by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2024 | Bible, Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram, Idols, Immorality, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation
All of us have heard claims about things the “Bible says” that we do not find in the Bible. Some of these claims are just plain false, while others are likewise untrue but have the advantage of being humorous. The character of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof was...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 20, 2024 | Christ, Contemplative Prayer, deconstruction, Enneagram, Incarnation, Jewish, Pastors, Progressives, Shepherds
A favorite pastime for some popular teachers today is to find new and exciting biblical “insights” to share with others. These “new discoveries” can quickly take on a life of their own and grow unchecked and unchallenged. We think if something has been unknown or...
by Don Veinot | Feb 1, 2024 | Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Gnostic, Mindfulness, mysticism, New Age, Prayer, Progressives
In one of our favorite films, Fiddler on the Roof, the main character, Tevye, is introducing the audience to the Jewish community of Anatevka. When he comes to “the most important of all, our beloved Rabbi” someone asks: Rabbi — is there a proper blessing for...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 9, 2023 | Adultery, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, False Prophet, False Teacher, Homosexuality, Jesus, Salvation
When the 2022 State of Theology Report came out last year, the results were far less than encouraging. For example: – 43% of US Evangelicals agreed with Statement No. 4: “God learns and adapts to different circumstances.” In other words, for nearly...
by Gwendolyn Rodriguez | Jan 5, 2023 | Brennan Manning, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Enneagram, Meditation, Mindfulness, mysticism, Perennialism, Richard Foster, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger, Yoga
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world , rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) Brandon Medina et al. writes that love was the...
by Marcia Montenegro | Oct 13, 2022 | Contemplative Prayer, Henry Nouwen, M. Basil Pennington, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Spiritual arrogance, Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger
In this second installment of a two-part series, we continue looking at two of Ruth Haley Barton’s books, Invitation to Silence and Solitude (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Books; 2nd ed, 2010) and Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual...
