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| A Time of Departing Book Reviews |
Outside
of the Bible, A Time of Departing by Ray Yungen is one
of the most definitive books ever written about what is wrong
with contemplative spirituality and mysticism. Ray Yungen presents
concise documentation of why contemplative spirituality is the
most dangerous threat to the Church today. As Ray Yungen points
out in his book, mysticism has infiltrated the Church through
respected ministers who have either bought into the lie of contemplative
spirituality or turned a blind eye and deaf ear.—Cassandrah
Batya, A Christian Journey
Yungen
has done his homework. He documents and traces the source of
this modern movement within evangelicalism to people like Thomas
Merton and Alice Bailey, who greatly influenced men such as
Foster and Manning, who in turn are influencing ministries such
as Youth Specialties and leaders such as Larry Crabb, who in
turn are infiltrating the Christian ranks. This New Age form
of Christianity is not coming, it is here, and we need to be
aware of the dangers.—Pastor Gary Gilley, Southern
View Chapel, Read Entire
Review
The
silence. This book is all about the silence. Whether that silence
is part of the religious practice of Buddhists, Hindus, Sufi
Muslims, New Agers or Contemplative Christians, Ray Yungen,
author of A Time of Departing argues convincingly that it is
all one and the same. —Tim Challies, Challies.com Read Entire
Review
The
tip of the iceberg began appearing in our ministry mail over
the last year, with folks reporting a different kind of prayer
meeting in their Church, sometimes called contemplative meditation
and sometimes called Christian meditation. Others reported that
they began attending prayer meetings in their church, only to
find that there was no prayer, only silence, and meditation.
Some were surprised to find a "Christ candle" burning in the
middle of the room with church members of all ages sitting on
the floor around it. Some arriving with prayer lists were told
to put them away, that wasn't what prayer was all about. What
on earth is happening in the Church?—MacGregor Ministries,
Read Entire
Review
I
have known for quite some time that the mainstream church
(which I will refer to as the "Institutional Church") has
been going off in a different direction for many years now.
What I really didn't realize how far off base it was moving
until I read this book, A Time of Departing, by Ray
Yungen. Ray is an author, speaker, and research analyst who
has been studying religious movements for more than twenty
years. This is the second edition of his book, and it is an
eye-opener. If you read any Christian books, magazines, or
other literature or listen to any religious broadcasts, you
have more than likely heard the terms "purpose driven", "emerging
church", "contemplative prayer", or "spiritual formation".
Even much of the secular media has reported on these "emerging
trends" within the Institutional Church. What isn't obvious
is what these terms actually mean and the level of demonic
activity they actually represent." (1 Timothy 4:1)—Lee
Underwood
While
author Ray Yungen discusses obvious New Age influences in
our culture like Scott Peck, Dr. Phil, Oprah Winfrey and the
Chicken Soup series, the true significance of this book lies
in Yungen's willingness to name popular figures such as Richard
Foster and Brennan Manning, documenting their mystical approaches
that owe much more to the Roman Catholic mystic Thomas Merton
than to the Bible. —Randy Brandt, Contend 4 the
Faith, Read Entire
Review
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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. |
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