LifeWay Removes Unbiblical Resources From Their Stores
Apr 9, 2015 23:20:07 GMT -5
Post by Berean on Apr 9, 2015 23:20:07 GMT -5
I haven't been in a Lifeway store in over five years, but if the list is accurate, I imagine their shelves are very, very bare!
LifeWay Removes Unbiblical Resources From Their Stores
Alex Malarkey’s book “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life Beyond This World” has been a top seller for a very long time. Just a few months ago Alex confessed that the whole story was a lie that he fabricated to get attention. He says,”I did not die. I did not go to Heaven,” he wrote. “When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.
People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough.”
This led to LifeWay making the decision to pull the book from all of their stores and website. Now LifeWay has just compiled a list of authors and resources that will be banned from their stores from this point on. Supposedly LifeWay sent out a company email to all employees in regards to their decision and an acquaintance of mine who works for LifeWay sent me the list of banned resources/authors. I must mention that I haven’t seen this email myself but was sent a pdf file of the list. If its true then I want to applaud LifeWay for this decision which will encourage Christians to be more discerning about what they read and share with others. It blows my mind how Christians will believe something just because its in a book or in a movie without diligently searching the Scriptures to be sure their receiving biblical truth and not mystical and unbiblical nonsense. LifeWay still has a long way to go because though their list is exhaustive it still is missing other authors who are harming the church with unbiblical doctrines.
Another LifeWay employee who works in the corporate headquarters had this to say in regards to my blog post, “I work at LifeWay’s corporate office, and was an Asst. Mgr. prior, at one of the stores. So, maybe I can clear a few things. While it’s true most of these authors were never even carried in the stores, customers could special order them. Now, it has been decided that stores will no longer even special order them. This was announced today (April 9th). I don’t doubt it will take a few days for all employees to become fully aware of these changes, as most store employees are part-time.” The one question I have is why would LifeWay carry these resources in the first place? Its ironic that once Alex confessed to fabricating the story that now LifeWay decides to pull the book. This reminds me of the incident at World Vision when they decided to accept homosexual missionaries. After receiving instant criticism they decided to retract their decision. Obviously the answer involves the financial profit received from popular yet unbiblical resources. If you want to read the list of banned resources you can do so here:Lifeway Removed Authors
UPDATE: I asked a LifeWay employee at corporate headquarters if he’d be willing to confirm whether this email was authentic and his response was, “Cameron, I’ll say this. If one were to either go into a LifeWay store or call one and try to order from a particular author or book, that was previously not carried in stores, but was available for special order, should discover that they are no longer available for special order.”
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The list can been seen at this link, and just about every pulpit pimp you can think of is on it, including Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, etc. The only thing on there I don't get is....Chick tracts? I like many of them, and have had good success with them!
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LifeWay Removes Unbiblical Resources From Their Stores
Alex Malarkey’s book “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life Beyond This World” has been a top seller for a very long time. Just a few months ago Alex confessed that the whole story was a lie that he fabricated to get attention. He says,”I did not die. I did not go to Heaven,” he wrote. “When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.
People have profited from lies, and continue to. They should read the Bible, which is enough.”
This led to LifeWay making the decision to pull the book from all of their stores and website. Now LifeWay has just compiled a list of authors and resources that will be banned from their stores from this point on. Supposedly LifeWay sent out a company email to all employees in regards to their decision and an acquaintance of mine who works for LifeWay sent me the list of banned resources/authors. I must mention that I haven’t seen this email myself but was sent a pdf file of the list. If its true then I want to applaud LifeWay for this decision which will encourage Christians to be more discerning about what they read and share with others. It blows my mind how Christians will believe something just because its in a book or in a movie without diligently searching the Scriptures to be sure their receiving biblical truth and not mystical and unbiblical nonsense. LifeWay still has a long way to go because though their list is exhaustive it still is missing other authors who are harming the church with unbiblical doctrines.
Another LifeWay employee who works in the corporate headquarters had this to say in regards to my blog post, “I work at LifeWay’s corporate office, and was an Asst. Mgr. prior, at one of the stores. So, maybe I can clear a few things. While it’s true most of these authors were never even carried in the stores, customers could special order them. Now, it has been decided that stores will no longer even special order them. This was announced today (April 9th). I don’t doubt it will take a few days for all employees to become fully aware of these changes, as most store employees are part-time.” The one question I have is why would LifeWay carry these resources in the first place? Its ironic that once Alex confessed to fabricating the story that now LifeWay decides to pull the book. This reminds me of the incident at World Vision when they decided to accept homosexual missionaries. After receiving instant criticism they decided to retract their decision. Obviously the answer involves the financial profit received from popular yet unbiblical resources. If you want to read the list of banned resources you can do so here:Lifeway Removed Authors
UPDATE: I asked a LifeWay employee at corporate headquarters if he’d be willing to confirm whether this email was authentic and his response was, “Cameron, I’ll say this. If one were to either go into a LifeWay store or call one and try to order from a particular author or book, that was previously not carried in stores, but was available for special order, should discover that they are no longer available for special order.”
Share this:
The list can been seen at this link, and just about every pulpit pimp you can think of is on it, including Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, etc. The only thing on there I don't get is....Chick tracts? I like many of them, and have had good success with them!
link