Category: —The New Spirituality

Alpha Course Leader Gives Thumbs Up to Emergent/Interspiritual Conference

 On August 3rd, Todd Hunter, the USA Alpha Course president, issued an email promoting the October Soularize event in the Bahamas (see email). The Soularize conference is featuring several emerging church speakers as well as contemplative/eastern-style mysticism proponents Brennan Manning…

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Celebrating the Resurrection, but Denying the Atonement?

The Church’s fixation on the death of Jesus as the universal saving act must end, and the place of the cross must be reimagined in Christian faith. Why? Because of the cult of suffering and the vindictive God behind it.–Alan…

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Understanding the Spirituality of Jack Canfield: (Chicken Soup of the Soul)

Every religion I’ve looked at has some technology … I’ve studied all of them and found what works for me and I’ve tried to make it available to others. What works for me is a combination of disciplines: I do…

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VIDEO: Oprah: “I still am a Christian”

During an Oprah show this week (click here to view the show), Oprah once again promoted The Secret. When being challenged by a Christian woman in the audience, Oprah told her that she was a Christian as a child and…

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Oprah: A Significant Platform for the New Age Movement

Oprah’s current promotion of the DVD, The Secret, is not the only time she has promoted an author who turns to spirit guides for spiritual direction. Gary Zukav’s book, The Seat of the Soul, has been one of her favorites…

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A Slaughterhouse Religion?

Liberal theologian Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) said that the idea of Jesus’ death on a Cross as a substitution for the sins of others was a slaughterhouse religion.1 In his book, The Modern Use of the Bible, Fosdick explains his…

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