Erwin McManus: The Secret Behind “The Secret”

By Ken Silva

Apprising Ministries

The “Look At Me” Ministry In The Mosaic Of McManus

In Southern Baptist Pastor or Human Potential Advocate [1] I wrote about the hyped up human potential teachings of “cultural architect” and “distinguished futurist” Erwin Raphael McManus. Within I show there is no difference between what Lou Tice of The Pacific Institute teaches and what McManus himself teaches.

The fact is that it’s just more man-centered love of self which is now so popular in the Southern Baptist Convention it-self. Though in fairness this rapidly apostatizing denomination is hardly alone in the loquacious love-fest of mankind within the $Idol of Evangelicalism$. Now here is the link to the February 19 newsletter [2] from “America's Energy Coach” Jon Gordon author of The Energy Bus (EB) [3] which has a foreword from the SBC favorite Ken Blanchard.

One of the other endorsements for EB comes from “Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year” Danny Gans. Yes I know, prepare to be mightily impressed because this is very heady stuff here indeed. Gans says of the Positive Energy “pastor”:

The world would be a much better place if we all focused on being positive. Jon is the “Pastor of Positive Energy” and I’m one of his believers.” [4]

You will see in a moment so is cultural architect McManus. Apparently this Positive Energy deal of EB is the preferred ride of our fabulous future. Gordon’s newsletter is entitled “The Secret behind ‘The Secret’,” which you’ll also see is a quote from Gordon’s friend and distinguished Mosaic futurist Erwin McManus.

Gordon tells the reader, “Many of you have probably heard of or seen The Secret. It's a DVD movie that explains the law of attraction and low to use it to manifest the things you want in your life.” [5] It gets even worse as he then says:

The law of attraction is important to share and it’s a big part of my new book, “The Energy Bus,” which tells the story of a man who uses the law of attraction to help turn around the negativity, fear, adversity, and challenges in his life. In understanding the law of attraction many are now realizing that they are involved in the creation of their lives; that their energetic thoughts, beliefs and actions have an impact on the world and in imprint on the energy fabric of the universe. [6]

Emerging Repainted Gnosticism In The Glorious Global Future Of The New Age

The above is more pedantic pabulum of the New Age, which is itself the “mind over matter” of the reimagined first century Gnosticism that particularly infects the Word Faith camp. However, this spiritual cancer is now metastasizing throughout the entire evangelical community carried as it is by the Emergent Church within their rotten core doctrine of contemplative mysticism foundational to this malignant cult of new liberal theology.

So we already know that Ken Blanchard endorses this dead wrong drivel vomited upon the spiritually naive by the Pastor of Positive Energy Jon Gordon. But as you'll see in my Human Potential article referenced above, the soul craving barbarian “gospel” that Erwin McManus preaching goes right along with the mutant message of Lou Tice, as well as with this particular New Age psycho-babble of his friend Jon Gordon aka the “Energy Coach.”

As Positive Energy Pastor Gordon preaches, the greatness [read: man-centeredness] of the alleged human potential comes emerging when you learn to “experience the amazing power of Positive Energy in your life and career.” Sounds remarkably like Norman Vincent Peale and Robert Schuller and Rick Warren and Joel Osteen and Erwin McManus himself.

Now some will protest: “But Gordon mentions ‘God’.” Yes, he does:

While having dinner the other night with Erwin McManus, author of “Soul Cravings” and a person who has had a profound impact on my life, we discussed The Secret and Erwin made a great point that we need to explain there is a secret behind The Secret. God gave us free will and the power to choose. In choosing to have faith and believing in a brighter and better future, cultivating a grateful and appreciative heart, and practicing forgiveness we open ourselves up to amazing possibilities...

We are co-creators of our life with God. We are both creating and being created at the same time... The Secret does not exist to satisfy your every wish but to help us become the kind of people God can use to make His ultimate wish come true - Heaven on Earth and inside each one of us. [7](Online source, emphasis mine)

Men and women, as one who has studied the meandering and mystic musings of McManus I can tell you this heavily Gnostic and twisted Arminianism is exactly what our fabulous futurist espouses. But the absolute Truth is that the “god” of McManus is an emerging idol because what you just read has about as much to do with the genuine Gospel of Jesus Christ as I do with Rob Bell. Little chance the rabbi-wannabe and I will be having dinner anytime soon.

No, here is what the LORD God Almighty of the Bible says about the man-pleasing message and manipulative methodologies of Emergent dreamers like Erwin McManus in the wake of his Mosaic of Pain. This Emergent rebellion against the doctrines of grace and the Word of God will only point you straight to the gate that opens onto the broad road which leads to destruction.

And the ignored tragedy of our time is that so many are now emerging to find it...

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