by John Lanagan
My Word Like Fire
And [King Uzziah] made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. (2 Chronicles 26:15)
As Lighthouse Trails Ministries has grimly noted, 2009 was a year in which contemplative spirituality—essentially New Age meditation—made great inroads into the culture, and especially into the church.
A Canadian writer is fighting back. Castles in the Sand is Carolyn Greene’s intriguing novel about the invasion of contemplative spirituality into a traditional Christian college.
Greene is using fiction as a weapon, and while the book may not seem like one of the “great stones” hurled by King Uzziah’s soldiers, even a small stone, if guided by the Lord, can cause a giant to fall.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone… (1 Samuel 17: 50) Click here to continue reading.
