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Ever since I started reading material written by Contemplative Spirituality (going by the terms Contemplative Prayer; Centering Prayer; Meditation; or Contemplation) advocates in the 1990s, I have come across their […]

Note: This was a paper for Old Testament Survey 1 at Southern Evangelical Seminary     The eighteenth century saw the rise of an approach to the Biblical text based […]

This article is based on the classic theistic view of God’s attributes, and that the attributes are one in God though experienced distinctly by creatures (see suggested resources at end). […]

This is a general overview and cannot replace more detailed articles on the CANA site on Yoga, Meditation, and Energy Healing. For articles on Yoga, Meditation, and Contemplative topics, please […]

(This list is not exhaustive)   Book, Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret, co-author with Don & Joy Veinot; Foreword by Dr. H. Wayne House (Book Baby, 2020) Go here […]

This blog, “Richard Rohr’s Muddy Waters: Learning Rohr’s Language,” by Marcia Montenegro, is hosted on the site of Midwest Christian Outreach, published June 2, 2022    

What do Reiki, Grounding/Earthing, sound baths, zyto scanners, acupuncture, the human “energy field,” the frequency of linen, Therapeutic Touch, the Schuman Resonance, Tapping (and more) have in common? They are all based on New Age and/or Eastern concepts of an invisible, unquantifiable energy that emits supposed vibrations and frequencies. This is spirituality, not healing and not science.

The often close replica of New Thought to Christianity deceives many into thinking New Thought is Christian or that the differences between New Thought writers like Frances Scovel Shinn and others with Christianity is not great enough to warrant concern. In truth, the differences are as wide and destructive as with any other non-Christian belief.

Tradition and Wisdom This is from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation website:   “Shalem is grounded in Christian contemplative spirituality and, at the same time, draws on the wisdom […]

Jonah swallowed by the big fish in the Book of Jonah

The view that the account of Jonah in the Hebrew scriptures is not historical is widespread. Not only that, but viewing it allegorically causes more problems than it claims to solve. Examining this book yields not only evidence for its historicity, but a rich and deep view of God at work and foreshadowings of the Messiah.