A Good Resource On Cults

By Pastor Bruce K. Oyen
Email: bk_oyen@hotmail.com

     Cults are common, complex, and confusing. Therefore, we need resources to help us know what makes a cult a cult, that tells us what organizations are cults, and how to help someone get out of a cult. There are many resources that provide this information, and here is a link to one of them: www.cultwatch.com.
     We who are pastors need to face the fact that one or more persons who attend our church services is very likely to be under the influence of a cult. It might be through their literature, their TV or radio programs, home Bible studies, their internet resources, or in some other way. Therefore, it is our duty to identify the more-common cult groups, and provide information that exposes their false teachings.
     It is also important that we regularly teach Bible doctrines to our congregations. They need more than sermons and Bible studies that will make them feel good and that will help them get along with others. They need Biblical doctrine. A steady diet of Biblical doctrine will help them identify false doctrine when they hear it or read it.