by Don Veinot | Jul 25, 2024 | AIDS, Bible study, Biblical Ethics, Church Invasion, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Heretics, Immorality, Liberal Left, Mindfulness, mysticism, Panentheism, Progressives, Spiritual AIDS, Virus
Nehemiah is one of my favorite Old Testament books, and while reading it this week, I came across a familiar favorite passage of mine. Though I am familiar with the passage, I was struck anew with its importance. Nehemiah had overseen the rebuilding of the Jerusalem...
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 | Jun 1, 2023 | Ayahuasca, Beth McCord, Claudio Naranjo, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Evagrius Ponticus, False Teacher, G.I. Gurdjieff, Helen Palmer, Idols, Occult, Occultism, Oscar Ichazo, Paganism, Panentheism, Perennialism, Ramon Llull, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Suzanne Stabile, Zach Tyler
(Editor’s Note: This is not a short review.) Christians hold a general idea that the indwelling Holy Spirit will completely protect them from being deceived. This idea is taken from a portion of John 16:13: When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all...
by Carl Teichrib | Apr 27, 2023 | Abraham Maslow, Buddhism, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Hinduism, Homosexuality, Islam, Shaman, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga
Secularism didn’t supplant religion in the Western world, as some Twentieth Century humanists had anticipated. Instead, new spiritual expressions and movements entered the landscape, often with roots firmly planted in the metaphysical soil of the East. This article,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 20, 2023 | Beatrice Chestnut, Beth McCord, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christopher Heuertz, Church leadership, Claudio Naranjo, Discernment, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Helen Palmer, Heresy, Occult, Oscar Ichazo, Paganism, Panentheism, Pastors, Perennialism, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Russell Moore, Spiritual AIDS, Suzanne Stabile, Weigh Down Workshop
Pastors and elders have difficult jobs. Biblically, they have two primary tasks. We find one in Acts 20. It is the shepherd’s role of protector: Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jun 2, 2022 | Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Gnostic, Richard Rohr, Roman Catholic
Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, is “the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School” in Albuquerque, NM.1The core Faculty of the CAC are Father Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Rev....
