Critical Issues Commentatry grew out of Bob DeWaay's passion to equip the saints for the work of ministry. In the late 1980's Bob met regularly with a group of local pastors, often presenting position papers on timely doctrinal issues. When he found that the messages were accepted by only a few of the attendees and rarely reached the pews, he chose to speak directly to the people by initiating a bimonthly newletter. Bob DeWaay is teacher and theologian at Gospel of Grace Fellowship in Edina, ...
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 7 - Kundalini Yoga Unmasked
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 7 - Kundalini Yoga Unmasked, presented by Jessica Kramasz, Bob DeWaay, and Amy Russell. Amy Russell shows us how mainstream secular Yoga marketed as a workout leads people into spiritual peril. She explains that the poses themselves are devised to transmit signals to the spirit world, appealing to the spirit attribute…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 6 - The Coiled Snake of Yoga
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 6 - The Coiled Snake of Yoga, presented by Jessica Kramasz, Bob DeWaay, and Amy Russell. Christian yoga is being promoted in many churches as a worship-style class. Former New-Ager Amy Russell shows how yoga is a silent worship of Hindu deities. From Scripture, false gods are demons and the worship of false gods is th…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 5 - The Spiritual Aspect of Yoga
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 5 - The Spiritual Aspect of Yoga, presented by Jessica Kramasz, Bob DeWaay, and Amy Russell. As for yoga, Amy Russell says, "Westerners have perilously mistaken the practices of yoga and meditation as simply breathing, stretching, calming, and relaxation exercises when in reality these practices are a gateway into Eas…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 4 - Energy Healing
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 4 - Energy Healing, presented by Jessica Kramasz, Bob DeWaay, and Amy Russell. Energy healers claim to be able to clear blockages in a person's aura and chakra system, and thereby bring about physical healing. Energy healers use spirit guides to find these blockages. We show that this practice is not scientific or bib…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 3 - Refuting the Law of Attraction
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 3 - Refuting the Law of Attraction, presented by Jessica Kramasz, Bob DeWaay, and Amy Russell. In this episode we explore the teachings of Esther and Jerry Hicks. They are the authors of the popular New Age book "The Law of Attraction." We show that these teachings did not come from the Abraham of the Bible, are not s…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 2 - Energy Healing and the New Age
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 2 - Energy Healing and the New Age, presented by Jessica Kramasz and Amy Russell. Amy shares how the scales of spiritual blindness formed as she continued in New Age practices. Yoga and meditation led her to energy healing which is done through the use of spirit guides. She had to continue in the practices of yoga and…
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 1 - The New Age Leads to Bondage
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From Kundalini to Christ, Part 1 - The New Age Leads to Bondage, presented by Jessica Kramasz and Amy Russell. In episode one of twelve with Amy Russell, we discuss the core New Age teaching that man is god and show how yoga is designed to elevate your consciousness so that you can move into your divinity as you honor the Hindu deities. We also dis…
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God's Desire To Save All Kinds of Men, Part 2
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God's Desire To Save All Kinds of Men, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. We start with Pastor Eric giving more evidence that "all men" in this passage means "all types of men." The context shows that he means Gentile inclusion in God's plan of salvation. We have a careful discussion of the debate in church history... (duration 00:37:0…
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God's Desire To Save All Kinds of Men, Part 1
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God's Desire To Save All Kinds of Men, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. 1Timothy 2:3-4 teaches that God desires all men to be saved. Pastor Eric Douma preached a sermon on this passage that covered many important issues that have arisen from this text. The first one we discuss is what does God's "desire" and who are "all men" (durati…
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Greater Works than These, Part 2 - Comfort for God's People
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Greater Works than These, Part 2 - Comfort for God's People, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. We continue our discussion of John 14:12-13. This passage was meant to bring comfort to the disciples. Jesus was promising them a place with Him in heaven, ongoing access to Him through prayer, and a continuance of God's mighty works through Hi…
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Greater Works than These, Part 1 - God Works Miracles
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Greater Works than These, Part 1 - God Works Miracles, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. False teachers claim that if Christians become unified we will do greater miracles than Jesus. We examine John 14 to show what Jesus meant by "greater works." God is always the one who determines when and how to do His mighty works and the glory is H…
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 5 - God Gives Wisdom
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 5 - God Gives Wisdom, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. We conclude this series with a discussion of wisdom. Wisdom is grounded in faith in God. It is not about getting our desired outcome. Wisdom is about the type of attitude we have in making all decisions and the motivations of the heart. (durati…
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 4 - Understanding the Perfect Will of God
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 4 - Understanding the Perfect Will of God, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. A misinterpretation of Roman's 12:2 leads to the belief that there is a third will of God - the perfect will - that can only be discovered by hearing directly from Him. Good, acceptable, and perfect are all modifying the sa…
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 3 - Providence is Freedom
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 3 - Providence is Freedom, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. God's providential will includes our decisions in matters of Christian liberty. Seeking subjective revelations from God about matters of liberty impinges upon liberty. Rather than being fatalism, the doctrine of providence is freedom. (dur…
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 2 - God's Providential Will
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 2 - God's Providential Will, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. We continue our discussion of God's providential will. We answer common objections to the doctrine of providence and show that providence is not impersonal or mechanistic. We also discuss open theism, which says that God only knows part …
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 1 - God's Revealed Will
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God's Will and Christian Liberty, Part 1 - God's Revealed Will, presented by Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz. In this series we will discuss CIC Issue 75, "God's Will and Christian Liberty" which will lay a firm foundation for guidance and making decisions. We discuss God's revealed will, God's providential will, God's sovereignty and human responsi…
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What the Gospel Is and Is Not - Clarifying Gospel Issues
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What the Gospel Is and Is Not - Clarifying Gospel Issues, presented by Bob DeWaay. Bob DeWaay clearly articulates the one true Gospel, and compares it to the man-centered gospel of modern Evangelicalism. He exhorts pastors to preach the Gospel according to the terms that God has revealed and to trust Him for the results. (duration 01:01:49) Click h…
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The Glory of God Alone, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay, Eric Douma, and Andy Olson. This discussion continues by explaining why monergistic salvation is a necessary corollary of the glory of God alone. However small man's part is deemed to be, no salvation happens without it. Therefore God does not get all of the glory... (duration 00:30:18) Click…
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The Glory of God Alone, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay, Eric Douma, and Andy Olson. We begin by laying out the solas of the Reformation and discussing how the "alones" end up being about monergism versus synergism. If synergism is true in regard to salvation, then humans doing their part is the key to salvation. We explain why that is. (duration 0…
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The Christian and Civil Government, Part 2
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The Christian and Civil Government, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. In this session we discuss how God rules His own world and what place civil government has in God's plan. One key point we make is that the government cannot bring about the kingdom of God on earth. The kingdom does not come through government action... (duration 00…
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The Christian and Civil Government, Part 1
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The Christian and Civil Government, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. 1Timothy 2:1-2 instructs Christians to pray for those who have civil authority. This broadcast is an interview with Eric Douma about a sermon he preached on this passage of Scripture. We need a Biblical worldview about how God rules His own universe. (duration 00:27…
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Use and Misuse of the Law, Part 2, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. 1Timothy 1:9-11 says that the law is for the wicked and disobedient. In this section Paul discusses the "lawful" use of the law of Moses which is to restrain wickedness. This calls into question John Calvin's claim that there is a third use of the law... (duration 00:33:51) …
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Use and Misuse of the Law, Part 1, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. 1Timothy 1:5-8 refers to how some have misused the law to preach false doctrine that denies the sufficiency of Christ. Paul discusses the relationship of the Christian to the law of Moses. The false teachers were trying to take people back to the law... (duration 00:31:23) C…
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A Lavish Banquet for All Peoples: Eschatological Feasts, Part 5
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A Lavish Banquet for All Peoples: Eschatological Feasts, Part 5, presented by Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma. The amazing consistency of the theme of honor and shame is revealed in banquets throughout the Bible. This is an important topic. Luke 13:26-30 again uses the context of an eschatological meal to reveal salvation and judgment. (duration 00:33:22…
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