Gospel that proclaims Jesus Christ as the High Priest in heaven — seated at the right hand of the Father.

Session 3: The Emergent Church and Postmodern Mysticism

The Emergent Church and purveyors of postmodern theology have launched an assault against theological certainty. They claim that it is naïve or arrogant to think that we can know truth. They want the church to be on a mission to cooperate with other religions to make the world a better place to live. Bob DeWaay will counter their arguments and highlight the truth of Scripture.

Session 4: The Roots and Fruits of the New Apostolic Reformation

In 1996, C. Peter Wagner launched the New Apostolic Reformation, a movement designed to reform the church based on embracing the authority of latter day apostles and prophets. Bob DeWaay will show that the grandiose claims of the latter day apostles are patently unbiblical and that this movement is not new, but has roots in Roman Catholic thinking, the teaching of a 17th century mystic, and the 20th century Latter Rain movement.