If that is true of these movements, then Promise Keepers represents what may be the reservoir for all of these tributaries of worldliness in one organization. The founding leaders of Promise Keepers belong to the Vineyard movement and James Ryle, their Vineyard pastor and Promise Keepers board member, describes himself as a prophet. Promise Keepers will probably help make all of our churches a bit more charismatic in the process as the music, the literature and the small groups move from the stadium to the sanctuary. Our most important objection to Promise Keepers is its tendency to bury the Gospel in therapeutic moralism. The message clearly is not guilt and grace.
Sin is nowhere clearly and biblically defined.
The first step to selling moralism is to sell the idea that we really aren't sinners by nature and that we can turn over a new leaf whenever we want. It's all in our power. As the problem isn't so insurmountable, so the solution appears quite easy. The Gospel is not only not defined, it is positively misunderstood and confused with psychology and moralism. Instead of finding the answer to sin in Christ's promise-keeping, the Promise Keepers literature seems to find the answer in the ability of men to solve their own problems together.