The emergent church and your local christian book store

[yellowbo]

I was at our local christian bookstore this past weekend.

My eye caught some good looking books that where being displayed on a book shelf right behind that music section and mixed in with all the stuff the teens would be looking at.

So I wonder over there because the titles looked great and the covers where so cool looking. I thought maybe I could find something my daughter might like to read.

:runhills

It was all new agy, emergent church stuff. All wrapped up cool to appeal to the youth. And you really had to already be aware of the emergent church to even see that is what the book was selling. Otherwise, it all looks good.:tsk

It is scary, when the lines between truth and false hood get so blurred that even a christian bookstore is not really safe to take your teen into. :ohno

[medbiller777]

I have quit going to our local christian bookstore for this exact reason. I really could find no books that were not just "fluff" Christianity. So sad. I used to love to just go and browse. I just reread the stuff that I have that I know is sound.

[Sing4Him]

This is a good thread.

I have gone to 2 non-SBC bookstores this week. (I won't give $ to SBC anymore BTW)

Upon entering the store, I am HIT with Contemplative, Emergent, WOF, false teaching!

It is an "Ecumenical Store"

I had to hunt for solid authors! :faint

I also have the habit of hiding the bad books by placing the good ones on top of this!:heh

(I pushed an Emergent Manifesto under the book rack:doh:ohno)

[homesick9748]

This is a good thread.

I have gone to 2 non-SBC bookstores this week. (I won't give $ to SBC anymore BTW)

Upon entering the store, I am HIT with Contemplative, Emergent, WOF, false teaching!

It is an "Ecumenical Store"

I had to hunt for solid authors! :faint

I also have the habit of hiding the bad books by placing the good ones on top of this!:heh

(I pushed an Emergent Manifesto under the book rack:doh:ohno)

I thought I was the only one who did that. I have to order my books online now. I don't know of a single Christian bookstore that can be trusted anymore.

If I see a good book online, but I want to read it now, (without waiting for it to be shipped to me,) I will call the local Christian bookstores; but they NEVER have what I want and most of the time they can't even order it. The clerks seem to have never heard of the authors I'm interested in.:ohno

[MidnightCry]

Sorry for the slow brain here, but can you give me examples of what constitutes "contemplative" and "emergent" so I'll recognize them? I know they are subtle and sneaky so I want to be on guard. I know how to identify WOF. Thanks!

[Berean Girl]

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

There you will find some...

The following is from Apologetics Coordination Team a/k/a www.deceptioninthechurch.com


Master List Of Cult, New Age, Pro-Homosexual And Other Non-Christian Books Being Sold In Christian Bookstores
compiled by Bud Press, June 23, 2004

June 23, 2004

To the Reader: The following is a Master List of Heretical, Cultic, New Age Movement and Pro-Gay/Homosexual authors/books found advertised and promoted within numerous, major online Christian bookstores. While special care has been taken to provide current and accurate information, the reader is encouraged to check and verify the names prior to their removal.

While the "Pro-Gay/Homosexual" list contains authors who are homosexual, it does not mean that all of the authors are homosexual.

Certainly, this list is not confined to just online Christian bookstores. It may be applied to walk-in Christian bookstores as well.

For your convenience, the list is arranged in alphabetical order and in a single line. Information about the authors and books may be located by conducting a Google Search on the author's names, the "Description" section of your online bookstore or the websites provided in the list.

This Master List will be updated on a continual basis, and will be of great use to customers, employees, managers, owners and distributors of both walk-in and on-line Christian bookstores. Therefore, please use this list as the Lord leads.

Please note:

two Christian Booksellers Association Marketplace magazine articles on "Heresy" and "false doctrine" within online Christian bookstores are now online at www.erwm.com/CBA1.htm and www.erwm.com/CBA.htm
New Category: Centering/Contemplative Prayer. For a detailed analysis of this phenomenon, please refer to the book, A Time of Departing by Ray Yungen ( www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com ).
Special Note: While many of the authors have been removed from major online Christian bookstores, this Master List will remain intact for future reference.
This Master List is available online here and in Excel Spreadsheet/File (upon request).

Your comments and questions are welcomed. Until then, may the Lord bless you in your efforts to defend the faith, protect the flock and expose the unfruitful works of darkness (Jude 3; Acts 20:27-32; Ephesians 5:11).

Researched & Compiled byBud Press, DirectorChristian Research Service(704) 434-7862fearless5199@yahoo.com

CURRENT AUTHOR COUNT: 238

CENTERING/CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
(refer to www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com & www.thenowage.org )
Mike Bickle
Tilden Edwards
Richard Foster
Thomas Keating
Morton Kelsey
Brennan Manning
Gerald May
Thomas Merton
Henri Nouwen
Basil Pennington
Thomas Ryan (see also NEW AGE MOVEMENT category)
Patricia Treece

CULTIC (refer to www.utlm.org & www.letusreason.org )
*Bookcraft and Deseret Book Company
Helen Andelin (Fascinating Womanhood)
Orson Scott Card (Mormon author)
James C. Christensen (Mormon author)
Jack R. Christianson (Mormon author)
Stephen R. Covey (Mormon author whose books promote Mormonism and the New Age)
Sheri L. Dew (Mormon author)
Dr. James Duke (The Literary Masterpiece Called the Book of Mormon)
Mary Baker Eddy (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures--Christian Science)
Lynda J. Eyre (Mormon author)
Gillian Gill (Biography on Mary Baker Eddy)
Grant Hardy (The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ)
Devan Jensen (Mormon author)
W.F. Walker Johanson (Mormon author; What is Mormonism All About?: Answers to the 150 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Gerald N. Lund (Mormon author)
Jack Lyon (Mormon author)
Michael McLean (Mormon author)
Robert L. Miller (Mormon author)
Robert L. Millet (Mormon author)
Jay Parry (Mormon author)
Anne Osborn Poelman (Mormon author)
Barbara J. Porter (Mormon author)
Robert Vincent Remini (Biography on Joseph Smith--Joseph Smith was the founder and first President/Prophet of the Mormon Church)
Brad Teare (Mormon author)
Rick Walton (Mormon author)
Blaine M. Yorgason (Mormon author)

* "In 1999, Bookcraft was acquired by Deseret Book and is now an imprint of this publisher." In turn, "Deseret Book is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, the holding company for business firms owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" ( http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_publisher.php?p_id=10 and http://deseretbook.com ).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church) is a non-Christian cult. For further information on Mormonism, contact Jerald and Sandra Tanner (Utah Lighthouse Ministry) at www.utlm.org or (801) 485-8894.

HERETICAL (refer to www.deceptioninthechurch.com & http://erwm.com )
Finis Jennings Dake (Dake's Annotated Reference Bible; refer to www.apologeticsindex.org/d47.html )
Charles Darwin (Autobiographies)
Meister Eckhart (Pantheism)
Madame Jeanne Guyon
Hannah Hurnard ( refer to http://www.pfo.org/high-pla.htm )
Micael Ruse (Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? promotes evolution)
Gwen Shamblin ("Weigh Down Workshop" & Remnant Church)
John Shelby Spong
Joseph C. Sprague NEW AGE MOVEMENT
(refer to http://cana.userworld.com/cana_home.html & www.exwitch.org & www.thenowage.org & www.apologeticsresctr.org )
David Aaron (The Kabbalah--an esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret)
Robert Aitken (Zen Buddhism)
Joan Wester Anderson (Where Angels Walk)
Wilkie Au
Conrad W. Baars (Psychic Wholeness and Healing)
Melody Beattie
Michael Berg (The Kabbalah)
Perle Besserman (The Kabbalah)
Emily Bestler
Joel D. Beversluis (The Pluralism Project)
John Bradshaw
Beverly F. Brandt (The Mystic Reality of Christ Consciousness)
Christopher Bryant
Beatrice Bruteau
Roland Buck (Angels on Assignment)
Sophy Burnham (A Book of Angels)
Kendra Crossen Burroughs (Skylight Illuminations: The Bhagavad Gita: Annotate & Explained)
Julia Cameron
Peter A. Campbell
Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul series)
Noreen Cannon
Lucia Capacchione
Hal Childs (The Myth of the Historical Jesus and the Evolution of Consciousness)
Richard Chilson
William C. Chittick
Carolyn Chambers Clark (Holistic Health)
Nancy Clemens (Dolphin Divination Cards)
Chas Clifton (The Paganism Reader)
James. A Conlon
Janice T. Connell
David A. Cooper
Stephen R. Covey (Mormon author whose books promote Mormonism and New Age principles)
George F. Dole
Larry Dossey
Michael Drosnin
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Betty Eadie
Gary Egeberg
Lesley Ehlers (Zen Buddhism)
Rita Elkins (Holistic Health)
Perle Epstein
Eknath Easwaran (The Bhagavad Gita)
W.Y. Wentz-Evans (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
Timothy J. Farnham
Norman Fischer (Zen Buddhism)
Karen Baker-Fletcher (Metaphysics)
Matthew Fox
Laurence Freeman
Gregory Fried (Metaphysics)
Ivone Gebara (Eco-Feminism)
James E. Goehring (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
Joel S Goldsmith
Daniel P. Goleman
Deidre J. Good (Reconstructing the Tradition of Sophia in Gnostic Literature)
Dom Alfred Graham (Zen Buddhism)
John Gray (Secrets of Passion: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus)
Arthur Green
Bede Griffiths
Jeffrey D. Hamilton (Holistic Health)
Robert M. Hamma
Olav Hammer
Gail M. Harley (Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought)
Andrew Harvey (author of numerous books including, The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions, according to his Bio at www.andrewharvey.net/idxbiography.htm "He lives in Las Vegas with his husband Eryk Hanut")
Richard Hecht
Martin Heidegger (Metaphysics)
Steven Heine (Zen Buddhism)
Eugen Herrigel (Zen Buddhism)
Hildegard of Bingen
David Hinton (Tao Te Ching)
Lawrence A. Hoffman (Holistic Health)
George Holbrook (Holistic Health)
Eric Hornung (Egyptian Spirituality)
Aldous Huxley
Moshe Idel (The Kabbalah)
Robert S Ivker (Holistic Health)
Alan Jacobs (The Bhagavad Gita: A Poetic Transcreation)
Willigis Jager
Gerald Jampolsky
Maria Jaoudi (Islam and Christianity)
John Miriam Jones (Celtic Spirituality)
Carl Jung
Kakichi Kadowaki (Zen Buddhism)
Glin-Pa-Karma (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
Paul Kaufman
Zen Master Keizan (Zen Buddhism)
Stephen R. Kellert
John Kirvan
Klaus K. Klostermaier (Hinduism: A Short Intro)
Katherine Krohn (Oprah Winfrey--Winfrey is a New Ager)
Christian Kuhn (Holistic Health)
Aryeh Kushner (The Kabbalah)
Ronald Melvin Lawrence (Holistic Health and Yoga)
Dali Lama
Kenneth S. Leong (Zen Buddhism)
Stephen Levine
Scott C. Littlejohn (Shinto)
John Daido Loori (Zen Buddhism)
Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
Gerd Ludemann (Atheist)
Elaine MacInnes (Zen Buddhism)
Fiona Maddocks
S.J. Marshall (The Mandate of Heaven: Hidden History in the I-Ching)
Nancy Martin
Juan Mascaro (The Bhagavad Gita)
Daniel Matt (Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism)
Benard McGinn
Edwin M. McMahon
Anthony de Mello (mysticism, self-realization)
Moojan Momen (The Baha'i Faith: A Short Introduction)
Mary Manin Morrissey (New Thought)
Jon Mundy
Carolyn Myss
Philip J. Newell (Celtic Spirituality, New Age music)
Friedrich Nietzsche
John O'Donohue
Diane C. Olson (Holistic Health)
Elaine Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels)
Mahinda Palihawadana (The Dhammapada: The Sayings of Buddha)
Papus (The Qabalah: Secret Traditions of the West)
Norman Vincent Peale
M. Scott Peck
Joseph Petulla (Tao Te Ching)
Li Po (Ascended Masters)
Andrew Ramer (Angel Answers: A Joyful Guide to Creating Heaven on Earth)
David Steindl-Rast
John Jacob Raub (Who Told You That You Were Naked? is based on the New Age manual, A Course in Miracles)
Jabez Richardson (Freemasonry)
Anthony Tony Robbins
Elisabeth Ross (Holistic Health)
Nancy Roth (blends Christianity with Yoga)
Philip St. Romain (Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality: A Pathway to Growth and Healing)
Joyce Rupp
Thomas Ryan ( Prayer of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice )
Robert Schuller
S.M. Scott (Yin-Yang: A Zen Guided Journal )
Richard Seidman (The Kabbalah)
Beth Shaw
Rupert Sheldrake
Dr. Bernie Siegal
Krishna Silverman (Hindu Spirituality)
Ninan Smart
Peter Smith (Baha'i)
Choan-Seng Song (Third-Eye Theology)
David Spangler
Jonathan Star (Tao Te Ching)
Brad Steiger
Rudolph Steiner
Walburga Storch
William C. Sturtevant
K.R. Sundararajan (Hindu Spirituality)
Sri Purohit Swami (The Bhagavad Gita)
Emanuel Swedenborg (Swedenborgism)
Terry Lynn Taylor (Angel Wisdom)
John Marks Templeton (refer to www.letusreason.org/Curren40.htm )
June Boyce-Tillman
Elisabeth Tooker (Native American Spirituality of Eastern Woodlands; sacred myths, rituals, formulas)
Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching)
Mary Evelyn Tucker (Confucian Spirituality)
Ann Belford Ulanov
Kerry Walters
Alan Watts (Zen Buddhism)
Neale Donald Walsch
Birell Walsh (Praying for Others)
Tu Weiming (Confucian Spirituality)
Andrew Weil (Breathing: The Master Key to Self-Healing; audiobook on cassette)
Robert Van de Weyer (readings from Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
Terry Cole-Whittaker
Leslie Wines (Rumi: A Spiritual Biography)
David Gordon White (Tantra in Practice)
Dale S. Wright (Zen Buddhism)
Ho Pen Yoke (Astrology)
Carol Zaleski
Philip Zaleski
Suzanne Zuercher (Enneagram Spirituality)
Gary Zukav

PRO-GAY/HOMOSEXUAL ( www.exodus-international.org )
J. Neal Alexander
James Alison (Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay)
Jon L. Berquist
Donald L. Boisvert (Out on Holy Ground: Meditations on Gay Men's Spirituality)Johanna Van Wijk-Bos
Timothy Brown (co-authored book, Coming Out Young and Faithful, with Leanne McCall Tigert)
Richard Cleaver
Gary David Comstock
L. William Countryman
Marvin Mahan Ellison (Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis)
James L. Empereur
Chris Glaser (refer to Glaser's Bio and Books at www.chrisglaser.com )
Peter Gomes (homosexual, pro-gay activist)
Larry Kent Graham
Andrew Harvey (author of numerous books including, The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions, according to his Bio at www.andrewharvey.net/idxbiography.htm "He lives in Las Vegas with his husband Eryk Hanut")
Thomas Marland Horner
Paul King Jewett
Sara Maitland
John McNeill
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott (lesbian activist www.geocities.com/vrmollenkott )
Henri Nouwen
Michal Anne Pepper (Reconciling Journey: A Devotional Workbook for Lesbian and Gay Christians)
Norm Pott
Letha Dawson Scanzoni
Vanessa Sheridan (co-authored book, Transgendered Journeys, with Virginia Ramey Mollenkott)
William Stringfellow
Sally Lowe Whitehead
Walter Wink
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Revised & Updated 6/22/04

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[fishersofmen]

I usually spend alot of money at Christian bookstores for Christmas presents, (many are for my own library, my husband asks me to just get what I want myself, I let him off the hook). And I have SEEN the emergent books all over the shelves. Joel Olsteen, Rick Warren etc etc etc, they could find VElvet Elvis, but they COULDN"T find Faith Undone in their inventories.
I bought myself a concordance, some blank journal books, some cd's for the kids and a few small bibles to give away.
I think its time for me to get my books from the authors themselves on the internet.

:rolleyes

[BlessedinHim]

This is so sad.

Henri Nouwen, I used to attend a Nazarene church, and he was an author read a lot. I never thought any of his stuff at that time was bad. But it has been over 6 years since I have even thought about him or his writings. Things really change. I hope they do not still read this author now. He wrote a lot of things for their workbooks and devotionals. All I can say now, is about the only thing we can trust is the Holy Spirit and what the bible says. The bible did say that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth. It didnt say the "christian" authors would.

[icebear]

my LCBS has a lot of newagey stuff in it too, i had thought they went out of business, but i found them again, but so small and what they had was disappointing... :(

[SilentShout]

This is a good thread.

I have gone to 2 non-SBC bookstores this week. (I won't give $ to SBC anymore BTW)

Upon entering the store, I am HIT with Contemplative, Emergent, WOF, false teaching!

It is an "Ecumenical Store"

I had to hunt for solid authors! :faint

I also have the habit of hiding the bad books by placing the good ones on top of this!:heh

(I pushed an Emergent Manifesto under the book rack:doh:ohno)

:aha

When I am at wal-mart and I see all the Joel Olsteen books, I turn them over and hide them under a pile of other stuff. It's a habit now :lol2