The Mush God of Mystical “Illumination”: [Jesus] said, GOD IS LOVE — period. But there is more to the message of Jesus. He insisted that His Father is crazy with love, that God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us. (teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, 171) […]

This short excerpt about apostate Roman Catholicism comes from Dr. Lloyd-Jones’ booklet entitled Roman Catholicism. It doesn’t have a publisher’s date but it appears to be circa 1970. Concerning the subject of fighting against Communism referenced below one could just as easily substitute any of the current hot button social issues: Need we be concerned about […]

Here the apostate Roman Catholic priest Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) tells us that one of the “discoveries” that comes through the antibiblical practice of Contemplative/Centering Prayer is the delusion that God is living within every human being. Apprising Ministries shows you from the Bible why this is false in our piece Understanding the New Spirituality—God Indwells […]

In the Foreword of William Webster’s very helpful 1996 book The Matthew 16 Controversy Dr. Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes: Recent years have seen an increase in serious attempts at achieving some reapprochement between Roman Catholics and Protestants…the current rapid breakdown in public morality has served as a […]

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful […]

Practices called “spiritual disciplines” that are deemed necessary for “spiritual formation” have entered evangelicalism. Recent encounters with this teaching narrated to me by friends caused me to investigate these practices. The first experience involved my friend and co-worker Ryan Habbena who went back to seminary to finish his masters degree. Here is his experience in […]

Jesus tells us — “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37). With this in mind we now let the words of universalist Roman Catholic priest Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) speak for themselves. Nouwen is so often quoted concerning so-called Spiritual Formation rooted in apostate Roman […]