I seriously don’t know what it’s going to take to awaken evangelical leaders from their dead-on impression of Rip Van Winkle. This CSM nonsense has absolutely no place in the Protestant Christian community; and it isn’t even being taught by Protestants. Jesus never taught it and neither did His Apostles.
A Southern California academic institution that prides itself on being “the world’s first inter-religious university” has completed its first semester since opening its door.
Claremont Lincoln University, once a Methodist seminary, has decided to add other religious schools to its program, including most recently several Eastern religions.
Tammi J. Schneider, a professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology at Claremont LFloveincoln University, said that she had a favorable opinion of Claremont’s direction.
“I am a big fan of religious diversity,” said Schneider, who is also dean of the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, unofficially affiliated with Claremont Lincoln.
“I think people learn more about themselves and their own religion when they learn about how others do it.”
James Robinson sounds like the new spokesperson for Catholicism on his TV broadcast show Life Today. Robinson praised Fox News Contributor Fr. Jonathon Morris, claiming the Lord was upon him and we should listen to him.
Robinson says everything that comes out of Fr. Morris’ mouth is consistent with the word of God and the heart of God.
He said: “I wish that most protestant preachers had the same sensitivity, discernment and gift of communication that you have, don’t you agree (audience)?” The audience claps in agreement. Fr. Morris states that Protestants and Catholics need to work together no matter what anyone says.
Whenever we, as biblical Christians, think that things couldn’t possibly become more preposterous in Christendom, we need to call to mind the Scriptures that tell us that the time will come when Christians will not endure sound doctrine, and many will corrupt the Word of God (2 Timothy:4:3; 2 Corinthian 2:17; 2 Peter:3:16). The Apostle Paul further declares to Timothy that those who bring such doctrines shall turn people away from the truth to fables, that is, myths, of their own invention (2 Timothy:4:4; Titus:1:14). Today, such teachings and practices are increasing at a staggering rate—practices that range from the patently absurd to the insidious, even menacingly dangerous, both spiritually and physically.
Chrislam ? That attempt to combine Christianity and Islam in a common worship service would be a bad joke if it were a joking matter, but it’s far from it. As I understand it, this teaching began as a way to help stop the genocide and bring peace between Muslims and Christians in Africa. Sincere in its concern, no doubt, yet sincerely wrong. Muslims who truly follow the Qur’an, and Christians who believe what the Bible presents, regard Chrislam as a blasphemous contradiction of their beliefs.
Why? The differences, which are very apparent, cannot be reconciled.
Saudi King Abdullah’s Interfaith Center in Italy to Unify the World’s Religions?
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has been planning for years to find a way to unite the world’s major religions in an effort to help foster peace, and believes a new international organization to be housed in Vienna, Austria will help make that dream a reality. As the institution was officially founded Thursday, some Christians are likely to start pointing to interpretations of biblical prophecy about the emergence of a one-world religion many believe precedes the return of Jesus Christ.
Mormons are Christians, says Osteen
November 25, 2011
Texas mega-church pastor Joel Osteen says he believes Mormons are Christians.
The statement came yesterday in Washington in response to a reporter’s questions about politics. Osteen said he likes Texas Governor Rick Perry and prays for his candidacy in the GOP presidential candidate race. But Osteen said he also disagreed with a fellow Texas pastor — Robert Jeffress — who recently stated that Perry’s political opponent, Mitt Romney, was “not a Christian” because he is a Mormon, and that Mormonism is a “cult.”
Why does the Emergent Church use so much mystical paraphernalia in their worship?
Contemplative Spirituality
Dr. Reagan: One of the words that I hear over and over from the Emergent Church leaders is the word “contemplative.” They’re really heavy on that.
Let me read you a quote here from one of their leaders. “The fact is that contemplative spirituality will play a huge part in the church of the future, and I want to assure you that candles are just the beginning.”
Caryl Matrisciana: Why? Because we are changing the names. If they said, “Eastern Mysticism is going to play a huge part in the new church,” we wouldn’t buy it. But, when you say “contemplate,” that sounds better. They replace contemplate with meditate, but in Eastern Mysticism the contemplation and meditation is in the snake within you which is the idea that you can become one with everything…
Christian Duty in a Pagan Culture
John MacArthur
[source]
In an increasingly secular and ungodly culture, many Christians wonder about their role and duty. Should we lobby for rights that have traditionally belonged to us? Should we make every effort to implement a Christian agenda? Should we completely reform the government? The Bible speaks clearly about our duty, and it’s all about governingour character.
Over a quarter of a century ago the late apologist and Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer asked the question, “How should we then live?” in his landmark book of the same title. The relevance of that question has not changed. If anything, it has only become more urgent for believers at the dawn of a new century and millennium.
Read more by clicking on “source” (above), or here:
This pamphlet is an excellent resource for any Christian to have, given that even many professing Christians today engage in some of the activities listed in the pamphlet….
Sacred Fire, Smoke & Drums Mark The World Day of Prayer for Peace
Pope Benedict’s Interfaith Outreach
The Wall Street Journal:
In this Umbrian hilltop city 25 years ago, Buddhists chanted to the accompaniment of gongs and drums, Zoroastrians tended a sacred fire, and an American Indian medicine man in traditional headdress smoked a peace pipe and called down the blessings of the “Great Spirit.” In a moment that produced the day’s most famous image, robed leaders of the world’s major religions sat side by side under a sign bearing various translations of the word “peace.”
The message was loud and clear, but did those listening have ears to hear?
So. Baptist Pastors Told to Preach Christ, Not Themselves
Southern Baptist pastors were given a simple yet poignant message Sunday to preach Christ and not themselves.
Citing what were likely familiar words from the late A.T. Robertson, Bob Pitman reminded them that preaching of one’s self was “surely as poor and disgusting a topic as a preacher can find.”
Dean of the Adrian Rogers Center for Biblical Preaching at the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tenn., Pitman directed his message to hundreds of pastors gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for a two-day conference, held just ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting.
He pointed out that many Southern Baptists try to make church about themselves, though they might not admit it.
The coming persecution has already begun to one degree or another. Street preachers in South Carolina have been handcuffed and hauled off to jail due to “noise pollution.” Christians in the Middle East are put to death in the name of Allah. Even a friend of mine, Wally Tope, was beaten into a coma by looters as he shared the gospel in Los Angeles during the riots. True, persecution has been the lot of the church since it’s inception and books like “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs” have testified of this fact down through the corridors of time.
The scriptures testify that persecution would increase in the last days due to the increasing lawlessness of mankind (2 Timothy 3:1-13). This coming persecution will be so intense that a worldwide mandate will go out in the name of the Antichrist to the effect that all who do not conform to the coming New World Order “must die.”
Warren Smith (B.A. University of Pennsylvania; M.S.W. Tulane University) is a free lance writer and community social worker who was formerly involved in the New Age movement. He has served as a program coordinator for people with special needs, directed several homeless programs, and has worked most recently as a Hospice social worker in New Orleans and on the California coast. He has written extensively on the subject of spiritual deception and has been widely interviewed on radio and television. He is author of The Light that was Dark, Deceived on Purpose, A Wonderful Deception and False Christ Coming: Does Anybody Care?
I read the Koran every day, says former prime minister Tony Blair who claims it keeps him ‘faith-literate’
He was notoriously reluctant to discuss religion while Prime Minister, with his chief spin doctor Alastair Campbell famously commenting: ‘We don’t do God.’
But since leaving Downing Street in 2007, Tony Blair has become increasingly open about the importance of religion.
Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism months after leaving Number 10, has now spoken of how he reads the Koran every day.
The Goosey Loosey Green Fun Fair, other wise known as the Wild Goose Festival, is shaping up to be quite a muddy mixture of spiritual swamp water, as previously mentioned. Some recommended new reading can be found over at Apprising Ministries, where further research reveals more evidence of the spiritually toxic quicksand that this festival is based upon (see THE EMERGING CHURCH ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE).
The ‘Wild Goose’ is said to be a Celtic metaphor for the holy spirit, although not to be confused with THE Holy Spirit, who in the Bible is represented by the dove. This ‘goose spirit’ is characteristically wild and unpredictable, flighty and feminine, not to mention a bit loosey goosey and accepting of all unholiness and ungodliness as long as it’s ‘spiritual.’ This is why it’s not a surprise that this festival is open to all regardless of belief, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, denomination or religious affiliation (wildgoosefestival.org). The emergent line up of speakers reveals what kind of Mother Goose spirituality this is all about, but now let us look briefly at who else might be following this wild goose chase…
There is no doubt that those chasing this goose will be led across the wide bridge of inclusive spirituality that leads not to the the Truth. All those who promote and chase after this loose goose must be avoided by those few who wish to enter by the narrow gate that leads to life. We have been forewarned by Jesus Christ Himself…
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
-Matthew 7
Spiritual But Not Religious: Anne Rice, Christianity, and Wild Goose Culture
The Wild Goose Festival seeks to be a place where people of faith and people who struggle with faith (which might be all of us?) can wrestle together with what it means to be people who live at the intersection of justice, creativity, and spirituality in the 21st century. This is a conversation our larger culture is having, involving artists, authors, blue collar workers, ministers, and more.
Last summer it spilled onto Facebook, as best-selling novelist Anne Rice announced that she was quitting Christianity…
Pulpit pals: Christians, Jews, Muslims plan shared worship
By ADELLE M. BANKS
Religion News Service
Religious and human rights activists are asking U.S. churches to invite Jewish and Muslim clergy to their sanctuaries to read from sacred texts next month in an initiative designed to counter anti-Muslim bigotry.
The June 26 initiative, called “Faith Shared: Uniting in Prayer and Understanding,” is co-sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First. Leaders of the two Washington-based groups said the event hopes to demonstrate respect for Islam in the wake of Quran burnings in recent months.
Part 1: APOCALYPSE, PLANETARY BIRTH OR DECEPTION?
Part 2: THE NEW AGE AND 2012: A PLANETARY BIRTH
AFTERWORD by Dr. Martin Erdmann
By Gaylene Goodroad*
“The 2012-ers have pulled together archaeology about Mesoamerica, New Age spirituality, UFO stories about extraterrestrials, and left-field understandings about science to produce a prophecy that something Really Big will happen on December 21, 2012.”
– Apocalypse 2012 Explained (CNBC.Com)[1]
Not since Y2K has there been such a global frenzy over predicted massive and universal doom. This time, the fever pitch is considerably higher due to the number of ancient and modern prophecies, prophets, and phenomena guiding the way—all pointing to the year 2012.
The Prayer Station: Did It Make You “Feel Good” Today?
Posted on June 9, 2011 by reformednazarene
How many of you are now in churches that are using prayer stations? In your church district? When did it start? What is the purpose? Have you ever asked why, or have you accepted anything that has come in that is new, without question? Are you comfortable with prayer stations? Would you also use prayer labyrinths if your pastor introduced them? How about prayer ropes or prayer beads? What if incense, candles, breath prayers, or yoga were introduced to the church activities? How about ashes to the forehead? Is your trust in your pastor or other leaders so much, that you never wonder about checking with the word of God to see what it says? Do you stop wondering about that little “check in your spirit” because the pastor just tells you, “don’t worry, it’s a biblical practice?” Or, “the Bible does not explicitly say anything about prayer labyrinths, so its okay.”
University Christian Ministries (UCM) of the University of British Columbia (UBC) is an interdenominational ministry that is supported by (and accountable to) the Pentecostal (Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada) Chaplaincy at UBC. Here’s what is scheduled for their upcoming fall retreat:
Fall Retreat 2011
At the beginning of every school year, UCM retreats for a weekend away to enjoy connection, worship, epic late night games, new friends, quiet times of prayer, hikes, s’mores by the fire and teaching from scripture. If you are new to UCM this year, this retreat is one of the best ways to meet new friends and bring Christ into the center of your academic year.
• WHEN: September 23-25, 2011
• WHERE: Camp Capilano (in North Vancouver near the suspension bridge)
• COST: $70 (please let us know if you require a subsidy in order to attend)
THEME & GUEST SPEAKER:
Our guest speaker this year will be Brad Jersak, an author and teacher from Abbotsford. His heart is to share the good news that God is Love and that God’s love was shown to us perfectly in Jesus of Nazareth. He teaches that anyone can learn to hear God’s voice through the simple practice of “listening prayer.
As a member of the ACC (Association of Christian Clubs), UCM believes that “the Bible is God’s Word and that God offers forgiveness of sin and the free gift of life to all through faith in Jesus Christ.” It is great cause for concern that UCM has invited a retreat speaker that might lead them away from the truth in God’s Word via the mystical bridge of guided visualization and listening prayer.
For further information about these concerns, see the following:
The Bridge across the Tiber back to Home Sweet Rome is now open for traffic
BY ORREL STEINKAMP
THE PLUMBLINE
The title and subtitle are metaphoric symbolism. Crossing the Tiber River near Rome is often used for Protestants returning to Roman Catholicism. Scazzero is an Italian name for Peter Scazzero who is senior pastor of New Life Church in Queens, New York City. Rev. Scazzero has not claimed Rome for his official residence, but makes many trips across the Tiber. Scazzero’s stated mission is to introduce Catholic contemplative prayer and practice to evangelicals. Scazzero avoids the term Catholic for obvious reasons but uses “Contemplative Prayer” freely, assuming probably correctly, that evangelicals will not know the meaning of the term.
An Unmitigated Theological Disaster — Kirby Godsey Strikes Again Is God a Christian? presents a trajectory and set of theological arguments that reveal what happens when biblical authority is denied and the faith once for all delivered to the saints is repudiated
“Most Christians assume that Christianity is the one and only religion that is God-inspired and that carries the imprimatur of God’s blessing,” laments R. Kirby Godsey. In his new book, Is God a Christian?, Godsey sets out to oppose that assumption and to argue that “the stakes for mankind have grown too high for any of us to engage our faith as if our understanding of God represents the only way God’s presence may be known in the world.”
The great question of the exclusivity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is necessarily bound up with the most central teachings of the Christian faith, which is why an argument like this must be considered so carefully. A closer look reveals that Godsey is not merely calling upon Christians to reconsider how we define and defend the Gospel — he is calling for a total reconstruction of everything that Christianity represents.
With the recent fuss over Harold Camping’s date-setting, we recalled an old 1987 issue of The Trumpet. This newsletter was published by the National Research Institute which frequently reported on the activities of the New Age leaders. It is no longer published. However, thanks to the efforts of our friend Dr. Dennis Cuddy, we were able to obtain special permission from Kathleen Hayes, editor of The Trumpet, to reprint the July 1987 issue on the Herescope blog.
What follows is her main article, “New Agers to Surrender Planet August 16-17,” along with several accompanying articles. These original articles are being re-published without any updating. They provide a “snapshot in time” and offer a fascinating glimpse back 24 years ago in 1987 when the New Age leaders were busy setting dates, creating a new paradigm, and trying to bring heaven to earth. (The reader will notice some amazing resemblances between these New Age beliefs and antics and the current activities of the New Apostolic Reformation and Emergent movements.)
‘I’m a Marxist,’ Dalai Lama tells Chinese students
Usually what we hear from the Dalai Lama is an insistant yet soothing voice for compassion and peace.
So Tsering Namgyal, a journalist based in Minneapolis, was jolted by the Dalai Lama’s talk to 150 Chinese students this month at the University of Minnesota. Writing at Religion Dispatches, he says:
Midway through the conversation, His Holiness, much to their surprise, told them “as far as socio-political beliefs are concerned, I consider myself a Marxist … But not a Leninist,” he clarified.
Bill Wilson, A.A. co-founder, rejected Jesus, followed spiritualism
Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:31)
This blog, My Word Like Fire, was created to correct claims that A.A. and the Twelve Steps are, or ever were, Christian in origin. It is an important issue since many Christians enter Alcoholics Anonymous because they have been assured the co-founders were Christians.
According to A.A. co-founder Bill Wilson himself, “In some ways I feel very close to conservative Christianity. In other respects–important ones to Christians–no particular convictions seem to come. Maybe down deep I don’t want to be convinced. I just don’t know.” [1]
As we saw the speaker line-up for the sold out Wild Goose Festival happening this month, we felt we must offer a warning about the emerging spirituality found there. Even though it is promoted as Christian, it’s about a new kind of Christianity not found in the Bible. The festival is a three day gathering about justice, spirituality, and art which will take place June 23-26, 2011 at Shakori Hills Farm in North Carolina.
What is the Wild Goose Festival?
The Wild Goose is a Celtic metaphor for the Holy Spirit. We are followers of Jesus creating a festival of justice, spirituality, music and the arts. The festival is rooted in the Christian tradition and therefore open to all regardless of belief, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, denomination or religious affiliation.
Besides a long line up of emerging speakers (including Tony Campolo, Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, etc.), another thing participants will find at the Wild Goose Festival is some ‘Sacred Space,’ in this case called ‘VOID’:
VOID is an experimental faith collective that utilizes a live mix of music, art, spoken word, personal reflections, and ritual to creatively engage questions of faith and doubt.
A provocative and experiential event, VOID is marked by the religious question but remains radically open and non-confessional.
http://www.voidcollective.com
Watch a Void Collective video called Mothers of God:
The video ends with this statement:
What does it matter whether or not Mary gave birth to God two thousand years ago
if I do not give birth to God today
This weekend, Washington Cathedral in Washington state will feature a yoga class infused with Scripture.
The two-day Holy Yoga & Revelation Wellness workshops are described as being “all about Christ,” “all about Freedom,” and “all about connection at the Core.” They are “designed to encourage victorious living in Christ.”
Holy Yoga, which quotes Acts 17:28 (for in him we live and move and have our being), says its purpose is to honor God through movement and exercise.
The Spiritual State of Post-Tsunami Japan, Three Months Later
Nearly three months have passed since much of the northeast region of Japan was completely devastated by what is now estimated to have been a 9.0-magnitude earthquake – one of the five most powerful earthquakes recorded in the world.
…But it appears that one hope remains, amid all of the ruin. Described as the “Gospel hope,” Michael Oh, president of the Christ Bible Institute and Seminary located in Nagoya, shared with The Christian Post his perspective on the current, spiritual state of Japan and the challenges that lie ahead not only for his ministry, but for the Japanese people as well.
A. They’re people who say they are not affiliated with any religious denomination but insist they are not atheist or agnostic. I don’t think there’s particularly any demographic. This is a kind of expression of discontent by people who still have this spiritual inclination.
Q. You refer to them as being in a “search mode.’’ What do you mean?
WORD FAITH HERETICS LIKE CREFLO DOLLAR DRAW NEARER TO EVANGELICAL ACCEPTANCE
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14)
Leaven Continues To Spread
Due to increasing syncretism it’s now become increasingly difficult to cover the various strains of unbiblical teaching now slithering their way into the church visible, and which, are quickly blending together in ways we’d previously not even have imagined.
The wagons are circling around what seems to have become the defining issue for evangelicalism today – the belief that Hell is eternal, conscious punishment.
According to Christian Post reporter, Audrey Barrick, Rick Warren “held back a few tears” in his interview with John Piper as he expressed his deep sadness about the 74 million people who will die this year alone and spend an eternity in Hell. “I can’t live with that,” he said. “My love compels us to care about that.”
Publishers Weekly noted that four books from evangelical publishing companies will be coming out this summer supporting the traditional view. David C. Cook will be publishing a book by well known pastor Francis Chan in July and another by Brian Jones in August. Tyndale has set a July release for a book on the subject by Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor of Christianity Today, and Zondervan will likewise be coming out with a short compilation of essays on the subject from contributors including Timothy Keller, R. Albert Mohler Jr., and other prominent evangelicals, also in July.
All of which brings us back to the question that has suddenly become a major focus of attention in recent weeks – are evangelicals required to believe that Hell lasts forever?
This is the aftermath of minds muddied by false prophet Harold Camping…
I lost my inheritance to the doomsday prophet!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — When the world didn’t end on May 21, many people who had given up their earthly possessions were left with nothing.
But one believer never lived to see the day. She left nearly her entire estate — around $300,000 — to the group behind the failed prediction, leaving some family members out in the cold.
Eileen Heuwetter was shocked to find out that her aunt left the majority of her estate to Family Radio, the group responsible for the doomsday warnings that the world would end on May 21. She and her sister were each left $25,000 from their aunt’s estate. The rest is going to Family Radio.
Have Christians Gone Overboard in Outreach to Muslims?
by David J. Rusin
In the Muslim world, Islamists increasingly target Christians for persecution; in the Western world, Christians increasingly target Muslims for outreach. Extending a hand to followers of Islam can be praiseworthy, but the lengths to which some Christians have gone may come as a shock. Consider a few recent cases on the congregational level:
*Muslims using churches for prayer. Last year, Muslims awaiting construction of their mosque accepted a neighborly offer to pray at Heartsong Church in Cordova, Tennessee. An analogous arrangement exists at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. (Interestingly, each of the two Islamic communities is stained by radicalism: the first via Yasir Qadhi and the second via ICNA.) Opposition has grown rapidly, with Anglican priest Mark Durie contending that Muslim worship has “no place in a Christian church” due to Islam’s differing view of Jesus and prayers that chide Christianity.
*Christians distributing Korans. In response to Christian pastor Terry Jones burning the Islamic holy book on March 20, leaders of Salt Lake City’s Wasatch Presbyterian Church pooled their money to purchase Korans, which later were passed out for free at an area store. This was done to help “push back against the lunatic fringe,” said Russell Fericks of the church’s governing board. “We’re not afraid of the truth,” he added.
White House pushing churches to be ‘green’? See what else Obama’s faith adviser is nudging
By Aaron Klein
The “greenest” church on the planet? Scripture as it relates to the Palestinians? Fighting American “racial injustice”?
Meet the latest addition to President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a White House group already replete with advocates for using religion to advance “social justice.”
In January, Obama named to his faith council Lynne Hybels, a leader of Willow Creek Church, an inter-denominational, multi-generational megachurch located in a Chicago suburb.
The church is led by Hybels’ husband, Bill, a social justice advocate who created the Global Leadership Summit, an international Christian group.
The following letter is to all Bible-believing pastors throughout the world who have been or are being influenced by current trends that are attacking the Word of God through the postmodern humanistic mystical belief system. I have witnessed this deception firsthand on a worldwide basis but am most familiar with what has been happening in the two fellowships I have been part of for the past thirty years – one in Canada and one based in southern California.
It is with a heavy heart I write this open letter to those who consider themselves evangelical or Protestant pastors. While my desire is to do this respectfully and with the love of the Lord, I am compelled with a strong sense of responsibility to write this warning.
The fact is we are living in a time in history where there is great spiritual apostasy (a falling away), and sadly, many pastors don’t even realize it is happening. Others realize it but don’t know what to do about it, while still others see it but promote it anyway. The purpose of this letter is to shine light on the darkness that has crept into so many churches today.
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves,…”
(1 Timothy 3:1-2a) [emphasis added]
We seldom take notice, when things change very slowly. I am sure you know the story (probably an urban legend) that if you threw a frog in a pot of boiling water, it would immediately jump out of the water, but if it is put into the pot when the water is cold and the water is gradually heated, it will stay there until it is dead.
The Gospel in the western world has gradually been changed over the past 50 (or more) years so that what is believed to be the gospel today is no longer the true Gospel but a false gospel which differs substantially and dramatically from the true Gospel. But because the changes have been brought in gradually, no one seems to have noticed.
The Church of Oprah Winfrey and a Theology of Suffering
By MARK OPPENHEIMER
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” ended Wednesday, bringing despair to booksellers who relied on her book club, television programmers who needed her ratings, and religion scholars who for a decade have tried explaining how this child of poverty became the leader of a worldwide cult. They have worked just as hard to define that cult, which is at once Christian and pantheistic, African-American in origin but global in reach.
Glenn Beck’s Black Robe Regiment, The New Apostolic Reformation, Neo-evangelicalism and Dominion Theology. One of the leaders of Glenn Beck’s Black Robe Regiment is Pastor Tom Mullins of Christ Fellowship in West Palm Beach. What can we learn about Mullins and his associates that will help us understand his worldview. Mullins’ teaching pastor at his church is John Maxwell who has filled the pulpit for Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral. C. Peter Wagner of the New Apostolic Reformation, Rick Warren, and John Maxwell have produced an audio book entitled “The Purposeful Church”. Wagner of the NAR has also endorsed Maxwell’s Equip organization. Numerous researchers report that Maxwell has served on the board of “Lead Like Jesus” for Ken Blanchard along with Rick Warren, Bob Buford and Bill Hybels. Blanchard apparently was appointed by Rick Warren to assist him with his global PEACE plan. Maxwell’s book “Thinking for a Change” has been endorsed by Ken Blanchard and Maxell has written the forward to Blanchard’s book “The Secret”. Mullins is also listed as a board member on Maxwell’s Equip website. Blanchard’s endorsement is on the Back Cover of Deepak Chopra’s 7 Spiritual Laws of Success. Is Beck using neo-evangelicals and are neo-evangelicals using Beck. Are they all using each other to further their individual brands of dominion theology and neo-evangelicalism?
What is your number? the Enneagram asks. What is the Enneagram? you may ask back. For those who aren’t aware of this fast-growing phenomenon, the Enneagram is a diagram depicting numbers one through nine, with lines connecting each number to two other numbers, and is promoted by its adherents as a tool to use for personality analysis. But the Enneagram, despite being endorsed as an aid for psychological assessment, actually has its roots in the occult, as this article will show. More disturbing than that, in recent years the Enneagram – along with so many other occultic practices – has crept into the Christian church. This is even more startling than seeing it used in the secular world. Not only is it being used and promoted by some Christians, but it is even being defended as a tool based on biblical principles.
Some popular teachers who promote the Enneagram as a Christian tool include Brian McLaren and his friend Richard Rohr. McLaren offers the following advice to one of his readers here:
“3. You mention perfectionism – and you see this as something you’re doing to yourself. I think that’s important … A lot of people focus their blame on others (as it may have seemed I was doing in #1 above) – their parents, their church, etc. But in the end, our worst enemy is often inside us … I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the Enneagram, but perfectionism is a special struggle of Type 1′s … and in Myers-Briggs terms, NT’s and NF’s and some SJ’s can be really hard on themselves too, in various ways. (So can SP’s …)”
O no! USA Today challenges Oprah on Jesus Christ ‘Absolutely contrary to the true teaching of Scripture and historic Christianity’
As Oprah Winfrey’s television show comes to a conclusion this week, USA Today is challenging the queen of daytime TV’s spirituality, quoting authors who say Oprah’s beliefs are “absolutely contrary to the true teaching of Scripture and historic Christianity.”
The report by Cathy Lynn Grossman opens by asking to whom will Oprah turn now that she’s leaving the TV talk circuit.
“God?” the report asks. “Not likely. Many Americans no longer believe in a mighty judge who sets the rules for life now and forever. Instead, many of us sing Oprah’s song of self-redemption.”
Exposing the Jesuit Order: Brannon’s guest is Chris Pinto. Chris and Brannon have both been researching the Catholic Jesuit Order that reports directly to the Pope. Hear the oath the higher Jesuits swear to that includes “waging relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants…as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth…” Jesuits are committed to ecumenicalism, social justice/liberation theology, and a dominion theology that seeks to create a world government controlled by the Church of Rome. Learn about the logo of Jesuit University, Georgetown and the meaning of this logo. In 2008, the Jesuit Superior General was quoted in a Catholic News Agency as calling for giving liberation theology more time to be accepted. Learn how Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is known as one of the early leaders of the New Age Movement and how he greatly influenced the leaders of the United Nations and their quest for a cosmic global government. On May 25, 2011 a Jesuit will be sworn in as the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. Brannon and Chris discuss how the Jesuit Order secretly penetrates political organizations, educational institutions and media outlets. Most disturbing is their infiltration into protestant denominations, seminaries and organizations in order to introduce and promote the mysticism of the Church of Rome such as contemplative prayer, walking a prayer labyrinth, lectio divina, and prayer ropes in an attempt to move the world religions back to the Church of Rome.
‘Spiritual Leader’ Oprah Winfrey Says Farewell to Daytime Talk
The Oprah Winfrey Show, the most popular talk show on TV, is airing its farewell episode Wednesday.
After a memorable 25-year run, Winfrey will be leaving daytime television with a more quiet and personal show of simply thanking her viewers.
It’s the finale episode of one of the world’s most powerful women that millions of people are expected to watch. With a wide fan base and a long list of celebrity supporters, her influence is undeniable.
But some have gone as far as to deem her as a sort of spiritual leader in America.
And her “gospel” message all these years has been about “you,” observed Kathryn Lofton, author of Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon.
Donald Miller, Enneagram, and Who “Feels” Closer To God
In a recent article, popular emergent author Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz) pondered who feels closer to God: liberal theologians or conservative theologians. In this article, Miller also deconstructed the personality traits of both liberals v. conservatives through the use of something known as the Enneagram in an effort to answer this question. What in the world is the Enneagram? I’m so glad you asked, because it is something that is rapidly gaining popularity in Christian circles, but it is far from Christian in its beliefs.
