Posted by Christine Small packageCleric Tim Keller,Knight in shining armor PresbyterianAn expert post by Cleric Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries points us to a fuss by Tim Keller in which Keller points his followers to the mysticism of Roman Catholic Monastic practices for deepening their prayer lives. Keller, who is a Presbyterian-PCA pastor and a pioneer of The Gospel Syndicate had this to say:"The best equipment that hold been in black and white, on the subject of, are by Catholics taking part in the reaction Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Bad-tempered, St. Theresa of 'Avila.....sizable stuff."At the end of this preparation video is the record that Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits in 1540 with "the particular notion of destroying the Protestant Sort-out. "The self-evident perforate is: why would a Protestant pastor cast Christians en route for the wisdom of a Roman Catholic mystic who poured his life's work in vogue destroying the Protestant Reformation?Let me equally cast out that the meditation practices of the Catholic mystics recommended by Cleric Keller are pagan, occultic practices. As a previous mystic who was saved "out "of mysticism, my stand facing to the church heart still be this: what may possibly a Catholic mystic who holds to Catholic principles (and as a result is lost) teach us about deepening our involvement to God? These are pagan practices that hold been Christianized with biblical language, but they are pagan to the foundation. Focusing constantly on Whatsoever for a length of time (whether it is one's source of revenue, a candle, an icon, even a piece of Scripture) heart put someone in vogue a light repetitive alight. So, the thing resolute on becomes adroitly a mechanism, so difficult to clean this practice up by making the mechanism a piece of Scripture does not in some way make holy this practice. Christians, I taunt you to repudiate these unbiblical practices. Christians are intended to be a family who "stroll by acclaim," (2 Cor 5:7) "not" a family who stroll by tangible experiences. In fact, the the utter book of Hebrews is in black and white as a hindrance against tangibility, as this was a adverse time in the church's history taking part in which numerous Jewish Christians were stressed with the idea of munificent up the tangibility of the sacrificial concept which had been a part of their culture for selected thousand living. Is this not what mysticism encourages, though? A chasing behind schedule of mystical encounters with "God?" I put "God" in quotes here because, as a previous mystic, I can settle natives who understand in mysticism that this is not the way we are to contribution in vogue God's manifestation. Folks who understand in mysticism "heart" fighting no matter which of a spiritual features. A moment ago, it heart not the God of the Bible."AND NO Surprise, FOR Totally SATAN DISGUISES HIMSELF AS AN Angel OF Fire up." (2 COR. 11:14)"I'm going to circle back to the Sort-out here, and do a near to the ground history lesson. The Sort-out came about gone God luckily raised up audacious men who were prepare to clash for the truth, and cast family back to God's Swearword to be more precise of the fallible, material priests of the Roman Catholic church. The Roman Catholic church had had a spiritual vice-like grip on the world for centuries, but stopping at the propitious opening ceremony of the printing impel, and men assume Martin Luther, John Huss, John Wycliff, etc., the undersized spark lit by Martin Luther's 95 Theses, a document revealing the unbiblical features of Roman Catholic teaching, became a burn that tore stopping at Europe and England, and at last impacted the utter world. Men and women were now reading God's Swearword - truth - for themselves, not waiting for it to be told to them by priests.So, the slogan of the Sort-out became Push TENEBRAS LUX (translated, As the Obscurity, Fire up). This slogan intended that truth (light) was now sharp a dark world that had been unavailable captive to mysticism and tradition....for lack of having break in to the Bible.And yet, with this shoddy embracing of mysticism in the church today, I sometimes daydream this generation's slogan call for to be Push LUX TENEBRAM (As the Fire up, Obscurity). By rejecting Sola Scriptura and embracing mysticism, the church today seems to be going back to the Central Ages in which, to be more precise of not experienced God's Swearword because it's not near to them (as was the issue taking part in the Central Ages), they now do not know God's Swearword because they are rejecting it in dignify of mystical experiences. And pastors assume Tim Keller are leading the way. Unused Instrument Ignatius of Loyola, an Assess of His Knowledge (Cleric Gary Gilley)Having the status of Is Mysticism? 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