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 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 | Jul 28, 2022 | Astrology, Beth McCord, Enneagram, Gnostic, Mindfulness, New Age, Perennialism, Richard Rohr
Awana was founded in 1950. It is an outgrowth of the children’s program that originated in the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago. It has grown to be an international organization, and its programs are used in churches worldwide. They have a solid Statement of...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jul 26, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Mindfulness, mysticism, New Age
Editor’s Note: Although some Buddhist concepts are explained here, the thrust of the article is to describe the Western take on Buddhism via the New Age and the secular culture, and how some of its practices and concepts, especially Mindfulness, have migrated to the...
