I don’t agree with all of her conclusions but here’s some food for thought from Surph’s Side. Many of you will recall Denise from when she was with the now defunct Emergent-No blog along with Carla Rolfe. They will always have a tender place in my heart because they were among the very first to pick up articles from Apprising Ministries.

Denise introduces a quote from a section of my article The Terminology Trap of “Spiritual Formation” by saying she “would like to take a slightly different emphasis than Ken Silva.” As I told her, I’m glad to see her take her “different emphasis” because I think this subject of Spiritual Formation needs to be openly and more thoroughly discussed by the Body of Christ.

She is dead on target with the following::

Richard Foster has never been a Christian, before or after coming out with Renovare. Foster is a Quaker, and Quakers deny biblical doctrine such as all men are enemies of God and dead in their sins and trespasses. Instead, Quakerism claims the New Age philosophy that all men have “a spark of divinity” in them and men are neutral toward good and evil…

It seems those who offer poisoned books are violating clear Scripture, and in doing so, are helping to confuse and mislead the sheep of Christ.As Spurgeon right said one time, “Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right.” Those who taught things “almost right” are described in Jude and Galatians. Its time we love Truth more than some author or blogger or pastor who gives us some experience or good feeling. Our spiritual lives depend upon it and we will answer to Christ Jesus. (Online source)

You can join in the discussion on what really is a gravely important topic as it relates to Sola Scriptura right here.

See also:

RICHARD FOSTER AND QUAKER BELIEFS

“CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE” BY RICHARD FOSTER AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THEOLOGICAL ERROR

SO YOU WANT TO BE LIKE CHRIST… DITCH THE DISCIPLINES OF DALLAS WILLARD

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM (CSM) OF SPIRITUAL FORMATION IS RECKLESS FAITH