Critical Issues Commentary
Critical Issues Commentary grew out of Pastor Bob DeWaay's passion to equip the saints for the work of ministry. In the late 1980's Pastor DeWaay 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 the bimonthly newsletter. In 1992, with the financial support and encouragement of a good brother who has since gone to be with the Lord, the first issue was produced and mailed.
Critical Issues Commentary is not so much a "newsletter" as it is a series of carefully researched essays on important theological issues. Since 1992 more than 80 articles covering more than 60 specific "critical issues" have been published. Each article contains Biblical exegesis as well as interaction with famous teachers and teachings. Our prayer is that God uses this effort to help readers grow in their faith and be strong in their witness.
Critical Issues Commentary was founded to help people find their way out of unbiblical teachings that confused their understanding of the faith. The Christian media was filled with false teaching in 1992 and there was a need to correct the errors that were sweeping through the church. Twenty years later things have only gotten worse. So we continue writing and making Biblical truth available to our readers through the newsletter, the radio programs, our website, the internet, and public speaking—all under the Critical Issues Commentary banner.
-
Greater Works than These - Critical Issues Commentary
2 items
-
A Critique of Practicing the Way
Movie
-
A Critique of the Seven Mountain Mandate - Critical Issues Commentary
10 items
Bob DeWaay and Eric Douma discuss the book Invading Babylon by Lance Wallnau and Bill Johnson (published by Destiny Image Publishers). Johnson uses the parable of the leaven to support his dominion theology. Bob and Eric discuss the text in Matthew 13 and show that the path is narrow in every gen...
-
The Enneagram - Critical Issues Commentary
9 items
The Enneagram is a new, popular spiritual program that claims to be sacred and promises spiritual growth through self-discovery. Join Bob DeWaay and Jessica Kramasz as they discuss how the enneagram opposes Christianity.
-
Emergent Church and Postmodern Spirituality Debate - Doug Pagitt & Bob DeWaay
3 items
The Emergent Church and Postmodern Spirituality Debate - Dangerous Trends or Necessary Changes for Evangelicalism?
Doug Pagitt and Bob DeWaay
January 20, 2006 -
Colossians - Critical Issues Commentary
26 items
Bob DeWaay preaches through the book of Colossians.
-
Lead by the Spirit - Critical Issues Commentary
3 items
Romans 8 offers profound, eternal comfort to Christians. In it Paul assures us that all true Christians shall ultimately be glorified and conformed to the image of Christ (Romans 8:29, 30) and that nothing in the entire created universe can separate them from God’s love (Romans 8:31-39). After th...
-
Solitude, Silence, Stillness - Critical Issues Commentary
3 items
Mystics have promoted asceticism based on silence and solitude for more than a millennia. Church historian Justo Gonzalez highlights the beginning of desert monasticism in his book The Story of Christianity Vol. 1.1 Gonzalez writes, "The very word ‘monk' derives from the Greek monachos, which mea...
-
The Priesthood of Every Believer - Critical Issues Commentary
16 items
Paganism is the default religion of the human race. Without true, Biblical teaching we think like pagans. Many have rightly pointed out that Roman Catholicism is paganized Christianity. In that context, Luther fought to bring us back to the truth of the gospel as found in scripture alone. A conco...
-
"How Do We Hear From God?" Conference - Bob DeWaay
4 items
How does God speak to us today—is it guaranteed? Is it through personal revelation or through techniques developed by some in order to contact Him? Is it through a postmodern community in dialogue? Is it through latter-day apostles and prophets? We propose that each of these methods is uncertain ...
-
The Dishonoring of God in Popular Spiritual Warfare Teaching - Bob DeWaay
16 items
Many popular teachers question God's sovereign rule over His own creation. Their unbiblical scenario goes like this: God made Adam the ruler of the world; Adam committed "treason" and turned the rightful dominion of the earth over to Satan; and Christ's atonement was to regain this lost dominion....
-
True and False Spiritual Warfare - Bob DeWaay
18 items
Spiritual warfare is a popular theme in many Charismatic and Evangelical churches, but look closely and you’ll see it’s very different from what the Bible describes. This “strategic level spiritual warfare” paradigm is about Christians learning complex and extra-biblical practices to do battle in...
