Resources

The best offense against spiritual counterfeits in knowledge of the truth, how to defend the truth, and most importantly how to apply the truth and is in no way meant to ‘bash’ anyone.   This section is only the tip of an iceberg of gargantuan proportions. The cults ....take advantage of people’s ignorance of the Bible by distorting it’s doctrines.

Books

‘Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions’ by John Ankerberg and John Weldon (Harvest House Publishers). For anyone who would like to find out more about these, and other dangerous groups. 

Online

An excellent online resource is Rick Ross’s site [providing you bear in mind that this is a secular site].  He is an internationally known expert regarding radical, extreme and often unsafe groups-- some that have been called "cults." Since 1982 he has been involved in hundreds of interventions in an effort to help the victims of destructive groups. Mr. Ross has been qualified and accepted as an expert witness. He has testified in numerous court cases across the United States concerning destructive groups and their influence and assisted law enforcement. The archive contains thousands of documents, which includes news stories, related research, reports, court records, book excerpts, personal testimonies etc.

Matthew 18:7 “Woe to the one through whom the stumbling block comes”

The Warning Tract  
by CARM.org   

You can witness for a hundred hours to a cultist and maybe, just maybe he might leave his cult. But, you can pass out Warning Tracts to people before they get sucked into a cult. It is easier to prevent people from joining a cult, than it is to get them out.  The Warning Tract is VERY effective at inoculating people from joining cults.  If you'd like the FREE Warning Tract, please go here and download it for free.

http://www.inplainsite.org/html/Page11_cults.html#RealJesus