Henri Nouwen SAYS:

[Sing4Him]

HENRI NOUWEN WHETHER THEY KNOW JESUS OR NOT

Today I personally believe that Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her way to God. Sabbatical Journey, 51)
Henri Nouwen

http://www.apprising.org/archives/2008/06/henri_nouwen_wh.html




:tsk

Remember the name.. your church or youth group might be promoting him.:tsk

[Sing4Him]

MORE HENRI-->> :ohno:ohno:ohno

HENRI NOUWEN SAYS...

Jesus tells us — “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:27).

With this in mind we now let the words of Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), oft-quoted concerning so-called Spiritual Formation rooted in apostate Roman Catholicism and revered teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, speak for themselves as to its poison fruit:

Prayer [means: Contemplative/Centering Prayer] is the bridge between our conscious and unconscious lives... To pray [means: Meditation] is to connect these two sides of our lives by going to the place where God dwells. Prayer is “soul work” because our souls are those sacred centers where all is one and where God is with us... (Bread for the Journey, January 13)

It is often in our absence that the Spirit of God manifests itself... When we claim for ourselves that we come to our friends in the Name of Jesus—that through us Jesus becomes present to them—we can trust that our leaving will also bring them the Spirit of Jesus. (Bread for the Journey, March 14)

Today I personally believe that Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her way to God. (Sabbatical Journey, 51)

The God who dwells in our inner sanctuary is the same as the one who dwells in the inner sanctuary of each human being. (Here and Now, 22)


http://www.apprising.org/archives/2008/06/henri_nouwen_sa.html

[Biblenuggetlady]

:pray I cannot believe the rise of apostacy in the "church". If there were other ways besides Jesus, He died on the cross in vain. :crying

[Just Ron]

It seems like a lot of "pastors" are jumping on the bandwagon of "Jesus is not the Way"

:tsk

[trustingJesus]

Thank you for posting this. I use to work in a (church run) Christian book store. We decided to quit carrying his books on the shelf and order them only upon request. Pastors in our church would recommend his books, but we didn't stock the shelves with them despite their recommendations. The Lord was so good to us; we even won bookstore of the year. I'm sure it was because we prayed and asked the Lord to help us be discerning.

[Sing4Him]

HENRI NOUWEN SLITHERS INTO EVANGELICALISM


Practices called “spiritual disciplines” that are deemed necessary for “spiritual formation” have entered evangelicalism. Recent encounters with this teaching narrated to me by friends caused me to investigate these practices. The first experience involved my friend and co-worker Ryan Habbena who went back to seminary to finish his masters degree. Here is his experience in his own words:

I recently took a seminary course on the book of Luke. It was a summer intensive and was one of only two classes being offered at the time. About midway through the week, while the class was steeped in trying to discern the intent and significance of the book of Luke, we began to hear the echoes of mystic chanting coming through the walls. As it turned out, the other class being offered was parked right next to ours.
The paper thin walls were carrying the choruses of a class exploring the life and teachings of [Roman] Catholic mystic Henry Nouwen. We proceeded, trying to concentrate on studying the Scriptures while tuning out the chants that were carrying on next door. Perhaps what was more unsettling though is the class studying Nouwen was chock full, while there were plenty of empty seats next door for anyone wanting to learn about the inspired book of Luke.

How can this be? A Baptist seminary was favorably studying the teachings of this [Roman] Catholic mystic whose own biographers describe as having had emotional problems and homosexual inclinations.:scratch


http://www.apprising.org/archives/2008/06/henri_nouwen_sl.html


Bob DeWaay, The Dangers of Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Disciplines: A Critique of Dallas Willard and The Spirit of the Disciplines :thumb-->>
http://cicministry.org/commentary/issue91.htm

[Michele93]

HENRI NOUWEN SAYS...

Prayer [means: Contemplative/Centering Prayer] is the bridge between our conscious and unconscious lives... To pray [means: Meditation] is to connect these two sides of our lives by going to the place where God dwells. Prayer is “soul work” because our souls are those sacred centers where all is one and where God is with us... (Bread for the Journey, January 13)

http://www.apprising.org/archives/2008/06/henri_nouwen_sa.html

NB: The bracketed information in the quote from 'Bread for the Journey', January 13 is NOT in the book (I own the book and looked it up)...it is the interpretation of the author at www.apprising.org.

Michele

[Sing4Him]

I've written Ken.. I'll get back on here asap.

[Sing4Him]

Ken Silva has given me permission to post this:

From Pastor Silva:

You may share that I'm glad they brought this up. It happens to be a typo which I will now correct. The quote is from January 15, not the 13th.

So it most certainly is there because I have the book right in front of me.

[Janh7]

Sing,:hug