Comments on: Interview with Richard Abanes- Part Two: New Age Spirituality http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-668 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:15:05 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-668 I read The Dream Giver, and it's a powerful new book, I bought it from imobiliare iasi, by the best selling author of The Prayer of Jabez, it invites readers to follow their hearts and find their destiny in an inspired Life Dream that is uniquely theirs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-672 Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:25:05 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-672 Hi all,
Pastor Ken Silva, a known critic of Rick Warren, has now begun responding to me by calling into question my entire “walk with Jesus”! Interesting and predictable. See

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-665 Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:19:48 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-665 Decent question. Perhaps because I grew up in a smaller church, my assumption was always the opposite. I assumed that people were going to larger churches for unhealthy reasons, and that the churches therefor were by and large more spiritually poor than the smaller churches.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-664 Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:30:18 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-664 I've often wondered why numerical growth has come to be (perhaps has always been?) associated with spiritual health

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-671 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:27:33 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-671 Thanks Murdock. I guess the real concern, based on your example, would be that you would never say it was total fiction that you were mentored by this pastor. You would instead explain the situation just as you did.
But if Warren says an emphatic 'no', then that's the answer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-670 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 03:05:28 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-670 Yes, essentially. Warren doesn't call him a liar, but on page 29 of Richard's book, Richard asked Warren “Is Schuller your mentor.” Warren replied “No! Never has been, never would be!” Between Warren and Schuller, I'm far more likely to trust Warren.
Even so, I think an example from my own life might be helpful. A few years ago I was mentored by a pastor at my old church. As it turns out, this pastor has almost completely embraced postmodern thinking. So, I was mentored for around six months by a postmodern pastor. So what? If you read my writings on this blog or elsewhere you'll find that I'm very critical of postmodernism. In other words, that mentor didn't have any effect on my theology. Just because one's mentored by somebody doesn't mean there's necessarily an ideological connection.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-669 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:10:23 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-669 The point really is that Mr. Abanes says it's total fiction like the Satanism or O'Hare links – and yet Schuller claims it on his web page. If Warren really believes Schuller to be a heretic-liberal I would think he would have a problem with being linked like this. At least enough to say so himself.
So I guess the conclusion is simply that in addition to being a heretic-liberal, Schuller is also a blatant liar. Is this what's being said?

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-667 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:47:01 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-667 For those interested, here's a critical review of Wilkinson's book, The Dream Giver:
http://www.erwm.com/DreamStory.htm
If anyone else finds critical information on this book, please post it here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-666 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:58:15 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-666 Davey, I'm not sure if he could take legal action or not. If he can, I'm not sure why he would. I'm sure he's got plenty of better things to do with his time and money than waste it on an erroneous comment by Schuller.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/180/interview-with-richard-abanes-part-two-new-age-spirituality/comment-page-1#comment-663 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:46:41 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=180#comment-663

In fact, the issue of “growth” was even part of it all because Warren, as he has said many times, is not particularly interested in “growth” for the sake of growth. Warren is more interested in church “health.” He sees growth as just a by-product of church health. This is all stated very clearly in The Purpose Driven Church

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