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Let me start this off by saying I'm not a doom and gloom believer nor am I a self-appointed watchman. Those who know me know that's the furthest from the truth but I feel I should post this as a warning of some things I have observed in pop culture:
1. I went to McDonald's a few weeks ago and bought a fruit n’ yogurt parfait. When eating I noticed the print on the cup. It was a woman in a new age meditative posture with her palms up, thumbs and index finger touching. For those of you who don't know, this hand position is what is called a mudra. The purpose of mudras are to position your hands in order to channel or manipulate energy in a specific way.
2. Months ago I saw a commercial with cows saying "OM." For those of you who don't know this is called a mantra. A Mantra is a repetitive chant to channel or manipulate energy for a specific purpose. These are typically vowels of the Sanskrit language, definitively not tongues, definitely not God.
3. Oprah promoted the Secret ant A Course in Miracles. These are not of God, and definitely do not recognize Jesus as Lord.
4. Yoga was invented as a Hindu method to combine physical with spiritual. The positions were invented to open energy channels called chakras in order to manipulate the energy in these so called energy centers. A yoga master is called a yogi. Now some people say it’s for exercises but if you do, make sure you run from teachers who promote meditative or chanting type practicing, you're practicing Hinduism and not realizing it.
5. Relaxation methods are cover-up for new age practices such as reiki which a Buddhist healing modality that uses chanting and meditation and manipulation of energy channeling. Beware, these things many times are advertised wrongly without the person knowing what they are really getting into. At a relay for Life charity event there was a "relax with reiki" tent. Yeah, it everywhere! Even the Cleveland Clinic was running experiments on the medical benefits of this new age practice.
Take this for what it worth but take it as a fair warning I pray to our Abba Father that He blessing us all with wisdom, understanding, and discerning of spirits in Jesus' name!
Please repost this for your friends to spread awareness!
Your brother in Christ!
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| August 15, 2008 |
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| You are so right , it is sneaking in everwhere |
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| August 15, 2008 |
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I saw that commercial you're talking about... it was for California Cheese, where the duck was trying to meditate, and it was saying "om," but the cows were trying to correct him and say it was supposed to be "moo," and the duck couldn't get it "right." There's another one for E-surance where a guy says E-surance lets him relax, and then you see him sitting on the ground in front of some Cambodian temple the same way as the lady on the McDonald's cup, saying "om."
And as for Oprah... check this out... you can find this one on YouTube if you search for "Oprah denies Christ": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aT6eyKn2rs And here's Oprah talking to a "psychic" lady, asking her to channel a dead guy named Abraham... the lady explains how she does it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjLFM0K0eiI And here's one about the "church of Oprah," which was her and Eckhart Tolle going through every chapter of his book "A New Earth," the title of which Eckhart says he got from the book of Revelation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NizojZIX7Aw... that's the one where Oprah says she thinks God is jealous of her. I also saw a clip of her and Dr. Oz on the show promoting Yoga, Qi Gong, and Tai Chi as good relaxation techniques because of how they allegedly lower stress levels and blood pressure.
And I remember when I was in modern dance classes at YSU, we used to do some pretty weird looking warm-ups and cool-downs in those classes, and I could NEVER ever get them right, ever. I kept slipping and sliding and falling on my butt repeatedly as if I'd never been in a dance class before in my life, and the professor was confused as to how I could ace the dancing part, but look like a bumbling clutz for the warm-ups and cool-downs. Then one day I happened to come across something about Yoga on a website... that's when I discovered that the warm-ups and cool-downs were actually Yoga moves and poses... and the professor never bothered to tell us that it was Yoga we were doing. That was the sneakiest one... I knew nothing at all about Yoga aside from that it was some Hindu religious thing that a Christian should have no part of, and I had no desire to ever do Yoga for just that reason, and because I wouldn't have known Yoga from Pilates if I saw it, the college professor had me doing Yoga and not even knowing it. That could probably explain a LOT about why it was so impossible for me to do it right... X-) |
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| August 16, 2008 |
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Yep, Lions of....I hear you.
Unfortunately, New Age thinking is also invading the church. Dave Hunt wrote a classic "The Seduction of Christianity" a few years ago. And got blasted by alot of Christians no less! "It`s Supernatural" is a whorehouse of false teachers. A couple [false] bible teachers were promoting "How to Communicate with your Angels", "How to Engage and Cooperate with your Angels", & "How to receive Dreams & Visions from God" teaching materials. This is straight out of new age beliefs and practices. Nowhere does the bible teach we should chase after experiences with Angels. We are to put our Faith in God and Follow Him!
And another time, a couple of other false bible teachers were promoting that every Christian receives Dreams [which are night visions] & Visions from Yahweh all the time, which is NOT scriptural. Check out my blog teaching posts, "Dreams & Visions" and "Communicating with Angels" for more info. Also, Messianic Jewish Believer, Mike Oppenheimer, was involved with the "New Age" and got saved through the ministry of Dave Hunt. His website is www.letusreason.org and is a good source of info on alot of different topics.
Another point to consider, there is some new age thinking in the "faith movement" [The false prophet Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, etc.] A good read is by Christian Apologist and bible scholar John Ankerberg - "The Facts of the Faith Movement". His website is www.johnankerberg.org his books are only $5. each. And "Christianity in Crisis" by Hank Hanegraaff is also an excellent resource on this subject. I`ve read both! ALL the Christian Apologetics ministries I know of and a great many other reputable ministries have labeled some of what "faith teachers" are teaching as Doctrinal Heresy, which it is. You can read my blog teaching post FAITH MOVEMENT HERESIES. I have researched this, so I know what I`m talking about. I even went to a church like that when I was a baby Christian. I was only there for a year or less, and even then I knew something was wrong. That`s why I left. Even the pastor of that church has since repented and renounced all that stuff before the entire church! In Y`shua, Tom. |
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