The Shrinkers work only through deception, so they are furious when anyone removes their cloaking devices. Appropriately, while calling themselves "doctor," they only have demon degrees (DMin), invented to coax lazy ministers back to school.
They claim to have a passion for sharing Jesus, but they really have an obsession with Moses. As Luther said, "They turn Moses into the Savior."
The First Shrinker Commandment - Everyone is already forgiven. They want to make that sound so full of grace, but it is only an excuse to pound people with their man-made law.
The Second Shrinker Commandment - Everyone must be in a cell group and must study what is assigned. Cell groups came from Romanism and the Reformed, copied by Spener. The cell group is just as important as the sacraments. In fact, they supplant the sacraments and the congregation. They are the True Church, according to Pietists.
The Third Shrinker Commandment - Love requires unionism. Following Spener, they view sound doctrine as the enemy of love, and verse vica. Shrinkers love every denomination except their own.
The Fourth Shrinker Commandment - The Fourth is like unto the Third Shrinker Commandment. Doctrinal indifference is so important that those who study and articulate sound Biblical, Book of Concord doctrine are ridiculed and vilified.
The Fifth Shrinker Commandment - Spener, as the founder of Pietism, must be honored above all others. Attempts to rehabilitate Spener among Lutherans are proof of Pietism, just similar attempts with Rauschenbusch reveal Social Gospel passions.
The Sixth Shrinker Commandment - New Age doctrine is the real foundation. Starting with plagiarist Norman Vincent Peale, they get their spiritual insights from the occult. That is why Robert Schuller and Fuller Seminary grooved with Paul Y. Cho, another occultist. Their other Sixth Commandment - they have two! - is Thou Must Commit Adultery. Yes, they set records, and not just with the opposite sex.
The Seventh Shrinker Commandment - Management By Objective will solve all church problems. There is only One Solution and Peter Drucker is its prophet.
The Eighth Shrinker Commandment - Because they teach universal forgiveness and salvation without faith, they have no regard for faith. They portray faith as heretical and damaging, then add at the end their tirades, "But you gotta have faith."
The Ninth Shrinker Commandment - Ignore Luther. The only time they mention Luther is to misquote him, blame him for harming evangelism, or rail against him being quoted against them.
The Tenth Shrinker Commandment - Hate the truth.
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Someone shared this link on the history of Pietism. I have not reviewed it.
