Definitions for reading about the Spiritual Reformation


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Today I will put some of the definitions needed for reading about this false teaching. I will add more as a reply under this topic as needed.



Emerging: starting to arise or develop



Contemplative Prayer—A mystical prayer practice that leads one into the "silence" but in actuality leads away from God.



Definition of Contemplative Spirituality: a belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is often wrapped in Christian terminology; the premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all).



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Definition of Contemplative Spirituality: a belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is often wrapped in Christian terminology; the premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all).



The purpose of contemplative prayer is to enter an altered state of consciousness in order to find one's true self, thus finding God. This true self relates to the belief that man is basically good. Proponents of contemplative prayer teach that all human beings have a divine center and that all, not just born again believers, should practice contemplative prayer.



http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/youthspecialties.htm

Click here to read about Youth Specialities



http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/PressReleasemarhc252005.htm

Click here to read about the Emerging Leaders and their idealogies.



http://www.crossroad.to/charts/postmodernity.htm

Here is a complete chart on what modern vs post-modern means.

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Eschatology -- doctrines about death and its aftermath: the body of religious doctrines concerning the human soul in its relation to death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Usually the study of life after this one as in the Rapture and Heaven.





Apocalyptic -- . bible relating to Apocalypse: relating to the events in the Book of Revelation in the Bible