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1 Grace to You :: Unleashing God's Truth, One Verse at a Time Hillsong & Man Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3 Code: B by Cameron Buettel & Jeremiah Johnson The heart of the human problem is the human heart. Therapy can t change it. Self-help gurus can t fix it. Positive confession can t conceal it. And self-esteem can t convert it. Sinners cannot be persuaded into the kingdom of God. Salvation is not achieved through mental assent or emotional responses. Unless God regenerates the heart (Ezekiel 36:25 27; John 3:3) it remains dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1), deceitfully wicked (Jeremiah 17:9), hostile to Him (Romans 8:7), and worthy of condemnation (Ephesians 2:3). That s not a matter of opinion it s God s own diagnosis of the unregenerate heart. And the only cure is His redeeming and transforming work. Everything else is woefully insufficient. If you get the doctrine of man wrong, you can t help but get the gospel wrong, too. That s why John MacArthur describes total depravity (or total inability ) as the most distinctly Christian doctrine: No doctrine is more hated by unbelievers than this one, and even some Christians find it so offensive that they zealously attack it. Though the doctrine of total depravity is often the most attacked and minimized of the doctrines of grace, it is the most distinctly Christian doctrine because it is foundational to a right understanding of the gospel.... The neglect of this doctrine within American evangelicalism has resulted in all kinds of errors, including both the watered-down gospel and the seeker-driven pragmatism of the church growth movement. [1] John MacArthur, Slave (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010), That was exactly what we experienced during our visits to Hillsong Los Angeles, where the biblical view of man has been discarded and replaced with something far more palatable to a therapeutic, self-centered culture. Man Is Central In Hillsong s spiritual economy, man has tremendous inherent worth. The individual replaces Christ as the central figure in God s redemptive plan. Their own doctrinal statement says that the purpose of Christ s life, death, and resurrection was to prove His victory and empower us for life. The redemption of wretched sinners is not in view. That man-centered approach is a recurring theme throughout Hillsong s global ministry empire. Their songs are often more about the ones singing than the One they re singing to. Every passage they preach is a promise of God s blessing and favor for you. And their altar calls emphasize an endless stream of temporal, personal benefits breakthrough, healing, success, and prosperity.
2 Effectively, Hillsong s leaders seek to enable and empower a latent human condition. Their focus is primarily on the enormous potential we have to do great things and be great people. Hillsong s official website contains a gospel presentation in which we are told that the main point of Christ s incarnation was to show us our full potential... the wonderful potential of perfected humanity. The preaching is where Hillsong s man-centeredness is most blatant, as all the sermons we heard adhered to a simple but consistent template. First, a narrative portion of Scripture would be isolated and severed from its larger biblical context. Next, the preacher would insert him or herself and the congregation into the story. Third, the text was routinely used as a bridge to introduce personal illustrations from the preacher s own experiences. And finally, after those personal experiences had been fully exegeted, the passage is recast as a promise from God for the congregation. Sitting under that kind of teaching long enough would convince you that all of Scripture is merely an allegory for you and your life. God s purpose in writing the biblical story, or its place in His wider redemptive plan, was never mentioned in any of the messages we heard. Man was always central. However, his culpability for sin was avoided at every turn. Man Is Never Prosecuted Human guilt barely registers on the Hillsong radar. While the word sin does get an occasional mention in Hillsong worship songs, it is never defined or described. The same goes for all the Hillsong preachers we heard and even then, they prefer to describe sin as dumb stuff or mistakes. Their statement of faith attempts greater clarity on the subject, but still falls far short of the biblical definition: We believe that sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives. That s not a false statement, but it drastically understates the reality of man s fallen condition. The reticence regarding sin extends throughout the ministry. We spoke with some of the Hillsong volunteers responsible for integrating new attenders. They made it clear that they had been instructed to avoid challenging or confronting people about their sins even open, unrepentant sin. Considering the way Hillsong operates, you can t help but wonder where and when such a confrontation might happen? It s certainly not coming from the pulpit. That reluctance to deal directly with sin is institutional at Hillsong. When Brian Houston Hillsong s founder and global pastor was interviewed on Australian television, he was incapable of expressing any clear-cut biblical convictions on prominent moral issues: I think that the homosexual question and sexuality generally is one of the most challenging questions there is for the church in the 21st century. And it s one where I feel conflict myself, as a believer in the Bible and specifically the New Testament, I think that marriage is God s idea, and I think it s for a man and a woman. But I also represent a God that s merciful and gracious and kind, and having to connect those two things I think is one of the great challenges for me as a church leader. In the church we can point the finger so easily. On the subject of abortion, I m pro-life. But in a way I m pro-choice as well, because I believe in the sanctity of life and I believe that life begins at
3 conception. But I also believe that ultimately human beings have to make their own choices, and I ultimately can t tell you what you should do. I can only give you the parameters that I believe. Those quotes don t represent Christian conviction. They are the chameleonic ramblings of a political pragmatist. Carl Lentz, pastor of Hillsong New York, goes even further than Houston. Instead of equivocating on morality, he simply chooses to avoid the subject altogether. During a television interview with Katie Couric, Lentz was asked for his views on gay marriage: Do you feel you have a moral imperative to speak publically about some of these more controversial issues? He responded: No, because we try to be like Jesus. Very rarely did Jesus ever talk about morality or social issues. That s either a lack of integrity or biblical literacy. Either way, it s indicative of just how far Hillsong is willing to go to avoid dealing with sin directly. Man Is a Victim Since Hillsong refuses to offer any exploration or explanation concerning our personal guilt, our condition is always couched in therapeutic language. Man is regularly designated as the victim rather than the perpetrator. Both Hillsong s music and message label the primary problems of unbelievers with words like trapped, bound, enslaved, captive, hurting, wounded, disappointed, let down, and brokenhearted. Certainly some of those words reflect the biblical truth about the unregenerate heart. But the gospel of Hillsong is presented as the remedy to those problems not reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:19) and rescue from His wrath (John 3:36). During our visits, we regularly heard different Hillsong teachers point out that God loves us just as we are; that He understands how hard our lives are; that He has great desires and dreams for us; that He wants to fix all our financial, health, and relationship problems; and that He s waiting on us to let Him unleash blessing and breakthrough in our lives. But none of that can happen until we have repented of our sin and surrendered our lives in faith to God. We re not denying the existence of genuine victims. But in terms of eternity, even the greatest victim still needs to appreciate the depth of his own guilt in order to grasp his need for the Savior. The speakers we heard at Hillsong LA were only interested in salving our own grief there was no thought whatsoever for how our sin grieves God. Man Doesn t Need to Change The natural consequence of concealing human guilt is that it removes all need for repentance another word we rarely heard in our time at Hillsong LA. It did fit the rhyme scheme of one or two songs, and it occasionally slipped out during the routine alter calls, but it was never explained or stressed as a necessary element of faith in Christ. Oddly enough, Hillsong s statement of faith does talk about repentance: We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the new birth we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 and submit to His will for our lives. However, that quote only highlights the danger of taking doctrinal statements at face value. Concerning Hillsong and the doctrine of repentance, there is zero correlation between what they claim in print and what they actually preach. For the sake of honesty, Hillsong should either conform their preaching to their doctrinal statement or conform their doctrinal statement to their preaching. As it stands now, it s hard to see it as anything less than a devious misrepresentation. Worse still, they have congregations full of people many of them previously unchurched who are being kept in the dark about the seriousness of their sin and their urgent need to turn from it. Man Is Validated That leaves Hillsong with an emaciated, man-centered gospel. A gospel where God is the supporting cast to man s starring role. It is a gospel that fails to prosecute men for their sins against God, and instead portrays the criminal as a victim a gospel that places no requirements on the sinner to turn from his wicked ways. Salvation is thus reduced to God s revitalization of the victim rather than His justification of the sinner. Even during a discussion on the prayer acronym ACTS adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication we were specifically cautioned against confessing sins. The confession part of prayer was instead explained as reminding ourselves and God of His promises of blessing for us a practice commonly referred to in charismatic circles as positive confession. With the doctrine of depravity already in ruins, it makes sense that Hillsong turns confession into another opportunity for self-aggrandizement. That example pretty much encapsulates the delusional anthropology Hillsong teaches to its attenders. They focus on building self-esteem rather than our need to esteem Christ. They spotlight our disappointments at the expense of our guilt. They emphasize our potential while ignoring our depravity. And all the while the Hillsong flock is left in the dark about their true need for Christ. A Final Word Please don t misunderstand our purpose in this series as though we take some perverse delight in chronicling such a theological disaster. Instead, we feel a responsibility to warn the church about what we ve seen and heard during our time at Hillsong, and encourage God s people to be discerning about the ministries they allow to influence their faith and spiritual growth. We also hope these posts will be lifelines to men and women who are unwittingly drowning in theological error. The people we encountered at Hillsong LA were some of the friendliest, kindest, and most welcoming people you could hope to meet. We are genuinely grieved for them and deeply troubled by their spiritual malnutrition. It s our sincere hope that our words will help awaken them to the truth that they are being denied the life-giving truth of God s Word. Perhaps you know people likewise caught under the sway of Hillsong or another similarly weak ministry sadly, there are many others. Pray for them, and do what you can to funnel quality, biblical teaching their way. They are not the enemy; they are a spiritually starving mission field that needs to hear about the greatness of their sin and an even greater Savior.
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