The Alpha Course Examined
By Colin Mercer
Extract
The Alpha Course Examined
The Alpha Course Weighed in The Balances of Holy Scripture
Colin Mercer
Contents
Preface 1
Foreword 1
Introduction 5
Objection No. 1. Alpha Presents Unbiblical Theology 6
Objection No. 2. Alpha Practises an Unscriptural Ministry 12
Objection No. 3. Alpha Produces False Security 17
Objection No. 4. Alpha Promotes Ecumenical Activity 23
Preface
A desire to earnestly contend for the faith has prompted the publication of this booklet. The danger that Alpha presents to the eternal well-being of men and women cannot go unchallenged. Where there is spiritual danger there must be a sure and faithful warning. After preaching four separate messages on the subject of the Alpha course, I was encouraged by fellow Christians to make the material available to a wider audience. This booklet is an attempt to do that. I trust that it will be as a short, sharp blast of the gospel trumpet. May the unsuspecting be delivered from another one of Satan’s deceptions.
Foreword
The Bible has warned us that in these last days there shall be a heaping to the men of the world, teachers having itching ears, “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” 2 Timothy 4:4.
The Alpha Course is a course sponsored by Rome and the ecumenical Protestant churches, purporting to present the true gospel of Christ in a simple way to enquirers. Dr. John Dunlop, a former president of the Irish Presbyterian General Assembly, a well -known pro-Romanist and ecumenist, defines it thus: “The Alpha Course aims to strip away all the baggage of church and religion and get back to asking the basic questions of life. Does God exist? …