Roll Over Menno

The website of Mennonite Church Canada is promoting some books by Catholic priest Richard Rohr in their Resource Centre.

One of these is about the enneagram:

http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/resourcecentre/ResourceView/2/7032

The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
by: Richard Rohr; Andreas Ebert

Many Christians feel uneasy about the Enneagram as a way of deepening self-awareness; this is mostly because the test has some connections to the Sufi religion and new age thought. That makes this book by Richard Rohr necessary and helpful to be able to gain the insight of the enneagram from a source that is operating from a Christian worldview. This book has sections on where the enneagram came from, what it is, what the 9 enneagram personality types are, and how Christians can benefit from it without adopting non-Christian ideas. Part II of the book looks at the 9 types from a Christian perspective. Rohr identifies the root sin of each type, and how God can redeem that sin into a beautiful gift. He also talks about what gifts the types naturally have, and how we can grow in those. This book is very helpful for understanding yourself and others, and for getting out of the boxes that are keeping you from living in a full and redeemed way.

An article by the Christian Research Institute Journal says this about the enneagram:

Tell Me Who I Am, O Enneagram
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0146a.html

“The enneagram is particularly popular among Catholic groups, with parishes and retreat houses offering workshops across the country. Rarely are teachers or participants aware of its occultic origins, something that should be a source of real concern for the Christian church. Echoes of a false, Gnostic theology are heard in enneagram teachings, though its occult roots are masked. The lack of scientific research into the enneagram system is an additional cause for concern.”

Please read the rest of this informative article at the above link.

Here is another revealing link which shows Richard Rohr teaching about the enneagram:

Watch “Occultic Enneagram Lesson” here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RNt0MH9dWA

This should be a grave concern. Not only is Mennonite Church Canada promoting the enneagream, they are also endorsing a Catholic priest whose belief system is akin to pantheism, and who has recently presented the Jesus and Buddha Awakening Seminar. (See Who is Richard Rohr? for details.)

In light of the deceptive times we are living in, it is also very revealing to note that among the books Richard Rohr promotes to peruse on his Center for Action and Contemplation website (bottom of Partners and Links page here) is The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle (New World Library). As everyone knows, not only has Oprah praised this book on her show, she has recently been teaching a weekly on-line New Age course with Eckhart Tolle from his latest book, A New Earth, which she is heavily endorsing.

See here:

Oprah and Tolle fuel New Age revival
Blending East/West mysticism into A New Earth spirituality
By Berit Kjos - March 2008
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/08/tolle.htm

If the spirituality of Eckhart Tolle is recommended by Richard Rohr, whose books Mennonite Church Canada promotes in their resources, does this mean they also endorse the same spirituality and New Age gospel of Oprah?

What on earth is Mennonite Church Canada thinking?

ROM Index: grave concern ***very high

*This would not be the first time that Mennonites have promoted Oprah’s gospel. See here:
Mennonites Promote Oprah’s Gospel