These two artices by Marcia Montenegro appear on the website of Midwest Chritian Outreach: Part 1: “The Desert Mothers and Fathers and Mothers: A Model for Christians?” and Part 2: […]
The article, “Summit Ministries Embracing the Contemplative,” is hosted on the blogsite of Midwest Christian Outreach Ministries. This article responds to several online articles from Summit Ministries that promote Contemplative […]
This article had two parts. The first part addresses the idea about the Bible being like a finger pointing to the sunset, which is similar to […]
This article has two parts. The first examines some of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers; the second part looks at the book by John Climacus, The Divine Ladder. […]
The idea that one speaks the name ‘Yahweh’ with each breath continues to spread. This is a false idea that demeans the character of God and spreads unbiblical notions about the breath and one’s connection to God. Examining this idea and exposing its falsehood is necessary in a world increasingly unmoored from the idea of objective truth.
This article gives an overview of the background and teachings of the Contemplative movement, also known as Contemplative Spirituality, the Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation, and mysticism.
The Ignatian Prayer of Examen is spreading through churches like a virus. Is the Examen a good practice? See whether there is a sound biblical basis for it.
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.
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 […]
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 […]