Roll Over Menno

If you are a member of the Mennonite Brethren denomination and have no idea what is being taught to your new pastors in training, I suggest you read the new post over at December 1859. Menno is definitely rolling in his grave…

HOW MUCH OF OUR HERITAGE ARE YOU WILLING TO LOSE? The blood of all our martyrs was not spilled so that we would allow a small group of people to train us to reject The Lord for whom we have stood.

Mark Baker is assistant professor of mission and theology at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California. He is also the coauthor of a book called Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts.

Mark Baker recently spoke at the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches’ annual new pastors’ credentialing and orientation event April 30 – May 2, at MBBS ACTS Seminaries in Langley, B.C., Canada.

One of Mark Baker’s many essays has been published in a controversial but not highly popular book called Stricken by God? which was endorsed by Brian McLaren, as well as a few prominent Mennonites. Mark Baker’s essay appeared in Chapter 13 of this book. In the essay (which has been reviewed and found wanting, as you can read here), Mark Baker refers to his book Recovering the Scandal of the Cross which has also been reviewed and found to be severely lacking in truth. Click on the following links to read these biblical reviews:
http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/recovering_scandal_1.html
http://www.grebeweb.com/linden/recovering_scandal_2.html
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/scandal-cross.htm

A blog called Words of Grace (gracewords.blogspot.com) also mentions Mark Baker’s book:

Today the attacks on the cross are widely embraced. So statements like the following (from the worst book — Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross — I’ve read so far) are considered acceptable:

“It will not do, therefore, to characterize the atonement as God’s punishment falling on Christ…or as Christ’s appeasement or persuasion of God.”

“…ethically, this model [penal substitution] has little to offer.…In the end, a penal satisfaction presentation of the atonement can too easily lead to a situation in which we might conclude that Jesus came to save us from God.”

“…[the] penal satisfaction theory…has significant problems and does not cohere well with biblical teaching on salvation.”

The misunderstanding of the meaning of penal substitution — that through His death, Christ bore our sin, pain and death, enduring and satisfying the wrath of God in our place — is evidenced throughout the various contributors to Proclaiming the Scandal.

-Book Review: Pierced for Our transgressions
http://gracewords.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-pierced-for-our.html

(In contrast to Mark Baker’s worst book ever read, the blog author of Words of Grace recommends instead a biblical book on the atonement called Pierced for our Transgressions which can be found here: http://www.piercedforourtransgressions.com/)

Here is another item of concern. Mark Baker has also participated on an emergent website called Emergent Village with emerging church leader Tony Jones which can be found here:

The Friday We Call “Good” — Atonement Contest Results

http://www.emergentvillage.com/weblog/the-friday-we-call-good-atonement-contest-results
Posted Mar 21, 08:45 PM
By Mark Baker and Tony Jones

This was a “Lent contest” in which…

“we asked people send in alternate metaphors for the atonement, different from the ones we often grew up with”

Mark Baker was one of the judges of the contest which was called Atonement Metaphors.

You can listen to Mark Baker talk to Tony Jones about the atonement here:

Thinking about the Atonement
http://www.emergentvillage.com/podcast/thinking-about-atonement

This is quite a shocking to see an MB Seminary professor in the same equation with Tony Jones and the emerging church, redefining the meaning of the atonement of Jesus Christ.

Mark Baker + Tony Jones x emergent village = bad news

Read about what Tony Jones believes and teaches here:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/tonyjones.htm

Read about the emerging church here:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/emergingchurch.htm

As shocking as all this might sound if you are a first time reader here, this is nothing new. Here is an older Roll Over Menno article about Mark Baker:

Mennonite Seminary Professor Debunks the Gospel

So here we have a SEMINARY PROFESSOR who is not only RE-EXAMINING the foundation of the gospel, but teaching ANOTHER GOSPEL to future pastors. As you can see, the fruit falling from the MBBS tree is looking very bad.

How long will poor Menno need to keep rolling over in his grave? Where are the Mennonites men with spines?

ROM Index: High

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Peter 2:1

The Eighteen Men over at December 1859 have given us some clues. Have you put in your guess yet? So far, four have given it their best shot.

The question is: Who wrote that about Jesus? Click on that question and submit your guess in the comment section.
[Hint: 1) It's the author of a soon to be published MB book. 2) It's someone who teaches at MBBS.]

Can anyone guess who it is that is soon to be exposed for being a wolf in sheeps clothing at the old MB Corral?

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The following is from an article in Canadian Christianity by Rob Des Cotes about prayer:

The shaping power of prayer
Rob Des Cotes

“…there is a particular ’shape’ that prayer requires from us in order to travel through it. There are laws of spirit - dynamics that we must conform to if we want to enter the atmosphere of prayer. Jesus once used the metaphor of passing through the eye of a needle for those who would seek to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Not every shape is capable of passing through such a particular opening. But those who, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, continue to seek passage towards God will gradually find themselves conformed to the shape of Christ with a humility and righteousness that this particular ‘gate’ requires.

Our regular practice of prayer is the most direct sculptor of our spiritual formation. The very nature of the Divine-human relationship that it represents forces us to become smaller, more humble, more receptive in order to be rightly related to its summons.

To pray according to the Spirit, we must learn to let go of our own design preferences in favour of the demands the spiritual environment we wish to enter will inevitably place on us. As we assume the shape dictated by the Creator’s hands we will be transformed into that which conforms perfectly with what we were ultimately designed for - relationship, in form and essence, with God. Like thread that has been brought to a fine point in order to fit through the eye of a needle, prayer and the life of faith fit us more and more perfectly for heaven’s gate.”

This article may be read here:
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/christianliving/080626work.html

Is this true? Is this what the Bible teaches us about prayer? What else does Rob Des Cotes teach about prayer? If the community he directs is any indication, it is a mixture of contemplative spirituality and interfaith mysticism.

Rob Des Cotes is a spiritual director and pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Vancouver, B.C. He is a graduate of Regent College who teaches Contemplative Traditions at Trinity Western University, as well as courses on spirituality and the arts at Carey Theological College and Columbia Bible College.

He is also the director of Imago Dei, a network/ministry that is formed around the principles of spiritual direction. Imago Dei is affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren denomination of BC., as can be seen on the list of BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren churches here:
http://www.bcmb.org/qry/page.taf?id=72

Here is the puzzling part. The mission of the BC Conference of MB churches is this:

“Glorifying God by working together to build healthy churches.”

But there is a huge problem with this statement, as you will soon see. Since Imago Dei is founded on spiritual direction and community, and not on the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Word of God, they are pointing people to error instead of the truth. For example, on Imago Dei’s ‘Spiritual Direction’ page you will find the following recommendation for those who are seeking spiritual direction but live outside of the area.

“If you live elsewhere, we would recommend Spiritual Directors International (www.sdiworld.org) as a good resource to find a qualified spiritual director in your area.”

But is SDI truly a ‘good resource’ to be recommending to Christians or even those who are searching for answers?

Last year SDI, who Imago Dei recommends, had an ‘outreach’ event in Vancouver (Richmond, B.C.) called Coming Home to the Cosmos.

This is what they sang/prayed at the Spiritual Directors International, Richmond BC 2007 outreach called “Coming Home to the Cosmos“:

Sunday’s opening prayer:

Come dance with us, O Laughing Light
Bind our broken places in your scarves of brilliant hue
Whirl us into Joy
Sing us into Sound
Speak us into Words, endless yet one

O Cosmic Fire, even as this Sacred Circle begins to slowly close,
We ask you to open our hearts.

Open our hearts one more time
To receive your gifts
To drink in your grace
To spill over in your ever-flowing love

Holy One, this has been a Welcome Home.
Open the door once more
And we shall enter in
With joy.

And this is what was taught at the 2007 SDI “Coming Home to the Cosmos” Conference (to name just a few workshops - see here for more):

Ignatian Spiritual Exercises & Environment Joseph A. Bracken, S.J.

Sufi Mystical Psychology Robert Frager, Ph.D.

Exile and Homecoming in Thomas Merton Rev. Don Grayston, Ph.D.

Canku Wakan: First Nations’ Cosmology Rev. Tim Iisstowanohpataakiiwa

The Promise of Interfaith Spiritual Direction T. Falcon, D. Mackenzie, J. Rahman

This is what the Sufi Mystical Psychology teaching looked like:

Explore two interrelated Sufi models of spiritual psychology and implications for spiritual direction. “Transformation of the self” includes work with a sheikh (or guide) remembrance, and service. “Inner evolution” looks at gifts of each soul and how to balance the energies and motivations of our seven souls. 70%, 20%, 10%. Robert Frager, PhD, Director of the Spiritual Guidance program at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, USA, a sheikh or Sufi spiritual guide for over twenty years.

And here was an ad for the SDI conference (found here):

CANADA

PLACE: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

TIME: April 13-15, 2007

DESCRIPTION: Spiritual Directors International will hold its annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, CAN, April 13-15, 2007. Keynote presenter / cosmologist, Dr. Brian Swimme, will focus on the theme of “Coming Home to the Cosmos.” The conference is open to anyone interested in the ministry of Spiritual Direction including spiritual directors, students / interns, ministers, faculty, chaplains and other spiritual care providers. Fourty-four different workshops and activities will offer everything from interfaith / multicultural dialogue to First Nations Cosmology, and Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to Tibetan Singing Bowls…

This is what Spiritual Directors International called an “outreach” - directing people to a sheikh to learn Sufism (Islamic mysticism), meditating the Thomas Merton and Ignatius Loyola way, praying to the Cosmic Fire and Sacred Circle of native spirituality, and learning to use Tibetan Singing bowls? It should be obvious to any Bible believing Christian (let alone an MB affliatiated church) that SDI is an interfaith/interspiritual organization and a spiritually dangerous place to recommend to anyone for spiritual direction.

Yet this organization is a what Imago Dei considers as a good resource for spiritual direction?

Is this what the BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches calls “working together to build healthy churches”?

Perhaps it is time for the Mennonites in the BC MB Conference to grow some spines so they can get up from their comfy chairs of compromise and complacency and demand some accountability.

ROM: HIGH (like the pitch of a Tibetan Singing bowl)

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UPDATE:

Rob Des Cotes commented today regarding this blog post. He is correct in saying that this blog post was mostly about SDI and its interspirituality. The main issue was that the BC MB Conference would allow one of their churches to promoted SDI. The good news is that Rob Des Cotes has informed ROM that the SDI link has been completely removed from the Imago Dei website.

One of the things that needs to be cleared up is this. Rob Des Cotes stated of this blog author: “Imago Dei is not based on “inter-faith mysticism” as he falsely charges, but on “the principles of spiritual direction” as he rightly notes.”

While this blog author did not state that Imago Dei is based on inter-faith mysticism, as can be seen by rereading the original post, if one were to browse the Imago Dei website, it would be very difficult to prove that it is not based on interfaith mysticism.

Imago Dei may have removed the link to SDI (and that is wonderful), but consider the following facts:

These are some of the things you will still find at Imago Dei which were not mentioned in the original post:

-Awareness Examen of Ignatius Loyola
-Lectio Divina
-Contemplative liturgies (and/or multiple quotes, articles, prayers and excerpts) by the following contemplative mystics:

Thomas Merton (mystic, interspiritualist, see here)

Henri Nouwen (contemplative who didn’t believe Jesus was the only way, see here)

Madam Jeanne Guyon (Catholic Mystic, see here)

Julian of Norwich

Jeff Imbach (contemplative, Jesuit spirituality)

Richard Rohr (Fransciscan monk and Catholic priest, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation where he recently presented the Jesus and Buddha Awakening Seminar, see here: http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/ )

St. John of the Cross - Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish mystic who the Catholic church named a feast after, see here)

St. Teresa Avila (Spanish mystic who levitated, see here and here)

Evelyn Underhill (had occult mysticism connections)

William Barry S.J. (Jesuit priest: http://www.campioncenter.org/staff/barry.htm)

The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence (contemplative monk)

James Houston (contemplative)

Blaise Pascal

Meister Eckhart

Brother Roger of Taize

Thomas Keating (Catholic monk, father of Centering Prayer, based on Buddhis/Hindu/Catholic/Eastern meditative practices, he often shares the platform with New Ager Ken Wilber, see here)

Centering prayer by Fr. Basil Pennington (Catholic monk who teaches Eastern techniques through centering prayer)

St. Ignatius (founded the Jesuits)

The link to SDI may not be on Imago Dei anymore, but there are still links on Imago Dei to the following:

-Loyola House, a Jesuit Retreat and Training Centre (where you can click on Sacred Space and either pray with the pope or do an on-line meditation, OR sign up for their retreat next month called Mysticism of Earth: An Ignatian Ecology Retreat which looks like an earth worship primer where people learn to pray for garbage and the 15 billion year history of the universe)

-Soul Stream (contemplative/Merton/Nouwen/Jesuit, see here)

-Taize (ecumenical place in France where people go to chant and have community with the monks, see here)

I could go on but as you can see, we are no better off than before Rob Des Cotes wrote to say that Imago Dei is not based on interfaith mysticsm.

From these facts, would it be incorrect to conclude that Imago Dei is indeed based on interfaith mysticism? Even if they have removed the SDI link, are they still pointing people to error or to truth? Has this blog maligned Rob Des Cotes or Imago Dei if they are the ones who are promoting these things? Is this truly Christ centered, Biblical work? Is a public ministry and website, promoted by a public Conference of Mennonite Brethren churches website open to public examination? Do people who give money to the MB Conference have a right to ask questions and demand accountability? Has this blog “left an uneducated opinion” of the work Imago Dei is doing? Does this go against the things that Menno Simons himself renounced? Would this still make Menno roll over in his grave? The readers of this blog can make their own decisions on these issues. It would be very good to hear from them to help clear things up.

As far as the first excerpt from the Canadian Christianity article by Rob Des Cotes goes, if anyone wishes to discuss the concepts he has written, feel free to contact him. He seems like a very nice person who is open to discussion. However, the author and adminstrator of Roll Over Menno feel that the teachings of Imago Dei are contrary to what the Mennonite Brethren church should be promoting and do not wish to discuss this any further. Because this blog has a small readership, this blog post probably won’t make much of a ripple in the Mennonite puddle, but please feel free to leave your comments below.

Do Mennonites doubt the power or existence of Satan and his demons? They promote an author who does.

The Blazer is Canadian Mennonite University’s magazine for alumni, supporters and people interested in Christian university education. In their spring 2008 issue (http://www.cmu.ca/pdfs/blazer_spring08.pdf) is an article called Demons, Lies and Shadows – The World Isn’t a Dangerous Place For Christians by Pierre Gilbert, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at CMU.

Incidentally, Gilbert has written a book by the same title (Demons, Lies and Shadows) which was promoted in the May 2008 issue of the MB Herald (see here) and by Kindred Productions of the Canadian Conference of MB churches (see here).

In The Blazer’s article, Pierre Gilbert asks the following questions:

Does the devil exist? Can Satan or demons take control of human beings without their consent? Can demons occupy objects and inhabit certain places? Do we need people with special gifts to protect us from the influence of the devil and evil spirits?

In answering these questions, Gilbert may be correct in saying that “much of what we think we know about Satan comes from unverifiable sources.” Over a dozen of these sources where people get their views from are listed and described (movies, T.V. shows, computer games, books and the Third Wave Movement) before he concludes that “the Bible is the only assured source of data about the devil.” However, instead of going on to answer these questions from the Bible, Gilbert talks more about authors Peretti and LaHaye than scripture, which he says is “remarkably sober and guarded in regards to what it teaches about Satan and demons. On the origin of the demonic, a few passages allude to a rebellion that occurred at some point in the far past (2 Pet.2:4; Jude 6; Rev. 12:7-9).”

That’s it? A few passages? That is all the Bible has to say about the devil, his demons and how we can be protected from them?

Gilbert continues…

“On their power, surprisingly – and against all expectations – my study shows that the New Testament, particularly the Gospel of Mark and 1 Corinthians teaches that these creatures are virtually devoid of real power. Demonic beings derive their power not from themselves, but from the men and women upon whom they prey. The power of demons ultimately hinges on the belief system of the cultures in which they navigate.
(…)
The truth of the matter is this: We occupy a friendly universe! It takes a biblical worldview to accept this fact. We need in other words, a return to text and reason.”

What we definitely need is a return to the Bible, but contrary to what Gilbert may say, God’s Word is far from ‘guarded’ about the powers of darkness that Jesus Christ has saved us from. Neither does it teach that demons are powerless or that “we occupy a friendly universe.” As far as the subtitle of this articles goes (The world is a friendly place for Christians), well Mr. Gilbert…tell that to the martyrs and the persecuted church.

Here are just a few verses that Pierre Gilbert unfortunately missed in his Bible study regarding Satan, his dominion, his demons, and their power (and how the power of God is GREATER!)…

Ex. 7:11,12 - 11 But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents.

Deut 32:17 - They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.

1 Samuel 16:14 - Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him.

1 Samuel 18:10 - Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul’s hand.

1 Chron. 21:1 - Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

2 Chron. 18: 20 - Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ The LORD said to him, ‘In what way?’ 21 So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the LORD said, ‘You shall persuade him and also prevail; go out and do so.’ 22 Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.”

Job 1:6-7 - 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[b] also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

Zech. 3:1-2 - 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

Matt. 4:1 - - Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 7:22 - Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Mark 1:13 - And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.

Mark 1:34 - And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 1:39 - And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.

Mark 9:38 - Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”

Matt. 4:10 - Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”

Mark 4:15 - And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Acts 5:3 - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?

Luke 4:41 - Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

Luke 8:30 - And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, ” Legion”; for many demons had entered him.

John 8:44 - “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Acts 19:11-20 - 11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

Acts 26:18 - …to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Romans 16:20 - And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

1 Cor. 10:21 - You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

2 Cor. 2: 11 - lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

2 Cor. 4:3 - But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

2 Cor. 11 - 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Eph. 2: 1-2 -1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

Eph. 3:10 - To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Eph 6:12 - For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

1 Thess. 2:18 - Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

2 Thess. 2:9 - The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

1 Tim. 4:1 - But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

1 Tim. 5:15 - For some have already turned aside after Satan.

Col. 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

Col. 2:15 - Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

James 2:19 - You believe that God is one You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

1 Peter 3:22 - Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

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The following articles and links deal with the subject of spiritual warfare and the dangers for Christians living in the world today:

The Voice of the Martyrs
http://www.persecution.com/

Dangerous Spirituality
http://www.spiritual-research-network.com/dangerousspirituality.html

Exposing the dangers of Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, unbiblical Emerging Church Practices, Eastern Mysticism…
http://www.spiritual-research-network.com/contemplativespirituality.html

THE DANGERS OF TELEVISION
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/dangers_of_television.html

What does the Bible say about spiritual warfare?
http://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-warfare.html

Spiritual Warfare
Biblical Binding and Loosing
http://www.letusreason.org/pent13.htm

Spiritual Warfare
http://www.raystedman.org/warfare/warfare1.html