By Richard Bennett and Stuart Quint   To this day, the Catholic Church seeks to ensnare true Christians in its various schemes.  While the Roman Church has modified its tactics through history, nonetheless its goal remains the same: subjugating Bible believers to the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church’s immediate response to the Biblical Reformation[1] Read More

By Richard Bennett The Roman Catholic Church is persistent in her quest to draw all to herself. One of her major venues is the marketing of mysticism under various guises. This is because, as different world religions begin to adopt the idea that they must work together for the well-being of civilization, Rome truly believes Read More

It is quite difficult to define properly the Emerging Church movement.  The basic conviction behind the movement is that Christianity needs to be reinvented to become relevant to our postmodern generation.  The group desires to make Christianity more appropriate for our time, such as regarding the environment.  The Emerging Church leaders hold that the Bible and reason do Read More

By Richard Bennett and Michael de Semlyen Evangelicals throughout the centuries have maintained that justification by faith alone is the way in which sinful human beings are in Christ made right before the all Holy God. Justification itself is a judicial declarative act on the part of God alone by which He declares that only in Read More

By Richard Bennett Die-hard positions on certain fundamental issues have not changed in literally the last thousand years.  According to the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church, the final authority is the Pope and papal authority.  In the Roman Catholic system, a person puportedly saved by grace plus one’s own good works, plus one’s Read More

BY RICHARD BENNETT “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, Read More

While one analyzes Catholicism in the light of biblical faith, one reaches an irrefutable answer and the outcome must also be carefully investigated.  Many Evangelicals will be dismayed that such a question need even be asked.  Moreover, the question will be totally abhorrent to those in ecumenical movements, such as “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” and “Christian Churches Together.”  Thus, Read More

By Richard Bennett The Catholic Charismatic Movement began in 1967 in the USA and since then it has spread to all nations where the Catholic Church exists.  Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, and the present pope, Pope Benedict XVI, have all acknowledged it.  Pope John Paul II even delcared that the movement was Read More

Curious Catholic Connections of Dr. Redfield, Head of the CDC By Greg Bentley and Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”1 On March 15, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) banned gatherings of 50 or more people in the United States. Read More

By Greg Bentley and Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic Doctor Francis Collins is a world renowned physician-geneticist specializing in biomedical science. In 2009, Dr. Collins was appointed  Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)[1]  and is the supervisor of Dr. Anthony Fauci[2]. Not only is Dr. Collins a famous scientist, he is a self-professed Evangelical Christian Read More

  By Stuart Quint Rome commemorates the death of  Ignatius of Loyola on July 31 each year.[i]  Loyola was the notorious founder of the Society of Jesus, also known as the “Jesuits”.  While the man died long ago, his movement lives on with its malicious mission nearly 500 years later. The Jesuit agenda has relevance Read More

By Michael de Semlyen The apostasy that we have witnessed in the twentieth century; the compromise on essentials and the attack on the fundamentals actually have their roots in the nineteenth century. That century provided Great Britain with unprecedented prosperity, political power and global influence as well as the ‘feel good factor.’ At the same Read More

By Randall Rathbun  Introductory Note from the Berean Beacon to the Reader, True Christians loyal to God must reject Biologos[1] “A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times”.[2] The Biologos Statement is as dangerous a trap today as the Roman Catholic “Evangelicals and Catholics Together”[3] was in 1994.  Both entice Christians to unite with unbelievers Read More

By Dr. Matthew Cserhati Introduction ‘Unplanned’, a pro-life movie has recently come out detailing the inner workings of Planned Parenthood, the biggest proponent of the abortion industry in this country. The movie revolves around Abby Johnson’s involvement in an abortion clinic in Texas. Abby Johnson finally leaves the abortion industry to join the pro-life movement Read More

By Richard Bennett The fanfare of Jubilee Year 2000 continued when on May 13th Pope John Paul II gave his homily at the occasion of the beatification ceremony for Francisco and Jacinta Marto at Fatima, Portugal. (For those unfamiliar with Fatima, in 1917, a vision claiming to be Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Read More

By Richard Bennett and J. Virgil Dunbar There seldom had been a movie that had created such favorable publicity and anticipation in the Evangelical community than The Passion of Christ.  A tidal wave of excitement swept the church and the movie world.  On Catholic Ash Wednesday, 2004, the film appeared in theaters across America.  Evangelical Read More

The unity for which Christ Jesus prayed in John Chapter 17 is a unity that already exists.  His intercession is not an appeal to produce unity among His own.  It is a prayer to the Father in Heaven to preserve the unity that already exists.  Therefore, He prayed, “Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast Read More

The strong influence of Catholic mysticism has helped immensely to transform the New Age movement from being merely a counterculture-subculture, to becoming embedded into ordinary society.  Catholic mysticism has very effectively and subtly invaded many facets of life without being recognized or critically examined.  This has been actively promoted through self-help medical, educational, and psychological programs that Read More

Dear Friend, As we continue to expose the Emergent Church movement, it is very clear that the ecumenical battle plan announced in Vatican Council II and post-Vatican Council II documents is being successfully implemented. The Emergent Church continues to grow and infiltrate churches in the USA and across the world. It was recently announced that Read More

First we must define just what the term ‘mysticism’ means.  Mysticism is an attempt to gain ultimate knowledge of God by a direct experience that bypasses the mind.  As practiced by those who claim to be Christian, mysticism not only bypasses the mind, but it circumvents Christ Jesus as mediator.  For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has assimilated Read More

Dear Partner in the Gospel, As the Emergent Church movement continues to affect many people across the world, it is truly the time to expose its pernicious teachings. In our first article, we showed how the Emergent Church markets Catholicism. Our second article showed how Brian McLaren, one of their leaders, sets aside the Gospel and the authority Read More

Dear Friend, When the Catholic blueprint for false ecumenism appears in Evangelical circles, it is time to sound the alarm. The Emerging Church movement has become such a toxic and dangerous threat at the present time that I see it will take three articles to analyze it. In this first article I will deal with the methods employed by Read More

By J. Saunders “It is largely due to Lewis, an Anglican, that I converted to the Catholic Church…”1 –Mark Brumley, President of RC Ignatius Press “Lewis has been credited (or blamed) in recent years with setting numerous people on the road to Rome. Such Catholic converts have included many of the serious scholars and disciples of Lewis, Read More

By Richard Bennett and Robert Nicholson September 11th, 2001 was for Americans and the world an unforgettable day.  We all know the details.  Four commercial jetliners were hijacked shortly after taking off from the east coast of the USA bound for the west coast.  Two, from Boston, were flown into the gigantic twin towers of Read More

by Richard Bennett Many Evangelicals in our day know little of what the true Gospel really is. As a result, many New Evangelicals have embraced Roman Catholic ways of thinking. On May 30, 2004, the New York Times carried news of the alliance called “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” (ECT), a movement that is changing the Read More

Dear Brethren, The Papacy is ever looking for ways to implement its ecumenical agenda. Its goal is to draw all Evangelicals into the folds of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican Council II officially proclaimed this objective in its documents in the mid 1960’s. However, the Papacy’s problem was how to find entry points into Evangelical Read More

Many Evangelicals in our day know little of what the true Gospel really means.  As a result, many New Evangelicals hasten Rome-ward at the expense of their heritage.  The New York Times on May 30, 2004, carried news of the alliance called “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” (ECT) showing it as a movement that is changing the face Read More

By Richard Bennett On November 12, 1997, a document entitled “The Gift of Salvation” was signed and published by Evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders.  Its expressed intention is to demonstrate the “common Faith” of Evangelicals and Roman Catholics and to further “acknowledge one another as brothers and sisters in Christ.”  Since the gift of salvation according to Read More

EDITOR’S NOTE: Of the original 152 Signers, over 100 were “Evangelicals,” including Dr. Daniel Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Randy Alcorn, Founder and Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries, Leith Anderson, President of National Association of Evangelicals, Kay Arthur, CEO and Co-founder, Precept Ministries International, Dr. Mark Bailey, President, Dallas Theological Seminary (Dallas), Ken Boa, President, Read More

On September 5th 2000, the RC document “Dominus Iesus”[1] (DI) was issued by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.[2]  Carrying the full authority of an official Vatican decree, it declares the Roman Catholic Church to be the only “instrument for the salvation of all humanity.”[3]  DI has been “ratified and confirmed” Read More

Dear Friend, While apostasy is predicted in Scripture, it still comes as a shock to see it face-to-face.  The apostasy in the October 31, 1999, Roman Catholic Church and The Lutheran World Federation “The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was called “a milestone in Christian history” “the end of reformation” and other similar statements Read More

It has been 477 years since 1533; the year Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Spanish Catholic Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Anne Boleyn. The respected historian, Merle d’Aubigne, places Henry’s divorce in its larger context, The conquest of Christian Britain by the papacy occupied all the seventh century…. The sixteenth was the Read More

by Richard Bennett and Michael de Semlyen On Sunday, March 12 2000, the first Sunday of Lent, the Pope presided over a solemn ceremony called “The Day of Pardon” in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, in which he asked God for forgiveness for the historical wrongs of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). The ceremony was presented Read More

By Richard Bennett Michael Novak was a Catholic apologist, a novelist, and a diplomat. He is especially known for his book, “The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism.” A highlight of his career, for which he received much adulation, was his article called, “How Christianity Created Capitalism.” In 2012, it still has prominence on the “Acton” website.1 Read More

By Richard Bennett and Stuart Quint The December 2006 issue of Christianity Today poses the question: “Will the 21st be the Orthodox Century?”[1]  It highlights the growing interest among Christians in the doctrines of Eastern Orthodoxy.  Some people have even converted to Orthodoxy in the West.  For example, Peter Gillquist and a number of former Campus Crusade leaders organized Read More

Dear Friend, There is great affection for the Papacy in the age in which we live. Likewise, there is great interest in those who have embraced the Papacy. It is important that we analyze Scott Hahn’s route into apostasy since he has influenced many. The article below sounds the alarm on the consequences of such Read More

On September 5, 2000, the Roman Catholic document called, “Dominus Iesus”[1] was issued by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger; head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.[2]  Carrying the full authority of an official Vatican decree, it declares the Roman Catholic Church to be the only “instrument for the salvation of all humanity.”[3]  Dominus Iesus Read More

By Richard Bennett There is an underlying feature of Rick Warren’s book and movement that makes an analysis of it very difficult. It stems from the fact that Warren presents some basic teaching regarding God’s purpose to glorify Himself and what man should do in relation to God. The fact that none of these purposes Read More

Dear Friend, The greatest warning of the Lord Christ Jesus was that which He gave against apostasy. Likewise, the infallible Spirit of God testifies to the danger of apostasy, through the Apostles Paul, Peter and John. (Matthew 7:15, 24:24-25; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; 1 Timothy 4:1-2, Acts 20:29, 2 Peter 2:1) The final warning in Revelation Read More

“…Can the blind lead the blind? shall theynot both fall into the ditch?” (Luke 6:39) My name is Salvatore Gargiulo. I was converted to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus in 1977, and I am now serving Him in the same place where I previously followed the calling of a Roman Catholic priest. My conversion Read More

Leader of Emergent Church Movement Embraces Mysticism The Emerging Church movement has hailed as its “manifesto” Brian McLaren’s book, A Generous Orthodoxy. In it, McLaren explains that the genesis and title of the Emergent Church movement takes its model from the growth of a tree, “The meaning of emergent as used in these and other Read More