the horns of ames

Zondervan fan?

I found an article in the January 2006 edition of "The Berean Call" kind of interesting. It was titled "Earnestly Contend" by Dave Hunt. I don't always agree with what Dave Hunt says or how he says it, but this comment was intriguing:

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association published a special "Crusade Edition" (1962, 1964, 1969) of Halley's Bible Handbook and boldly removed Halley's careful documentation of the evil of the popes and the slaughter of true Christians. Zondervan published a revised edition of Halley's Bible Handbook in 2000, which likewise eliminated references to the RCC's (Roman Catholic Church's) heresies and the millions of evangelical CHristians slaughtered by Rome. Instead it says: "The Roman Catholic CHurch responded to the Portestant Reformation by reforming and renewing itself."

When challenged about its lies, Stan Gundry, Zondervan's Vice President and Editor-in-Chief responded, "The purpose of the rewriting was...to give a more balanced portrayal of the history of Christianity." Whitewashing Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and leaving out the slaughter of millions of Christians gives a "More balanced" history?! And who owns Zondervan, publisher of The Purpose-Driven Life?

In 1988, Zondervan and its NIV Bible were purchased by Harper & Row Publishers (now HarperCollins Publishers), who put out pro-homosexual books such as Making Out, The Book of Lesbian Sex and Sexuality ("Beautifully illustrated with full-color photography...") and others! HarperCollins is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's The News Coporation, which owns Twentieth Centry Fox and Fox Broadcasting. The latter produces some of the most immoral, anti-family shows on television. Murdoch - to whom Pat Robertson sold the Family Channel (paid for by CBN donors) for $1.9 billion - was knighted by the Pope after donating $10 million for a new Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles. And Rick Warren claims to be Murdoch's pastor.

Christian publishers have put profits ahead of sound doctrine and have made a lot of money by giving customers what they want instead of the biblical truth they need, selling out to the world monetarily as they alread had morally. Isn't this the opposite of contending for the faith?

posted by Aaron @ www.HornIT.net @ 9:46 AM