Shearing the Sheep: Attractive Schemes Which Distract Christians from God's Expected Purpose

The author seeks to call Christians away from the numerous attractive but distracting pursuits and religious views that might at first glance appear to be godly and desirable, but draw believers away from the central pursuit to which God has called them, namely, making disciples for Christ. These distractions include Word of Faith, Evangelical Liberalism (in its present Emergent form), "Big Tent" Christianity, Neo-Fundamentalism, Prophecy, and Creationism. All diminish the central thrust of the Christian task