Whether it’s Hillsong lead pastor, Carl Lentz, who recently appeared on “The View” with compromising opinions on abortion and homosexuality, John Piper, who appears to be sanctioning what he calls “Christian hedonism,” or “The Bible Answer Man,” Hank Hanegraff, committing himself to the Greek Orthodox faith, the truth seems to be that leaders we once thought faithful to orthodoxy (or at least appeared to be), are now, in many ways, simply abandoning the faith they once seemed to believe in favor of something else altogether. What is very clear is that these folks (and many others too numerous to list here), appear to have something in common. They have jettisoned God’s Word in favor of determining truth through subjectivity. This is a major characteristic of how the world thinks and of New Age thought specifically where each person determines their own truth for themselves. Not surprisingly, that “truth” appears to be similar from one person to the next but equally opposed to biblical truth.

Whether these leaders now teach that there exists more than one path to God, that Jesus is divine but not the God, that God wants us to have fun and enjoy life, or that it is detrimental to discuss sin and it’s deadly consequences, it all stems from the same huge lie. That lie is at the very heart of the New Age Movement, which is doing its best to swallow up the visible Church.

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. —2 Peter 2:1-3 ESV

The tragedy is that many who began the race well, have gotten seriously off path. Is it an accident or planned? They appear now to be enamored with ecumenism, a desire for unity despite differences in beliefs, and a cessation of teaching those “troublesome” doctrines and Bible truths that simply make people feel guilty (sin, hell, eternal death, etc.). Away with that.