Evangelicalism and the Great Apostasy
by David W. Cloud,
May 2025, 402 pgs
by David W. Cloud,
May 2025, 402 pgs
Formats: Softcover, eBook
This book/course has two major themes: 1.) apostasy as taught in the Bible and as seen through the age, and 2.) evangelicalism as the broad sphere of apostasy in the last hours of the church age.
We show how the apostasy developed in the first 1800 years of church history, how it exploded in the 19th century, how it reached new heights in the 20th century, and how it is nearing its apex in the 21st century.
It is evangelicalism, with its profession of biblical faith yet its lack of real boundaries, that is destroying the black and white of truth and error and creating the gray of compromise. Everything is changing, moving, merging, blending, homogenizing. In dramatic fulfillment of Bible prophecy, the stage is being set for the day of the Lord and the rise of Mystery Babylon.
The doctrine of apostasy is a doctrine that is clearly taught in God’s Word, and it is no small matter. It is a fundamental doctrine and a fundamental issue. In brief, the doctrine of apostasy is the Bible’s teaching that there will be a falling away from the New Testament faith beginning even in the days of the apostles and progressing in strength throughout the church age, ending in an explosion of apostasy at the end of the age. That’s where we are!
We show how the apostasy developed in the first 1800 years of church history, how it exploded in the 19th century, how it reached new heights in the 20th century, and how it is nearing its apex in the 21st century.
It is evangelicalism, with its profession of biblical faith yet its lack of real boundaries, that is destroying the black and white of truth and error and creating the gray of compromise. Everything is changing, moving, merging, blending, homogenizing. In dramatic fulfillment of Bible prophecy, the stage is being set for the day of the Lord and the rise of Mystery Babylon.
The doctrine of apostasy is a doctrine that is clearly taught in God’s Word, and it is no small matter. It is a fundamental doctrine and a fundamental issue. In brief, the doctrine of apostasy is the Bible’s teaching that there will be a falling away from the New Testament faith beginning even in the days of the apostles and progressing in strength throughout the church age, ending in an explosion of apostasy at the end of the age. That’s where we are!
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The doctrine of apostasy is necessary for a right understanding of church history. The doctrine of apostasy explains the Roman Catholic Church and Greek Orthodoxy. It explains the appearance in church history of gnosticism, Montanism, Cerinthianism, adoptionism, Sabellianism, Arianism, Manichaeism, infant baptism, baptismal regeneration, priestcraft, the papacy, transubstantiation, sacramentalism, auricular confession, Mariolatry, the cult of the saints, purgatory, pilgrimages, holy bells, holy water, holy relics, scapulars, rosaries, monasticism, asceticism, cathedrals, iconography, inquisitions, amillennialism, the crusades, antinomianism, enlightenment theology, unitarianism, transcendentalism, theological liberalism, documentary theories, form criticism, textual criticism, soul sleep, and sabbath keeping.
The doctrine of apostasy is necessary for a proper understanding of the times in which we live. It is necessary for a proper Christian worldview. Why are there so many different types of denominations and churches? Why are there so few churches that take the Bible seriously? Why is Christianity so divided? Is the ecumenical movement a good thing? Why are there so many disgraceful scandals in Christianity?
The doctrine of apostasy is necessary for spiritual and doctrinal protection. The doctrine of apostasy instructs God’s people to have a testing mindset: to be serious Bible students and to measure everything by the Bible, to “prove all things” (1 Th. 5:21), to be Bereans (Acts 17:11). The doctrine of apostasy instructs churches to be serious Bible training institutions in order to disciple and protect the people in an evil time. The doctrine of apostasy tells us that every preacher and Bible teacher must have a “warning ministry” as a matter of protecting the sheep (Col. 1:28).
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