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TRUTH & LOVE, AN UNBEATABLE DUO (4 OF 5)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-21
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Title: Truth & Love, An Unbeatable Duo (4 of 5)
Series: Our Light, Love & Life in Jesus
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 1 John 4: 1-21

I - Deceptive Spirits & Their Infiltration (1 - 6)

II - Descriptive Saints & Their Identification (7 - 21)

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Love, But Not Truth

The idea of hell and judgment are nowhere to be found in Betty Eadie's bestseller, Embraced By The Light, on the N.Y. Times bestseller list for more than 40 weeks, including 5 weeks as #1.

In November 1973 Eadie allegedly died after undergoing a hysterectomy, and returned five hours later with the secrets of heaven revealed by Jesus. Eadie says that Jesus "never wanted to do or say anything that would offend me" while she visited heaven. Indeed, Jesus seems to be relegated to the role of a happy tour guide in heaven, not the Savior of the world who died on the cross.

The Apologetics Index (apologeticsindex.org) family of web sites, provides 40,870+ pages of research resources on alternative religions, religious cults, the sects, and movements that are deceptive and unbiblical, said:

It has been well-documented that Betty Eadie's story is full of contradictions. (Her gynecologist denied that she died.) Furthermore, Eadie has changed her story a number of times depending on the audience to which she is speaking.

Her book Embraced by the Light was originally published as a MORMON book by Mormon publishers in Utah. (Eadie has been a Mormon since BEFORE her experience and reflects classic Mormon doctrine.)

It quickly became the #1-selling book among Mormons.

The general public then picked up on her story, which was quickly changed to be more palatable to the general audience. She quickly became a "Christian" and her books sold in Evangelical stores. Then, suddenly, Jesus as the Light became just a light that could be Buddha or some other religious figure to someone else. Her original MORMON volume rec ...

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