New IFB Church Bullies

Philippians 1:15-18, “Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.”

Many in the New IFB (independent fundamental Baptist) movement preach Christ of contention. I am continually attacked by followers of the New IFB. They attack me because I disagree with Pastor Steven Anderson's views. I do not know of even one New IFB follower who doesn't idolize Pastor Anderson, unquestioningly adopting all of his doctrinal teachings. 

Moreover, many followers of the New IFB don't hesitate to express their contempt and disdain for the Old IFB and anyone who dares to disagree with Pastor Anderson on anything. I am sick and tired of these New IFB bullies and I am going to expose them! They have picked up on Steven Anderson's aggressiveness and they don't have enough sense to know the difference between convictions and belligerency.

Please don't misunderstand. I applaud Brother Anderson's aggressive preaching, but that doesn't justify some of his wacky followers being aggressive toward those who disagree with his views. Even Pastor Anderson doesn't attack those who disagree with him. There are some “nuts” in the New IFB movement, as well as in the Old IFB. At least that's what the squirrel in my back yard keeps telling me—the world is full of nuts!

Kindly said, I am tired of some adherents of the New IFB cult biting people's heads off who disagree with them. I had to unfriend one man on Facebook, because he went off on a rant telling me how ignorant I am because I disagree with Pastor Steven Anderson's false teaching that Jesus burned in Hell for three days. I humbly think that is a false teaching. Kindly said, only a Bible ignoramus teaches that Jesus burned in Hell after dying on the cross, when Jesus plainly told the repentant thief next to Him that they would be in "Paradise" together that very same day (Luke 23:43. This matter ought not even be debated, because the Bible is 100% plain.

I had to unfriend another guy today on Facebook, a New IFB follower, who wanted to argue and debate the Rapture with me, insisting that Pastor Anderson is correct and I am wrong. I kindly told him that I refuse to debate with the New IFB camp, to which he replied harshly by accusing me of not being a truth-seeker. No—the truth is that after having debated with these belligerent religious people umpteen times, and having watched pastor Anderson's “After The Tribulation” movie several times, and having watching his 22-part Revelation series several times—I am more convinced than ever that a Pretribulation Rapture is correct.

Kindly said, I am done arguing with indoctrinated fools! The New IFB cannot be reasoned with, they have decided that Steven Anderson is right, period. That is to some degree, a cult! I don't think Pastor Anderson is leading a cult, to be clear, but I think many of his followers have a cultish mindset toward him as their leader. I have better things to do with my time than debate with idiots who don't search the Scripture. The guy that I unfriended today couldn't explain anything to me about why he believes in a Prewrath Rapture, he just kept referring me to Pastor Anderson's sermons. This is the main thing wrong with pseudo-Christianity in America today, stupid people sit in their church pews and unquestioningly believe whatever their pastor teaches them, without going to the inspired Holy Bible to verify it (Acts 17:10-11).

Likewise, I hear everybody in the New IFB saying that the timing of the Rapture is a "minor issue." Okay, I agree, but go tell that to many in the New IFB today who are consumed with condemning anyone who dares to disagree with Pastor Anderson! Of the hundreds of doctrines the New IFB preaches, only the timing of the Rapture compelled Pastor Anderson to mail out hard copies of his “After The Tribulation” DVD to 6,500 Independent Baptist Churches across America! Obviously, the timing of the Rapture is anything but a “minor doctrine” to the New IFB—they are consumed with it! I won't tolerate New IFB thugs coming into my ministry and trying to shove Pastor Anderson's heresies down my throat!

Pastor Anderson errantly teaches in this chart from chapter 2 (of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: “THE BOOK OF REVELATION”) that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation (see Comments 35 and 36 in this chart at the bottom right). See for yourself in Part 10 of his “Revelation” series, at 31:00 minutes into the video, where he unbiblical states:

“𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? 𝟭,𝟯𝟯𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹'𝘀 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 31:00 minutes into video)

That is DATE SETTING! Pastor Anderson vehemently denies setting a date for the Rapture, on the basis that he claims no one know when Daniel's 70th week of prophecy begins.
But then he says this blatant heresy...

“𝗦𝗼, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹—𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 35:25 minutes into video)

That is 100% heresy on the Scripture! When Jesus said that no one knows the timing of His return, He meant NO ONE! Pastor Anderson foolishly teaches that those alive at the time of the Abomination of Desolation (the prophetic event when the Man of Sin claims to be God, the Messiah) world will know WHEN the Rapture is coming, in 75 DAYS! That is DATE SETTING; no matter how he may attempt to dismiss it, and it is a violation of the Scripture. The sad truth is that the New IFB are effectively parrots of Steven Anderson's beliefs, and he is preaching some STRANGE DOCTRINES!

I say that all kindly and respectfully, because I love Pastor Anderson and support his soulwinning ministry work. I am his friend and will stand with him in his battles, because as soldiers in God's army we are fighting on the same team for Jesus Christ. But to be clear, I am first and foremost loyal to God, truth and principles; not to men or institutions. If some New IFB thugs want to shove their beliefs down other people's throats, expect a fight!

Kindly, I didn't start my Facebook page as a place for debate. It is my Facebook page and I am going to promote what I believe to be the truth, to help people. I have unfriended numerous New IFB followers, bullies, who choose to call me "ignorant" for disagreeing with Pastor Anderson's heresies—that Jesus burned in Hell for three days, that you must pray to be saved, the lie that homosexuals are beyond the hope of the saving Gospel, the heresy that the earth is only 6,000 years old, and the nonsense of a prewrath Rapture. If you disagree with me, that is fine, but I won't debate with you. I have better things to do than to debate with indoctrinated religious people. My ministry is to help people who are willing to learn the inspired Holy Bible, not entertain followers of Steven Anderson who want to convert me to their heresies.

One wacky guy in Canada went ballistic toward me on social media, emailing me dozens of times with hateful accusations, all because I do not agree with the New IFB heresy that you cannot be saved unless you call, ask or pray. I will go to seed in this matter of having to pray a Sinner's Prayer to get to Heaven. Jesus plainly said in John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Faith in the Gospel is enough to be saved. No, you don't have to “ask” God to save you, which is essentially what praying or calling amounts to. Since God is already graciously offering you His free gift of eternal life, which Jesus paid for in full by His shed blood, why would you be required to ask for it?

Kindly, I won't allow New IFB followers to indoctrinate my friends with things that I disagree with, which I believe are harmful and unbiblical. I started my website ministry back in 2002 to teach people—to win the lost, to feed Jesus' sheep; but not to allow critics to debate, argue and confuse people with their slanted unbiblical views. I will earnestly contend for the faith.

I don't have a problem with my ministry friends disagreeing with me, but I don't allow people to share the other side, so to speak. Not on my watch! If that means I will only have two ministry friends left, then so be it, praise God. It is not personal, I do this with everyone. I consider all of my social media venues as my pulpit. Everybody has a right to run their own social media pages the way they want, and this is how I humbly choose to run mine, kindly said. I don't go into other people's social media pages and post why I disagree with them, because in a sense I am in their house. I respect the views of others, even though I may expose them on my own social media pages. But I would never go rain on their parade in their house.

I respect the New IFB's right to disagree with me; but like I said, some of them are immature and feel compelled to bully others who disagree. If you doubt what I say, look what the New IFB have done to my ministry friend, Onorato Diamante on YouTube! They've ganged up on him over the Sinner's Prayer issue. The vast majority of New IFB followers will attack anybody whom Pastor Anderson criticizes. They are all his followers. That is a personality cult!

Few New IFB pastors will publicly disagree with Pastor Anderson on anything. They all clone him (which is good and bad). I didn't pick this fight, it came to my doorstep. One New IFB clown after another keeps berating me, calling me ignorant and foolish for not following what Steven Anderson teaches. They all want to argue by posting Pastor Anderson's sermons for me to watch. Doesn't anybody think for themselves anymore?