Nearly two decades ago Hank Hanegraaff's award-winning Christianity in Crisis alerted the world to the dangers of a cultic movement within Christianity that threatened to undermine the very foundation of biblical faith. But in the 21st century, are there new dangers — new teachers who threaten to do more damage than the last?

Having lost the ability to think biblically, postmodern Christians are being transformed from cultural change agents and initiators into cultural conformists and imitators. Pop culture beckons, and postmodern Christians have taken the bait. As a result, the biblical model of faith has given way to an increasingly bizarre array of fads and formulas. — Hank Hanegraaff

According to Hanegraaff, these are not obscure teachers - we know their names, we have seen their faces, sat in their churches, and heard them shamelessly preach and promote the pretexts of a give-to-get gospel. They are virtual rock stars who command the attention of presidential candidates and media moguls. Through make-believe miracles, urban legends, counterfeit Christs, and twisted theological reasoning, they peddle an occult brand of metaphysics that continues to deceive millions around the globe: "God cannot do anything in this earthly realm unless we give Him permission." "Keep saying it — 'I have equality with God' — talk yourself into it." "Being poor is a sin." "The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah; it was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews!" "You create your own world the same way God creates His. He speaks, and things happen; you speak, and they happen." Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century exposes darkness to light.

Since the original Christianity in Crisis was released, a new breed of prosperity preachers has taken Hagin's preaching and practices to unimaginable heights — or rather, unimaginable depths. Men such as Joel Osteen and women like Joyce Meyer have taken the crisis in Christianity spawned by Hagin and popularized by disciples such as Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn to levels that I could scarcely have imagined when I was writing in the twentieth century. — Hank Hanegraaff

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Christianity In Crisis: The 21st Century Twenty years ago author Hank Hanegraaff unmasked a movement that he believed threatened to undermine the Christian faith. After monitoring the growth of this movement and the introduction of new leaders over the past two decades, Hanegraaff felt compelled to revisit the topic in Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century. While the book contains many similarities to its groundbreaking predecessor,it presents some remarkable differences. Hanegraaff has retained the core of the original while adding a new introduction that documents the eerie similarities between pop sensations such as Rhonda Byrne's The Secret and Joel Osteen's Your Best Life Now. Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century has also been augmented with a Cast of Characters section which provides comprehensive information as well as biblical evaluation of the newest and most prolific stars in the faith galaxy. USA UK

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