I realize you wrote specifically about Celebrate Recovery, Michelle, but your cautions apply to so many ministries that follow the 12-step model. ; The ability to have face-to-face conversations and . It would be better if CR actually cited and explained the Scriptures that teach these concepts and used biblical terminology, but overall these small snippets of the 8 principles are mostly aligned with Scripture. Breaking the theological bricks and unlearning lies, Report: Former Hillsong pastors say they were threatened by Brian Houston, The Progressive Disease of Spiritual Deception in Our Time. Idolatry Christians should have faith in the power of the gospel through God's word in scripture and should never rely on anything other than the gospel to reach those lost in the sin of addiction (which by the way you label as disease which is contrary to scripture - Galatians 5:19-21 clearly defines alcoholism and addiction as sin, not disease). Generally, the program runs on a one-year repeating schedule. Apostasy Absolutely not says researcher John Lanagan. The reasoning you gave seems very legalistic to me. [14] Celebrate Recovery has not been significantly studied, so there is no empirical evidence regarding the impacts or efficacy of the Celebrate Recovery program. February 2015 Besides that, the pick and choose usage of Bible verses made the whole thing pretty disingenuous and cheesy. Its obvious why the 12 steps are included, because the world is familiar with them. Celebrate Recovery is just the AA program which Rick Warren added some Bible verses to so it could be marketed and sold as a "Christian Recovery" program. The wife needs to be cared for, helped to heal, and ultimately, to forgive. Eric Davis of The Cripplegate analyzes the popular packaged addiction program, Celebrate Recovery (CR) that many churches have adopted. Hi Ashley, Needless to say, CR has had a major influence on the church. January 2018 Freedom From Sin I wont be publishing comments or answering emails that are answered by this article. December 2015 House, 1998. Marriage Psalms 1 John 4:5, You adulterous people! One such effort is a packaged addictions program called Celebrate Recovery (CR). Contemplative Prayer Over the years we adopted a 12-step model. In August 2004, Celebrate Recovery was announced as Californias state-approved substance abuse program for prisonsWe are part of a movement that God is blessing.. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Celebrate Recovery is an American Christian twelve-step program designed to facilitate recovery from a wide variety of troubling behavior patterns. Sunday. Truth If you read through the articles on our site you will see that numerous external sources are referenced which expose the demonic origins of Alcoholics Anonymous - many of those sources are AA's own literature. page): Another issue made plain in the video is that Celebrate Recovery teaches a false gospel: At 3:24ff, speaking to lost people, Johnny gives an incomplete (and partially false) presentation of the gospel as a means of differentiating secular recovery programs from CR. One such effort is a packaged addictions program called Celebrate Recovery (CR). 1 Founded 25 years ago by pastor Rick Warren and the Saddleback Church in California, it started with just 43 people but now has groups in 29,000 churches all over the globe with more than 3.5 million . We are told in Romans 12:2, "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Sober Recovery Expert Author. Because Celebrate Recovery is mix of heretical worldly teachings with scripture it is on the broad worldly way. You state that, "Its obvious why the 12 steps are included, because the world is familiar with them." Where is your external source that backs your beliefs that the 12 steps are demonically inspired. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned, 1 Corinthians 2:14 (emphasis, mine) tells us. These actions will fuel the isolation and cause the lost to runaway from religion. Some of the best known can be found in the blue menu bar at the top of this page at myPopular False Teacherstab. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012. Hello. Galatians 1:6-10. James 4:4, I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. Its utter hypocrisy.) Friday. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. Sufficiency Of Scripture Prayer Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Eschatology (End Times) 6;14, but RW and company would rather make merchandise of the masses and have them play the victim card and be FOREVER subservient to their programs and dictates*****************no thank you. C-R also claims progress in place of Spiritual perfection as does A-A. These types of Christians that like to point their fingers at others and label are the very ones whove made a profession of Christ but do NOT possess Him. We all talked of healing rather than sanctification, and I now wonder if that kept them locked in sinful desires (we had a residential program, so we talked about homosexuality CONSTANTLY! Alcoholics Anonymous has served its purpose, says Lanagan. I recommend against any teacher, ministry, or evangelical trend that violates one or more of these biblical tenets. No one can judge who is saved and who isnt because the person has fallen in life or the person is attending a program that others interpret as not biblical. The sinner on the cross, beside Jesus , wasnt taught all the scripture that some say churchs dont teach. 2 Cor. Purpose Driven (LogOut/ Warner Alliance, Curb. Actually, we judge Celebrate Recovery by what it is based on and what it teaches - the teachings of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps which directly contradict the gospel of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Psalm19 Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery: How God Can Heal Your Life. Thats unbiblical. celebrate recovery is a cult, and slavery. Thanks for taking the time to respond. It is very easy to hide behind sanctimonious pomp and Pharisiac hearts and judge programs and people but why not tell what you are doing to help. www .michaelenglishmusic .com. The 12 steps allows the lost to develop their own relationship with what may be described as the god of their own understanding in the beginning but for those who migrate over to Celebrate Recovery they do so because they discover that Jesus is the one who saved them. Those that are pretenders have no clue. Generally speaking, in order for me to recommend a teacher, speaker, author, or ministry, he/she/it has to meet three criteria: a)A female teacher cannot currently and unrepentantly preach to or teach men in violation of 1 Timothy 2:12. The second half isnt going to work for lost people because it doesnt biblically identify their problem, which is sin, not character defects. He either never took the time to research the origins of the Twelve Steps and what they teach or he was intentionally making a false statement. But the Scriptures teach that all mans efforts will fail and the result of the failure will be worse for the man that depends upon his own efforts. Eric Davis of The Cripplegate analyzes the popularpackaged addiction program, Celebrate Recovery (CR) that many churches have adopted. Mistakes are, by definition, unintentional and usually morally neutral. Contrary to what the powers that be at CR think, that is not a good thing. Also, how could you ever defend the gospel of Jesus Christ when you claim that people need to first come to accept a god of their own understanding and then they can come to Jesus supposedly through Celebrate Recovery? April 2019 6:6 and Col. 1:13). House, 1998. Having said all that, I led a man who had been a drunk for 12yrs to the Lord and prayed with him for deliverance; he was delivered, and never touched the stuff again! Watch Pastor Johnny and Jeni explain what Celebrate Recovery is all about. Below is a comprehensive directory of AA meetings in Wallace, North Carolina. One that walked the walk and one that fell to sin. It produces diligence to be sure no sin is left still covered by a fig leaf of denial; clearing of yourselves is round two of being sure nothing remains of any known sin; indignation toward yourself for having sinned against God; fear that you may return to your favorite sin out of rebellion; vehement desire to please God in all things and lay down your sins and the pleasure of them before your Savior; zeal so as to always keep yourself in check, away from sin and its pleasures; and vindication not of yourself, but on Gods behalf because He is once again proven to be right and righteous in all that He does. Thats not the same thing as a mistake or hurting/being hurt by others or hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Out of 8. Hi Chad. So now to part 1 of Eric Davis2 part series. They will hear Gods word and the gospel will be shared with them. John Baker and Rick Warren of Saddleback Church created the program in 1991 to help people with various addictions. We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Celebrate Recovery: Growing in Christ While Helping Others: Participant Guide 4. How does adding to God's Word, blending the heretical teachings of AA with God's word, labeling the sin of addiction as disease, and focusing on supposed humanistic needs rather than the un-compromised gospel of Jesus Christ in any way bring glory and honor to Him? May 2020 They make merchandise of Gods Word. A vehicle is only as good as its driver, so I would not recommend this program be used unless by someone thoroughly grounded in Scripture, and who would emphasize repentance and faith in Christ alone. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from issues that control us. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.". Group facilitators must be trained and agree to a list of expectations,[9] including standardized guidelines[18][19] at each meeting. Those are tools and guides for spiritual maturity and personal growth as well. The core of the CR program - the twelve steps are heretical. Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain, or addiction of any kind. The wife has been sinned against. Nowhere does Scripture suggest that we need to heal and recover from sin. The Pharisees, who largely set the religious/spiritual tone of the day, would have propagated the photo-negative of the Beatitudes, and, thus, an incorrect understanding of the believer. It is common knowledge that the Alcoholics Anonymous program and the Twelve Steps that Celebrate Recovery adopted were demonically inspired and directly contradict the gospel of Jesus Christ - they are obviously the works of darkness. Jesus commands us to repent. RW does speak of repentance, and the Jesus is the only higher power. And, although it should go without saying, the Beatitudes arent about hurts, addictions, or recovery. Wouldnt it be wise for these people to attend meetings like CR and have a program to help them learn how to live a life free of sins that destroy lives and familys ? And that is what makes RW and all his co-hearts the consummate Pharisees of our day, hypocrites, pretenders, and frauds. You gave such a positive outlook on CR, almost as if there are few if any failures. CR is just a humanistic self-help program. 1 John 3:13, They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. Holy Spirit Notice the number of times he says We believe instead of the Bible says or simply stating the terms of the gospel as irrefutable fact. in the 80s and 90s, I worked as a correspondence counselor for an ex-gay ministry. Sin is always immoral and frequently intentional. God is the only judge of each individual relationship. Another dangerous and unbiblical component of this concept of sin is hurting others is that the CR gospel conflates sinning against others with being sinned against under the banner of hurts. 5:6). If you participate in Celebrate Recovery you have to reject the truth of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 because you are relying on steps and a program from outside of scripture that contradicts scripture. Living in a broken world we all deal with lifes hurts, hang-ups, and habits. And the gospel is what we all need. It is common knowledge in AA that the co-founder Bill Wilson was involved in the occult and claimed openly to have communed with spirits. Eric Davis of The Cripplegate analyzes the popular packaged addiction program, Celebrate Recovery (CR) that many churches have adopted. I believe these facts are important to disclose when you are making claims against something. I know , I was the saved son that fell into darkness and through other Christians and prayer I found my way back to Jesus. The Oxford Group was a quasi Christian group that corrupted the gospel and Christian doctrine. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! With compelling storytelling, memorable characters, and a resounding message of female empowerment, Devil Ki Shaadi is the ideal way to celebrate the phenomenal women in our lives this Women's Day. Both sons remained his sons no matter what. Johnny goes on to say that that [the indwelling Holy Spirit] is what gives us the power to find healing from our hurts, hang-ups, and habits. This interpretation, however, incorrectly understands the Beatitudes by removing them out of their context and interpreting them in an eisegetical manner.