"[W]hen someone reprimands today's religious leaders for their unbiblical teachings, they are silenced, shamed, slandered, marginalized, isolated and/or asked to leave. But, isn't that exactly what the religious leaders did to Jesus and His disciples?"

"There is absolutely no biblical record of Jesus or any of His disciples ever taking a heretic off to the side for coffee and donuts after they led someone astray distorting the Word of God."

Quotes from Nicky Gumbel,
the creator of the Alpha Course

"With practice, you can develop the habit of praying silent 'breath prayers'"—Rick Warren Also see pages 89 and 299 of PDL

"The next reformation is due. It will focus on what it means to know God with a power that changes who we are and how we relate. I predict the Spiritual Formation Forum will play a vital role in the Spirit's next great movement."

• Saddleback Church (Pastor Rob DeKlotz)
• Trinity International University (Dr. Waybright)
• Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• World Vision
• Church of the Open Door (MN)

On May 15th, 2005, all across the globe, millions of people gathered in stadiums to pray together. While this may seem like a wonderful event to many, and who should question a prayer gathering of this magnitude, the underlying framework of this event must be examined.

• The Founder of the Global Day of Prayer- Graham Power
• Bruce Wilkinson Goes To Africa
• The Global Day of Prayer in the USA
• St ate by State Global Day of Prayer in the USA
• Rick Warren and the Global Day of Prayer
• Christians Dedicate 10 Days for First Global Day of Prayer

"You've heard me say many times that the greatest thing you can do with your life is tell somebody about Jesus ... if you help somebody secure their eternal destiny, that they spend the rest of their life in Heaven not Hell ...your life counts, your life matters because nothing matters more than helping get a person and their eternal destiny settled. They will be forever eternally grateful....And I've always said that that was the greatest thing you can do with your life. I was wrong. There is one thing you can do greater than share Jesus Christ with somebody, and it is help start a church."
—Sermon from 11/2003 when Rick Warren Announced His Global Peace Plan to Saddleback. Hear entire sermon - This portion starts around the 14 minute mark.)

"We come into this Peace Plan with great humility ... We will be like a giant mushroom expanding and exploding around the world. Whatever it takes, it will be a holy moment."—Rick Warren

"I look for inspirational messages from a variety of sources besides Jesus. Our folks get to hear words of wisdom from great prophets and spiritual leaders like Buddha, Mohammed ... Yogananda and the Dalai Lama."—Ken Blanchard, foreword
What Would Buddha Do at Work? (2001)

"Buddha points to the path and invites us to begin our journey to enlightenment. I ... invite you to begin your journey to enlightened work."—Ken Blanchard, foreword
What Would Buddha Do at Work?

"The first time I introduced this, the kids came in, and I had a candle going and a little incense burning and some Gregorian chant music on the CD player"
Tony Jones

"What works for me is a combination of disciplines: I do yoga, tai chi which is a Chinese martial art and three kinds of meditation—vipasana, transcendental and mantra (sound) meditation."
J ack Canfield,
Chicken Soup for the Soul


"To dispel the stereotype at hand, let me witness that yoga has never had any negative influence on me, and it doesn't trigger any harmful religious impulses. Just the opposite is true. The three hours a week I spend doing yoga not only make me more flexible, tone my muscles, and relax me. They also draw me closer to Christ. They are my bodily-kinetic prayer." Agnieszka Tennant, Yes To Yoga, Christianity Today, May 2005

"Hybel's consumer-driven approach is evident at Willow Creek, where he shunned stained glass, Bibles, or even a cross for the 7,200-seat, $72 million sanctuary he recently built. The reason? Market research suggested that such traditional symbols would scare away non-churchgoers." Read the rest of this article, Earthly Empires Business Week Online Magazine.

Assemblies of God Theological Seminary appears to be heading towards Emerging and Contemplative Spirituality.
Take a look at Professor Earl Creps' syllabus and decide for yourself.
Syllabus materials include those from Henri Nouwen, Brian McLaren, Ken Blanchard, Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, Sally Morgenthaler, Leonard Sweet. See More on Earl Creps.

Excerpt from The Emerging Church: Ancient Faith for a Post-Modern World
"Among the many authors to pay attention to are Vintage Faith pastor Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging Church and Emerging Worship; Drew University professor Leonard Sweet (Postmodern Pilgrims; A Is for Abductive); youth pastor Tony Jones (Postmodern Youth Ministry; Read, Think, Pray, Live); Robert E. Webber, author of The Younger Evangelicals and Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World; Spencer Burke, Sally Morgenthaler-the list is far too extensive to include all the recommended authors here. For the most thorough collection of postmodern resources that I know of, go to www.agts.edu, click on " Free Resources," and then click on the folder labeled "Emerging Culture/Emerging Church." That will give you access to a PDF file of 1,700-plus resources amassed by Assemblies of God professor Earl Creps, a man for whom many in the emerging church movement give thanks daily."

AGTS PTHI 503 SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF THE MINISTER Course Uses Contemplative Authors:

• Thomas Merton
• Dallas Willard
• Richard Foster

"Many Christians might have great difficulty accepting the assessment that what is termed Christian mysticism is, in truth, not really Christian. They might feel this rejection is spawned by a heresy hunting mentality. Let's examine the writings of Philip St. Romain, who wrote a book about his journey into contemplative prayer called Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality. [K]undalini is a Hindu term for the mystical power or force that underlies their spirituality. In Hinduism it is commonly referred to as the serpent power.

"Philip St. Romain, a substance abuse counselor and devout Catholic lay minister, began his journey while practicing contemplative prayer or resting in the still point, as he called it. What happened to him following this practice should bear the utmost scrutiny from the evangelical community-especially from our leadership."
Click here for full article and footnotes.

This article is taken from Ray Yungen's book, A Time of Departing

Yes to Yoga
Can a Christian breathe air that has been offered to idols?
by Agnieszka Tennant

"In-out-in-out-in-out.

In-out.

In. Out.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Inn ... Outt ...

Innn ...

It's 7:45 p.m. on a weekday and for the first time today, I consciously slow down my breathing. I send the air deep down into my belly, letting it rise and fall like a wave. Inn ... Outt ..." Read Entire Article

For more on this crisis that has hit the church, read A Time of Departing.

On April 20th, Lighthouse Trails Publishing sent out a press release concerning Ken Blanchard who "signed on" with Rick Warren to help implement Warren's global PEACE Plan and to help Rick Warren train leaders around the globe (see sermon).

In the press release, we listed several books in which Ken Blanchard has either written the foreword or placed his endorsement on the front or back cover. These include: Mind Like Water by Jim Ballard, What Would Buddha Do At Work by Frank Metcalf, The Corporate Mystic by Gay Hendricks, The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success by New Age leader Deepak Chopra, and Death and Letting Go by clairvoyant Ellen Tadd.

Further research on Ken Blanchard's endorsement of New Age teachers and mystics has painted an even bleaker picture than before. Added to our previous list is Blanchard's endorsement of motivational speaker Brian Tracy's book, Maximum Achievement. In chapter six, "The Master Power"(p. 179), Tracy says "many of the greatest thinkers who have ever lived have stood in awe before this power and have written about it." He continues, "Madame Blavatsky, the Russian theosophist, called it, 'the secret doctrine.'" Blavatsky's book, The Secret Doctrine, is one of the foundational books, which under girds the New Age and the new spirituality. Of Brian Tracy's book, Blanchard says: "I guarantee the strategies and skills presented in this book will unlock your hidden powers [occult?] to succeed."

If Blanchard's endorsement of Brian Tracy's book isn't enough to show where Blanchard's spiritual sympathies lie, then perhaps the following will do so. Robert Scheinfeld is the author of a book called The 11th Element. Scheinfeld, a man who boasts of going through the AVATAR program, teaches in his books and seminars a concept that within every person is an invisible network and an inner intelligence or Inner CEO. Of this invisible network, Scheinfeld says, "That network links all of us together at the unconscious level and stores information on what everybody is doing all over the planet."

Ken Blanchard makes no secret of his admiration and trust in Scheinfeld's theory. On the back cover of Scheinfeld's book, Blanchard says: "The 11th Element teaches you the valuable skill of asking for assistance from your 'Inner CEO' to improve your decision making."

Mind Like Water, What Would Buddha Do At Work, The Corporate Mystic and The 11th Element are precise manifestos on pantheism and interspirituality and thus a denial of the gospel of Jesus Christ. One can only conclude, in light of his glowing endorsements, that Ken Blanchard must be in one accord with the authors of these books.

But Ken Blanchard has taken his spiritual sympathies another step further. It's a step that cannot be ignored. As we mentioned in our April 20th press release, Ken Blanchard is on the Board of Advisors of an organization called the Hoffman Institute (home of the Hoffman Quadrinity Process). For those of you who may wonder what exactly the Hoffman Quadrinity Process is, we turn our attention now to a 2003 book named, The Hoffman Process written by Tim Laurence, the present director of The Hoffman Institute. I don't even think words can fully describe the disturbing anti-biblical message in this book. But to see Ken Blanchard's name on the inside endorsement page nestled in between Sonia Choquette (a third generation psychic), Margot Anand (a tantric/mystic sex teacher), and staunch New Ager, Joan Borysenko, is an utter disgrace.

In both the book and the Hoffman Institute web site, Ken Blanchard states, after having taken the course himself, that: "The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive." (emphasis added)

Let's look at a few quotes in Tim Laurence's book to gain a perspective on the spirituality of the Hoffman Process.