Last week, a reader sent us an e-mail concerned about an article that AFA (American Family Association) just posted on the AFA Journal website. The article, titled “Study says meditation remains popular across diverse religions,” is actually an extract of a 2018 Pew Research Center article. (Pew is a liberal think tank.) The article posted … [Read more…]
Today, Jeff Johnson from the AFA Report interviewed former New Age follower Warren Smith, who addressed Oprah and A Course in Miracles. Smith tells of his experience in the New Age in his book, The Light That Was Dark. During that period of his life, A Course in Miracles was the book he used as … [Read more…]
American Family Association has shut down their online contemplative-promoting bookstore. The website is now gone (see cached file of store), and web visitors are redirected to this message: The American Family Resource Center has been closed. Please e-mail any customer service questions to CustomerService@signaturewebsites.com. Thank you for allowing us to serve you. Lighthouse Trails placed … [Read more…]
Today, The Berean Call issued the following email statement: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:14 AM When the American Family Association was challenged for having a Contemplative/Mystical category at their Family Resource Bookstore, they removed the category, but kept the books and placed them in other categories. As another ministry previously reported [on 1/11/07]: Under “Mysticism,” … [Read more…]
Follow Up from yesterday’s article: AFA has just posted a statement saying that Wal-Mart “will no longer make corporate contributions to support or oppose controversial issues unless they directly relate to their ability to serve their customers.” It is astounding that a secular corporation can make a decision like this overnight, but after three years … [Read more…]
On August 28th, we posted an article titled “American Family Association News Promotes Lectio Divina – AFA Sells the Book!” The article explained how Agape Press (a division of AFA) posted a favorable book review on a book that promoted lectio divina and contemplative spirituality. AFA received many phone calls and emails from people concerned … [Read more…]
