When our Lord used this image, He was not introducing something new; it was familiar to every Jew. He was 89. Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad. Ours was a very fragile plant, and it was easy to break off a branch. He received an excellent education from East Chicago schools, graduating from Washington High School. It is His chief characteristic, the angels singing Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty around the clock. Moody Bible Institute820 N. LaSalle Blvd. Wiersbe traced his conversion to May 1945 during high school sophomore. (1929 - 2019) Warren Wendel Wiersbe was born on May 16, 1929, the third and youngest child of Fred and Gladys Anna Wiersbe, in East Chicago, Indiana. This guy came in wearing a white robe and carrying a big pole and he said he was John the Baptist. Dr. Wiersbe is author of more than 80 books, including the best-selling BE series. In his autobiography, he connected some of his earliest childhood memories to Moody Bible Institute; his home church pastor was a 1937 graduate, Dr. William H. Taylor. Generously provided by. This church drew members from the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky Tri-state Area. The Bible teaches that we are to test all teachings (1 Jn 4:1, 6; Ac 17:11; 1 Th 5:21), expose those teachings that are false (Eph 5:11), confront and rebuke false teachers (Ti 1:9,13), and then separate from those who persist in false teaching (Rom. Peterson was a big promoter of Roman Catholic contemplative mysticism and did not believe that homosexuality is a sin. From 1961 to 1971 he pastored Calvary Baptist Church of Covington, Kentucky south of Cincinnati, Ohio. Not even close. Once again, He warned them: He would leave them, they would not be able to follow Him, and they would die in their sins! 80:8-19; Isa. His Be commentary series covered most books of the Bible and has sold more than 4 million copies, according to series publishing company David C. Cook. The Christian dies in the Lord because he lives in the Lord (Rev. From 1980 to 1992, he went to work for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast and succeeded Theodore Epp as general director the last six years of his time there. The church grew from a church seating a congregation of eight hundred to build a new church seating of two thousand. 10:21). The symbolism of the Vine and branches is similar to that of the Head and the body: we have a living relationship to Christ and belong to Him. After Dr. Epp's death, Wiersbe became the General Director and Bible Teacher. Among his contacts with Southern Baptists, Wiersbe spoke at the SBC Pastors Conference in 1977, when Vines served and president. 1:6-9). In June of 1953, he received his bachelor of divinity degree from Northern and married Betty Warren, whom he had met at Northern. He enjoyed radio ministry and was effective at crafting the message to fit the medium. (The word translated purge in John 15:2 is the same as clean in John 13:10. Warren Wendel Wiersbe was born on May 16, 1929, the third child of Fred and Gladys Anna (Forsberg) Wiersbe, in East Chicago, Indiana (25 miles southeast of Chicago). He would eventually publish 14 titles with Moody, including William Culbertson: A Man of God (1974), Live Like a King (1976), The Annotated Pilgrims Progress (1980), and Ministering to the Mourning (2006), written with his son, David Wiersbe. Even a Roman soldier, beholding the events at Golgotha would confess, Truly this man was the Son of God (Mark 15:39). When you learn the joy and theprivilege of Bible study, you dont haveto be paid to do it. God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop. This same combination of suffering and glory is repeated in Peters first letter. The reason Jesus and the Jewish leaders were going to different destinations was because they had different origins: Jesus came from heaven, but they belonged to the earth. A member of the body cut off from the body would die. Wiersbes autobiography ends with a slanderous mischaracterization of biblical separation and not a word of warning about the worldliness and apostasy that is spreading everywhere in his world of ungodly evangelicalism today including in his world. Wiersbes soteriological and sanctification teachings were a mishmash of Keswick theology and Calvinism. Reflecting on his own ministry, Wiersbe once said according to TGC, Im not an athlete, Im not a mechanic. We should be the kind of people who feed others by our words and our works. Warren W. Wiersbe was a well known international Bible conference teacher with a heart for missions and a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. Jesus boldly made several claims to deity (John 8:26). And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? The warmth of their love for Weirsbe is evident to this day, he said. I wish every preacher could have at least six months experience as a radio preacher, he said later (because they would preach shorter). If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. That defined Wiersbe but its heretical and ungodly to the core. If there is no fruit, the branch is worthless, and it is cast away and burned. As a seminary student, he was ordained in 1951 and began serving as pastor of Central Baptist Church, a blue-collar, 150-member neighborhood church in East Chicago. Humor is based on contradiction, seeing the other side of a situation. His future wife, Betty, worked in the school library, and Wiersbe was a frequent visitor. No, but there are special evidences that appear, and they are unmistakably clear. 26. A chief danger of spending time with New Evangelical authors and ministries is . The praise that comes from our hearts and lips is actually fruit to the glory of God (Heb. Sometimes He must chasten us (Heb. forming a succession plan that was hastened by Easteps sudden death in 1962. It is unwise to build a theological doctrine on a parable or allegory. Warren Wendall Wiersbe (May 16, 1929 - May 2, 2019), was an evangelical pastor, Bible teacher, conference speaker and a prolific writer of Christian literature and theological works. He went on to pastor in Illinois and Kentucky as well as serve on the staff of Youth for Christ International before assuming the pastorate of Chicagos Moody Church, where his radio broadcasts gained a national following. [2], While attending the seminary, he was ordained as pastor of Central Baptist Church in 1951 and served until 1957. Just before his sixteenth birthday he attended a Youth for Christ rally and heard the ministrys first full-time evangelist, 26-year-old Billy Graham. Birth. 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Death. Man-made results are dead and cannot reproduce themselves, but Spirit-produced fruit will go on reproducing from one life to another. Wiersbe grew up in East Chicago, Indiana, a town known for its steel mills and hard-working blue-collar families. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings . Warren Wiersbe Hebrews As recognized, adventure as well as experience approximately lesson, amusement, as competently as pact can be gotten by just . In the course of the move, Mrs. Wiersbe told the real estate agent, We are looking for a library with a house attached. Their house would eventually have the entire basement devoted to Warrens collection of more than 10,000 books. But worse, he is actually giving credence to apostates which is so far removed from true Christianity (2 Cor 6:14-18), one can only conclude he was one in similitude. The church he pastored hired a homosexual minister of music. Our Lords reply may be expressed, I am exactly what I said! In other words, Why should I teach you new things, or give you new proof, when you have not honestly considered the witness I have already given?. From September 1957 to 1961, Wiersbe served as Director of The Literature Division for Youth for Christ International. Author of more than 150 books, Wiersbe was called to ministry at age 16 under the preaching of evangelist Billy Graham, according to The Gospel Coalition (TGC) website. As one that had been closely associated in leadership positions with neo-evangelicalism's major publications and institutions, Wiersbe was a typical neo- evangelical that cared nothing for defence of the truth and obedience to Gods Word but rather doing that which was right in his own eyes. and what communion hath light with darkness? In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality. The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear, and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity. He was 89. Part of Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe's best- People who live in their sins and reject the Savior must die in their sins. 19:10-14; Hos. At his ordination in 1951, he was asked what he thought about fundamental churches joining with liberal churches in evangelistic meetings. He replied, If God could use an unclean raven to feed Elijah, maybe He could even use a liberal (Be Myself, p. 86). At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us, but as the spiritual crop is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing. everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him., I know a lot of people who are gay and lesbian and they seem to have as good a spiritual life as I do. After leaving The Moody Church in 1978, Wiersbe continued his writing, radio and teaching ministries, serving at, among other institutions, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in suburban Chicago. Abiding in Christ demands worship, meditation on Gods Word, prayer, sacrifice, and servicebut what a joyful experience it is! During the same time frame between 1978 and 1982, Wiersbe taught practical theology classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois and wrote the course material and taught "Imagination and the Quest for Biblical Preaching", a Doctor of Ministry course at Trinity and Dallas Seminary. At his ordination in 1951, he was asked what he thought about fundamental churches joining with liberal churches in evangelistic meetings. He replied, If God could use an unclean raven to feed Elijah, maybe He could even use a liberal (, I see my convictions, not as walls to isolate me from others, but as bridges to help me reach out to others (p. 216). ), all the volumes in the BE Bible Study Series. The Message is much more like a New Age channeling than a true Bible translation. Based on the book of Joshua, Be Strong is an inspiring guide to pursuing a victorious life. Like Lewis Sperry Chafer, Charles Ryrie and Zane Hodges before himall very vocal voices and proponents of Keswick theologyWiersbe is similarly confused over the true gospel. The believer who is abiding in Christ has his prayers answered (John 15:7) and experiences a deepening love for Christ and for other believers (John 15:9, 12-13). Humility and humor were among the hallmarks of Wiersbes ministry, Vines said. 27. Wiersbes philosophy was the lighten up, be positive, dont be so strict, be more tolerant, have a broader tent of associations. This is doing more than any other one thing to build an apostate church, which is the majority churches of our day. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. (2 Jn. The true believer has his citizenship in heaven (Luke 10:20; Phil. They have no roots, produce no fruit and are blown about. Together they had four childrentwo boys (David and Robert) and two girls (Carolyn and Judy). Wiersbe does not understand Gods Word, since God is a God of separation. Not because of my family, although being the baby of the family is not easy. Not the baseball field but the library. There is no place in the Bible that even remotely teaches repentance in such a manner. Many Christians pray that God will make them more fruitful, but they do not enjoy the pruning process that follows! Youre in charge!, For everything, absolutely everything, ABOVE AND BELOW, visible and invisible . He will be missed at The Moody Church, but he will not be forgotten.. While at Moody Church, he continued in radio ministry as speaker on the Songs in the Night nationally-syndicated radio program that moved to Moody Church in 1968. Three Harms that Come from Redefining Marriage, The Scandal of the American Evangelical Intellectual, A Simple Way to Help One Million Christians in the Global South Get a Copy of Their Own Bible. During that time he wrote a bi-weekly column for Christianity Today. Popular and prolific Bible teacher Warren Wiersbe died on the evening of May 2, 2019, at the age of 89. Heaven and Earth, spirit and matter, the invisible and the visible worlds form a unity to which we are intimately linked (quoted from Warren Smith, Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. The apostle Paul warned of men like Wiersbe who pervert the gospel: 2. "I first heard Dr. Wiersbe at a Bible conference" in Chattanooga, Tenn., in the early 1960s, said Jerry Vines, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and longtime friend of Wiersbe's. This library contains more than 13,000 volumes. Keep us alive with three square meals. Several times in Johns gospel you will find Jesus speaking about the Fathers love for Him. Back to the Bible has identified itself with a wide range of false teachings and false teachers. Burial. Listen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker Warren Wiersbe in mp3 format. Are the sermons notes available for this message, Comfort For a Believers Death. Warren W. Wiersbe died on May 2, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska, just a few weeks shy of his 90th birthday. Because people are people and situations are situations. Dr. Wiersbe authored more than 80 books, including the best-selling There is a fourth contrast. If anything, John 15:6 describes divine discipline rather than eternal destiny. Since they have not trusted Christ and had their sins forgiven, their destiny is to die in their sins. Now we turn to the second picture, that of friends. Beloved for his biblical insight and practical teaching, he was called one of the greatest Bible expositors of our generation by the late Billy Graham. He was a lactose-intolerant milkman. 4. It is He who purges or prunes the branches so they will produce more fruit. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. He also preached regularly at the annual pastors conference hosted by First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., where Vines was pastor. People regularly mention him, his preaching and his influence in their lives. He continued to write for Moody Monthly and had just started a new column, Insights for the Pastor. The monthly feature continued to run during the years Wiersbe served at The Moody Church. Warren Wiersbe takes us to 1 Thessalonians 4 for the answers. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? God asked (Isa. One of the key principles of neo-evangelicalism is that of neutralism and toleration as contrasted with Bible separation and militancy against error. Whether this was true saving faith or not (see John 2:23-25), we cannot tell, but our Lords words to them would indicate that they knew what they were doing. [4], Wiersbe married Betty Warren on June 20, 1953, and they had four children. 10:1). Phil Johnson, Executive Director of Grace to You, writes: The backbone of my library today consists of books he introduced me to. Your heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you. Life and Books and Everything: Whats Going Right in the Church? Around that time, Wiersbe later wrote,I had developed an insatiable appetite for the Word of God, and I wanted to study and understand the Bible more than anything else in all the world. He began acquiring and using his first books: the Scofield Reference Bible, Strongs Concordance, Crudens Concordance, Smiths Bible Dictionary,The Christian Workers Commentary by James M. Gray,Notes on the Pentateuchby C. H. MacIntosh, using tools from a dispensational perspective. Jesus was returning to His Father in heaven, and nobody can go there who has not trusted the Savior. And we'll be challenged to look forward to our grand reunion with Christ and our loved ones. get answers to your Bible questions from 50+ resources ($2,400+ value! God reveals His truth to the babes and not to the wise and prudent (Luke 10:21). First came Byways of Blessing (1961), an adult devotional; then two more books in 1962, A Guidebook for Teens and Teens Triumphant. But the vine produced wild grapes! All Im doing is using what Hes given to me to teach people, and to give glory to the Lord Jesus Christ.. The rest of the points below further reflect this truth, including his personal testimony of salvation. Many of these things could be counterfeited by the flesh, but the deception would eventually be detected, for real spiritual fruit has in it the seeds for more fruit. Not only did he reject the critical doctrine of separation, which is intimately associated with salvation (2 Cor 6:14-18), he brashly encouraged others to disobey the same. And what can you expect afterward? But I can read and study and think and teach. If you dont believe that, go to the shopping mall, sit there and look at the people. For one thing, when you are abiding in Christ you produce fruit (John 15:2). After attendingIndiana UniversityinIndianapolis for a year and then Roosevelt University in Chicago,Wiersbe enrolled at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, a northwest suburb of Chicago. 5:4). This is the Gentile world system ripening for Gods judgment. That is unsurprising since Peterson was a New Ager through and through. The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: He cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Wiersbe's death occurred on May 2, 2019, in Chicago. 1:9-11), lest in the end, we are disqualified for service (2 Tim. Please subscribe to join weekly as we bring you Warren Wiersbe's classic Bible messages. God wants both quantity and quality. What I heard him do with Scripture that day changed my preaching forever. - Warren Wiersbe 1 God In contrast to the believer, the ungodly are not like trees but are like chaff. 2:20-21), or worse yet, we are identified with the false teachings and the false teachers themselves (2 Jn. At a 1957 YFC convention in Winona Lake, Indiana, Wiersbe preached a sermon that was broadcast live over WMBI, his first connection to Moody Radio. Wiersbe is perhaps best known for his series of 50 books in the "BE" series: Be Real, Be Rich, Be Obedient, Be Mature, Be Joyful, etc., and other theological works. 2:21; Ezek. Once you have begun to cultivate this deeper communion with Christ, you have no desire to return to the shallow life of the careless Christian. Gods people are always encouraged by that blessed hope. We'll see that we can have comfort and assurance about what to expect beyond our lives here on earth because of what Christ has done. Wiersbes counsel was unscriptural and therefore dangerous. In 1971 he received a call from the famedMoody Memorial Church in Chicago, succeeding George Sweeting, who became the president of Moody Bible Institute. All rights reserved. Warren W. Wiersbe. The cultivation of vineyards was important to the life and economy of Israel. The Heresies of Warren Wiersbe Demand Exposure and Separation, Not Acceptance or Ignorance. Our Lord had spoken about peace (John 14:27); now He mentions love and joy (John 15:9-11). Warren W. Wiersbe is best known as a Bible teacher, author, and conference speaker. He pastored the Moody Church in Chicago (19711978) and succeeded Theodore Epp as director of the Back to the Bible radio ministry. The shepherd brings the sheep into the flock, but the sheep must follow the shepherd in order to have protection and provision. Set the world right; Do whats best AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. and to fight for His cause and kingdom. 3:20-21). Jesus prayed that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them [the disciples and believers today] (John 17:26). Warren W. Wiersbe is the Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary, and is the author of more than 100 books. He was unscripturally associated and yoked with extreme heretics and apostates such as Christianity Today (where he was even one time editor and regular contributor from 1978-82, a publication guilty of such things as promoting theological liberals and "evangelical Catholics" as true Christians, a publication absolutely loaded repeatedly and thoroughly with heresies and heretics), preached at Billy Grahams Cove, was a staff evangelist with the extremely ecumenical and heretical organization Youth for Christ from 1957-61 (which has long partnered with the Roman Catholic Church and has had Catholics on staff), a board member of the extremely heretical National Religious Broadcasters, preached at Willow Creek Community Church, Wiersbe has warm fellowship with Catholics, liberals, and other apostates. He recalled: God has a sense of humor. Ed Stetzer, interim teaching pastor at The Moody Church, noted that Wiersbe was one of evangelicalisms giants, but to the people of The Moody Church, he was their beloved pastor.. But it was his faithful preaching of Gods Word that helped The Moody Church BE a church God called them to be. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. In 1980 the Wiersbes moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he became Bible teacher at Back to the Bible Radio Ministries. In this series we want to highlight the ministry of Warren Wiersbe. His most famous series was the BE series of expositional commentaries, which covered the the entire New Testament and most of the Old Testament, from Genesis [Be Basic (Genesis 111); Be Authentic (Genesis 1250) to Revelation (Be Victorious). I personally know of Mennonite evangelical churches that are guilty of this practice, and they reflect the same spirit. CHICAGO (BP) Warren Wiersbe, an author and pastor credited with influencing thousands of preachers toward biblical exposition, died May 2. His Sunday sermons were broadcast as theCalvary Hour on a local Cincinnati radio station. He changed me from a topical preacher to a text-driven preacher.. When Wiersbe was at Moody, he supported Moodys policy to give the speakers a list of things not to do or say (p. 164). The Gospel Coalition supports the church by providing resources that are trusted and timely, winsome and wise, and centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ. 21:33-46). The Father loved the Son before the foundation of the world (John 17:24); He loved the Son when the Son died on the cross (John 10:17). I do not believe our Lord is teaching here that true believers can lose their salvation, for this would contradict what He taught in John 6:37 and 10:27-30. The second half doesnt even make sense and has zero relevance to what the Greek Scriptures say. From 1984 to 1990 he served as general director of Back to the Bible. Wiersbe is perhaps best known for his series of 50 books in the "BE" series: Be Real, Be Rich, Be Obedient, Be Mature, Be Joyful, etc., and other theological works. Warren Wiersbe, an author and pastor credited with influencing thousands of preachers toward biblical exposition, died May 2. It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best. Copyright 2023 The Baptist Courier. 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