Apprising Ministries finds it interesting to note at 6:05 into the above video clip well known evangelical Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias emphatically states: “One of the greatest saints of recent memory was Henri Nouwen.”

But the question then becomes: Do “great saints” really teach universalism as did this apostate Roman Catholic Priest? Nouwen wrote:

Today I personally believe that Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her way to God. (Sabbatical Journey, 51)

Nouwen also taught that God is in all human beings, which is the classic fantasy of all mystics:

Still, when we remain faithful to our discipline [of Contemplative/Centering Prayer], even if it is only ten minutes a day, we gradually come to see — by the candlelight of our prayers — that there is a space within us where God dwells and where we are invited to dwell with God…

One of the discoveries we make in [meditative] prayer is that the closer we come to God, the closer we come to all our brothers and sisters in the human family. God is not a private God. The God who dwells in our inner sanctuary is also the God who dwells in the inner sanctuary of each human being. (Henri Nouwen, Here and Now, 24, 25)

For a Biblical refutation of this patently false teaching with its inherent denial of the one of the effects of the Fall we refer you to  Understanding the New Spirituality: God Indwells Mankind.

See also:

WHO IS HENRI NOUWEN?

HENRI NOUWEN HELPED BY “MEDITATION”

HENRI NOUWEN SAYS…