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[Rapture Forums] Apprising Ministries: Purpose Driven and Seeker Driven "sermon" review: Bob Buford, [who's] the founding chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management (now titled “Leader to Leader Institute), made his management strategies available to Pastor Rick Warren and Saddleback years ago.

[JREnsey Blog] January 2010 Blog « JREnsey Blog: Andy Stanley (son of Charles Stanley), who it was said is not “emerging,” shared a platform at Youth Specialties 2009 (a group promoting emergers and emergents and the New Spirituality) National Youth Workers Convention with contemplative/emerging figures Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz), David Crowder, Duffy Robbins, Tony Campolo, Jim Burns, and a number of others in that camp. In fact, Youth Specialties is one of the main avenues through which the contemplative/New Spirituality is entering the church today.

[Christian Research Net] The Mystical Marriage Of Rome & The Emerging Church at Christian ...: Former Roman Catholic priest, Richard Bennett, provides an update on the convergence of the Emerging Church movement with Roman Catholicism through contemplative spirituality.

[Untitled] From the Lighthouse BlogMark Driscoll IS a Contemplative Proponent: Contemplative proponents say that, while the method practiced by Christian contemplatives and eastern-religion mystics may be similar (repeating a word or phrase over and over in order to eliminate distractions and a wandering mind), the Christian variety is ok because the mind isn’t being emptied but rather filled. But in essence, both are emptying the mind (i.e., stopping the normal thought process).

[Apprising Ministries] DANGERS OF CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM: LECTIO DIVINA ...: For many Christian leaders Bible reading and study has become the means preparing a teaching or preaching assignment. There is a dimension of sacred reading from Scripture known as lectio divina that is reading, not for assignment, but for life.

[Untitled] From the Lighthouse BlogRick Warren Upcoming Conference, Radicalis ...: Rick Warren has an upcoming conference at his Saddleback Church in February called Radicalis that features Perry Noble and Mark Driscoll , in addition to .Pete, along with his wife, Geri, are co-founders of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, a groundbreaking ministry that integrates emotional health and contemplative spirituality to pastors, leaders and local churches.

[Rapture Forums] Ken Silva article on Dangers of Contemplative Prayer and Lectio ...: There’s no way to refute what DeWaay has just said because it’s simply beyond question that practices of CSM can be traced to heretical hermits in the desert of Egypt and this antibiblical ascetism of so-called disciplines flowered in the monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism.

[Reformata] DANGERS OF CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM: LECTIO DIVINA ...: You need to understand that CSM is indeed making huge inroads into the mainstream of the evangelical camp; as you can see evidenced in Rick Warren Now Openly Promoting Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism.

[Apprising Ministries] PURPOSE DRIVEN/SEEKER DRIVEN SERMON REVIEW: There are many interconnections between Bob Buford of the Leadership Network, Rick Warren of “purpose-driven” fame, and Brian McLaren of the “Emerging Church.” On the website http://www.anewkindofchristian.com/archives/000226.html, ...

[Untitled] From the Lighthouse Blog2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: TOP 10 ARTICLES FROM ...: Do Christian Leaders Understand The Contemplative Prayer Movement? by Chris Lawson (Spiritual Research Network): The concern that has motivated the writing of this article stems from the fact that many Christian leaders are ignorantly .

[Discerning the World] Mark Driscoll DOES SUPPORT Contemplative Spirituality « Discerning ...: Contemplative proponents say that, while the method practiced by Christian contemplatives and eastern-religion mystics may be similar (repeating a word or phrase over and over in order to eliminate distractions and a wandering mind), the Christian variety is ok because the mind isn’t being emptied but rather filled. But in essence, both are emptying the mind (i.e., stopping the normal thought process).

[JREnsey Blog] December, '09 Blog « JREnsey Blog: Earl Creps, director of the Doctor of Ministry program and associate professor at AOGTS, the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, is a heavy proponent of both contemplative spirituality and Emergent theories. In his course syllabi over the last five years, Creps has classes with titles such as “Leading the Emerging Church” and “Models of Ministry in the Emerging Church.” Syllabus reading materials include those from Henri Nouwen, Brian McLaren, Ken Blanchard, Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, Sally Morgenthaler, Leonard Sweet.

[Masonic Network Blog] The History of the Knights Templar | Masonic Network Blog: Starting with founder Hughes de Payens in 1118, the Order’s highest office was that of Grand Master, a position which was held for life, though considering the warrior nature of the Order, this could be a very short period of time. The Grand Master oversaw all of the operations of the Order, including both the military operations in the Holy Land and eastern Europe, and the financial and business dealings in the Order’s infrastructure of Western Europe.

[Apprising Ministries] ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INFILTRATING EVANGELICALISM : Apprising ...: We are joined to Christ by faith alone, faith in his finished work on the cross whereby he took our sin, bore God’s judgment in our place, and now clothes [regenerated believers] in his righteousness. From first to last, God’s acceptance of us is by his grace, and so, too, is our capacity to believe in what Christ has done for us.

[Hearts & Minds Books] Daily Devotionals; Yancey, Seerveld, Crabb, Foster, Chrysostom ...: You may know the reliable work of Renovare, a ministry rooted in the deepest mystic and thinkers of the church, a ministry that invites followers of Jesus to know God deeply, and to sense God's presence as we serve Him in contemplative ways throughout our daily lives. Here, Foster (the founder of Renovare) offers some of the best short selections from some of the best writers of spirituality, including much lifted from the Life With God Bible.

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