Frank Turek Betrays the Gospel...

Throughout history, some preachers of the gospel have gotten sidetracked and put another cause above the purity of the gospel itself, whether that cause is patriotism, America, or politics. In this video I explain why I believe Dr. Frank Turek is doing that right now through his part in Turning Point USA's Make Heaven Crowded tour. What happened to Charlie Kirk was tragic, and I want to save America too. But what good does it do to save America if we have to sacrifice the gospel in the process?

Wanting to make heaven crowded is not the problem. Every Christian who has trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour should want to see his neighbors, friends, and family saved. I am a missionary, and that desire is in my heart. The problem is partnering with people who believe a very different gospel in the name of evangelism. Bible believing brethren can cooperate when we differ on minor matters, but fellowship cannot be opened so wide that it takes in men who preach another Jesus, another spirit, and another gospel (2 Corinthians 11:4).

One stop on this tour is at Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, Colorado, the school of Word of Faith teacher Andrew Wommack, and Dr. Turek is part of that meeting. In the video I put Wommack's own doctrinal statement on the screen, which teaches that the cross provided healing for the human body and that it is God's will for everyone who is sick to be healed by faith, and I walk through Isaiah 53:4 to show what that passage really says. I also explain why the Word of Faith teaching on faith filled words, positive confession, and decreeing and declaring is New Thought dressed up in Christian vocabulary, an idea that passed from E. W. Kenyon to Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland.

Romans 16:17 settles the matter: "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them." We are not to yoke up with men who hold a contrary doctrine, no matter how virtuous the cause sounds. I believe Dr. Turek has erred severely here. At some point we either stand for the truth or we don't.

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