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What is "Christian Mysticism?"
By Justin Edwards Before discussing contemplative prayer and other vessels to practice contemplative spirituality, it is important to define “Christian” mysticism. This spirituality is all about the subjective experience of “feeling” the presence of God. What is most dangerous is that practitioners can “feel” this presence whether they believe in God or not. Churches promoting […]
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What is Contemplative Spirituality?
March 1, 2010
By Justin Edwards Last week we began to define the Emergent Church which is now known as Emergence Christianity (EC). It was explained that EC has embraced the postmodern philosophy that morality is relative to the individual since there is no known universal truth. EC claims the Word of God is unable to be interpreted […]
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Emergence Christianity – Denial of Hell
February 26, 2010
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By Justin Edwards Before we delve deeper into the intricacies of the Emergent Church, which has now morphed into Emergence Christianity, I want to share a glimpse of their destructive, heretical doctrines – the rejection of hell as a literal, physical place. While this topic will be dealt with in more detail in the weeks […]
Emerging Church: Distinctive Teachings and Goals
February 26, 2010
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By Justin Edwards In the past couple of days we have seen a general overview of the Emergent Church and its adherence to post-modern philosophy. The EC teaches that there is no known universal truth, the church must conform to the culture, there is no clarity in the Word of God, sin is tolerated, morality […]
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13 Heresies in The Shack
February 25, 2010
From: The Crosstalk Blog The Shack continues as a best seller, and evangelicals and otherwise conservative churches are eating it up.There are 13 separate heresies about God in the novel. We know they are heresies because they contradict what the Bible plainly teaches about God. Without the Bible as our standard for truth, we are […]
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What’s So Dangerous About the Emerging Church?
February 25, 2010
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By Justin Edwards As we continue defining the Emerging Church (EC), the following interview between John MacArthur and Phil Johnson helps explain how destructive this movement is. MacArthur begins by explaining that the Emergent Church is an amorphous, loose-knit association of churches that have decided there is value and virtue in uncertainty of Scripture. He […]
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What is the Emerging Church?
February 24, 2010
By Justin Edwards Because this blog is dedicated to defending the faith, it is essential to define the greatest threat to biblical Christianity today: the Emerging Church Movement. The leaders of this not-so-New Age-movement seek to destroy the essential doctrines of Christianity, which are core fundamentals of the faith even unto salvation. Such doctrines include […]
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The Apostasy of Mother Teresa, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campola, and the Emerging Church
February 22, 2010
By Justin Edwards The following article by Ken Silva is an excellent summation of where the road of contemplative spirituality and mysticism can lead an individual – universalism. Ken provides examples from Mother Teresa, Shane Claiborne, and Tony Campola (with mention of Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Brian McLaren) illustrating their ultimate belief that all […]
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Sola Sisters: Universalism: The Gospel Message of Emergent and New Age Spirituality
February 18, 2010
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From the Sola Sisters blog: Universalism: The Gospel Message of Emergent and New Age Spirituality One of the greatest misconceptions in this country today is that the New Age Movement of the 80s and 90s is (1) a thing of the past and (2) has nothing whatsoever in common with Christianity. Nothing could be further […]
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Exchanging Religion for an Eternal Relationship with God
February 18, 2010
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By Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries Nineteen years ago we began inviting all the Roman Catholics we knew into our home to watch a video called Roman Catholicism: Crisis of Faith. The video explains the difference between belonging to a religion and having an intimate relationship with God. Former priests and nuns shared […]
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