Dedicated to The 185th Annual Meeting of The Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) & The Virginia Baptist Mission Board who not only featured the mystical emergent Tony Campolo but also the ecumenical Dr. David Coffey, President, Baptist World Alliance ( BWA ).
Faith Undone: Chapter 7 “Monks, Mystics, and the Ancient Wisdom”
“Almost without exception, leaders in the emergent conversation embrace mysticism (i.e., contemplative spirituality) in their theological playgrounds; it is the element that binds the movement together.”
This mystical formation, also known as ancient wisdom, is occultic by its very nature. And through the emerging church, this occult wisdom is overtaking the spirituality of countless lives. Mysticism is rooted in pantheism (God is in all things) and panentheism (all is God). Since mysticism is the very steam that drives the emerging church, to exclude it from critique is to side-step the real danger of this movement.
Contemplative prayer, spiritual formation, the interspiritual path – they inevitably lead all who follow them to the same non-biblical conclusions, and if not repented of – ultimate spiritual destruction.
See Part Virginia Baptist Mission Board's FAITH UNDONE Part I
See also The Baptist General Association of Virginia's Time of Departing
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