Christian
Research Service
Bud Press, Director
Phone/FAX: (704)
434-7862
June 23, 2004
Dear fellow Christians:
Words can't express how
much I appreciate your
consideration and
kindness over the past
few months concerning
the online Christian
bookstores.
I
am pleased to announce
that because of your
concern, changes have
and are being made in
the type of reading
materials being offered
to Christians. With your
continued dedication,
and with the Lord's
help, the online
Christian bookstores
will no longer be a
venue haunted by cultic,
heretical, New Age,
pro-gay and homosexual
books and materials.
Today, deception is so
fine-tuned that it is
difficult for the
average Christian to
discern truth from
error. This is why it is
extremely
important for Christians
to be watchful and on
guard to the myriad of
non-Christian materials
flooding the
marketplace. We cannot,
we must not knowingly
allow one Christian to
be confused, nor one
precious, unsaved soul
to stumble in their
search for the real
Jesus Christ.
CBA Shares Concerns over
'Heresy, False Doctrine'
in Online Bookstores
Two articles concerning
the presence of
heretical teachings and
false doctrine within
online Christian
bookstores appeared in
the June 2004
Christian Booksellers
Association Marketplace
magazine (pp. 18, 134
and 136). By permission
from CBA, the articles
are now online at the
Eastern Regional Watch
website, which is
managed by Steve Muse,
Christian apologist:
If you have not done so,
please take a few
minutes to read them.
They provide valuable
insight and alert the
reader to some of the
hidden dangers that
Christians may encounter
while browsing the
online Christian
bookstores.
Researching the
Christian bookstores
has been such a
blessing to me and
to those whose
assistance I
have relied on. I have
spoken to and
corresponded with many
wonderful people--from
bookstore employees to
corporate officials;
from
concerned customers to
major
distributors--most of
whom are just as
concerned as we are
about the type of
materials being
offered to the body of
Christ.
I pray that
everyone within
the Christian
bookstore industry
will take this issue
seriously, and not
rest until all
of the non-Christian
materials are
removed--once and for
all--never to return.
Finally, we are only a
few days away from the
55th Annual CBA
International
Convention, to be held
in Atlanta, GA from
June 26-July 1. I am
praying that during
your visit you
will take the time to
discuss the importance
of providing solid,
Bible-based materials
to the body of Christ,
and how best
to prevent cultic,
heretical, New Age,
pro-gay and homosexual
authors and materials
from infiltrating both
walk-in and online
Christian bookstores
nationwide.
It can be done, and
you can make the
difference.
Thank you, and God
bless. I look forward
to being of service to
you.
Sincerely
in Christ,
Bud
(Jude 3)