[from
A PERSPECTIVE FOR YOUTH MINISTRY
by Kurt Witzig]
"The
other major change that is just now developing (and gathering momentum)
in today's youth ministries is the return to so-called Orthodoxy.
This shift has been observed in evangelical seminaries for some
time and now it can be seen in more and more youth ministries. The
cover story for the July/August Group magazine was "Ancient-Future
Youth Ministry: A Strategy So Cutting-Edge It's …Orthodox."
The article tells of a network of youth ministries from California
churches immersing themselves in fasting, centering prayer, journalling,
praying using guided meditations, and taking contemplative walks.
Eugene
Peterson has deleted
the word homosexuality
or homosexuals.
Unlike the KJV, which also does not use those words, The Message
changes the meaning of scriptures by inferring that it is not homosexuality
that is wrong but rather relationships that are not committed and
intimate. more ...
The
Chrysostom Society
Who Belongs to it?
Philip
Yancey, Madeleine L'Engle, Walt Wangerin, Eugene Peterson, Richard
Foster
*The
Chrysostom Society is a limited group of writers who have formed
an association. The group was started by Richard Foster.
Christian
Organizations That Promote
Contemplative Spirituality
This does not mean every member of each of these denominations practices
contemplative prayer but enough of the denominations' leadership
endorses it to cause concern.
American
Baptist Church
"People today evince a fascination with Christian
practices of the past, such as the contemplative prayer of lectio
divina, and see no conflict between them" —ABC
What
Do Christian Online Bookstores Have In Common With the New Age and
Homosexuality? Read this Press
Release
by an Investigative Researcher and find out
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
