It is the most awful and horrendous perversion of Gods Word and in the greatest extreme of adding to or subtracting from Scripture (cg. He died on May 2, 2019, aged 89. Of this seriously perverted book that calls itself a Bible, he amazingly said: Wow. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases on Amazon.com. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Cor 6:14-18), Naturally one would have to be of that mindset and belief to be pastoring a church of such standard, yea, and further, really the catalyst behind the heresies. Warren Wiersbe is a well known international Bible conference teacher with a heart for missions and is a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. CHICAGO (BP) Warren Wiersbe, an author and pastor credited with influencing thousands of preachers toward biblical exposition, died May 2. David Roach is chief national correspondent for Baptist Press. Its a Keswick-related antinomian heresy and it is indeed a false gospel that can save no one. You dont have to be pushed at doing it,and scolded. In June of 1953, he received his bachelor of divinity degree from Northern and married Betty Warren, whom he had met at Northern. 12:1-11). 14:13), but the unbeliever dies in his sins because he lives in his sins. A change of mind repentance is a false repentance, exposed here, and that means Ryrie was a false teacher propagating a false gospel, like Wiersbe. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? The Message is the boldest and most provocative rendering of the New Testament Ive ever read., Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven., Youre blessed when youre at the end of your rope. 2023 Southern Baptist Convention. Man-made results are dead and cannot reproduce themselves, but Spirit-produced fruit will go on reproducing from one life to another. Accessed 7 May 2019. 20:21, 24; Lk. He wrote back to Cloud. He once said of marriage: Getting a wife is something like being saved. [1], Wiersbe was born on May 16, 1929, in East Chicago, Indiana, the youngest of four children of Fred and Gladys Wiersbe, and attended Washington High School in East Chicago, where he became a committed Christian at a Youth for Christ rally there in 1945. The symbolism of the Vine and branches is similar to that of the Head and the body: we have a living relationship to Christ and belong to Him. I cant do so many of the things that successful men can do. That defined Wiersbe but its heretical and ungodly to the core. No, but there are special evidences that appear, and they are unmistakably clear. During the same time frame between 1978 and 1982, Wiersbe taught practical theology classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois and wrote the course material and taught "Imagination and the Quest for Biblical Preaching", a Doctor of Ministry course at Trinity and Dallas Seminary. Note the progression here: no fruit (John 15:2), fruit, more fruit, much fruit (John 15:5, 8). God wants both quantity and quality. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. When our Lord used this image, He was not introducing something new; it was familiar to every Jew. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. We are a part of the harvest (John 4:35-38). Also, you experience the Fathers pruning so that you will bear more fruit (John 15:2). No doubt, His enemies reacted violently to these words, but some of the listeners put their faith in Him. He served for ten years as General Director and Bible Teacher for Back to the Bible. He pastored the Moody Church in Chicago (19711978) and succeeded Theodore Epp as director of the Back to the Bible radio ministry. Warren W. Wiersbe was a well known international Bible conference teacher with a heart for missions and a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. From the time he was saved in 1945 at a Youth for Christ event where Billy Graham was preaching, Warren Wiersbe was a man of the Word. Warren Wendell Wiersbe was born May 16th, 1929 to Fred and Gladys (Forsberg) Wiersbe in East Chicago, IN. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. 5:4). We must remember that the branches do not eat the fruit; others do. He was the youngest of four siblings. The marriage creates the union, but it takes daily love and devotion to maintain the communion. He continued to write for Moody Monthly and had just started a new column, Insights for the Pastor. The monthly feature continued to run during the years Wiersbe served at The Moody Church. Heaven and Earth, spirit and matter, the invisible and the visible worlds form a unity to which we are intimately linked (quoted from Warren Smith, Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. [1] [5] Before his death, Wiersbe and his wife Betty gifted their massive personal library of over 13,000 volumes to Cedarville University in Ohio. But there was poison in the pot due to his commitment to the ecumenical, rock & roll, New Evangelical philosophy. The branch cannot produce its own life; it must draw that life from the vine. Bruce). 1:6-9). People who live in their sins and reject the Savior must die in their sins. (His grandson Don Jacobsen explains the bridge-building metaphor here.). There will be fruitmore fruitmuch fruit. 6. Warren W. Wiersbe is best known as a Bible teacher, author, and conference speaker. Wiersbe teachings in Back to the Bible were heavily saturated with unbiblical and ungodly psychology and his commentary contains plenty of false doctrine. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. The sooner we as believers discover that we are but branches, the better we will relate to the Lord, for we will know our own weakness and confess our need for His strength. During his time in Chicago, Wiersbe also served asboard chairman for the Slavic Gospel Association. 5:25-33), and the sheep and the Shepherd (John 10). In 1997, he wrote an autobiography entitledBe Myself: The Autobiography of a Bridge Builder. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. From 1961 to 1971 he pastored Calvary Baptist Church ofCovington,Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati,Ohio. Wiersbes soteriological and sanctification teachings were a mishmash of Keswick theology and Calvinism. Loving Jesus with a Living and Undying Love, For Those Who Do, and Do Not, Celebrate Lent. The apostle Paul warned of men like Wiersbe who pervert the gospel: 2. Wiersbe is perhaps best known for his series of 50 books in the "BE" series: Be Real, Be Rich, Be Obedient, Be Mature, Be Joyful, etc., and other theological works. [4], Wiersbe married Betty Warren on June 20, 1953, and they had four children. The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way. This same combination of suffering and glory is repeated in Peters first letter. Its nothing but Hocus Pocus., That is unsurprising since Peterson was a New Ager through and through. First came Byways of Blessing (1961), an adult devotional; then two more books in 1962, A Guidebook for Teens and Teens Triumphant. 10:1). 1) Because of the Price Jesus Paid 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, "For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Consider some quotes from The Message which was so heartily praised by Wiersbe: Being poor in spirit means to be at the end of your rope?! The word translated lifted up has a dual meaning: lifted up in crucifixion and lifted up in exaltation and glorification. Jesus often combined the two, for He saw His crucifixion in terms of glory and not just suffering (John 12:23; 13:30-31; 17:1). After Dr. Epp's death, Wiersbe became the General Director and Bible Teacher. A machine can produce results, and so can a robot, but it takes a living organism to produce fruit. Our abiding in Christ certainly ought to produce His love, joy, and peace in our hearts. Its not a coincidence that all four of these men were associated with the heretical Dallas Seminary, a bastion for Keswick theology, all similar in belief consisting of the same unscriptural gospel (not only preaching a false repentance but even aggressively opposing true repentance as turning from sin and self) and perversion of Scripture, so that they created two classes of repentance: "justification repentance and sanctification repentance. The former apparently did not involve turning away from sins, while "sanctification repentance" (during the Christian life) apparently did. I wish every preacher could have at least six months experience as a radio preacher, he said later (because they would preach shorter). Get a 14-day FREE trial, then less than $5/mo. Wiersbe does not understand Gods Word, since God is a God of separation. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. (Ps 1:1-6), Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? There is a fourth contrast. When Gods own Son came to the vineyard, they cast Him out and killed Him (Matt. The early church, following the example of its Lord (Luke 24:25-27), would show from the Old Testament prophecies both the sufferings and the glory of the Messiah. He was 89. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. (2 Jn. Warren W. Wiersbe was a well known international Bible conference teacher with a heart for missions and a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. 18 Jul 1953. Meanwhile he also started work on the BE series of exegetical commentaries, books that soon found a place on the shelf of every evangelical pastor. 3:10; 1 Tim. How frightfully awful to tamper and mess with the very words that God gave. But it was his faithful preaching of Gods Word that helped The Moody Church BE a church God called them to be. I thank God that He has given me a ministry of the Word that leaps over denominational walls and manmade barriers (p. 322). At that time, the steel town of East Chicago was the most industrialized city in the United States. As one that had been closely associated in leadership positions with neo-evangelicalism's major publications and institutions, Wiersbe was a typical neo- evangelical that cared nothing for defence of the truth and obedience to Gods Word but rather doing that which was right in his own eyes. The Christian dies in the Lord because he lives in the Lord (Rev. He dodged the question as the typical neo-evangelical compromiser and shouldve never been ordained. [3] Most of this information is available through Warren Wiersbe's autobiography Be Myself: Memoirs of a Bridgebuilder. In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality. I think that kind of debate about lesbians and gays might be over. Ours was a very fragile plant, and it was easy to break off a branch. There is no alternative. (She was a librarian, and he practically lived in the library.) He died on May 2, 2019, aged 89. Rate this book. This must be transcendental, because it doesnt make any non-transcendental sense. all the volumes in the BE Bible Study Series. And we'll be challenged to look forward to our grand reunion with Christ and our loved ones. While working with Youth for Christ, Wiersbe got a call from Pete Gunther at Moody Publishers, asking about possible book projects. This library contains more than 13,000 volumes. During that time he wrote a bi-weekly column for Christianity Today. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! "I first heard Dr. Wiersbe at a Bible conference" in Chattanooga, Tenn., in the early 1960s, said Jerry Vines, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and longtime friend of Wiersbe's. Not because of my family, although being the baby of the family is not easy. Wes Ward Named as New Head of Moody Radio, Dr. John Perkins with wise words to the church on race. Each of the entries included bibliographic information for further readinga feature that encouraged and guided many pastors to explore primary sources for themselves. [1], In 1995, Wiersbe became Writer in Residence at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. What does it mean to abide? Once you have begun to cultivate this deeper communion with Christ, you have no desire to return to the shallow life of the careless Christian. Warren W. Wiersbe. [2], While attending the seminary, he was ordained as pastor of Central Baptist Church in 1951 and served until 1957. Beloved for his biblical insight and practical teaching, he was called one of the greatest Bible expositors of our generation by the late Billy Graham. [1][2] Wiersbe is perhaps best known for his series of 50 books in the "BE" series: Be Real, Be Rich, Be Obedient, Be Mature, Be Joyful, etc., and other theological works. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. The key word is abide; it is used eleven times in John 15:1-11 (continue in John 15:9 and remain in John 15:11). Warren W. Wiersbe, a prolific author and Bible commentator who is credited with influencing thousands of pastors with his work, passed away on May 2 at age 89. It is unwise to build a theological doctrine on a parable or allegory. 3:20-21). Wiersbe endorsed and loved the exceedingly blasphemous perversion of the Bible called The Message. Even a Roman soldier, beholding the events at Golgotha would confess, Truly this man was the Son of God (Mark 15:39). 1:9-11), lest in the end, we are disqualified for service (2 Tim. He was unscripturally associated and yoked with extreme heretics and apostates such as Christianity Today (where he was even one time editor and regular contributor from 1978-82, a publication guilty of such things as promoting theological liberals and "evangelical Catholics" as true Christians, a publication absolutely loaded repeatedly and thoroughly with heresies and heretics), preached at Billy Grahams Cove, was a staff evangelist with the extremely ecumenical and heretical organization Youth for Christ from 1957-61 (which has long partnered with the Roman Catholic Church and has had Catholics on staff), a board member of the extremely heretical National Religious Broadcasters, preached at Willow Creek Community Church, Wiersbe has warm fellowship with Catholics, liberals, and other apostates. Gods Word forbids it. We'll see that we can have comfort and assurance about what to expect beyond our lives here on earth because of what Christ has done. After attendingIndiana UniversityinIndianapolis for a year and then Roosevelt University in Chicago,Wiersbe enrolled at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, a northwest suburb of Chicago. They were wasting their God-given . When you learn the joy and theprivilege of Bible study, you dont haveto be paid to do it. People who disapprove of it, they'll probably just go to another church. The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: He cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized. This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop. The praise that comes from our hearts and lips is actually fruit to the glory of God (Heb. Wiersbes sermons were featured on Moodys Songs in the Night national radio program. Our union with Christ is a living union, so we may bear fruit; a loving union, so that we may enjoy Him; and a lasting union, so that we need not be afraid. And what can you expect afterward? Jesus prayed that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them [the disciples and believers today] (John 17:26). Between August 1979 and March 1982, he wrote bi-weekly for Christianity Today as "Eutychus X". He claimed to be sent by God, and He claimed to have heard from God the things that He taught. This is a beautiful, wonderful gift from God. He changed me from a topical preacher to a text-driven preacher.. He is, perhaps, best known for his Be series, a series of 50 books from Be Real to Be Joyful, Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, said via email. From 1984 to 1990 he served as general director of Back to the Bible. - Warren Wiersbe 1 God In contrast to the believer, the ungodly are not like trees but are like chaff. Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality. He is, perhaps, best known for his Be series, a series of 50 books from Be Real to Be Joyful, Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, said via email. Beginning in 1978, Wiersbe began teaching practical theology classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and authored materials for a DMin course on Imagination and the Quest for Biblical Preaching, used at both Trinity and also Dallas. So I spent my early days in the library. Once again, the people misunderstood His teaching. Last year, Wiersbe and his wife, Betty, announced their plan to gift his . The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Wiersbes testimony of salvation which consisted of taking part in Billy Grahams easy believism and quick prayerism crusade in 1945, is highly suspect. Jesus had already mentioned His leaving them , but the Jews had misunderstood what He said. everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him., I know a lot of people who are gay and lesbian and they seem to have as good a spiritual life as I do. Copyright 2023 The Baptist Courier. He will be missed at The Moody Church, but he will not be forgotten.. We bear fruit when we win others to Christ (Rom. There are four elements in this allegory that we must understand to benefit from His teaching. While at Moody Church, he continued in radio ministry as speaker on the Songs in the Night nationally-syndicated radio program that moved to Moody Church in 1968. Warren W. Wiersbe died on May 2, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska, just a few weeks shy of his 90th birthday. But Wiersbes commitment to a corrupted gospel, corrupted fellowship (ecumenicalism), corrupted Bibles, corrupted doctrine and corrupted worship demands exposure and separation. He also taught courses on preaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. Wiersbe was a heretic and a false teacher. Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. Even our good works, our service, grow out of our abiding life (Col. 1:10). Is there a special feeling? This guy came in wearing a white robe and carrying a big pole and he said he was John the Baptist. No, no, no. 2:21; Ezek. Warren W. Wiersbe is a well known international Bible conference teacher with a heart for missions and is a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. This is a beautiful, wonderful gift from God. A member of the body cut off from the body would die. Popular pastor and author, Dr. Wiersbe was also Bible Teacher at Back to the Bible through much of the 1980s. 5. Because God loves us, He prunes us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory. But apparently this was Gods plan because I learned to read, to enjoy reading and grew up some what of an introvert, some what of a recluse and yet God had His plan. Whether this was true saving faith or not (see John 2:23-25), we cannot tell, but our Lords words to them would indicate that they knew what they were doing. See Eph. Are the sermons notes available for this message, Comfort For a Believers Death. We either receive salvation by grace or experience condemnation under Gods law. Comfort for a Believer's Death - Warren Wiersbe's Heritage Bible Teaching. He believed that the Holy Spirit only convicts man of one sin before salvation: unbelief, so thats the only sin he must turn from. Jesus was teaching one main truththe fruitful life of the believerand we must not press the details too much. He went on to pastor in Illinois and Kentucky as well as serve on the staff of Youth for Christ International before assuming the pastorate of Chicagos Moody Church, where his radio broadcasts gained a national following. We may not enjoy it, but we need it. In an interview late in life, he reflected on his lack of physical strength growing up and how the Lord was preparing him for something different. At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us, but as the spiritual crop is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing. 27. Three Harms that Come from Redefining Marriage, The Scandal of the American Evangelical Intellectual, A Simple Way to Help One Million Christians in the Global South Get a Copy of Their Own Bible. 11:28-32). Gods people are always encouraged by that blessed hope. While pastoring in Chicago, Wiersbe served on the board of Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) from 1971 to 1983, ten of those years he served as chairman of the board. 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