What if you are a major publisher like Thomas Nelson and you suddenly discover that your mega best-selling book Jesus Calling was inspired by a channeled New Age book? And what if you find out that some of the “messages” your author “received” from her “Jesus” weren’t really from Jesus Continue Reading
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What’s mysticism doing at the Catalyst leadership conference?
Remember when Pastor Rick Warren posted a tutorial on Centering Prayer on his Pastor’s Toolbox website, encouraging thousands of pastors to teach their congregants to go into the silence? No? That’s probably because he yanked it down after biblically sound Christians sounded the alarm bells in his comments section. (Good Continue Reading
WARNING: Kundalini Yoga’s “Highest Mantra Meditation”
We’ve warned before about the many forms of Kundalini Yoga Meditations, which combine the use of mantras, mudras and pranayama (breathing), to bestow profound spiritual “benefits” to those who practice them. Many Christians are being taught these dangerous but popular meditations in day spas, fitness facilities, hospitals, and sadly, in Continue Reading
The Dangers of Contemplative Prayer
One of the continuing snares Christians often encounter in their churches (of almost every denomination) is contemplative prayer. Is it biblical? Why are so many discernment ministries sounding the alarm? After all, doesn’t the Bible say we are to meditate on God’s Word? The answer to that last question is Continue Reading