Our resident self-appointed prophet to the last days Church of God movement isn't having a pleasant weekend, though this is nothing new since EVERYTHING in this world ticks off the beleaguered prophet.
Today, he has taken major umbrage on people calling his little group a cult and him a cult leader.
Cults and other Name Calling
What is a cult? What is a heretic? If the Continuing Church of God holds to the original faith once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3) can it be a heretical cult? Was the Apostle Paul accused of being the ringleader of a cult? Did Jesus warn that people would insult His faithful followers? Do scholars teach that the Greco-Roman Catholic churches have or do not have the teachings of the first two centuries of the Christian church era? Does the ‘Parable of the Sower,’ recorded in Matthew, Mark, and Luke’s Gospel accounts warn that Satan the Devil will try to sway people away from the true faith? Was the original church trinitarian? Was the trinity formally adopted by the Council of Constantinople called by Emperor Theodosius in 381 according to the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’? Were early Christians actually binitarian (semi-Arian)? Should doctrine be based on the word of God, the Bible? Are there scriptural and historical reasons to consider the Continuing Church of God as faithful and not some changed cultic faith? Dr. Thiel deals with these issues and more.
It is a well-established FACT that the Great Bwana to Africa and the occasional 100 Caucasians are NOT practicing 1st century Christianity. Anyone who says they are doing this is a liar.
The Great Bwana Bob has proven nothing in this mind dump of a sermon. Unable to be concise, he covers too many topics to try and prove his point. It just turns into another poorly made "sermon" as he flails and bounces about like the cheap harlot Samuel Kitchen calls him
Addendum:
I missed this fun from his weekly letter to his little group:
Cult?
A month or so back, a supporter mentioned to me that one of his relatives was trying to dissuade him from the Continuing Church of God, because his relative was trying to tell him we were some type of weird or heretical cult. I suggested that he read an article I had written at that time. Later, I decided to change and expand it (see Is the true Church of God a Heretical Cult?).
Anyway, it seemed like this might be a good time to make a sermon on that topic, so here is a link to the recommended sermon for this Sabbath: Cults and other Name Calling. Of course, by putting that out, critics who already call us a cult will probably harden their hearts and continue to say bad things about us and that message. But those relatively new to the faith, as well as for some of us who have been around for multiple decades, can benefit from understanding that such name calling is expected and has occurred throughout the entire Christian church age.
The Great Bwana to Africa and his occasional 100 Caucasians sure is a delicate little guy. He constantly gets offended at everything.
Fact check: the church had dropped sabbaths, new moons, feasts as early as 50AD (Colossians 2:16-17)
ReplyDeleteThe Armstrong churches don't want to accept this as being true because they use sabbath observance and commandment keeping as proof they are the one true churches
DeleteHas anyone else noticed the compellingly obvious similarities between Bob Thiel and Donald Trump? I mean, obviously one is squared and the other is to the twentieth power, I get that. But the basic root is one and the same! They're like long lost brothers from separate mothers.
ReplyDeleteThat’s one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read.
DeleteOnce again, Bob uses far too many leading questions. Nobody's going to read all of that and decide whether or not to watch his video afterwards. Pick three to four hooks, Bob.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. All those questions lead one to believe that Bob is somewhere on some neurodevelopmental disorder scale. I'd vote for Asperger's but who knows? Not worth the time trying to pinpoint it.
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