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Friday, January 4, 2013
PASSION 2012-13: "SIGNS" THAT MAKE YOU "WONDER"???
The following is a rather mixed bag of what's happening in the emerging church, incorporating Catholic contemplative mysticism, mind-emptying meditation, with a heavy emphasis on "experiencing God" and where this all leads. "Passion" is not the passion of Christ in these venues. The idea is we can all have unity if we are strictly non-dogmatic and non-doctrinal.
Here the alleged "Glory Cloud" (small glitter flakes) descends and floats down around the crowd at Bethel Church, Redding, California. This is what is called "camping around the presence", i.e., "the presence over the Word".
At other times the alleged "Glory Cloud" has allegedly floated up from the floor!
Close examination of the phony "Glory Cloud" glitter:
The great "reformed" John Piper leading Catholic contemplative "Lectio Divina" at Passion 2012:
Beth Moore also leading the mystical "Lectio Divina"
"Jesus Culture" live in Chicago, now at Passion 2013 to give a giant boost to everyone's "spirit":
Compare this with the multisensory E.P.I.C. (experiential, participatory, image-rich, and connected/communal) Worship coined by Leonard Sweet, postmodern New Age, "Christian" mystic, in his book "The Gospel According to Starbuck's". For example Martha Munizzi sells EPIC here:
Followed by a "prophetic interlude" (false gospel) for you sinners that is devoid of Jesus Christ, repentance, etc, but filled with feelings and experience, as is typical with all the emergents: