Evangelical White Magic
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By Brannon Howse (An excerpt from his new book What Every Christian Should Know: Understanding and Defending Biblical Truths) For most of the past century, Walt Disney productions have entertained millions of people with animated tales of magic. Since Mickey Mouse first starred in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, we’ve seen the supposed wonders of the supernatural at work. It’s all meant for fun, of...
Read MoreA Directory of Authors (Three NOT Recommended Lists)
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Written & Compiled by Chris Lawson It is no secret these days that Christian bookstore and ministry resource databases are often jam-packed with so-called Christian resources that are actually promoting anything but biblical Christianity. Special care may be taken by bookstore owners and ministry leaders alike to ensure that ministry and business are “in order,” but, when a close look is...
Read MoreThe Circle Maker Heresy–Witchcraft In The Church
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By BeginningandEnd.com A book called The Circle Maker has started making the rounds through churches as the latest “new method” to access untold blessings from God. Written by Pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church in Washington D.C., The Circle Maker teaches a new method of prayer by drawing a circle – either on the ground or in the Bible – is based on an old Jewish...
Read MoreThe New Age Implications of The Message “Bible’s” “As Above, So Below”
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By Warren B. Smith Author of A “Wonderful” Deception One of the many examples of the New Age implications of The Message [“Bible”] is seen in Eugene Peterson’s paraphrasing of the Lord’s Prayer. Where most translations read “on [or in] earth, as it is in heaven,” Peterson inserts the occult/New Age phrase “as above, so below.” The significance of this mystical occult...
Read MoreThe “Spiritual Disciplines Handbook”
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How Christian Organizations, Seminaries and Ministry Leaders Are Incorporating This Mystical Primer Into Christian Education By Lighthouse Trails Research Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun is a primer on contemplative mysticism, bursting with contemplative meditation instruction along with references and quotes by some of the movement’s most...
Read MoreIn Touch Magazine Draws Readers to “Celtic Spirituality”
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By Lighthouse Trails Editors In the July 2012 issue of Charles Stanley’s In Touch magazine, in an article titled “Welcome In, Reach Out,” the author writes glowingly of what is called “Celtic Spirituality,” basing her article on George H. Hunter III’s The Celtic Way of Evangelism and John Finney’s book Recovering the Past: Celtic and Roman Mission. The article talks about how to reach out...
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