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Sunday, April 10, 2011

The FAKE-Bible Word Dictionary





A Dictionary of words, teachings, or beliefs which cannot be either affirmed or quoted in scripture

1Peter 4: 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God 

In today's homogenized, packaged-faith, divided and sub-divided Christianity, we find many terms, phrases, and overlooked words that are assumed to be "Christian". Some of these may surprise you.
Many words, phrases, and assumed Church-speak catch-phrases are simply not in God's Word.


"Accept Christ as personal savior" (no scripture)
Advertising: as in marketing a church or ministry
Advent: season (no scripture)
All religions lead to God.

Altar call:  not found by example or word in the NT
Armor-bearer:   as a person who "protects" the pastor.
Ask Jesus into your Heart:  a simplistic salvation Doctrine not found or quoted in Scripture.
Assistant Pastor : an unscriptural office.
Bible: (The Scriptures ) when spoken of as:  not God's Word, as not complete,
                                     as not the only book of scripture, or filled with error, or not understandable.

Bishop: in the sense of one in authority over pastors
Bishop: as a Titled position, or anyone in scripture as addressed as "Bishop..."   
Boards, church leaders, board of elders, board-run. unscriptural offices.
Buildings: identified as churches.

Buying and selling: in terms of merchandising what God has given by inspiration: (music, books, leadership materials conferences, etc)

Cardinal: a Titled office, not found anywhere in Scripture
"Casting the Vision": a catch-phrase without New Testament foundation
Catchers: those who catch them who "fall out"
Choir robes
Church Incorporation: 501c3 or any form of legal  agreement with government reporting.
Churches owning property and/ or business.

Church Growth Program: TOO many to list!  over 2.8 million on google!
Church Marketing: as related to promotion, advertising, growth programs
Church Names: an invention of the divided institutional church 

Christmas: surprise? it is not in scripture as a Christian celebration.
Clergy, clergyman: an unscriptural office.
Clothing: as pertaining to robes, collars, paraphenelia, special church clothes, suits, as distinguishing clergy from laity.
Confession: to a priest
Confirmation: as a ritual confirming someone as being a Christian
Co-pastor: wife as a titled office in a church. or any person "co-pastoring"
Covering: spiritual.  "spiritual covering": As in denominational, or a pastor

Dec. 25: As Christ's birthday.  Without any scripture or Biblical text.
demons: as not existing
demons:
as that Christians cannot have them or be afflicted by them
devil: as not existing

Denominations aka "heresies", 
District superintendent: as an office in the church
Doctorate of Divinity, Theology, or other titled degree
Doctrinal Statement: There is not a list in the NT.
Drunk in the Spirit 
Easter: as a Christian celebration
Elders: As a group of church leaders functioning as a corporate advisory and voting body subservient to a pastor.
Everyone is saved.
Faith without works
Falling Out: as a practice when someone is "ministered" to

"First Lady": as a title in a church.
Fund-raising for the benefit of the same people doing the fund-raising.
Gay life and/ or Marriage as approved or encouraged in scripture
"God helps those who help themselves"

God and Country: a phrase used as a militant force.
"God uses doctors"
"Go to church"
Good Friday

Halloween celebrated by God's people
Hierarchy: As a church governmental structure.
Hierlings: Salaried or tithe requiring paid ministers
Hell: when taught as not real, not eternal, not a place of torment.

Human government in the church (the leaven of Herod)
Incorporation
Infant baptism
Jesus: "dual nature", "God man", "God incarnate" "Jesus is God", "Deity of Christ". 
Jesus: never existed/ a legend
Jesus not born of a virgin
Jesus: political, leader of rebellion or insurrection
Jewish OT dietary laws (given to the churches)
Jewish OT laws and ordinances to be kept by Christians.
King James Bible:  As God's only valid English translation .
Lent: An invention of pagans before the time of Christ and a word never used in scripture.

"The Man of God" as a single man having sole authority of an assembly. As a priest or one having dominion
                       over a   church
Marketing of the gospel: charging for meetings, ministry, personal prophecy, etc.
Mary: "Mother of God", Queen of Heaven

Mass: the "un-bloody" continuing sacrifice of the body of Jesus

Membership (church membership as a formal agreement )
Mid-trib rapture
Miracles not for today" (Cessation Doctrine: Signs passed with the Apostles )

Merchandising the Word:   seeking profit from the gospel.  
Miracles, tongues, Holy Spirit signs ceased with the apostles  
Oaths: loyalty, oaths of office, foreswearing oneself.

Once Saved-Always Saved
Old Testament Law: to be observed and/ or kept by New Testament Christians
Oneness:  like the word "trinity",  a term not used in scripture
Orthodox: another term used to separate people through church traditions

Passing the Plate: as an on-going practice every week in every church.
Pastor: as one man sole head of a church
Pastor: as one man embodied with all offices of the five-fold ministry.
Pastor: as president/ CEO, chief officer, Senior pastor.

Pew: as an article of furniture in a church
Pledge of allegiance (an oath)  to any king, kingdom, image, or flag.

Political-national Israel as the chosen people or is the Israel of God
Pope: as a title in the New Testament church
Pledges: binding oneself to future giving
Prayers for the dead

pre-tribulation (rapture)
Priest: as a formal title or office in the church.
Programmed church services (songs/  announcements /offerring/ sermon typically )
Prosperity and Materialism Gospel Doctrine
Purgatory 
programs: ...  as scriptural methods of growing churches.
Regular Sunday Offerings (were never instituted in scripture as an on-going practice)
Reverend (as a title)
Rosary

Sabbath keeping: as a saturday ritual observance or law
Salaried church leadership
Salvation without repentance
Second Chance after Death
Selling: of the gospel, exchanging of one's ministry for pay.
a SENIOR PASTOR: none are found in the New Testament.
Standards: of dress and adornment (hair length, jewelry, pants-dresses, makeup)
Statues: icons, idols, and images as objects of worship or prayer. 
Storehouse: The local church is the
Soul Sleep
Sunday sabbathSunday sermon: as a ritual oratory and weekly practice.
Sunrise Service: as a Christian Easter observance. 
Tithe/ tithing: As a New Testament practice, or Christians told to observe.
Titles of religious offices.
Tongues: speaking in tongues is of the devil, or has ceased
Transubstantiation: the belief that the "host" cracker and wine are somehow literally transformed into the physical body and blood of Christ.
Trinity:  as a term not found in scripture.
Unconditional Eternal Security
Unforgiveness of others and be saved

Voting in a pastor
Worship leader: can you find one in the New Testament?
Women:  apostles, pastors, bishops. or other having spiritual authority over a man in the body of Christ.


1 comment:

  1. @Sara, I will need to edit. The term "not real" was intended to mean the doctrine of hell not being eternal torment is incorrect. I do have a writing on it in a folder somewhere and have had in-depth discussions with the other viewpoint. We believe Luke is correct. Thank you and abide in His Word

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