If you’ve been following Furtick then let me humbly encourage you that it’s time to walk away. We digest those sermons in a community of other believers where we can process the Word together, challenge one another, and spur each other on to good works and service. Nothing can replace the biblical command to gather together as a local church body and listen to the teaching of a faithful local pastor who most likely isn’t on youtube every week. We should use these teachers as supplements though and not our source.

If you don’t know who they are then click here for a list of faithful teachers I recommend. We live in a day and age where we have access to some of the best teachers out there. Even if these are all mistakes or accidents and we are being extremely charitable, ask yourself, “Why would I invest my time, energy, and attention in a teacher who is not rightly handling the Word of God and teaching me what it says?” I am encouraging you to walk away, ignore, and not to give him your endorsement. What I am unapologetically doing is encouraging you to quit listening to him. What I am not doing in writing this is making a judgment of Steven Furtick’s status before God because that is certainly not my place. Pastor’s are responsible to rightly handle the word. They are leading sheep-in Furtick’s case, a lot of sheep.

We have to be careful what we are teaching from the pulpit because Scripture tells pastors they will be held accountable for it. Sadly, these types of clips are becoming common occurrences with Furtick to the point where it would be hard to argue they are accidents or missteps. If you realized you said something that sounds like heresy, wouldn’t you have it taken down? Now charitably, I want to say that maybe Furtick didn’t mean for it to sound the way it sounds, but it is a little hard to ignore when he says, “I am changing forms.” Even if it was a mistake, this is a clip that has been pulled out of an entire sermon and been used on Furtick’s social media accounts. Modalism essentially denies the Trinity and claims that there is one God who takes on three different forms-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the clip, Furtick seems to be teaching a heresy known as modalism. The clip that is circulating on social media right now is pretty hard to ignore. I’ve often tried to give Furtick charitable interpretations, but I think it’s finally time for me advocate and truly encourage those who like him and are regular listeners that it’s time to move on. Jakes, which makes it no surprise that he seems to flirt with the prosperity gospel. Many of his sermons have left people scratching their heads and asking, “This guy came from Southern?” He also associates with controversial figures from Joel Osteen to T.D. By most people’s standards, Furtick is a major success.įurtick can be a pretty controversial figure among conservative evangelicals. He even has a degree from my alma mater-The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s built a church empire with his “feel good” preaching, attractive worship, and excellent packaging. Steven Furtick is an excellent communicator.

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