Promise Keepers and Necromancy
Promise Keepers & Necromancy: An Open Letter Warning
Video Part 1 - Introduction & Background (by Chris Lawson)
Video Part 2 - Reading of Warning Letter Sent to Promise Keepers (by Chris Lawson)
Video Part 2 - Reading of Warning Letter Sent to Promise Keepers (by Chris Lawson)
A two-part video series by Chris Lawson expresses concerns about the dangers and variations of Necromancy entering the church today. Chris asks pertinent questions about why pastor/author Steve Berger (author of Have Heart: Bridging the Gulf Between Heaven and Earth) is allowed to continue to serve on two Promise Keepers boards, as Steve Berger’s Have Heart book makes allowances for people to be “open” to receiving communications, signs, God Nod’s, dreams, and sensations/impressions and appearances from “deceased loved ones.” The names of the current (December 2023) Promise Keepers board members serving on all three leadership boards are also mentioned.
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Promise Keepers & Necromancy
Part 1 - Introduction and Background, and naming the names of the Promise Keepers Board Members |
Promise Keepers & Necromancy
Part 2 - Chris Lawson reads a letter sent to Promise Keepers warning about Steve Berger's necromancy |
Pastors Endorsing Necromatic Variations of Mediumship - Clairsentience?
A warning about Steve and Sarah Berger, their book Have Heart, and the endorsers of Have Heart - Greg Laurie, James Robison, William Paul Young, Senator Bill Frist, and others.
A warning about Steve and Sarah Berger, their book Have Heart, and the endorsers of Have Heart - Greg Laurie, James Robison, William Paul Young, Senator Bill Frist, and others.
Pastor Steve Berger (Ambassador Services International) was the founding pastor (now formerly) at Grace Chapel Leipers Fork, TN (formerly a long-time Calvary Chapel affiliate). In 2010, Steve Berger and his wife Sarah wrote a book titled Have Heart—Bridging the Gulf Between Heaven and Earth. Pastor Greg Laurie (Harvest Church and Harvest Crusades), James Robison (LIFE Today TV program), William Paul Young (author of The Shack), Dr. Chuck Missler (Koinonia House/K-House), and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist, M.D. have all wholeheartedly endorsed Steve and Sarah Berger's book. The book rejects "channeling, seances, or mediums trying to contact the dead" (Have Heart, 2010, pp.94-95), while at the same time, under the subheading Spontaneous, Steve and Sarah Berger state, "Our meetings with Josiah [deceased son] have been very much like the ones C. S. Lewis described..." (Have Heart, p.101). This begs the question, “Steve Berger, are you really having “Spontaneous” meetings and experiences with your deceased son Josiah?”
There is much in Steve and Sarah Berger's book (Have Heart) that contradicts Scripture, including the concept of deceased loved ones being "on mission" to earth to minister to living humans. Steve and Sarah Berger believe and have published their views on deceased loved ones being alive, active, present, and "surrounding" believers. They include in their Have Heart book entire chapters about this, such as They Are Alive (pp. 53-72), They Are Active (pp. 73-92), They Are Aware and Present (pp.93-104), Connected (pp.105-112), and God Nod's (pp. 113-122).
Unfortunately, Steve Berger flat-out refused to accept Biblical correction and repent of these necromantic teachings when I spoke to him on the telephone over a decade ago, in 2012. Greg Laurie would not even speak with me on the telephone about his own personal endorsement of Steve and Sarah Berger's book. James Robison and his son Randy Robison did not even know that James Robison's personal endorsement was on the front cover and inside pages of Steve and Sarah Berger's Have Heart book. I personally informed James Robison and his son Randy of this via Instagram and email correspondence.
As of February 1, 2024, Steve Berger continues to serve on two Promise Keepers Leadership Boards — the Leadership Board and the Pastoral Advisory Board. I contacted Promise Keepers and sent a 10-page letter of concern to CEO and Chairman Ken Harrison, and the letter was addressed to Ken Harrison and the Promise Keepers Leadership Board and the Promise Keepers Pastoral Advisory Board. I wrote to them expressing many concerns about the Have Heart book and Steve and Sarah Berger's teachings. I also included numerous documentation links and the YouTube link for my Interview with Doreen Virtue (video above). I sent this letter to the Promise Keepers Leadership Board on June 30, 2023, and I was told that the Board of Promise Keepers had watched the video interview I did with Doreen Virtue. Amazingly, Steve Berger remains on two Promise Keepers Leadership boards.
It has now been seven months (215 days) and I still have received no response from anyone at Promise Keepers regarding what they are going to do with Steve Berger serving on two of their leadership boards. At this stage it appears very clear that the leaders of Promise Keepers have no problem with Steve Berger and his book which promotes variations of necromancy and phenomena associated with clairsentience mediumship. Please watch the video interview above that expresses our concerns in great detail, and click here to view articles about Have Heart.
Chris Lawson
Updated February 1, 2024
There is much in Steve and Sarah Berger's book (Have Heart) that contradicts Scripture, including the concept of deceased loved ones being "on mission" to earth to minister to living humans. Steve and Sarah Berger believe and have published their views on deceased loved ones being alive, active, present, and "surrounding" believers. They include in their Have Heart book entire chapters about this, such as They Are Alive (pp. 53-72), They Are Active (pp. 73-92), They Are Aware and Present (pp.93-104), Connected (pp.105-112), and God Nod's (pp. 113-122).
Unfortunately, Steve Berger flat-out refused to accept Biblical correction and repent of these necromantic teachings when I spoke to him on the telephone over a decade ago, in 2012. Greg Laurie would not even speak with me on the telephone about his own personal endorsement of Steve and Sarah Berger's book. James Robison and his son Randy Robison did not even know that James Robison's personal endorsement was on the front cover and inside pages of Steve and Sarah Berger's Have Heart book. I personally informed James Robison and his son Randy of this via Instagram and email correspondence.
As of February 1, 2024, Steve Berger continues to serve on two Promise Keepers Leadership Boards — the Leadership Board and the Pastoral Advisory Board. I contacted Promise Keepers and sent a 10-page letter of concern to CEO and Chairman Ken Harrison, and the letter was addressed to Ken Harrison and the Promise Keepers Leadership Board and the Promise Keepers Pastoral Advisory Board. I wrote to them expressing many concerns about the Have Heart book and Steve and Sarah Berger's teachings. I also included numerous documentation links and the YouTube link for my Interview with Doreen Virtue (video above). I sent this letter to the Promise Keepers Leadership Board on June 30, 2023, and I was told that the Board of Promise Keepers had watched the video interview I did with Doreen Virtue. Amazingly, Steve Berger remains on two Promise Keepers Leadership boards.
It has now been seven months (215 days) and I still have received no response from anyone at Promise Keepers regarding what they are going to do with Steve Berger serving on two of their leadership boards. At this stage it appears very clear that the leaders of Promise Keepers have no problem with Steve Berger and his book which promotes variations of necromancy and phenomena associated with clairsentience mediumship. Please watch the video interview above that expresses our concerns in great detail, and click here to view articles about Have Heart.
Chris Lawson
Updated February 1, 2024
Necromancy in the Church?
Communications with the deceased, but "alive"?
Communications with the deceased, but "alive"?
A closer look at Steve and Sarah Berger's book, Have Heart—Bridging the Gulf Between Heaven and Earth
Have Heart—Bridging the Gulf Between Heaven and Earth (2010 book)
- Receiving "communications" and "signs" from deceased loved ones?
- Steve and Sarah Berger write, "Our meetings with Josiah [deceased son] have been very much like the ones C. S. Lewis described..." (Have Heart, p.101)
- Steve and Sarah Berger write about the "Spontaneous" appearances of Josiah, their deceased son.
Pastor Steve Berger was the founding pastor of Grace Chapel ( a Calvary Chapel affiliate church) in Tennessee, and he and his wife Sarah served for there many years until they moved on. Now, Pastor Steve is the founder and primary ambassador of Ambassador Services International, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. His influence is far and wide, and he continues to be applauded and elevated as time goes on. Pastor Steve also serves as a board member of Promise Keepers and on the Promise Keepers pastoral advisory board. He also has had the opportunity to serve as Guest Chaplain to the U.S. Senate and opened one of the assembly meetings in prayer.
Also of note is the fact that Pastor Steve is being hailed as one who can lead us from repentance to revival, and he teaches heavily on repentance in many places where he speaks. Of course, this is good to teach on biblical repentance, which is very much needed in our age. However, there are some things of immense concern that many people should realize about Steve and Sarah Berger. Pastor Steve personally told me the following on the telephone in 2012 regarding his deceased son Josiah:
Also of note is the fact that Pastor Steve is being hailed as one who can lead us from repentance to revival, and he teaches heavily on repentance in many places where he speaks. Of course, this is good to teach on biblical repentance, which is very much needed in our age. However, there are some things of immense concern that many people should realize about Steve and Sarah Berger. Pastor Steve personally told me the following on the telephone in 2012 regarding his deceased son Josiah:
“God has made an exception at this time in history for the Berger family.
We are indeed in communication with our deceased son Josiah.”
—Pastor Steve Berger
We are indeed in communication with our deceased son Josiah.”
—Pastor Steve Berger
Regarding Steve Berger's statement above, I had actually contacted Steve about my concerns regarding some of the statements he and his wife put in their Have Heart book. I expressed my condolences to him regarding his son, and as graciously as I tried to communicate with him, my efforts were not received well.
This sounds like something Benny Hinn would say, or Sean Feucht, Beni Johnson, John Crowder, or Todd Bentley, who, among many others, have either stated that they are involved with the deceased or are grave sucking/soaking, tombstone hugging, or calling upon the angels for help. It also sounds very much like what the apostate Rev. James Albert Pike believed and immersed himself in back in the 1960’s, when he was allegedly in communication with his deceased son (The Other Side).
You can read more about this and what happened when I tried to contact Greg Laurie, James Robison, and Chuck Missler, all of whom endorsed Steve and Sarah Berger's book. Author of The Shack, William P. Young, and other well-known figures endorsed Have Heart also. You can read more about the Have Heart endorsers and access more links about this on my sample articles page.
This sounds like something Benny Hinn would say, or Sean Feucht, Beni Johnson, John Crowder, or Todd Bentley, who, among many others, have either stated that they are involved with the deceased or are grave sucking/soaking, tombstone hugging, or calling upon the angels for help. It also sounds very much like what the apostate Rev. James Albert Pike believed and immersed himself in back in the 1960’s, when he was allegedly in communication with his deceased son (The Other Side).
You can read more about this and what happened when I tried to contact Greg Laurie, James Robison, and Chuck Missler, all of whom endorsed Steve and Sarah Berger's book. Author of The Shack, William P. Young, and other well-known figures endorsed Have Heart also. You can read more about the Have Heart endorsers and access more links about this on my sample articles page.