NAR Walls (NAR is the greatest threat you've Never Heard of)

Toward the end of June of 2024, a friend asked if I had seen the news about fallen pastor, Robert Morris.  I vaguely recalled that I had.  Morris was a mega-church leader in Texas who had sexually molested a 12 year old child.  He had abused her for years.  Now, many years later, the victim's experience was picked up by national news and he had stepped down from lead pastor at Gateway mega-church.  That's all I knew.  I was completely surprised when my friend said - "Glad he's resigned as Overseer at Church of the Highlands".    Overseer at Church of the Highlands?  What?   Why would some mega-church preacher in Texas have anything to do with an Alabama church?     Isn't that odd?   I was enlightened that Robert Morris was longtime friends with Chris Hodges had often visited Church of the Highlands main campus as guest speaker. Since Hodges didn't want to preach on tithing, Robert Morris did it for him....

 I was in the dark regarding the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) until very recently.  I was going about my life, loving my church, loving my small group Bible study, busy with work and life.   None of those involvements introduced me to NAR.   My first encounter with NAR was when I discovered the existence of a so-called Bible translation called The Passion Translation (TPT).  At the time, I had no idea that it was a heretical work written by a NAR apostle named Brian Simmons.  A longtime friend, Jenna, was using it. Loved it.  I didn't ask questions. Jenna was a mature Bible believer whom I respected and whose discernment I trusted.  But this mature believer, a theologically reformed Christian, had been drifting for some years. Looking back, there were multiple red flags, but I had not realized the extent.  We met casually a few times a year and even though there were some troubling things regarding angels that she had mentioned, ...