{"id":4926,"date":"2010-09-01T00:57:27","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2017-11-19T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T16:54:30","slug":"a-short-commentary-becks-political-ideas-can-help-america-but-his-gospel-cannot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/a-short-commentary-becks-political-ideas-can-help-america-but-his-gospel-cannot\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Commentary: Beck&#8217;s Political Ideas Can Help America, But His &#8220;Gospel&#8221; Cannot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>A Commentary by &#8220;Christian Investigator<\/strong>&#8221; <strong>Steve McConkey<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151120200035\/http:\/\/www.christianinvestigator.com\/\">ChristianInvestigator.com<\/a>, 608-469-7956<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>MADISON, Wisc., Aug. 30 \/<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171116094419\/http:\/\/www.christiannewswire.com\/\">Christian Newswire<\/a>\/ &#8212; Glenn Beck promotes a false gospel. However, many of his political ideas can help America.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The &#8220;Restoring Honor&#8221; rally was a good idea to promote the values of America. However, when Beck ventured into the realm of &#8220;revival,&#8221; his beliefs are open to scrutiny.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Despite mentioning God, Beck&#8217;s Mormonism and other false religions promote a false gospel. &#8220;I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.&#8221; (Galatians 1:6-7)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>He accuses President Obama of false theology. Beck is hypocritical as the Mormon church has propagated deception for years. Obama&#8217;s liberation theology is in equal error.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Our country was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Mormonism is not a Christian denomination but a cult of Christianity.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Some Mormon beliefs from &#8220;Christianity, Cults and Religions&#8221; (Rose Publishing, 2005):<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God has a physical body and so does his wife.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three separate gods. People can become gods.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus was created by sexual union between God and Mary.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus was married.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus&#8217; death does not atone for all sin.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baptism for the dead.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African descendants were not granted Mormon privileges until 1978.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus and Satan were spirit brothers.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>4 WINDS offers <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151120200035\/http:\/\/www.christianinvestigator.com\/\">ChristianInvestigator.com<\/a>, the first ever news and apologetics site offered by a sports ministry. The ChristianInvestigator.com site was started for athletes, but the vast number of readers are now non-athletes. Steve McConkey is the President\/Founder of 4 Winds Christian Athletics (4 WINDS). Steve and his wife started in world-class track and field ministries in 1981. From 1982 through 1992, Steve was a successful Director\/Coach of elite post-collegiate Christian teams. After dropping the track and field team in 1992, 4 WINDS started ministering to athletes on all teams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Commentary by &#8220;Christian Investigator&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","wpcat-46-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Short Commentary: Beck&#039;s Political Ideas Can Help America, But His &quot;Gospel&quot; Cannot - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/a-short-commentary-becks-political-ideas-can-help-america-but-his-gospel-cannot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Short Commentary: Beck&#039;s Political Ideas Can Help America, But His &quot;Gospel&quot; 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