The New Spirituality and Rick Warren's Saddleback Worship Conference?

I have recieved an invitation for an all-expenses-paid trip to Saddleback for their upcoming worship conference. Of course I declined. However, among the speakers at the Saddleback worship conference will be Pastor Mark Batterson. I referenced the fact that Mark Batterson had stated on his blog that Eckhart Tolle’s book, Practicing the Power of Now, had hugely influenced his thinking. That post has now disappeared from Batterson’s blog without comment. I have also learned that New Ager Eckhart Tolle is only one of the strange references made by Batterson. He seems to have quite a taste for New Age authors. On May 18, 2005, Batterson recommended as “must-reads”, The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield, Awaken the Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins (long time New Age teacher–he did a video with Deepak Chopra), The Success Principles by Jack Canfield, (Canfield has been a New Age teacher for decades), and New Age “evangelical”, Laurie Beth Jones‘ book, The Power of Positive Prophecies.

When you trace the influences of these men in emerging church leadership, it is little wonder that we have them actively promoting doctrine that is opposed to Scripture. Fill your mind with the Word of God, and you will share truth. Fill your mind with New Age deception, and you will give out false teaching.

This post was taken down by Batterson and is only available in the google cache.

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