Richard Bennett (ex-Roman Catholic priest) of the Berean Beacon (richly informative video below) Exposes the Dangerous Ties of Pagan, Mystic Religions (specifically Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism) in the Emergent Church Movement (ECM). Mr. Bennett discusses the false teachings of Phyllis Tickle (The Great Emergence) and many, many more, like the Jesuits, Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas Merton. Also discussed is Richard Foster and Tony Jones who have been major post-modern contributors to the ECM false teachings.
article excerpt: “Smalley, Gary >> Gary Smalley > NavPress author, focuses on counseling, most writings exclude the use of Scripture and focus on humanist psychology and often contrary to Scripture ideas to deal with relationships. Smalley conducts family seminars through his Today’s Family. Smalley has been a leading proponent of right-brain/left-brain pseudoscience aka myth, which claimed to describe personality types by brain hemisphere dominance. Disproved by neuroscientists as well as zero scriptural basis, it claimed to give insights to male/female communication effectiveness.
The popularization of this ‘stuff’ was due to The Language of Love, co-authored by Gary Smalley and fellow psychologist, John Trent and which was published and promoted by Dr. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family Publishing. Smalley and Trent have been frequent guests on Dobson’s radio program. In Winning the War Within, Smalley and Trent endorsed an even more widely accepted myth, that of low self-esteem as being the cause of most of our problems. Apparently “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” is not really the issue to be concerned with. Gary Smalley has been a frequent speaker, promoter and writer for Promise Keepers.”
“If It Looks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a” …well you know, Tim Challies’ Review
UPDATE (04-24-11): Mart De Haan of the RBC Ministries Network, Including the Long-Standing and Popular Our Daily Bread, Has Referred to Rob Bell as a “Brother” and Considers Bell to be Quite Possibly RIGHT as Seen Here
News Media Commentator, Martin Brashir, Examines Bell’s Teachings, with a ‘Berean Book Review’ in hand… and hits the nail on the head! ☛ “You’re amending the Gospel, the Christian message, so that it’s palatable to contemporary people who find, for example, the idea of heaven and hell very hard to swallow.”
Brilliant Parody of Rob Bell’s Teachings in Love Wins
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