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Links to Global New Age Pantheism
Dan 11:38 But in his estate shall
he honour the god of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with
gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
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Dear Reader, Read the
following links in this document and you will see why the New Movement SDA
church has no problem retaining Leland Kaiser, a New Age (Old Age) spiritualist,
as an Elder in a Colorado SDA church. https://omega77.tripod.com/sdaspiritualism.htm The link to the
following article is as follows: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/promotenewage.html The discerning
mind will see why I have opposed Rick Warren. The articles at the following
links, especially the one on the Cult of GAIA, who worship nature as God,
will aid the discerning mind in realizing New Movement Adventism's Omega of
Apostasy tie in with modern day pantheism in a way that dwarfs any attempts
by John Kellogg in the Alpha of Apostasy. The SDA General Conference sends
its pastors to men like Rick Warren and Bill Hybels to learn their intellectual philosophy (1SM 204-5)
and methodologies, and that is like Saul going to the Witch of Endor. http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-r007.html http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/newage1.html http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/newage.html http://www.apuritansmind.com/Apologetics/ClarkNewAgePantheism.htm
The following
article demonstrates the nature worship pantheism of the New Age. The United
Nations and the Council on Foreign Relations promote this Satanic cult nature
worship that is designed to supplant Christianity in the global sphere. http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/promotenewage.html (Link to the following article): AL GORE, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE CULT OF GAIA (1999)
Evangelical Leaders Promote New Age
and Eastern Spiritual Practices In what appears to be a sweeping
phenomenon, Christian leaders are embracing practices and a new spirituality
that borrows from Eastern mysticism and New Age philosophy. The changes are
taking place worldwide and involve many of the most popular evangelical
leaders including Rick Warren, Brian McLaren, Richard Foster, Tony Campolo,
and Eugene Peterson. In Rick Warren’s Purpose-Driven
Life, on Day Eleven, he encourages people to practice “breath prayers” by
repeating words and phrases over and over in a mantra-style prayer, a
practice used centuries ago by a group of mystical monks known as the Desert
Fathers. This so-called “prayer” is identical to that found in Hindu yoga and
Zen Buddhism. Brian McLaren, leader of the
emerging church movement has been caught with his hands in the contemplative
cookie jar too by endorsing the back covers of some more-than-questionable
books. One in particular, Reimagining Christianity
by Alan Jones says that the doctrine of the Cross is a vile doctrine. Alan
Jones is an interspiritualist and mystic in every
sense of the words. Take a look at the Living Spiritual Teachers Project, of
which Jones is involved. This group of about twenty includes Zen and Buddhist
monks, New Agers and even Marianne Williamson and
her Course in Miracles. The goal of this group is to integrate other world
religious beliefs into Christianity. McLaren has also endorsed the back covers
of Dave Fleming’s The Seeker’sWay and Tony Campolo’s Speaking My Mind, both of which belief that
Christianity is too limiting, and a union between other religions is
necessary. In Speaking My Mind, Campolo states:
“[M]ysticism [contemplative prayer] provides some
hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam.” (p.149) Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging
Church (with forewords by Rick Warren and Brian McLaren),
encourages practices such as lectio divina, (p. 223) a form of mantra-style meditation and
the use of labyrinths, maze-like structures. Historically and in most
labyrinths today, a chanting prayer is used while walking the labyrinth with
the purpose of connecting to God or what many call Divinity. According to
most who promote labyrinths, it is not necessary to be a born-again Christian
to reach this inner Divinity. Bruce Wilkinson, author of Prayer
of Jabez, does his part in bringing this new
spirituality into Christendom by accepting universalist
Robert Schuller’s invitation to speak at the Robert
Schuller Leadership Institute this past January.
Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek and
Foursquare President Jack Hayford joined Wilkinson
at this year’s event. Incidentally, Hayford has no
problem placing his name on the cover of Richard Foster’s Streams of Living
Water, in which Foster quotes universalist Thomas
Kelly as saying all human beings have a Divine Center. Zondervan Publishing hopped on the band
wagon too. A couple years ago they formed a formal partnership with Youth
Specialties, host of the National Pastor’s Convention which brings in an
array of New Age practices from labyrinths, contemplative prayer and yoga.
Last year Rick Warren spoke immediately after the yoga workshop. This year
Warren is incorporating into his Purpose-Driven Life youth ministry speakers
from Youth Specialties and the pro-contemplative Group Publishing. Ruth Haley Barton, formerly of
Willow Creek and trained at the very contemplative Shalem
Institute for Spiritual Formation inWashington
D.C., wrote Invitation to Solitude and Silence, and teaches contemplative
prayer through her Transforming Center. Barton co-authored with John Ortberg Ordinary Day With Jesus, which clearly instructs
readers in mystical prayer practices. And as if that were not enough to show Ortberg’s sympathies to this New Age spirituality, he
will be speaking this year at the National Pastor’s Convention where
labyrinths, contemplative prayer exercises, and yoga workshops will take
place. Do not think that the infiltration
stops there—Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, endorsed the back cover
of Sue Monk Kidd’s book, When the Heart Waits. Monk Kidd, once a conservative
Baptist, began practicing contemplative prayer and has now become a major
promoter of the practice and of feminine spirituality. When the Heart Waits
clearly shows her descent into this belief system. What was Peterson thinking
when he put his name on that book? Christian magazines such as
Christianity Today, Charisma, Youth Worker Journal and Discipleship Journal
find nothing wrong with producing article after article written by those who
promote this Buddhist-style New Age spirituality. Last October, Charisma
magazine, carried an article called “Be Still and Know” in which
contemplative prayer is described as a trance-like state of mind. According
to Ray Yungen, author of A Time of Departing, this
trance-like state is an altered-state of consciousness that the Bible warns
about. Others who have helped to propel
contemplative spirituality include the late Henri Nouwen
who said he was uncomfortable with those who said Jesus was the only way and
Richard Foster who says we should “all enroll in the school of contemplative
prayer” (Celebration of Discipline) but then warns us it could be so
dangerous that prayers of protection should be said first (Prayer: Finding
the Heart’s True Home). In Brennan Manning’s Abba’s Child he tells readers that
Dr. Beatrice Bruteau is a “trustworthy guide to
contemplative consciousness. ”What many may not
realize when they read Abba’s Child is that Bruteau,
founder of the School of Contemplation, believes that God is in every human
being and that we can reach this Divinity through the conduit of
contemplative prayer. According to Bruteau, “We
have realized ourselves as the Self that says only I AM, with no predicate
following, not “I am a this” or “I have that
quality.” Only unlimited, absolute I AM.” (A Song That Goes On Singing -
Interview with B.B.) Evangelicalism is being redefined, reimagined and reinvented, and while many of these
evangelical leaders seem to be rallying behind this redefining, a growing
number of Christian believers are beginning to take notice, and a legitimate
concern mounts. Will evangelical leaders continue in the direction they are
heading or will there be an about-face and a return to the simplicity and
purity of the Christian faith? For the sake of the gospel, may that be the
case. For more information and endnote
material: Conclusion
by Ron: It is manifest unbelief to send SDA
pastors to advocates of the New Age who mix pantheistic, non-Christian
thinking with truth. This is another reason why a literal manifestation of
Ezekiel 9 begins at His Sanctuary: Begin at
My Sanctuary -- "Here we see that the church--the Lord's sanctuary--was
the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men, those to
whom God had given great light and who had stood as guardians of the
spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust. They had taken
the position that we need not look for miracles and the marked manifestation
of God's power as in former days. Times have changed. These words strengthen
their unbelief, and they
say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do
evil. He is too merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus 'Peace and
safety" is the cry from men who will never again lift up their voice
like a trumpet to show God's people their transgressions and the house of
Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones who feel
the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all
perish together." E. G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211. What has
been the effect of New Age philosophy as imbibed by SDA leaders? Men like Neal C. Wilson, past GC president, has said that
creation week probably took from 11 to 13 million years. Many SDA’s question
the seven day creation week. Evolution has thus crept into the SDA church and
evolution and pantheism are two of Satan’s most perfected arts at the end
time. Pray and
study, God
bless, Ron
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