Featured False Teacher Andy Stanley

2 Peter 2:1 (KJV) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Ken Ham, founder of the Creation Museum and Noah's Ark in Kentucky, as well as Bodie Hodge, writer and researcher for Answers in Genesis (AiG) website, and Dr. Georgia Purdom, a molecular geneticist for AiG broadcast live yesterday from the Creation Museum in a program called "Answers News" and discussed the false teaching of Andy Stanley.

The news program (beginning at the 4 minute mark roughly and ending at the 22 minute mark of the live broadcast recorded on YouTube and Facebook and linked below) played YouTube video of Andy Stanley so that you can see and hear for yourself. AiG listened to all of False Teacher Andy Stanley's teachings and had many members of the theological staff review his work.

1. Andy Stanley says that he believes in the Big Bang Theory in contradicition of Genesis and that when Scripture and Science disagree, Science wins.

2. Andy Stanlye says that the foundation of our faith is not the infallible Scripture but who is Jesus in history.

3. He says that once someone finds error in the OT and the Creation Myth (his words), they lose faith because if one part is wrong, it is all wrong. However, "the Bible did not create Christianity." "The resurrection of Jesus created Christianity." He talks about the historical fact of the resurrection but it is thought that he is not talking about NT evidence but ancient sources.

4. Bodie Hodge noted that 25% of the New Testament is quotations from the Old Testament.

5. Andy Stanley said, "Peter, James, and Paul elected to unhitch the Christian faith from the Jewish Scriptures." Andy Stanley also said that the Ten Commandments should be thrown out.

6. Andy Stanley then says that we must do what he is teaching to find a pathway of a relationship with Jesus and quotes Acts 15:19. Acts 15:19 (KJV) Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

7. Since Andy Stanley teaches a sort of easy believism, will anyone ever be martyred for such a faith as that devoid of the OT and the Ten Commandments? He says that man is made in the image of God, but that is from the OT, so his own message is filled with contradictions.

Acts 17:10-11 (KJV) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

My personal opinion is that Andy Stanley is cultic and teaches the cult of liberalism from his pulpit. My advice to people in his churches is to run, not walk, for the nearest door. No one should ever give Andy Stanley a penny.

 

Actually, Ken Ham addressed that point if you listen to the video linked above. He and his staff, as I tried to point out in the thread, reviewed the material in detail and Ken Ham said that it would be unethical to do what you suggest. The video shows the link to Andy Stanley's YouTube postings, but I declined to link them because I do not want to promote false teaching. The statements in quotation marks are words that Andy Stanley printed on his own videos.

So, no, you are wrong to say that these are taken out of context. Actually, they are summaries of his teachings. The Baptist Board has already hosted threads about Andy Stanley's well-known statement that the OT should be unhitched from the NT so that fact is well documented. What we have here is just more detail about the background as to why Andy Stanley thinks that the OT is false.

 

I don't know what denomination Andy Stanley is, if any, but he does not believe that Scripture is infallible or that the Holy Bible is perfect. I would say that for me personally this is false: However, "the Bible did not create Christianity." "The resurrection of Jesus created Christianity." He talks about the historical fact of the resurrection but it is thought that he is not talking about NT evidence but ancient sources. He wants to throw out the OT although it is 25% of the NT and he wants to throw out the Ten Commandments. He says that man is made in God's image but that it not in the NT so where does he get it?

 

Andy Stanley when he questions the infallibility of The Holy Bible, which is perfect, and wants to toss out the OT including the Ten Commandments, and says that the Universe began by the Big Bang, (does he think that we are made of stardust?) has veered into heresy. In my opinion, he is just another liberal theologian in the pulpit. He says that any challenge to him personally is a violation of Acts 15:19 (KJV) Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God. A challenge to Andy Stanley interferes with people getting saved by his organization. Look at the video from AiG. It is really sad for the people in his church and for him also since Peter says that he will bring on his own swift destruction.

 

If you would watch the video, it has already been pointed out that Andy Stanley views the Resurrection as verified by secular historians. He wants you to have a relationship with Jesus. If he throws away the OT and 1/4 of the NT, what is left? Jesus is the Word and Andy Stanley disputes the Word--what more do you need.

Watch the video if you have time. It starts about 4 minutes in and ends about 22 minutes in.

 

I don't know what the problem is with the opening chit-chat. Do you really think that Ham was saying spring was only a day this year just because it got hot early in Kentucky? It got very hot early here in Indiana during the preparation for the 500 race so I myself know what he was talking about. I don't know what your problem is with the panelist? Ham is founder and CEO of the only Creation Museum in the world and also the CEO of Noah's Ark in Kentucky, a world-class attraction. The lady on the panel is a molecular biologist with a PhD, a highly scientific field. The other guy is a mechanical engineer and speaker. How can you defend what Andy Stanley says?

 

There is a lot more on Andy Stanley that AiG did not discuss but I think that you are correct to lump him with J.D. Greear.

Here is a short clip of what Andy Stanley is saying about Scripture.