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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.\u2026 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (I John 4:10, 14)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This weekend, people throughout the world will be celebrating Christ\u2019s resurrection. Even people who don\u2019t believe in the resurrection are celebrating the weekend and wishing Happy Easter to others. But while that seems odd to celebrate a day when you don\u2019t even believe in its reason, what is more odd is that so many Christians are celebrating the resurrection but are throughout the year promoting a spirituality that ultimately denies the atonement. Without the atonement, why bother thinking about the resurrection\u2014it would mean nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over two decades, Lighthouse Trails has sought to expose the truth about contemplative spirituality (i.e., Spiritual Formation). The core of the New Age believes that the teachings of the East and of the West must be fused and blended before the true and universal religion\u2014for which the world waits\u2014could appear on Earth. In other words, all religions must come together under the umbrella of metaphysics (mysticism). While the average Christian would agree that this doesn\u2019t line up with Scripture, the Christian church has been overtaken by this very concept, but in a deceitful and often subtle manner. The underlying layers of this dark and anti-Christ\u00a0theology<\/em>\u00a0rejects the very thing that can save a soul\u2014the atonement for sin on the Cross by Jesus Christ. He was a substitute, and He took our place. Without that atonement, we are lost forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some may be saying right now\u2013\u00a0my pastor doesn\u2019t deny the atonement<\/em>. Really? Does he ever promote\u00a0Richard Foster<\/a>?<\/strong>\u00a0What about the college you attend? Do your professors ever tell you to read\u00a0Henri Nouwen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Richard Rohr<\/strong><\/a>? And what about the women\u2019s Bible studies you attend? Do they ever read books by\u00a0Priscilla Shirer and Beth Moore<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Keri Wyatt Kent<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0Jan Johnson,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Shauna Niequist, or\u00a0Ruth Haley Barton<\/strong><\/a>? And has your church ever been involved with\u00a0Rick Warren\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Purpose Driven Life or\u00a0Jesus Calling<\/a><\/strong>? And what about the currently very popular John Mark Comer<\/strong><\/a> and his Practicing the Way<\/em>? You see, the\u00a0spiritual formation movement<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(of which category all these authors and leaders fall into) has a core of mysticism. And contemplative mysticism, by its very nature, denies the Cross, the atonement, and certainly the resurrection. So to celebrate the resurrection and yet to embrace spiritual formation is a terrible contradiction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow us to explain: While it is true that most<\/em> of the people forementioned do not reject the Atonement, by their adhering to and promoting the spirituality that\u00a0does<\/em>, they unwittingly reject it also. If this sounds too farfetched, consider this: Jan Johnson (mentioned above), in her book\u00a0When the Soul Listens<\/em>, makes favorable reference to the giants of the contemplative prayer movement (Merton, Nouwen, Pennington, Keating, etc.) in virtually every chapter of her book. It can be factually proven that these individuals to whom she frequently refers believe that God is in everybody and everything. And in the spiritual view of these teachers, the Cross is not the reconciling factor between God and humanity\u2014meditation (i.e., contemplative prayer) is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contemplative mind-set of true contemplatives<\/em> is that God would not send His Son to a violent death on a Cross to bear the sins of others. They say Jesus is their model but cannot say He is their Savior, in the biblical sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Merton<\/a> was probably the most influential and prominent figure in the modern-day contemplative prayer movement. In response to a Muslim mystic\u2019s statement that Islam rejected the idea of Christ\u2019s atonement and redemption on the Cross, Merton responded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Personally, in matters where dogmatic beliefs differ, I think that controversy is of little value because it takes us away from the spiritual realities into the realm of words and ideas \u2026 in words there are apt to be infinite complexities and subtleties which are beyond resolution\u2026. But much more important is the sharing of the experience of divine light, \u2026 It is here that the area of fruitful dialogue exists between Christianity and Islam. (from A Time of Departing<\/em>, p. 59).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Is the preaching of the Cross merely words and ideas that take us away<\/em> from \u201cspiritual realities\u201d? The spiritual reality of what Merton was talking about was the contemplative spirituality that has no place for the Cross. That\u2019s why it didn\u2019t matter to Merton\u2014it was just merely a religious concept. What really mattered to Merton was the \u201cdivine light\u201d that one encounters in the contemplative state. This is where contemplative prayer led Merton; and we believe those who follow his path will end up at the same destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this time of the year when so many churches are holding Easter services (in honor of the death and resurrection of Jesus), how many of these same churches are clinging to contemplative spirituality without even realizing what it really stands for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Jesus\u2019 going to the Cross and shedding blood was merely an act of service and sacrifice, an example for others to follow, and was not actually a substitutionary payment for the sins of humanity, then why celebrate Easter and the resurrection? It would make no sense. Those churches who cling to contemplative\/emergent ideologies and practices should reevaluate this. While they cling to one (contemplative), they deny the other (the atonement) even if they don\u2019t realize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Related Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Cross is Barbarity & a Slaughterhouse Religion \u2013 So Says Emerging Church Leaders\u201d<\/a><\/strong> by Roger Oakland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(photo from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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