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Watch video interview as guest of Shanda Fulbright of Her Faith Inspires discussing Contemplative Prayer — what is it? where did it come from? is it Biblical — why or […]

There is nothing wrong with choosing to treat Sunday as a day of rest or selecting a day of rest and withdrawal from the usual activities. This article is not about that.
The issue is that this teaching on Sabbath is part of Contemplative teachings and Spiritual Disciplines, and these teachings do not have biblical support as I have shown in many articles on this website, as well as discussing the topic in online interviews. The so-called discipline of Sabbath, like the other disciplines, tends to take over and dominate what Scripture teaches on living the Christian life. But “Sabbath” sounds so biblical, therefore, people assume any teaching about it must be good. However, this article will attempt to demonstrate why the teaching in these videos is not based on the Bible….
Contemplative teachings use ordinary words or words from the Bible but have layers of hidden meaning in them…Translating Contemplative teachings is like peeling an onion and sometimes the layers seem to never end but only lead to other onion-like words with their multi-layers of meaning.

Audio interview about Richard Rohr as guest of Dave Jenkins of Contending for the Word with Servants of Grace. From Contending for the Word: In this episode of Contending for the […]

From Christianity to Taoism The Bowen Technique, or Bowen Therapy, was started by Thomas Bowen (1916-1982), a professing Christian (with no medical training). However, Bowen Therapy is not consistent with […]

Audio interview on Grounding (also called Earthing) with ex-psychic Jenn Nizza.

You may be wanting to speak to your church leaders if you have had concerns with John Mark Comer’s teachings, particularly if the church is using the Practicing the Way […]

Video interview as guest of the Unknown Webcast (Don Veinot and Ron Henzel) discussing Mindfulness and related issues, also with guest ex-New Ager Doreen Virtue

Four videos from the Bible Project made in consultation with Dr. Michael Heiser present several disturbing issues, including claims not found in the Bible and a few contradicting it. This constitutes yet more concern about Tim Mackie and his Bible Project that churches need to be aware of.

Video interview as guest of Elaine of JW Escape; I give my story and discuss New Age deceptions.

Medieval monks

Most of the book, Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, by Tyler Staton, is not about Contemplative practices. Staton uses what is often called the Lord’s Prayer as a template […]