LONGWOOD, FL-Black cults, pseudo religious groups, and false messiahs are still alive and well in Black culture, preaching a perverted gospel, says author and psychologist Dr. R. Mack Pumphrey. In False Messiah: The Influences of New Thought Theology on the Ministry of Father Divine ($14.99, paperback, 978-1-60266-157-8), Pumphrey warns that Black America needs to take a serious look at the teachings of various religious leaders and learn to exercise sound spiritual discernment-the ability to recognize truth and distinguish it from error-based on the truths of Scripture. Nothing is more timely or more needful than spiritual discernment in today's church, according to Pumphrey. And discernment comes only by comparing the teachings of men and women with the truths of God's Word. In the twentieth century alone, more than one thousand "false christs" rose in the Christian community. "Just because religious groups claim to be Christians and do good works," says Pumphrey, "doesn't mean they adhere to the gospel of the cross." Discover how to distinguish truth from error in False Messiah.
Dr. R. Mack Pumphrey is an ordained minister in the International Council of Community Churches, Christ Catholic Church (Diocese of Boston), and The Southern Episcopal Church (U.S.A.). He is a certified chaplain and licensed professional counselor. He received his clinical training in clinical pastoral education at the Milwaukee Lutheran Hospital and his psychotherapy and counseling training at the Martin Center Residential Treatment Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the former chief chaplain of the Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital and served as Executive Director of R.E.A.C.H. Comprehensive Mental Health Clinic.
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2007