Roll Over Menno

The fact page on the Goshen College website says the following:

Established in 1894 and owned by the Mennonite Church. Around 55 percent of the total student body report Mennonite or Mennonite-related backgrounds, but more than 30 different Christian denominations and several world religions are represented on our campus.

How far Goshen has come from their roots. Not only are different Christian denominations and world religions now represented at Goshen, so is the green Mother Earth religion.

Read about what went on in the Goshen church chapel May 9-10 at the Everything Must Change event with Brian McLaren, here:

How “Everything Must Change”
A Pastor Reports on Brian McLaren’s “Everything Must Change” Tour
Part 1
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-everything-must-change.html

Here is an excerpt from this excellent eye opening report:

The conclusion of the Friday evening “session” was an amazing demonstration of this philosophy. The audience was directed to many different “sacred spaces” set up to aid them in getting in touch with themselves and “the divine”. One station was a table covered with votive candles which could be lit and meditated upon. Another held a large bowl of water where one could get in touch with the “flow” of nature and spirit, and yet another featured a bowl of dirt where one could literally touch “Mother Earth” and contemplate all the evils done to her.

How very very sad to see that Goshen has gone to Gaia, rather than to God.

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Romans 1:20-25

ROM Index: GREEN

For further thought…

Now that McLaren’s “secret” agenda is not so secret anymore, it would be interesting to know if the The Canadian Conference of the Brethren in Christ, Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and the Mennonite Church of Eastern Canada are regretting their unwise decision to allow Brian McLaren to teach 180 pastors back in 2005, as reported here.

Or if the MBBS regrets their lack of discernment in recommending Brian McLaren books in so many of their theology courses which were secretly paving the way to the green Gaia road.

Or if the Mennonite Weekly Review would still stand behind their weak-kneed miquetoast report on the compromising inclusive gospel of Brian McLaren, which can be read here.

Related:

Mennonites and Gaia (Roll Over Menno post)

Earth: The Old Story, The New Story
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/05/earth-old-story-new-story.html
(How Emergent church leaders are re-packaging and marketing the Creation Spirituality myth to the evangelical church.)

UPDATE: Read Part 2 of the How Everything Must Change report here:

How “Everything Must Change”
Part 2: DO WE HAVE BLESSED HOPE?
OR ARE WE BLUNDERING DOPES?
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-everything-must-change_04.html

An article has come to the attention of Roll Over Menno which is sad but not surprising. The following is an excerpt from Multi-faith Mennonites by Ted Byfield, posted June 02, 2007.

“The report shows the MCC deeply involved in “earth-first principles, eastern mysticism, and the assertion that all religions are equally valid.” To people with such an attitude, it observes, “Christianity becomes the main enemy.”

It quotes in their entirety two litanies used by the MCC to express pseudo-feminist nature worship, both of which were withdrawn from the MCC catalogue not long after the report was made available.”

The entire article may be found here:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55981

ROM: High

Did you know…

Mennonite’s research contributed to Nobel award
http://www.mennoweekly.org/DEC/12-10-07/MORGAN.html
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — When former Vice President Al Gore and a United Nations environmental panel received the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, an ecologist who is a member of Fort Collins Mennonite Church had a hand in the research that helped garner the award…

Whether this is something to make Menno proud or roll over in his grave is debatable.

Recommended ROM reading:

Human-Caused Global Warming Slight So Far
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n2/human-caused-global-warming

Al Gore’s ‘nine Inconvenient Untruths’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/10/11/scigore111.xml

NASA Debunks Part of Global Warming Myth, Will Media Report It?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/11/14/nasa-debunks-part-global-warming-myth-will-media-report-it

ROM Index: inconveniently frozen

Last month a one day conference called Going Barefoot was held at Canadian Mennonite University. It was sponsored by the Canadian MB Conference. (See here.) If you read the fine print, this conference was also sponsored by:
Council on Church and Media; Mennonite Church Canada; Mennonite Central Committee Canada; Mennonite Church Manitoba; Canadian Mennonite University; The Salvation Army, Manitoba and Northwest Ontario Division, the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches; and InterChurch Communication, comprised of communicators from the Anglican, United, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches.

The theme was about the new possibilities of communication using new marketing strategies, blogs, web, email and other new media.

This is what one of the workshops was about:

Controlling the Uncontrollable: What to do about blogs, Facebook and websites that talk about your organization? (And maybe not always positively.) Led by Keith Knight of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.

To begin with, it is very interesting to note that this Mennonite sponsored workshop was led by a representative of the Presbyterian church, since the Presbyterian Church USA are the ones who are reclaiming the doctrine of the Trinity, and recently decided to call God MOTHER (see HERE). There is no doubt that there is a wealth of information on the internet exposing the truth about some Christian organizations. However, one would think that if a ‘Christian organization’ teaches the Word of God, represents His truth, and holds to His standards, this would not be an issue. Sometimes, however, things can turn around and get nasty. Take for example Daniel…

3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. 4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Daniel 6

A modern day example of this might be Roger Oakland of Understand the Times, who speaks the truth from the Word of God. Not only were his personal belongings recently removed from his church office while he was away, more recently his program was removed from a Christian radio station after being on the air for 15 years. This is because certain people within ‘Christian organizations’ don’t like it when the truth is exposed.

Getting back to the Going Barefoot conference workshop, sometimes comments about an organization may be perceived as negative when in fact this ‘negativity’ is simply the truth exposing error. Take for example the plan organized by Haman who was exposed by what he surely perceived to be negative comments. As we know, Haman’s plan was revealed by someone who was placed in the right place and “for such a time as this” by God.

Some of the things going on within some Mennonite organizations are being exposed by blogs like Roll Over Menno. These organizations many not like it and see it as a negative problem, but as long as these Mennonites continue to promote contemplative spirituality, labyrinths, Spiritual Direction International, and the green gospel, while chumming with our modern day Haman on the bridge to Rome, there will continue to be blogs and websites like this that tell the truth. Maybe it’s time for these organizations to truly go barefoot and remove the steel toed boots that are covering up the bare facts.

ROM Index: barely changing

Last February the Mennonite Central Committee Canada Ottawa office held a student seminar titled, “One World: Seeking Justice Through Faith and Policy” from February 15 to 18, 2007 (see here). Here was one of the sessions on their Agenda titled One World: seeking justice through faith and policy…

Session 7

* Climate Change and Canadian policy

Climate Change
David Suzuki Foundation.

World Council of Churches Statement to UN Climate Conference in Nairobi

As described on the Kairos website, this was:

A Statement from the World Council of Churches (WCC)
to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of the
UN Climate Conference in Nairobi (COP12/MOP2)
Friday, November 17, 2006
delivered by Dr. Jesse Mugambi, University of Nairobi and
Member of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change

This was not the first time the MCC has crossed paths with the UN, the World Council of Churches, or David Suzuki on the green road to earth religion. There are many other examples too numerous to list.

Incidentally, you can see David Suzuki’s picture at the bottom here:
http://www.pantheism.net/

He is an honorary advisor of the World Pantheist Movement, that states:

“In the WPM we revere and care for nature, we accept this life as our only life, and this earth as our only paradise, if we look after it.”

It’s interesting how David Suzuki often brings religion into his message of saving mother earth. Here is one example:

Suzuki rallies the faithful

World-renowned Canadian scientist David Suzuki has challenged faith communities to get involved in the preservation and protection of the environment - maintaining that it is a spiritual issue, which is reflected in various religious traditions that hold the earth as a sacred trust. Suzuki, the long-running host of CBC’s The Nature of Things, recently spoke at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. The forum was organized by Faith and The Common Good, a non-governmental organization which has launched Renewing the Sacred Balance — a program that integrates faith, spirituality and ecology. Representatives of various faith communities attended the event. Rev. Ted McCollum, incumbent at St. Paul (Anglican), in Beaverton, Ontario, said he would recommend that his diocese take part in Suzuki’s Nature Challenge (see www.davidsuzuki.org), which lists 10 ways that people can conserve nature. McCollum stated: “How we treat the environment that God has given us reflects upon us. If we destroy this gift, what does it say about us?” - Anglican Journal
-www.canadianchristianity.com

Unfortunately, not many Mennonites are aware that the Mennonite Central Committee they support and volunteer for has joined with the goals of the United Nations and the World Council of Churches, and that together they are travelling quickly towards One World Religion via pantheism, all in the name of peace.

For related reading on this subject, see these:

A Chronology of
The Revolutionary Roots of the UN
and the radical minds behind the New World Order
http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/chronologies/un.htm

Conforming the Church to the New Millennium
by Berit Kjos
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/ConformingChurch1-00.html

Two UN Summits - One Millennium Goal:
Conforming Humanity to Socialist Solidarity
by Berit Kjos
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/TwoSummits.htm