[boatbums]

Jesus said, "Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves." (Matt. 10:16)

We should always be on guard from those who would try to pervert the gospel of the grace of God and who entice with smooth words:

Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Romans 16:17-18)

Thanks for the article and the warning.

[metmom]

I have become very alarmed at what I’ve been seeing happening in the church. The emergent church stuff and this contemplative prayer and Christian mysticism and the *you are God* nonsense.

I have friends who are falling for this stuff and I am praying like never before that they see where they are headed. I believe that they are genuinely saved, but I hate to see them go down this path.

For myself, I am getting back to the basics and that means getting heavily into the Word.

Our mandate from Jesus is to preach the gospel and make disciples. And faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.