LITERATURE
THE OTHER GOSPELS Christian theologian and writer Pablo Hoff describes the new threats against Christian faith and speaks about the most proselytizing and dangerous sects in South America.
What is a cult? According to Josh McDowell and
Don Stewart, it “is a perversion, a distortion of biblical Christianity and/or a rejection of the historic teachings of the Christian Church.” Christianity is acknowledged as a religion based on the Bible and Christians, as the “people of the Book.” Cults generally accept some biblical teachings, reject others, and add new doctrines. They preach “the other Gospel,” twisting the truth “unto their own destruction” (2 Peter 3:16). Their members are people who blindly follow an “innovator” of doctrines and ideas. Hoff wrote The Other Gospels near the end of the 20th century to inform believers of the new threats against Christian faith. In addition, the book introduces the most proselytizing and dangerous sects in South America, telling their stories, summarizing their doctrines, exposing their weaknesses, and giving biblical answers that disprove their particular doctrines. ENEMIES OF FAITH
If you read the Book of Mormon and the other writings that they use to gain new followers, you would think that the Latter Day Saint Movement is orthodox concerning the most relevant doctrines. They claim to believe in the Trinity as well as in Jesus-Christ’s divinity, atonement, redemption and role as a mediator. Nevertheless, scholars who have done research into their doctrines and have read the sermons and revelations of their prophets state that they have developed a brand new theology based on the rejection of the Church established by Christ. They worship another Jesus-Christ, another Gospel, and another Holy Spirit. Mormons believe in many gods, and “these gods are ordered according to a progressive hierarchy, some being in a more advanced state than others.” WORLDWIDE MISSIONARY MISIONERO MOVEMENT MUNDIAL 26 MOVIMIENTO America • Europa América Europe • Oceanía Oceania • África Africa • Asia
