Slice of Laodicea

Elmbrook, Wisconsin’s oldest and supposedly most theologically conservative megachurch, is bringing William Paul Young to their church, Sunday evening, July 12. It will cost you $5 for the the privilege of hearing a man who denies the penal substitutionary atonement of Christ. Here’s a clip of Mr. Young denying this cardinal Christian doctrine. Here’s the written transcript.

Pastor Larry DeBruyn of Franklin Road Baptist Church has written a well-documented, multi-part series about the heresy in The Shack. So has Pastor Jeffrey Whittaker and Warren Smith. The various essays can be found here at the Herescope blog. (Please scroll down…)

Elmbrook Church is treading new and dangerous waters by allowing someone who openly denies the basic doctrine of the substitutionary atonement to come and speak to their people. The ticket prices are charged because Mr. Young is a celebrity. Celebrities come with a price tag. Heretical celebrities come with an eternal price tag that is much, much higher. Elmbrook Church leadership owes an explanation to its Bible-believing parishioners as to how someone who denies cardinal doctrine can be welcomed in their sanctuary.

Here is Pastor DeBruyn on Crosstalk discussing The Shack.