October 2009
Esoteric "Christianity":
"....he explained that the spirit within his soul guided him into all knowledge.
When I asked him which spirit it was that had control of his soul, and directly
challenged whether or not it was an agent of Satan masquerading as an angel
of light, he sharply replied that 'as long as you have no fear, it doesn't
matter which spirit it is.'
"
This
is very dangerous ground! The
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an occult society that had its start
back in 1887, teaches that 'Fear is failure and the forerunner of failure...Therefore
fear not the Spirits, but be firm and courteous with them...' Yet, God's
Word tells us that we are not to believe every spirit, but rather to test
them to see if they are from God (1 John 4:1). Please understand, this is
nothing to fool around with." See
A New Mask for an Ancient Secret
Michelle Obama: It's a 'sacrifice'
to travel to Europe to pitch for the Olympics. But I'm doing it for the
kids: "In her speech
in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark,
along with the travel of her 'dear friend' and 'chit-chat buddy'
Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's
visit by President Obama, is a 'sacrifice' on behalf of the children of
Chicago and the United States." See
Oprah and Tolle fuel New Age
revival
Oprah guru faces criminal
charges?
"The victims were participating in a sauna-like 'sweatbox' treatment
while attending a program run by James Arthur Ray, who appeared in a DVD
version of 'The Secret,' a New Age book authored by Rhonda Byrne that
was heavily promoted by Winfrey.'"
A New Mask for an Ancient
Secret
What is EFT?
"EFT is a powerful new discovery that combines two well established sciences
so you can benefit from both at the same time: Mind Body Medicine
[and] Acupuncture (without needles). In essence, EFT is an emotional version
of acupuncture wherein we stimulate certain meridian points by tapping on
them with our fingertips. This addresses a new cause for emotional issues
(unbalanced energy meridians)." [Endorsed by
Deepak
Chopra and other New Age gurus.
"NEW
THOUGHT" - Its Roots and Branches
July 2009
Woman
accused of killing newborn ate brain:
"A woman charged with murdering her 3 1/2-week-old son used a knife
and two swords to dismember the child and ate parts of his body, including
his brain, before stabbing herself.... Sanchez, 33, is charged with
capital murder in the death of her infant son." See
A Twist of Faith
and
Deliver us from evil
June 2009
Is There"Christian" Yoga?
"Can a Christian incorporate Hindu spiritual practices in order to get closer
to the Jesus of the Bible? I have a strong suspicion the 'Hindu gods' have an
agenda to introduce unsuspecting yoga practitioners to a different Jesus.
A most insightful article on this topic comes from a surprising source. The
article, titled 'There is No Christian Yoga,' is written by Yogi Baba
Prem, a Hindu Yogi, a Vedavisharada trained in the traditional gurukural system.
Listen to what he has to say about 'Christian yoga'..."
See
Tai Chi, Tae Bo and Yoga
May 2009
Christian" Mysticism or Occultism?
"Like his secular practical mystic brethren, he has a strong sense of mission
and destiny... 'Could it be that those who make the journey to the True Self
are, in some ways, demonstrating what lies in store for the entire race?...
Such a world cannot come, however, unless hundreds of thousands of people experience
the regression of the Ego in the service of transcendence [meditation], and
then restructure the culture to accommodate similar growth for millions
of others. I believe we are only now beginning to recognize this task.'"
See
"Sacred and perfect am I"
and
Mysticism & Global Mind Change
January 2009
'Christians' under the influence
of Another Spirit: "What
had been called 'new age' is now being presented as 'new gospel.'
These 'new gospel' teachings are not new
and have actually been around for centuries in one form or another. Whether
it was ancient
gnosticism,
the occultic teachings of
Helena Blavatsky
(1831-1891) and
Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949), or the present day 'new gospel' channelings,
the bottom line has always been the same -- everyone is a part of God."
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
<
Oprah Winfrey interviewing Eckhart
Tolle on April 9, 2008 (A friend warned me to delete the link to the video):
"I thought Jesus came,
died on the cross. That Jesus' being here was about his death and dying on the
cross, when it really was about him coming to show us how to do it. How to be.
To show us the Christ Consciousness that he had, and that that consciousness
abides with all of us. That's what I got." “God, in the essence of all consciousness,
isn’t something to believe. God is. And God is a feeling experience, not a believing
experience.”—Oprah Winfrey (April 9, 2008) Idols
and "other gods"
New Thought - Its Roots and
Branches: "Roots:
Ancient Mystery Religions,
Kabbalah,
Gnosticism,
Rosicrucianism,
Swedenborg,
Theosophy,
Hermetic magic....
Branches:
Unity Church, Christian
Science, Divine Science, Science of Mind,
Word of Faith,
Oprah Winfrey
&
New
Spirituality. Related:
Secret societies,
Freemasons..."
New Ager Walsch “Mystified” By His
Own Plagiarism: "Mystic
occultist, Neale Donald Walsch, made his cash and his fame by claiming to have
had mystical encounters with a voice he calls 'God'. His
Conversations with God series
was wildly popular for years, and he still travels the world claiming that there
is no hell, that even Hitler is
in heaven, because all, in the end is love… except, that is, if you are
a fundamentalist. They, you see, go straight to hell....
"Now Walsch is making headlines as a plagiarist after ripping off an essay this
Christmas about, what else, 'love'. The cool thing about being a mystical New
Ager is that you can always claim you are 'mystified' as to how it happened.
The words just somehow drifted into your mind, you see. ... The plagiarized
author isn’t so kind and seems unimpressed with Walsch’s New Age ethics."
See next link:
Christmas Essay Was Not His, Author
Admits: "Neale Donald
Walsch... recently posted a personal Christmas essay on the spiritual Web site
Beliefnet.com about his son’s kindergarten winter pageant.... Mr. Walsch’s story
was nearly identical to an essay by a writer named Candy Chand, which was originally
published 10 years ago.... Speaking of Mr. Walsch, she asked: 'Has the man who
writes best-selling books about his ‘Conversations With God’ also heard God’s
commandments? ‘Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not lie, and thou shalt not
covet another author’s property’?”
See
Indigo Children
and Conversations with 'God'
December 2008
"Christmas
Miracle":
[Not really! This
New Age "prophecy" was posted at Wall Street Journal website]
"In April 1995 Time magazine
devoted an eight-page spread to its cover story on miracles and concluded: 'People
are hungry for signs.' Look now for the biggest miracle of all. In the very
near future a large, bright star will appear in the sky visible to all throughout
the world -- night and day. Unbelievable? ... Around a week later,
Maitreya,
the World Teacher for all humanity, will begin his open emergence....
"For over
30 years... Benjamin Creme has been preparing the way for the emergence of Maitreya
and his group, the Masters of Wisdom.....Awaited by all faiths under
different names,
Maitreya
is the Christ to Christians [not true], the Imam Mahdi to Muslims, Krishna to
Hindus, the Messiah to Jews, and Maitreya Buddha to Buddhists. He is the World
Teacher for all, religious or not.... The outpouring of his extraordinary energy
has been the stimulus for dramatic developments on many fronts.... He will seek
to inspire humanity to see itself as one family, and to create world
peace through sharing, economic justice and global cooperation.
...humanity is assured... of a brilliant new civilization."
See
The Dalai Lama
Occultism in the Heartland:
"...an invitation-only interfaith service, hosted by the Tibetan Cultural Center
and led by the Dalai Lama, was held at the Saint Charles Catholic Church....
But it wasn’t just religious leaders who welcomed the Buddhist deity to Indiana.
At the opening ceremony, Governor Frank O’Bannon, Indianapolis Mayor
Stephen Goldsmith, and actor Steven Segal each walked to the podium and welcomed
the Dalai Lama, each in turn addressing this man from Tibet with the high
titles, 'His Holiness' and 'Your Holiness.'
"Yet, the
interfaith approach – which honors all so-called deities and their emissaries
– is invalid according to the message given in the Book of Isaiah,
For thus says
the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and
made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed
it to be inhabited: 'I am the Lord, and there is no other… …there is no
other God beside Me, a just God and a Savior; There is none beside Me.
Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the Earth! For I am God, and
there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:18, 21-22)
November 2008
Vampire Author's fictionalized Jesus
promoted by James Dobson:
“Anne Rice appeared on James Dobson’s Focus on the Family program in October
to promote her spiritual biography, Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession.
Rice, the former atheist and queen of the vampires, has sold more than 70 million
horror and sex-themed books.... Rice stands by her earlier works, and just prior
to her spiritual biography, had written two novels about Jesus Christ.... The
content of these novels is taken from apocryphal writings like the [Gnostic]
Gospel of Thomas as
well as her own imagination.... In the first novel,
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt,
she depicts Jesus as a 7-year-old boy who gets the things he wishes for, like
the death of another young boy who annoys him."
See
His unchanging Word
October 2008
Carl G. Jung Man of Science or Modern
Shaman? "We must evaluate
Jung's psychology in the light of his heretical theology. ... Borrowing the
method of visualization or 'active imagination' from ancient occultism, Jung
dialogued with figures that appeared in his fantasies. He called them 'archetypes'
and assumed that they... had an independent existence and needed 'integration'
with his conscious mind.... In fact, Jung even used the term daemon for them
at times. One such 'archetype' was an old 'wise man' who called himself Philemon
and who became Jung's 'wise guide' and teacher. The Bible calls this spiritism'
and demon contact."
See
Tarot, Carl Jung, Swedenborg,
Blake & Freemasons
September 2008
The Silent Church:
"The 'new gospel Christ' tells
Barbara Marx Hubbard that on the day of 'Planetary Pentecost' a 'planetary
smile' will flash across the face of all mankind; that an 'uncontrollable joy'
that he describes as the 'joy of the force' will 'ripple' through the one body
of humanity.' Benjamin Creme describes the event 'as a pentecostal experience
for all.' The 'Christ' of A Course in Miracles
tells how the world ends in 'peace' and 'laughter.' ... Could it be that the
reason the Church is so unaware of the 'new gospel' movement is because it is
being led by that same spirit and heading down that same broad way? Is it happening
now, right in front of our very own eyes?"
See
Heaven is Forever!
August 2008
Life After Lakeland: Sorting Out
the Confusion:
"From the first week of the Lakeland revival, many discerning Christians raised
questions about Bentley’s beliefs and practices. They felt uneasy when he said
he talked to an angel in his hotel room. They sensed something amiss when he
wore a T-shirt with a skeleton on it. They wondered why a man of God would cover
himself with tattoos. They were horrified when they heard him describe how he
tackled a man and knocked his tooth out during prayer. But among those who jumped
on the Lakeland bandwagon, discernment was discouraged.... The message was clear:
'This is God. Don’t question.'...
"Many of
us would rather watch a noisy demonstration of miracles, signs and wonders than
have a quiet Bible study. ... Our adolescent craving for the wild and crazy
makes us do stupid things. ...
"Why didn’t
anyone in Lakeland denounce the favorable comments Bentley made about William
Branham?... He claimed that he was the reincarnation of Elijah—and his strange
doctrines are still embraced by a cultlike following today. When Bentley announced
to the world that the same angel that ushered in the 1950s healing revival had
come to Lakeland, the entire audience should have run for the exits....
"Why did
God TV tell people that 'any criticism of Todd Bentley is demonic'?... Paul
wrote: 'Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility
for the sins of others' (1 Tim. 5:22).... Why did a group of respected ministers
lay hands on Bentley on June 23 and publicly ordain him?... This controversial
ceremony was organized by Peter Wagner.... He asked California pastors Che Ahn
and Bill Johnson, along with Canadian pastor John Arnott, to lay hands on Bentley..."
See
Angels or Demons? Todd Bentley
and The Beautiful Side of Evil
July 2008
The next two quotes show the rising
new spirituality promoted by countless networks, organizations and world leaders
(See also
Global Spirituality)
The Global Interchange:
"The Global Interchange (GIC) is positioned for a pivotal role in our emerging
world community through a growing recognition and alignment of the basic
interconnectedness that underlies humanity's extraordinary diversity....
By linking the context of social and spiritual awakening in the world
to a large population with diverse interests, the GIC offers an extraordinary
opportunity for humanity to express its unfolding higher consciousness."
See
New Spirituality for an Awakening
Planet?
The New Age Comes to the Girl
Scouts of the USA:
"...a 12 page brochure for their upcoming annual National Council Session...
states: 'Channel your inner being. Be one with your mind, body, and soul.
Yoga for everyone!' Yet, on their website it states: 'Doxology is not an appropriate
Girl Scout event song, as it is easily identified as a Christian church song.'...
While these references and promotions of Yoga are disturbing to say the least,
a recently formed partnership... will take Girl Scouts to a whole new level
of New Age spirituality! ...The Ashland Institute... teaches Attunement (metaphysical
energy healing) described as .Creative Energy Practice,. which .deepens. the
.connection with the Source of Life.."
See
Mine is the Power!
The most dangerous televangelist
in the world: "Oprah
says, 'God is a feeling experience not a believing experience...
and if God for you is still about a belief then it’s not truly God...
Eckart agrees with her....
"Oprah
has embraced
Betty
Eadie... author of the book
Embraced
By The Light.... Oprah wholeheartedly endorsed and promoted the feel good...
book, The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne,
which teaches you can think anything into existence.... Her Oprah Winfrey Show
is the highest rated talk show in television history. Her book club makes instant
bestsellers of what are oftentimes average books."
See
From God's Truth to the "New Spirituality"
Emerging out of the Sea:
"...Lucifer’s prey is those in today’s Christianity who aren’t rooted in the
faith and therefore easily devoured after they’ve unwarily walked right into
his 'Christianized' or 'Christ-ized' traps.... And when Lucifer’s
'signs and lying wonders' launch in
full force, the very bewitched and apathetically ignorant world will inevitably
end up worshipping Lucifer...."
See
The Nature and Tactics of Satan
and
Angels or Demons?
Proud pagan witch backs Obaman's
poverty bill: "While
Senator Barack Obama struggles to keep the public in the dark about the nature
of his pro-U.N. Global Poverty Act, a recent 'Bay Area Interfaith Leaders’
Luncheon' was held to lobby for Senate passage of the bill, whose cost has been
estimated at $845 billion. An actual witch who spoke at a 'Pagan Pride'
festival in San Francisco was one of the listed participants.... Representatives
of the United Religions Initiative
and the World Parliament of Religions were also among those included....
"...a concerned
parent alerted us to the fact that a Christian preschool in Long Island,
New York was handing out a coloring page for children which included a plea
for Congress to pass Obama’s Global Poverty Act. 'Dear Parents,' said
the letter that was sent home. 'We would like to join efforts with the congregation
of St. David’s to stop world hunger."
See
Mine is the Power!
Neopaganism growing quickly:
"Their numbers roughly double about every 18 months in the United States, Canada
and Europe.... People, especially teens, are rejecting what they see as the
'autocracy, paternalism, sexism, homophobia and insensitivity to the environment'
of some more traditional religions.... Brennan, a credentialed Wiccan minister
with the Denver-based Alexandria Temple & Academy... said neopagans generally
prefer to experience spirituality firsthand rather than adhere to authoritarian
dogma.... Inmate neopagans include Wiccans, druids and the Asatru, who worship
Odin and other Norse gods."
See
The Rising World Religion
Angels or Demons? Todd Bentley and
The Beautiful Side of Evil:
"Bentley is no stranger to demonic forces. '...twenty-five demons were cast
out of me,' he said in one of the many videos that document his teachings, '...and
when I first got saved the demonic started showing up unlike anything that I
had seen even before I became a Christian.... I came out of everything involved
with the demonic especially in the whole world of music and satanic music...."
See the next link:
Todd Bentley, C. Peter Wagner and
apostolic alignment at the Florida Healing Outpouring:
"It was a notable night in Lakeland tonight at the Florida Healing Outpouring.
My friend C. Peter Wagner took the stage and explained Biblical apostolic
alignment ... Che Ahn, Bill Johnson and John Arnott agreed to provide
apostolic oversight and encouragement to Todd. I expect the level of anointing,
glory and geographical scope of this outpouring to notably increase after tonight."
See
Todd Bentley and "The Beautiful
Side of Evil"
June 2008
THE SHACK & Its New Age Leaven:
"I was drawn into the New Age Movement years ago by books and lectures containing
parabolic stories that were not unlike The Shack. They felt spiritually uplifting
as they tackled tough issues and talked about God’s love and forgiveness. They
seemed to provide me with what I spiritually needed as they gave me much needed
hope and promise. Building on the credibility they achieved through their inspirational
and emotive writings, my New Age authors and teachers would then go on to tell
me that 'God' was 'in' everyone and everything."
See
Deceived by a counterfeit "Jesus"
Oneness Demands Sacrifices:
"To bring the counterfeit kingdom of God (the new world religion/Emerging One
Church) into full emergence, the dragon intends to eliminate all hindrances
through his Coming One. Sooner than we think, people will be given the choice
to either get on board the Ark of Oneness or remain in the great sea of
separateness
and get 'swallowed up' in the
coming
storm of judgment.
“'Nothing can prevent the new world religion from eventually emerging.… It will
be hindered by the fundamentalists, the narrow-minded and the theologians in
all the world religions, by those who refuse to let go the old interpretations
and methods, who love the old doctrines …”
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
Todd Bentley's "Revival":
"There was a lot of 'cheerleading' from the stage as microphone checks were
being done. ... The phrase 'stir yourselves up' was used repeatedly, as was
the concept of a 'transferable anointing.'A woman led in prayer for the service
and said, 'sound waves carry your [God] presence and anointing' and then told
the people to 'roar like a lion!' At that request, people everywhere shouted
at the top of their lungs and blew the shofars. This same lady was jerking and
twitching in a similar way to what has happened in meetings in Toronto and Brownsville
in the past. She went on to tell the people to look at one another and say,
'You are pregnant – with the Holy Spirit and fire!' There was also much talk
of 'birthing' and 'signs and wonders."
Footprints of a Prophet or Tracks
of a Wolf? "I have
been blitzed with e-mails about the Todd Bentley 'revival' in Florida. ... This
is a Charismatic happening called the 'third wave.' The 'first wave' was Toronto,
and it fizzled out. The 'second wave' was Pensacola, and it had the same fate.
Now Bentley has brought in the 'third wave,' and folks are coming from around
the world for the 'anointing.'....
"He is an
ex-Satanist, a
pierced and tattooed signs and wonders guy, and a man who gets messages
from angels, particularly one named Emma. He does not open the Bible and preach.
When he is "under the anointing" he can
cause tumors
to "explode," he says. The Holy Spirit told him to kick a lady in the face
with his biker boot so he did so. If he tries to deal with someone he thinks
might be demonized, he gets
nothing
short of violent, virtually choking a man he is trying to exorcise. He also
gets violent when he uses the word 'bam.'"
Is Todd Bentley walking in the footsteps
of mystics and seers?
"Is Todd Bentley actually receiving revelations from God, or is there something
more to his visions of angels and messages from heaven? For example, what about
his vision of Sadhu Sundar Singh?... SundarSingh’s visions of wandering souls
in the spirit world and heavenly spheres also included contact with a dead mystic
and seer named
Emanuel
Swedenborg: 'I saw him several times some years ago.... His name in the
spiritual world is quite different just according to his high position or office
and most beautiful character.' ... 'Not only was
Swedenborg
a seer and a medium, he was also one of the forerunners to modern spiritualism."'
See
LILITH by George
MacDonald and
New Thought, Swedenborg & Science of Mind
The Coming One:
"This grand finale of the serpent’s seduction of humanity will appear to prove
to an awestruck, bewitched humanity the seeming truth of the promise he gave
in the Garden of Eden. With the 'power and signs and lying wonders' of
'the great dragon'—'that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world' (Revelation 12:9)—this 'man of sin' will masquerade as a 'man
of peace' who has 'achieved' both divinity and immortality."
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
Meditation: The Expressway to the
“God” and “Christ” Within You:
"Meditation is the most effective and most deceptive weapon in the serpent’s
arsenal for the purpose of seeking new members for his counterfeit kingdom of
God.... The following quotes on the nature and goal of meditation for those
who practice it were penned by [channeler]
Alice Bailey....
"...'the
great schools of intellectual meditation (devoid in the final stages of feeling
and emotion) all lead to the same point. From the standpoint of Buddhism, of
Hinduism, of Sufism, and of Christianity, there is the same basic goal: Unification
with Deity; there is the same transcendence of the senses, the same focusing
of the mind at its highest point;
... the same assimilation into God, and awareness of identity with God, and
the same subsequent Illumination."
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
May 2008
Academia looks seriously at Kabbalah:
"Red strings, holy water, talismans and other New Age Kabbalistic paraphernalia
may seem like so much spiritual mumbo jumbo to some, but a growing number of
university scholars are beginning to acknowledge modern expressions of Kabbalah.
In the past, university scholars in Jewish Thought departments in Israel and
abroad scoffed at phenomena such as the Kabbalah Center, Madonna's interest
in Kabbalah, and the New Age attraction to Jewish mysticism."
See
The mystical Kabbalah
Deepak Chopra Comments on Evangelical
Manifesto: "Calling the
new Evangelical Manifesto 'conciliatory,' New Age leader and author Deepak Chopra
says... that 'the writers quickly declare that their purpose is 'not to attack
or exclude.'... 'If you want to save the planet, it helps not to attack the
bulk of humanity that worships a different God.'... Chopra finds this move by
these more tolerant evangelicals admirable, but he says that the fundamentalists
(those against abortion and homosexual practice) 'will irrationally dominate
their agenda.'
"
Chopra
is a prominent proponent of mantra meditation and believes that the christ-consciousness
(God) is in everyone. This is why he finds the traditional Christian 'intolerant.'...The
fact that Chopra finds the Evangelical Manifesto to be hopeful is not a good
sign for evangelical Christianity.... But the New Age 'reconciliation' does
not mean living peacefully with people of different faiths - it means being
willing to lay aside the belief that there is only one way to God, (specifically
Jesus Christ). Ultimately, this line of thinking concludes that all paths lead
to God, and we can be reconciled to God through any faith."
See
New
Thought and
New Spirituality for an
Awakening Planet and
Gorbachev's Plan for a United
World
April 2008
Emergent MIND Change:
"Tolle's solution to this 'deep-seated collective delusion' is 'a radical transformation
of human consciousness.' Man must begin by recognizing his own 'insanity'
before he can 'emerge.' He must eradicate 'mental belief structures'
by exchanging 'a set of thoughts you regard as the absolute truth'
-- what Tolle calls a 'mind-dominated religion" -- for the 'transcendence of
thought.'...
"Likewise,
Brian McLaren has been forging new orthodoxies for a
New Spirituality in his aptly-named
Emergent church movement. In order for Christians to 'emerge' ... they must
give up their belief system that is mentally ill. They must abandon their
'threats of hell' which 'seem a little defensive, deranged, out of touch,
manic, or embarrassed' in order to have a more 'vibrant form of the Christian
faith that is holistic, integral, and balanced.' McLaren portrays the 'typical
Christian believer' as 'tense, judgmental, imbalanced, reactionary, negative,
and hypocritical.' Definitely not the picture of mental health!"
See
The UN Plan for Your Mental
Health
Transcending Religious Differences
to Become 'Truly Human' on the Ark of Oneness:
"Humanity’s spiritual Ark is being built by many groups as the platform of the
new world religion. Although it gives the appearance of being 'Christian,' or
'following Christ,' it is a New Age Ark of Oneness. The builders of this Ark
are... warning everyone who remains separate from this Oneness to change their
wrong separative beliefs or face the
coming storm of judgment that is to purge the world of all separateness.
Only those who forsake 'the way of separation'
and find 'forgiveness' toward others... can enter this Ark of peace and
safety." See
The Emerging One Church of the
New World
Warning
from
Lighthouse Trails.
BOOK REVIEW: An Honest Look At "Don't
Drink the Kool-aid":
"On March 3rd, a book titled Don't Drink the Kool-Aid was released by author
Carrington Steele. ... Since its release... a promotional video on YouTube has
received over two and a half million hits. Steele's efforts to alert Christians
and the public are noteworthy. However, after a thorough examination of this
book, Lighthouse Trails must issue a public warning.....
"...because
the author also plagiarized some secular sources (such as CNN, Fox News, and
Rolling Stone magazine), we believe this book may, in addition to being a poor
Christian testimony, be legally problematic. Particularly, the fact that one
paragraph in a book we publish,
A Time
of Departing, was illegitimately copied in Don't Drink the Kool-Aid and
passed off as Steele's own writing, has forced us to speak up.
"Unattributed
use of another's writing that is passed off to the public as one's own is plagiarism.
Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law (the industry standard for copyright issues)...
states that verbatim copyrighted material must be credited."
They Say 'I AM' 'For Many Shall
Come in My Name': "In
Matthew 24:3-5, Jesus spoke these revealing words to His disciples concerning
the signs of His coming and the end of the world (age): '...as He sat upon the
mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, 'Tell us, when
shall these things be? and what shall be the sign [indication] of thy coming,
and of the end of the world [age]?' And Jesus answered and said unto them, 'Take
heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.'...
"You will
recall that one of the terms that New Agers regularly use for the higher self
is the Christ consciousness. To them, Christ is not a person, but a state-of-being.
Excerpts from the following New Age sources explain it this way: 'Jesus
Christ ... taught that there is a power in man that gives him authority over
the things of the world. This principle is the higher self, the spiritual
man, the Christ."
From God's Truth to a New Spirituality
"Satan is not simply trying
to draw people to the dark side of a good versus evil conflict. Actually, he
is trying to eradicate the gap between himself and God, between good and evil,
altogether." Ray Yungen,
A Time
of Departing, page 101.
Oprah and Eckhart Do the New Age
Shift (The Divinity of Man)--Part 3
: “In you, as in each human being,
there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very
essence of who you are. We may call it presence, awareness, the unconditioned
consciousness. In the ancient teachings, it is the Christ within, or your
Buddha nature.'– Eckhart Tolle...
“'As we flew home on Cathay
Pacific Airlines I began to think to myself, 'We are all like the clay Buddha
covered with a shell of hardness created out of fear, and yet underneath
each of us is a ‘golden Buddha,’ a ‘golden Christ’...’ which is our real
self.' – Jack Canfield’s story 'The Golden Buddha,' Chicken Soup for the Soul."
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
Erwin McManus' Awaken 2008 Speaker
Promotes Eckhart Tolle:
"Many of the event speakers (called "Thought Leaders") promote contemplative
mysticism, but one in particular, Mark Batterson, points readers on his website
to Eckhart Tolle, a New Age guru who
is currently being heralded by Oprah Winfrey. Batterson says that Tolle's book,
Practicing the Power of Now, is 'instrumental in the way I think about life.'
His public reading list also includes several other New Agers and mystics: Jack
Canfield, Daniel Goleman (The Meditative Mind), Gary Thomas (Sacred Marriage,
Sacred Pathways),
Leonard
Sweet, Tony Jones, Brian McLaren...."
See
From Truth to a New Spirituality
There is no Religion Higher than
-- Truth: “Our object
is not to destroy any religion but rather to help to filter each, thus
ridding them of their respective impurities.… 'Free discussion [dialogue],
temperate, candid, undefiled by personalities and animosity, is, we think, the
most efficacious means of getting rid of error and bringing out the underlying
truth…"
“[I]s
there such a thing as absolute truth in the hands of any one party or man? Reason
answers, ‘there cannot be.’..." —Lucifer Magazine, 1888, Helena Blavatsky."
Oprah and Eckhart Do the New Age
Shift--Part 2:
"Oprah described herself on the webcast as a 'Christian'. ... and when the first
caller asked how Oprah reconciled this 'new form of spirituality' with her “Christian”
beliefs, Oprah responded by talking about 'Christ consciousness.'...
– First Caller…'Oprah, how
have you reconciled these spiritual teachings with your Christian beliefs?
"Oprah:
… I’ve reconciled it because I was able to open my mind about the absolute,
indescribable hugeness of that which we call God.... I believe is that Jesus
came to show us Christ consciousness."
The Oneness Blessing - Pathway to
Global Awakening: "The
Oneness Movement is a fast growing effort to bring the Oneness Blessing to millions
of people around the world with the hope of changing people's consciousness
and thus the state of the planet. This Oneness experience takes place when a
Oneness Blessing giver places his or her hands on a person's head (although
it can also be bestowed through eye contact or even simple intention), and a
sense of awakening into oneness is imparted." See
The
twisted "truths" of The Shack & A Course in Miracles
March 2008
Oprah and Eckhart Do the New Age
Shift: "Tolle’s book A New Earth – like
A Course in Miracles and other New Age
teachings – exploits the idea that the world is at a crisis point and insists
that we must 'spiritually evolve' as a species to avoid personal and planetary
disaster. According to New Age leaders like Tolle, spiritually evolving means
'shifting' or converting to the heretical belief that we are all 'God' and that
we are all 'Christ.' In both his book and his class with Oprah, Tolle reiterated
the words that New Age leader Barbara Marx Hubbard was given by her New Age
'Christ' – 'evolve or die.' ...if you don’t 'shift' your point of view,
and 'get it'... our planet will probably be destroyed and our human species
will become extinct."
See
The Armor of God
Departing from the Faith, Having
Taken Away the Key of Knowledge:
"As the
New Spirituality continues to emerge as the new faith, these concepts and
teachings are becoming ever more familiar within today’s Christianity. We are
even being told that this is 'authentic' Christianity. Yet every one of these
beliefs were penned by internationally known occultists and channelers! These
beliefs, which are increasingly appearing in the teachings and writings of professing
Christian leaders, were penned by Helena P. Blavatsky,
Alice A. Bailey, and
Neale Donald
Walsch. Blavatsky has been referred to as the grandmother of the New Age
movement, which is founded in the “Ageless Wisdom,” or “Ancient Wisdom,” of
the East."
More Tales From the Trenches:
“I was sitting at a women’s meeting at our church a couple of weeks ago and
one of the women (it is a small group, about six people–I give the devotion
each time for them) asked about Eckhart Tolle’s book and the
Course in Miracles
that Oprah is sponsoring. She and her husband are in two support groups... and
she wanted to know if she should sign up for the programs as EVERYONE IN HER
SUPPORT GROUP WAS GOING TO DO IT. Nobody said a word.
"
I
said, 'Sally, NO, don’t sign up for that. You are a Christian and that is occult.
That is New Age, Sally.' One of the other women who is a pillar in our Church
said, 'Well, Oprah is a Christian.' I said, 'No, Jan, she is not. She is a pagan.
Her Jesus and her God are not the same as the One we serve and worship.'She
looked like I had slapped her."
See
From Truth to a "New Spirituality"
Oral Roberts, John Bevere Featured
on New Secret DVD
( by Ingrid
Schlueter ): I
received a promotion today for a new DVD out in June called, “The Source of
the Secret”: Revelations of Faith, Joy & Gratitude. Word-faith teachers like
John Bevere, Oral Roberts and several others unite to promote the “Law of Attraction”
as taught in the bestselling “The Secret”. Here’s the promotion letter from
the agency.....Oral Roberts has been teaching “The Secret” for decades now.
Here is the trailer for “The Source of the Secret” DVD, coming out in June.
Look at the line-up of supposedly evangelical pastors promoting this stuff.
The Moses Code Taking the Next Step
Toward a World Wide Awakening:
"The Moses Code is a kind of sequel or next step to The Secret that focused
on the Law of Attraction, which, if practiced faithfully, promises to help one
obtain his or her hopes and dreams. The Secret tells readers and viewers how
this is possible: 'You are God in a physical body ... You are all power ...
You are all intelligence ... You are the creator'."
Living Luminaries: Robert A. Schuller
In New Film with Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and 'The Secret’s Beckwith:
'While evangelical leaders like Charles Colson, Lee Strobel and Focus on the
Family’s H.B London lined up with Robert A. Schuller and his father at the Crystal
Cathedral for the
ReThink
Conference a few weeks ago, Schuller, Jr.’s picture was being affixed to
websites and promotional materials for a marketing campaign that will introduce
countless souls to New Age teachings.
"Schuller
participated in the making of the Living Luminaries, a movie just released
on DVD, with New Age leaders like Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith of
The Secret,
Eckhart Tolle, now being
featured on a live webcast with Oprah, and the 'Venerable Tibetan Lama' Chodak
Gyatso Nupka.... Schuller, Jr. is indeed a 'living luminary' just like his father
who has been a key player in the New Spirituality for decades. ... The website
calls the movie participants, 'consciously
evolved.'" See
A New Mask for an Ancient Secret
February 2008
The Shack:
"I bought and read The Shack a few days ago on the emotional recommendation
of a friend who admitted that -- while he was not an avid reader -- this book
moved him to tears. The Shack... is flying off the store shelves. People
are buying a copy , then coming back to buying several more to pass out to family
or friends. The emotional reaction triggered by The Shack seems almost
unprecedented and the book is enthusiastically endorsed by Christian bookstore
staff as THE book to read!
"
A
book on par with John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress -- or is there something dangerously
deceptive lurking in its pages? Have you questioned what you read in light of
scripture ? ... The Papa of the Shack is God stripped of His majesty, His glory,
His Holiness."
Who is Jesus? He's three people,
says Deepak Chopra: "In
his book 'The Third Jesus,'...Chopra says there is a 'sketchy historical figure,'
a second 'abstract theological creation' and a third Jesus with the
highest level of enlightenment -- what Chopra calls God-consciousness.
'I want to offer the possibility that Jesus was truly, as he proclaimed, a savior,'
Chopra wrote. 'Not... the one and only Son of God.... 'Jesus intended to save
the world by showing others the path to God-consciousness.'...
"Chopra paints
this third Jesus as one of both Eastern and Western spirituality....
'I hope in the very least it will contribute to some healing of the rift
in our collective soul, which is the cause of all the wars and all the problems
we're having today.'...
"Chopra said
he hoped readers would ... understand that engaging in
contemplative meditation can lead to positive change. ... 'The way we think,
the way we behave, the way we feel, the way we have our personal relationships,
our social interactions, our environment all changes in an evolutionary direction
because we have shifted in our own consciousness.' And that, he said 'is precisely
what is meant by the kingdom
of heaven is within you.'"
Compare Chopra's New
Age/Hindu message with
The twisted "truths" of The Shack & A Course in
Miracles
The Spirituality of Oprah:
"Somewhere during her career, Oprah read a book titled Discover The Power
Within You by Unity minister Eric Butterworth. In line with Unity teaching,
the book expounded on the Divinity of Man as perceived through mystical practice.
Oprah embraced these views so earnestly that she advocated: 'This book changed
my perspective on life and religion. Eric Butterworth teaches that God isn't
'up there.' He exists inside each one of us, and it's up to us to seek the
divine within." See
Deceived by a counterfeit "Jesus"
God's Relationship to Everything:
"This teaching -- that God is IN everything -- is at the heart of the emerging
syncretism of global spirituality. It is a key doctrine of New Age spirituality,
and increasingly shows up in the evangelical world."
January 2008
Evangelicals and Wiccans Together?
Emerging Pastor Fascinated by Witches/Pagans:
"Pastor Wyman considers himself an educator for both Wicca and Christianity,
and he thinks Wicca is getting a bad rap from Christians.... He’d like to change
that. Here are his views on establishing dialogue with pagans and witches....
"... a woman... was involved with Wicca which was her direct exposure to darkness
that ultimately led to her demonic possession. That’s because Wicca is witchcraft,
which is pure spiritual rebellion.... No sovereign God above, just their 'goddess'
selves that can make all things happen. That’s why the Scriptures forbid divination
and dark arts. It is direct revolt and disobedience to God.'
"...have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."
(Eph. 5:11-12) See
A Twist of Faith: The Sophia Circle
UPDATE on Oprah Winfrey, Marianne
Williamson and A Course in Miracles:
"On New Year’s Day, New Age leader Marianne Williamson got the new year off
to a rousing start on Oprah & Friends XM Radio as she began to systematically
teach the New Age principles of A Course in Miracles. While most of the
Christian world was relaxing, Williamson was hard at work teaching this occult
Course on her radio show. ...
"A Course
in Miracles is reputedly 'new revelation' from 'Jesus,' channeled through
a university professor in New York City by the name of Helen Schucman. But the
Course is actually the Bible turned upside-down, as it teaches that 'a
slain Christ has no meaning' and that 'the journey to the cross should be the
last useless journey.' Its teachings state that 'there is no sin' and that 'the
recognition of God is the recognition of yourself.'”
December 2007
Oprah Winfrey and Marianne Williamson:
Reflections on their New Age Christ:
"Shortly after the posting of
Smith's article and the
two
subsequent
articles on Herescope, there was considerable concern - at least in
Christian circles - that Oprah was using her radio program to teach this New
Age Course. Many Internet sources
cited what was happening. Amidst the uproar, Marianne Williamson's 'Big
News!' announcement suddenly disappeared from her website. All attempts to
get information on why Williamson withdrew her announcement were to no
avail. However, Marianne Williamson has just posted a new announcement on
her website that seems to
take the place of the 'Big News!' announcement of several days ago."
See
"Oprah and Friends" to teach
course on New Age Christ
Marianne Williamson: Moonbeams, Miracles & Magic:
Marianne W. says: "Suggesting anything close to
the idea that love might actually be the Answer, we're swatted down like a
fly by our contemporary thought police. We're told how naive we are,
how silly we're being, how unsophisticated our analysis of the world
situation is. 'She's a nut! She's New Age! He's a moonbeam!' Yeah, right. .
. .
"Our mind has been opened to a
liberating truth, and we feel this truth like an
alchemical
substance that bathes our cells and
transforms our thinking."
Marianne Williamson."
November 2007
A History of Belief:
"Places are sacred according to how the sacred is understood.... Each
understanding has in turn shaped the way humans have seen the world, or
places within the world, often as reflections, representations, or
embodiments of that order.... [A]rchaic believers saw themselves as
re-enacting, in daily life and through ritual, the cycle of what the great
scholar of religion Mircea Eliade called 'the eternal return.' This was also
a radically egalitarian age."
This world of
tribal
wars and shamanism was usually cruel and competitive. And in the larger
civilizations, powerful priests and rulers offered
human sacrifices to their gods and built their "sacred places" with
slave labor.
See
Myth,
Magic and Mysticism
and
Witchcraft and Ecology
'Oprah and Friends' to teach
course on New Age Christ:
"By the end of the year, 'Oprah & Friends' listeners will have completed all
of the lessons laid out in the Course in Miracles Workbook. Those who finish
the Course will have a wholly redefined spiritual mindset—a New Age
worldview that includes the belief that there is no sin, no evil, no devil,
and that God is 'in' everyone and everything. ...The Course Workbook bluntly
states: 'This is a course in mind training' and is dedicated to 'thought
reversal.' Teaching A Course in Miracles will be Oprah’s longtime friend and
special XM Satellite Radio reporter
Marianne Williamson.... She and
Conversations with [an
occult] God author Neale Donald Walsch co-founded the
American Renaissance Alliance." See
Reinventing
Jesus Christ
October 2007
Is this America? Part 4:
"Jesus came to give us life, abundant life."
(See John 10:10.)
But modern American culture is fascinated with death. You can see it
clothing and tattoos with skulls and other death symbols, in violent
entertainment, and in some toys.... Occultism is becoming more and more
mainstream. Christian churches and institutions are being influenced by
non-Christian religions. The line between Christians and non-Christians has
become blurred in the eyes of many church-going people, with the result that
they no longer see the need to reach people with the Gospel."
See
The
Rising World Religion
September 2007
Teacher sacrificed 19-year-old
daughter to get a son:
"Raibhan Tembhurne, the school teacher killed and buried his elder daughter
Ratna as a human sacrifice on Wednesday evening along with his two wives
Reema and Sharda by the instruction of a black magic petitioner....
Villagers told the police that Raibhan was performing a black-magic ritual
at home for the last 20 days.... When the police arrived, Raibhan Tembhurne
reportedly told them: 'Present age is Kaliyug (the age of
Kali, who is a deity).
We are on the threshold of Satyug (the age of truth). Divine forces were
trying to govern Ratna's soul.'"
Only by God's grace can people be freed
from such spiritual
bondage!
August 2007
Three women and a man beheaded
in Orissa alleged sorcery:
"A tribal man and three women were brutally beheaded by a group of villagers
who suspected them that they were practising sorcery... in India. The
terrible and horrible incident occurred on the night of August 26 when heads
and torsos of four persons were severed from their bodies in presence of
about 100 armed villagers with sharp weapons....
"Budhini
and Soren have had come from Mayurbhanj district to visit their
daughter's-in-laws Somabari and Pia [the victims]. Siba and the villagers
decided that they were the practitioners of the witchcrafts done sorcery
against his family."
See
The Hand of God in Mission
Psychics may have to pass test
to practice in Salem:
"There has to be criteria or you're going to get garbage coming here,'
Barbara Szafranski, the owner of Angelica of the
Angels, predicted. 'Everybody here is a legitimate person who's worked
for years and years.'... City councilors modeled the regulations after those
used by San Francisco.... But they ran into trouble trying to define the
practice of fortunetelling and opted to scrap a line referring to it as
casting spells, removing curses... stop bad luck, give good luck... shorten
a person's life....
"...fortunetelling would be defined as: 'the telling of fortunes,
forecasting of futures, or reading the past, by means of any occult, psychic
power, faculty, force, clairvoyance, cartomancy, psychometry, phrenology,
spirits, tea leaves, tarot cards, scrying, coins, sticks, dice, sand, coffee
grounds, crystal gazing or other such reading, or through mediumship,
seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, mind-reading,
telepathy or other craft, art, science, talisman, charm, potion,
magnetism..." See
Sorcery & tribal witchcraft
July 2007
Tony Campolo Introduces Psychic
Evangelism: "I
was standing in front of the brand new book from Tony Campolo and Mary
Albert Darling.... It is entitled, The God of Intimacy and Action:
Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice. Thus
far it is reading as a manifesto for hard core mystical spirituality.
The authors are presenting mysticism as the means to achieve social justice
and what they call 'evangelism.'...
"Campolo... creates a scenario in which you are sitting next to a
spiritually needy friend. He writes, 'You focus all your psychic energies on
her, nonverbally pleading with her to decide for Christ right there and
then. Now consider what might happen if this psychic communication could be
heightened by steps you took to equip yourself for the task."
See
A New Mask
for an Ancient Secret &
The Nature and Tactics of
Satan
March 2007
[Publisher]
boosts orders of Byrne's The Secret:
"Simon & Schuster... ordered an additional two million copies of Rhonda
Byrne's 'The Secret,' a self-help book published in late November that urges
people to think positive thoughts if they want to have positive experiences
in life. This is the largest single reprint in the history of Simon &
Schuster." (3-2-07)
See
A New Mask for an Ancient
Secret
We don't like to even read
the first article below, but parents need to be alert to this kind of
spiritual warfare. The day may come when children challenge each other to
make such declarations.
Reviving Occultism.
Blasphemy Challenge’ lures kids
to renounce Holy Spirit:
"A radical new website is gaining popularity by challenging people to deny
the existence of God, and it’s run by an atheist.... Now a dejected
Sapient... promises to give away 1,001 copies of a DVD espousing their
views. 'There's only one catch: We want your soul,' the site says."
See
Spiritual Warfare
February 2007
A New Mask for an Ancient Secret:
Yes, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne teems with tempting promises and positive
affirmations. But it omits all facts that could sound negative, since
'summoning what you want' demands an intentional and selective focus only on
what's positive. 'The law of attraction doesn’t compute 'don’t' or 'not' or
'no,' or any other words of negation.'
"So
while the next quote gives us a glimpse into the tantalizing roots of this
Secret, it doesn't tell us that those roots include ancient Egyptian mystery
religions, the Kabbalah,
Gnosticism,
Rosicrucianism, and
Hermetic magic. Nor does it warn us that its more recent branches
include Unity, Science of
Mind, and the
'New
Thought' movement that swept through the Christianized world over a
century ago."
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