The End of the Word ... As We Know it
by Deborah Dombrowski

Chuck Smith Jr. Back in the Pulpit
(after his Sabbatical at a Catholic monastery)

 
 

Chuck Smith Jr Responds to Calvary Chapel's Rejection of Emerging Church

The Emerging Church

Emerging Church Quotes

Leonard Sweet

Calvary Chapel Chuck Smith Jr.
Pastor of Capo Beach Calvary
Promoting Contemplative
 

The End of the World ... As We Know ItChuck Smith Jr Speaks:
(from his book)

On Fundamentalism - "Eventually, though, I recognized how outdated, parochial, and rigid the fundamentalist subculture had become. p. xiii

On the Past: "[T]hose who hesitate will miss out on a great work of God that is now taking shape ... we have not seen a crucial period in church history for at least two hundred years .... have to discard some of our old wineskins ... you will need a road map ... this book will provide that map," p. 9.

On the Future: Popular culture is becoming increasingly postmodern. ... Popular culture is not evil. ... Christians need to find new ways to present the gospel," pp. 86, 91.

On Contemplative: "More and more Protestant Christians—and we are way behind the Roman Catholics on this score—are discovering a new, yet old way of reading the Bible: lectio divina." p. 103

"I doubt that the current interest in Christian spirituality is simply a fad.... Esther de Waal's The Celtic Way of Prayer is one of many books that offers spiritual expression in a variety of paths that have long been minimized or overlooked." p. 103.

 

The Celtic Way of PrayerThe Celtic Way of Prayer

From the book:

"First say the Lord's prayer, then face east, hands raised in the ancient position of prayer ...then make the sign of the cross and repeat the formula to four quarters, first with the eyes cast down, then looking up to heaven," p. 160. "... lectio, the monastic way of praying with a phrase from Scripture, repeating it, rocking it back and forward, letting it move into the depths of one's own self until it goes beyond words, into silence, into contemplation," p. 130.

 

 

 

 

 
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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.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.