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FalseteachingisaliveandwellintheChurchthesedaysByRobinSchumacher,ExclusiveColumnistMonday,March17,2025GettyImages/BorisZhitkovIn1985,aChristianwriterbythenameof DaveHunt publishedabookcalled TheSeductionofChristianity thatwentontomakeahugeimpactontheChristiancommunityatthetime.Inthebook,Huntarguedthatanti-biblicalteachingshadinfiltratedtheChurch—primarilythoseofvariousEasternreligionsandwhatwaslabeled“NewAge”then—withtheresultbeingmanywerebeingmisledbyfalseteachingandineternaljeopardy.
Huntwasrighttocalloutthedangerofsyncretism,assimilation,and“mixing”withtheworldandotherfaiths.SuchhasalwaysbeencontrarytobiblicalthoughtandforbiddenbyGod.ManyoftheseeminglyoddcommandsGodgaveIsraelintheOldTestamentwerephysicalremindersofthisconcept,likenotweavingtogethertwodifferentpiecesofmaterialtomakeagarment(Lev.19:19).
Thewarningsaboutfalseteachingarerepeatedin26ofthe27booksoftheNewTest
