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NEW BOOKLET – The Shack and Its New Age Leaven

“The Shack,” TBN, and the New Age

Letter to the Editor: I Warned My Pastor About “The Shack” . . . And He Listened! Now Warning His Church

Shack Author Paul Young States in Just-Released Book—Christ Is “In” Every Single Human Being

Fourth Letter to Christian Leaders Goes Out – A Warning About “The Shack”

When People Say, “But The Shack is Just a Novel!”

William Paul Young (THE SHACK AUTHOR) and His Connection with Panentheist Richard Rohr

Before Watching The Shack Movie, Read This – The “Inspiration” Behind the Movie and Eugene Peterson’s Connection

Fractal Theory in The Shack ( “I love fractals, so I put them everywhere.”)

The Shack: Father-goddess Rising

In Case You Still Aren’t Sure About The Shack and Its Author...

The Shack to Return as Top Production Movie

The Shack Author Rejects Biblical Substitutionary Atonement

New Age Similarities, Popularity Continues, and Calvary Chapel Gives Official Statement

Thomas Merton and The Shack

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Lion and Lamb Ministries - Is The Shack Biblical?

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The Christian Post - Is 'The Shack' Biblical or New Age?

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Reclaiming the Faith - The Transgender god of the New Christian Gnostics

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Charisma News - 6 Major Problems With 'The Shack'

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Christian News - 1,000 ‘Faith Leaders’ Endorse Blasphemous ‘Shack’ Film Based on Universalist Novel Depicting God as Woman

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You're Not a Christian If You Dislike the Shack?

If your sermon prep comes from "The Shack," just step down now

Lies Wm. Paul Young Tells About God

Shack Author Shares His New Age Mystical Side

The Shack Movie Bombs as "Evangelism Tool"

Shack Ebola Virus Outbreak 2

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Now The End Begins
LAODICEAN CHURCHES LAUNCH SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY BASED ON ‘THE SHACK’ FALSE GOSPEL

BEWARE THE NEW AGE PAGANISM TAUGHT IN ‘THE SHACK’ MOVIE OPENING TONIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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First Things - God as Therapy in The Shack

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The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Movie review: ‘The Shack’ ~ Is going to ‘The Shack’ worth the trip?

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Answers in Genesis - Staying Outside The Shack

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Reformed Nazarene - Thirteen Heresies in “The Shack”

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Learn to Discern Granny - Another Shack Attack Coming March 2017 via 'The Shack' Movie

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Quantum Physics and the New Spirituality - FROM COSMOS, TO CHAOS, TO CONSCIOUSNESS

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Deceived by a counterfeit "Jesus" - The twisted "truths" of The Shack and A Course in Miracles

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Challies - Why I Won’t Be Seeing (or Reviewing) The Shack Movie

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Truthkeepers - This is not a Review of “The Shack”

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The Gospel Coalition on The Shack

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Albert Mohler - The Shack ~ The Missing Art of Evangelical Discernment

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Spiritual Research Network - Exposing the Deception of New Age Pagan Teachings in THE SHACK

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Defending Inerrancy - The Shack: Helpful or Heretical?

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WND - LATEST 'CHRISTIAN' FILM BLASTED AS NOT SO CHRISTIAN - 'No way on Earth this has anything to do' with the faith

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Desiring God - What Does ‘The Shack’ Say About Your Pain?

The Big Picture - ISIS, NATO and Russia

Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice - The Big Picture ~ ISIS, NATO and Russia

The civilized world, especially those in the West and ​in ​Russia, is disgusted by and extremely angry about the recent terrorist acts of radical militant Muslims in Mali, Egypt, Lebanon, France, and now California. Most of these violent terrorist activities have been planned, orchestrated, and executed by militant members of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL), the Muslim caliphate now in Syria and Iraq.​ ​

 

Many in the West are demanding a violent military response. There is even ​talk of invoking Article 5 of the NATO treaty which means all member nations of NATO will go to war in Syria and Iraq against Daesh. A major regional war, possibly world war, seems imminent.            

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A​ lot of Neoconservatives (War Hawks), especially the talking heads at Fox News and nearly every U.S. Presidential candidate in both parties, are ​beating the war drums. It​ is important for people to understand the "Big Picture" with the current conflict the West is having with Daesh. It i​s essential that we understand and briefly review who the major players are and what interests drive their current policies and actions... TO READ MORE CLICK ABOVE.  

The Masonic Symbolism of the U.S. Capitol

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The US Capitol is not simply another governmental building. It is the spiritual center of the United States. Its structure, its art and its symbols all reveal the great importance of secret Fraternities in the shaping of the world most powerful government. We’ll explore the Capitol and discover the features that make this building a Masonic site, an American Temple of Solomon.

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There is a growing chorus of scholars across the ecumenical boundaries (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant) that are making the argument that sacramentalism, a sacramental worldview which recognizes the centrality of the liturgy, as the antidote that counteracts the effects of the poison or disease of secularism. Several ecumenical great minds, thinkers, and writers are making this argument in a variety of different ways who include at least the following intellectual cadre: Brad S. Gregory (Roman Catholic), David Bentley Hart (Eastern Orthodox), Hans Boersma (Protestant), and James K.A. Smith (Protestant).
 

A lot of good historical as well as philosophical and theological points feed into their argument that sacramentalism is the answer to secularism. Nominalism which is a reduction of reality, a flattening of categories, is no doubt one of the root causes of our secular Western viewpoint. Therefore it makes sense that a recognition of the sacred would seem to get at the root of this disease. I understand this point and largely agree with it. Allow me though to ask some questions and bring an important perspective into this dialog that desperately needs to be considered and judged by these men as well as by others good thinkers and folks who are intrigued by this conversation... TO READ MORE CLICK HERE.

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Glory to God for All Things - Going to Hell with the Terrorists and Torturers

Torture is wrong. Justify it if you will, but it remains wrong.

...But there is something of far greater value that is too easily missed in our current round of hand-wringing. It is the dark places of the human heart that we see and quickly cover in the wrangle of debate. It is a place where our thoughts should linger.

 

For the place of torture and the smashing angry insanity that drives a plane into towers dwell in the same dark heart – and the heart belongs to us all. Some will protest immediately that I am drawing some kind of moral equivalency. One act is done to save lives, the other to destroy them. But it is not any kind of moral anything that I wish to draw. Rather it is our attention to the true character of the human heart.

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It appears as if the African American community has turned Brown into a martyr and the whites have turned the police officer into a hero. But this way there is no way out...

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René Girard, Michael Brown Jr. and Ferguson, Missouri

As a Missouri resident I feel obligated to speak out, to speak the truth.  I have both lived and worked in St. Louis. 

Is the African American community displaying a "mob mentality" in the Michael Brown Jr. case by resulting in violence once again?  We should never allow mobs to determine the guilt of the accused.  Even on the rare occasion when the mob is right about what the accused actually did, the mob is wrong because it is using the accused to vent its own sinfulness.  Violent protests, rioting, robbery, the destruction of both public and personal property, are all visible examples of this sinfulness.

It appears as if they have turned Brown into a martyr and mobilized their community against the perceived threat of the white man, the other.  Therefore the white man serves as a scapegoat instead of recognizing the problems of their own African American community which include a disposition for higher rates of criminal activity, acts of violence, alcohol and drug abuse, the breakdown of the family, out of wedlock relationships, children with no fathers, etc.

Why are folks not publicly speaking out about these facts? Why the silence? Is it politically incorrect to speak the truth? How is this any different than not speaking out against the mob mentality after 9-11 and focusing our hatred as Americans and Westerners on the Muslims, the other?

Besides this is a great opportunity for an Ethics 101 lesson. Judge the act itself. To determine if an action is ethical, one must judge the act itself. Brown was high on marijuana, robbed a store, was walking down the middle of the street, assaulted a police officer while he was still inside his police vehicle, resisted arrest, and physically charged at the officer multiple times until the officer had to use deadly force to stop him. Those are the facts that the grand jury determined. The police officer acted morally and justly according to the grand jury.  This is not a tragedy.  

One must distinguish between killing and murder. Murder is the direct intentional killing of an innocent human life. Brown was not innocent, he was the aggressor in both the robbery of the store as well as in the assault of a properly commissioned public law officer. This law officer was justified in killing him, it was a just act.

Now it also appears as if the whites have turned the police officer into a hero and mobilized their community and militarized police force against the perceived threat of the black man, the other.  Therefore the black man serves as a scapegoat instead of recognizing the bigger issue at hand which is the problem of systemic sin of our own American culture and history, specifically that of racism.  We can longer turn a blind eye to systemic sin, as a culture, as a people.  We must confront this reality.

I am aware of and recognize that we must continue to improve and repair race relations.  The public education system in St. Louis is a disaster.  It locks minorities, especially African Americans, into a caste system.  One must ask why do folks protest and riot?  Think of the Palestinians in Israel.  It is because they feel there are no other options. 

First, real educational reform must occur to give the future children in Ferguson, and the rest of St. Louis, any chance of a civilized future.  True education introduces one to all of reality - the true, the beautiful, and the good.  It gives hope, a way of seeing the world with new eyes.  Without this we will continue down the road of violence.

Second, we must seriously address poverty within the African American community, and in all minority communities, in Ferguson and elsewhere.  What are the root causes?  Lack of quality education, mostly low wage service related jobs which lead to higher unemployment, lack of security and safety for small businesses, etc.  All these factors lead to a loss of hope and despair for those whose hearts are designed for the infinite. 

Third, we should develop a real community model of policing in Ferguson, and in other like communities.  This will help ease the racial tensions. A local police officer should know the local small business owners, the local clergy, the local community activists, etc. He should not be the other who just anonymously patrols the streets profiling suspected criminals.

We need both the light of truth and the warmth of love.  The truth will set us free.  Love alone is credible.

The way we move forward is to recognize the humanity in each other’s human faces, the local police officer and the local citizen, who both knows the truth of the other and loves him for who he is, a man made in the Image of God.  We must literally love the "Hell" out of the other.



 

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Douglas Bushman's Themes of "Lumen gentium", Fifty Years Later

CWR ~ Light for the Nations: Themes of "Lumen gentium", Fifty Years Later - A retrospective on Vatican II's "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church" ought to place the primacy on the Church as end, and particularly on holiness by Douglas Bushman

November 21, 2014 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Vatican II’s central document, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. If the articles that this occasions reflect a strain of theological commentary on this text that narrowly focused on the issue of collegiality of bishops, then one can expect a chorus of writers to lament the fact that Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI resisted accepting and implementing what the Council taught about the relationship of pope and bishops.  

The importance of Chapter Three of Lumen gentium, where this subject is treated, is incontestable. At the time of the Council, everyone was aware of the need to provide a complement to the teaching of Vatican I on papal primacy and infallibility. Cut short by political and military disruptions of the time, that Council’s full agenda was left unfinished. Nevertheless, Vatican II recognized that apostolic authority is a divinely instituted means, not an end in itself. It is totally at the service of the Church’s unity, holiness, and catholicity. Since the value of a means derives from the end to which it is ordered, a fifty-year retrospective on Lumen gentium ought to place the primacy on the Church as end, and particularly on holiness, as the best way to be faithful to the authentic spirit of Vatican II... TO READ MORE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE.

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One grows strong in Christ by being fed by Him in silence. Solitude usually walks with silence, but silence does not actually need solitude. Silence possesses solitude in itself. He who enters the depths of God's heart leaves solitude at its door, because the silence of God envelops him. - Servant of God Catherine Doherty in Molchanie

 

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