By John Lanagan
The Word Like Fire
1. “We also have a curriculum, four lessons on that that will just get your kids activated in prophesying over each other, over teachers, and learning how God will talk to them, learning to hear Him…” [1] –Seth Dahl, Bethel Redding Children’s Pastor
2. “Oftentimes, I think we get too concerned about is that God or is that me. I think we get way too concerned since we have the mind of Christ. Much of what God will do will feel like us or seem like us. ” [2] –Seth Dahl, Bethel Redding Children’s Pastor
3. “That’s the goal, is to get the children experiencing the works of God from a young age, having experiences to do with God, so they can never be argued out of their experience.” [3] –Seth Dahl, Bethel Redding Children’s Pastor
4. “You know, I think our environment, we have a lot of grace for, let’s say a kid gives a Word of Knowledge that isn’t accurate. We’re okay with that. We just have a high value for risk. And if it didn’t work, it didn’t work, and we move on.” [4] –Eric Johnson, Bethel Redding Pastor
5. “You had me come down and bring some kids to do Words of Knowledge on the stage. Like, how can we activate the kids more?” [5] –Seth Dahl to Eric Johnson
Activate the kids? Bethel Redding leaders continue to present an unbalanced and unhealthy preoccupation with signs and wonders–or, as I have come to call it, a bells-and-whistles theology. It should be no surprise that this is also present in Bethel Redding’s children’s ministry. It seems as if it is more important to encourage children to seek angelic visitations, visions, and Words of Knowledge than it is to actually determine whether the experience/communication with God is genuine or not. Click here to continue reading.
Feelings = fruit?
The way to hell is wide. Narrow is the way that leads too life.
“‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.”
Acts 2:17 NKJV
https://www.bible.com/114/act.2.17.nkjv
There you go 🙂
“Much of what God will do will feel like us or seem like us. ” –Seth Dahl, Bethel Redding Children’s Pastor
This is just plain scary. It would be bad enough if he were saying this to adults, but saying this to children is unconscionable.
I’ve heard people in certain churches speaking of “activating the Holy Spirit” in people. Where does the Bible speak of this? It is not written in God’s Word. Methinks that evil spirits can, and do, take advantage of this false teaching to “activate” within people. 🙁
In the Bible I can’t find evidence that children were prophets. This activity with children is not healthy and a child will think he knows more than his parents and not obey them anymore. Seth sounds like he thinks he is God sometimes. He should be able to differentiate between God and himself. Where is Seth now?
Activate? Cults activate its followers. There; done.