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Category: Worldview

  • Relevance: A Case Study

    The idol of relevance demands that the Church change with the culture. The Church needs no adjustment to the world. Rather it needs to adjust to God’s eternally relevant and perfect word.

  • Creating the Vacuum: The Road Through the Desert

    Creating the Vacuum: The Road Through the Desert

    In the past two articles I have asserted that New Age spirituality has infiltrated the Evangelical Church.  This study will continue to trace exactly how we have gotten to this point. Although the loss of the Church’s first love led to numerous issues within the young church, the slide towards mystical practices took a number…

  • Creating the Vacuum: New Age Spirituality in the Church

    Creating the Vacuum: New Age Spirituality in the Church

    How is it that New Age Spirituality has found its way into the Evangelical church? There is a long and winding path that has been followed to get to where we find ourselves.  The answer begins early in the history of the Church, as very quickly she left her first love (Rev. 2:4).  Samuel Andrews…

  • New Age Spirituality and the Evangelical Church

    New Age Spirituality and the Evangelical Church

    New Age spirituality has infiltrated the Evangelical Church in America. Now that I have your attention allow me to take a step back and say that there are aspects of New Age spirituality that have taken root in many churches that were once evangelical, and continue to claim the moniker for themselves.  Then there are…