{"id":3922,"date":"2010-02-15T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:54:40","slug":"assemblies-of-god-leader-promotes-universalist-christian-with-holy-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/assemblies-of-god-leader-promotes-universalist-christian-with-holy-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Assemblies of God Leader Promotes Universalist &#8220;Christian&#8221; in AOG Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by John Lanagan<br \/>\nWord Like Fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What would you do if a Superintendent of a large denominational district\u00a0wrote an article promoting a universalist author? And what if this article was published and distributed in a popular\u00a0 denominational magazine? What if, in several months of back and forth emails, the Superintendent never took steps to correct this, and in fact, continued to express his admiration for the universalist?<\/p>\n<p>Neither has the\u00a0 magazine acknowledged the error in publishing the article.<\/p>\n<p>I have not wanted to write about this. I have, I believe, allowed much time to go by, hoping this would be corrected. Well, it\u2019s February. The article was published in late October of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to provide the link to the magazine article. You will see names like Richard Foster, Henri Nouwen, Annie Dillard, Tony Campolo and Anne Lamott. You will\u00a0see that the\u00a0 Superintendent quotes from The Message without ever noting it is not the\u00a0 Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>I will get more detailed if I have to. For now, please realize Anne Lamott is a universalist who has a \u201cjesus\u201d as her god:\u00a0She believes all paths\u00a0lead to\u00a0heaven.\u00a0\u00a0She is very honest about it. 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