Another danger within Promise Keepers is the philosophy of pragmatism. Pragmatism is present when people abandon Sola Scriptura for determining spiritual truth to believe in and live by, and instead look to practical experience for truth. The leadership of PK do this all the time, and they have to to justify their beliefs since their teachings are not biblical.

The "Evangelism Department of Promise Keepers" has recently provided us with another example of pragmatism within Promise Keepers. Up on the Pk Web Page they have an "Evangelism Syllabus" . On page 2 of that .pdf document, it is written:

"In 1991, after the first P.K. conference, we found that less that five percent of those Christian men were in a consistent relationship with one other man. ...God demonstrated to us in that first conference how men would respond if they were impacted by the Spirit of God in a masculine context."

On Page 5 of the document, it further says, "We have observed that in a masculine environment men become less guarded and open to God."

The Evangelism Department of Promise Keepers claim to have learned from "God" that men will respond better if the sales pitch occurs within "a masculine context" (at a Pk event). The leadership of PK did not learn this from reading the Bible (the Apostle Paul certainly knew nothing of this), but from their experience at the 1991 PK event. This definately qualifies as a "strange doctrine" (1Tim.1:3) which Paul instructed Timothy to forbid to be taught to Christians: the suggeston that the Holy Spirit would need the help of "the masculine context" to "impact" men.

The syllabus then attempts to summarize this "masculine context" with six questions, the first of which is this: "When threatened or challenged why do we need space to deal with it?" At this point, the "Evangelism Department" of PK have abandoned Biblical thinking and are spewing psychobabble (a.k.a. "Christian psychology.") The other five questions are also those asked by a psychoanalyist. PKers often claim that Pk is all about "evangelism", but here we have psychologists "training" Christians in "evangelism." I don't read in the Bible of God commissioning such trainers to help carry out the Great Commission - PK's "Evangelism Department" is self-appointed.

The syllabus goes on: "The answer to all of the above questions is that you are a man. In order to effectively communicate a man’s need and identify the pathway to a relationship to God, the principles behind these questions must be understood. This training will help you and the men you train to be able to more effectively reach other men. The principles of the masculine context can help us lead men to God, help them become open to His Spirit, and commit to follow His leading."

PK is teaching Christian men to believe that understanding PK's particular brand of psychology (involving "masculine context") will help them be more effective in evangelism and discipleship of new believers! But PK's psychology was not part of what Jesus was talking about in Matt.28:20 when He said, "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."