Category: Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism

APPRISING YOU OF THE REAL EMERGENT ISSUE »

LINK: Christians Should Dump Contemplative Prayer (off-site) »

LIVING SPIRITUAL TEACHERS AND RICHARD FOSTER »

The sad saga of Richard Foster being listed at the Living Spiritual Teachers Project (LSTP) continues. Unfortunately it would appear that there will be no further response from Lynda Graybeal who is “Personal Assistant to Richard Foster” at Renovare. I feel this leaves me no choice but to publish exactly what I have asked her […]

PROGNOSIS FOR THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH »

Although you are certainly encouraged to get a second opinion, from my point of view the prognosis is not very good at all. When even the evangelical community begins to allow for differing approaches to the truly indescribable and greatest sacrifice ever made upon this cursed planet, the vicarious penal substitutionary atonement on the Cross […]

LINK: A Critique on the Ministry of the Ministry of Richard Foster (off-site) »

MATTHEW FOX AND HIS ECUMENICAL NEW REFORMATION »

They made [the LORD God] jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols. They sacrificed to demons, which are not God. (Deuteronomy 32:16-17) Found Among Unbelievers And Heretics Let me give you further illustration concerning where the Gnosticism arising through the contemplative spirituality found in the warped theology of Emergent Guru […]

RICHARD FOSTER AND THE LSTP »

For those who are following the sad saga of this Living Spiritual Teachers Project I now share what I have currently from my personal dialogue with Lynda Graybeal who is “Personal Assistant to Richard Foster” at Renovare. I have made her aware that from the April 8, 2006 newsletter from Lighthouse Trails Research, as well […]

THE LIVING SPIRITUAL TEACHERS PROJECT »

TAKE OFF THE GLOVES »

WHO IS TERESA OF AVILA? »

This is part of an ongoing series here at Apprising Ministries on key players involved with Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) within postevangelicalism and the Emergent Church, in particular its chief corruption Contemplative/Centering Prayer. Here we take a look at  “St.” Teresa of Avila who was one of the superstars as it were of CSM. The idea here is to keep exposing […]

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