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Smiling Faces

by | May 7, 2026 | Benny Hinn, Bethel Church, Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Heretics, Hinduism, John Mark Comer, Kenneth Copeland, Mindfulness, NAR, New Age, New Apostles and Prophets, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Suzanne Stabile

In 1971, the Temptations recorded a rather long (more than 12-minutes) rendition of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong’s song, “Smiling Faces Sometimes,” for Motown. The same year, Norman Whitfield produced a version of the song edited down to about 3:20, performed...

The Many Masks of Spirituality

by | May 1, 2025 | Astrology, Carl Jung, Centering Prayer, Chakras, Claudio Naranjo, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Mindfulness, Mystic, mysticism, New Age, Richard Rohr, Suzanne Stabile, Tarot Cards, Yoga

Don Veinot recently sent me a brief video, Spirituality Without Religion: The Rise of the ‘Modern Mystic’ (less than 9 minutes), that discusses how society is now more open to “spirituality” without connecting it to specific religions, at least not knowingly. This has...

The Occulting of Culture (and the Church)

by | Dec 7, 2023 | Beth McCord, Claudio Naranjo, Enneagram, G.I. Gurdjieff, Liberal Left, Liberalism, Occultism, Oscar Ichazo, Progressives, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Russell Moore, Suzanne Stabile

We are counting down the weeks and days leading up to the celebration of our Savior’s birth. The event, so central to Scripture and, indeed, salvation itself, seems as though it is being reduced to a “sideshow” in what is the increasing paganization of culture and...

Diving Deep into Occultism: A Review of The Journey Home

by | 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, Tyler Zach

(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...

The Evangelical Press and the Church

by | 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...