On January 17th and 18th, New Age sympathizer Leonard
Sweet was the featured speaker at a conference hosted by the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
Leonard
Sweet, who talks about christ-consciousness, meditation and
labyrinths and "New-light embodiment" in his book Quantum
Spirituality, is a conduit for the New Age into Christendom.
Canadian believers should keep an eye open on the Church Planting
Canada National Congress. Leonard Sweet was a speaker in 2003,
and it will be interesting to see who is lined up for their next
conference in 2007. Incidentally, Outreach Canada, the host
of the Church Planting conference, has big plans for Canadians
through their Transitional
Leadership Ministries. On their list of
recommended books is an assortment of books by Buddhist sympathizer
Peter Senge.
Is
Contemplative Spirituality in Canada?
See for yourself. The following sites are for research
purposes only!
Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that
uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness
(the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped
in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality
is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common
terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the
silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom,"
"spiritual disciplines," and many others.
"Nor
is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name [Jesus
Christ] under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4: 12