Who is Eric Barger? Apologetics. Discernment. Cults. Bible Prophecy. Discerning the Times in the Light of the Word Since 1983!

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1 Apologetics Discernment Cults Bible Prophecy Discerning the Times in the Light of the Word Since 1983! Who is Eric Barger? After spending two decades immersed in the world as a record producer, rock musician, drug addict, and practicing New Ager, Eric Barger (pronounced Bar-jer) is now widely recognized in the area of Christian Apologetics and Discernment Ministry. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-seller From Rock to Rock, Entertaining Spirits Unaware: The End-Time Occult Invasion (with co-author David Benoit) and Disarming the Powers of Darkness. He has produced dozens of videos detailing various aspects of the Cults, the Occult, World Religions, Current Events, Bible Prophecy, and today s Entertainment Industry all in the light of a biblical worldview. Eric has written for USA Today and has been interviewed by numerous print and electronic media outlets, including Time Magazine and Fox News. His articles are now syndicated on many biblically-based prophetic and apologetics websites and blogs. After hosting his own weekly radio program heard nationally, Eric now serves as the co-host of Understanding The Times with Jan Markell heard currently on over 800 stations. Through the years, Eric has been a featured guest on hundreds of Christian and secular programs, such as Southwest Radio Ministries, Christ in Prophecy with Dr. David Reagan, Point of View with the late Marlin Maddoux, and many more. October, 2016, marked the beginning of Eric Barger s 34 th year traveling extensively across the US and Canada presenting his multi-media teaching and evangelistic "Take A Stand!" Seminars in conferences, churches, and Christian schools. In 2017 Eric birthed Take A Stand! TV as a vehicle to broadcast pertinent teaching and interviews around the world online. Now, through both live streaming and archived episodes, Take A Stand! TV has become a major vehicle in presenting the ministry. Through his writing, video productions, and the Take A Stand! Seminar series, Eric has sought to refute unscriptural ecumenism, universalism, the curious normalization of Mormonism, Islam, New Age philosophy, and other aberrant religious systems inside Christianity. However, no matter what the topic, the goal has been as our mission motto declares: to see the Lost Saved and the Church Changed by the Power of Jesus Christ! Eric Barger is an ordained minister with United Evangelical Churches. He serves on the executive and advisory boards of ministries such as Jan Markell s Olive Tree Ministries, Columbia River Fellowship, and the apologetics group, Saints Alive in Jesus. Eric and his wife, Melanie, have two grown daughters and four grandchildren. To schedule Eric Barger s seminars for your church or community, for media interviews, or for more information, please visit or call Take A Stand! Ministries - POB Spanaway, WA (253) Website ebminmail@gmail.com May 2017

2 For Your Conference or Church! Presentations That Change Lives! Since 1983 Eric Barger has crisscrossed North America teaching and evangelizing. His "no compromise" discernmentbased messages have been heard in numerous conferences, churches, and Bible colleges across a wide spectrum of denominations. The author of several books and countless articles, Eric has been a voice of biblical truth through hundreds of radio, television, and print interviews including Fox News, USA Today, and Time Magazine. First hosting his own weekly Take A Stand! Radio broadcast, Eric now co-hosts Understanding the Times Radio with author and popular commentator, Jan Markell. Cults, Apologetics, Spiritual Warfare, Islam, End-Times and MORE! Over the years we have had Eric at our church many times. We have always found his ministry to be balanced and to the point. He has helped our church stay focused and walk in the will of God. I wholeheartedly recommend this ministry! - Pastor Sam Buckingham - Washington Eric is one of the utmost authorities on Cults, New Age and Rock Music today. - The late Marlin Maddoux, Point of View program Balanced and Biblical seminars and materials I believe Eric is one of the premier Christian Apologists traveling the country today. As a pastor, you will appreciate the balanced approach he has toward contemporary issues, while always holding forth the Word of God as the final authority. - Rev. Bob Fort Chairman, United Evangelical Churches Eric Barger is one of the most knowledgeable defenders of the faith on the Christian scene today. Equally important, he is a down-to-earth effective communicator who is able to make complex ideas understandable to the average person. But even more important is the fact that everything he has to offer is thoroughly grounded in the Word of God. - Dr. David R. Reagan, Christ in Prophecy program ( We have invited Eric to speak 23 times since I highly recommend his ministry. - Pastor Milton Hubbard - Kansas Contact us at (253) or at

3 Eric Barger Topics & Descriptions (Partial List) Is Your Church New Age, Emergent, or Christian? What an astounding question! Just a few short years ago, few would have dreamed that by 2013 Evangelicals would be asking this of themselves. These are truly the perilous times the Apostle Paul spoke of when men would have a form of godliness but would be void of the power of God (II Timothy 3:1-5). This comparison of New Age and Emergent beliefs against the backdrop of biblical Christianity will not only expose the many likenesses shared by New Age and Emergent philosophies but it will also help equip Christians with discernment in understanding and recognizing real, authentic Christianity. The End-Time Occult Invasion 2017 Update Adapted from Eric s book Entertaining Spirits Unaware: The End-Time Occult Invasion this material is vital for church leadership, parents and grandparents. Victory in Spiritual Warfare - Defeating Darkness Seven Ways! Drawing from his 2017 book, Disarming the Powers of Darkness, Eric outlines seven powerful tools God has given every Christian to assist us in personal victory over the Evil One. The Errors of the Emergent Church Alarming numbers of popular Christian leaders known as The Emergent Church Movement are abandoning historic and biblical standards. This postmodern effort to reinvent Christianity proclaims that the Church has failed in its mission, that doctrine is irrelevant, and that the very basis of Christian thinking has always been faulty. In this dynamic seminar, Eric leans heavily upon Scripture as he defines Emergent thinking and terms and concisely exposes the practical and doctrinal errors of the Emergents. Drawing the striking parallels between postmodern ideas and New Age thought and correlating how this apostate redefinition of historic Christianity is actually a part of the predicted great falling away (2 Thessalonians 2:3), Eric Barger explains why following Emergent philosophy is eternally dangerous for each and every person who embraces it. Hath God Said? - Holding Onto The Bible in Troubled Times How We Got the Bible, Why it s True, and How We Know! Eric Barger states: If Jesus Christ is who He said He was, If He did what history says He did, If He died and rose from the tomb, AND IF HE PROCLAIMED SOMETHING TO BE THE WORD OF GOD, then those who claim to follow Him should understand, proclaim, and defend it as such. Since we ve accepted the promise of eternal life based on the teachings of its pages, we d best know with resounding certainty why the Bible is reliable, inspired and infallible! The Truth about ISLAM Is their God OUR God? Is it really a "peaceful" religion? This session lays out the history, beliefs and practices of Islam and will address the misconceptions and media mistruths about Islam. Includes insight on how to see Muslims come to know Jesus Christ! The Deception of Chrislam

4 Today, there is a growing and increasingly widespread movement inside mainline and Evangelical churches which attempts to join Islam and Christianity. Based on the premise that both religions worship the same deity, "Chrislam" is gaining followers and becoming a favorite among the politically correct. But is the basis of this movement correct? Do the Bible and Qur'an harmonize? Is Allah actually Jehovah God? Eric Barger answers these questions, debunks Chrislam's fallacies, and clearly points out the incompatibilities which forever separate authentic Christianity and Islam. Ten Reasons Why Jesus is Returning Soon Eric refers to this as one of the most important messages of his 3+ decades in ministry. Fulfilled Bible prophecy is the focus here, in particular the extraordinary volume of direct prophetic fulfillments in modern times. Consider that 2500 years ago the men of the tribe of Issachar knew the signs around them and how to respond (I Chronicles 12:32). Stressing the importance of understanding the times, Jesus Himself chastised the Jewish leaders for an ignorance of the signs in their day (Matthew 16:1-3). Now, the voluminous nature of the signs indicate that the return of Jesus, our Blessed Hope, is surely just ahead! Believers cannot afford ignorance during these exciting days. Do you know the signs? The Death of Discernment - How The Shack Became the #1 Bestseller in Christianity This powerful message illustrates the desperate need for clear and decisive biblical apologetics in the Church today. Find out why author and Christian apologist, Eric Barger, believes that the popularity of William Paul Young s emotionally charged story, The Shack, signals an unprecedented lack of discernment from within Christianity. In 2008 Barger challenged Young face to face about the form of universalism promoted throughout his book. Years later, Young has finally admitted that he believes in the aberrant idea of Universal Reconciliation. But this runaway bestseller and motion picture contains other unbiblical, unorthodox theologies that continue to threaten and deceive untold numbers of both Christians and unbelieving seekers in our midst. Universalism: Is Everyone Already Saved? Universalism has become the politically correct religion of choice of many in public life today. Through the misguided ministries of a few high profile individuals, a form of Universalism known as Universal Reconciliation has made inroads into modern Christianity as well. In this presentation, Eric Barger defines and illustrates Universalism and examines whether it is compatible with biblical Christianity. Above all, this message clearly illustrates the biblical truths of salvation through Jesus Christ alone, the absolute need for a regenerating, born again experience, and the fact that eternal and unending separation from God awaits all who reject salvation through Jesus sacrificial death. The New, Confused Evangelicals - Understanding Postmodernism in the Church In this new message, Eric Barger exposes what is nothing short of a wholesale end-time abandonment of the Bible - all in the name of "Evangelicalism." Carefully detailing the players, methods, and beliefs, Eric explains how this sweeping Postmodern-Emergent redefinition has led to the rejection of the orthodox doctrines that have defined Christianity for the past twenty centuries. Thankfully, no matter what the assault or how severe there will indeed be a victorious "remnant" that holds to God and His Word! However, for the sake of souls, Bible-believers must prepare to dialog and warn others concerning this satanic strategy that's flourishing in our midst. Are You A Faith Defender? - Giving Every Man an Answer Has anybody ever said to you, The Bible says and you knew they weren t right but couldn t say why? Has a cultist ever knocked on your door? If so, how did you handle it? Do you know why you believe what you believe? Could you detect errors in the statements of others to accurately defend the faith? In this session, Eric Barger takes us back to the very basics of our faith and teaches the need to understand Christianity through the lens of biblical apologetics with just one goal in mind - "to help us be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you!" Are Mormons Christians? A Biblical Comparison of Mormon and Christian Doctrine and Practice We ve all heard Mormons proclaim that they are Christians. But their sincerity and moral attitudes aside, the Mormon version of Jesus, who was one of many gods and who became a god, is incapable of saving anyone

5 from eternal judgment. Besides the biblical basis for testing all religious systems, learn the facts on Mormonism, their foundation, leaders, and history. The MOST Dangerous Cult Eric Barger dissects liberal theology and explains the who, what, where, how and why of the MOST dangerous cult among us. One of Eric s most requested messages, it is provocative, eye opening and vital for all who claim the title "Christian" today! Winning the Cults, Occult, New Age, and Religions to Christ Include information on identifying and understanding the doctrines and mindset of the cults and religions. Learn effective strategies for dialoging and winning the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses around us. The Battle Cry of Praise Highlighted with many Scriptures, this session will lead those in attendance to an expanded understanding of personal victory through the power of praise and worship! Bible Prophecy and the Rise of the Supernatural in the End-Days The occult has been normalized before our eyes Harry Potter, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, hundreds of popular TV shows and movies the list seems endless. But how should we respond? In this informative message Eric Barger examines the prophetic nature of the occult that surely indicated the soon return of Jesus! How I Came From Rock to Rock Eric Barger s Story Often the most requested session Eric presents, you ll be inspired to continue praying for those who seem farthest from the Lord as you hear how God s love and grace changed Eric Barger s life. The REAL Jesus vs. the Counterfeits The name of Jesus brings peace and freedom to those who believe. But when the cults and world religions mention a Jesus many are confused, deceived and taken in by counterfeits. In this session, Eric examines many of false Christs being promoted by the cults and New Age Movement today. The Proof and the Power of the Resurrection This faith-building message debunks the agnostic theories about the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ and examines biblical evidence, prophetic fulfillment, statistical probability and historical accounts which lead to just one conclusion Jesus was, as He said He was Messiah!!! New Age Truth or Old Age Deception? Learn the TRUTH about: * Five Doctrines of the New Age * Learn How to Identify New Age Thought * Role of the Christian in Exposing New Age Errors * Eric will also detail the beliefs and influence of Oprah Winfrey and other leading New Agers After living in the New Age Mecca of Seattle and having come out of the New Age Movement himself in 1981, Eric draws from personal understanding and years of experience and research here. This summary of New Age philosophy and spirituality that has helped thousands understand the dangers of the Movement, its doctrines and the reason for its proliferation. Take A Stand! Ministries POB Spanaway, WA