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biblical discernment, contemplative spirituality, false gospel, false teachings, Mark Batterson, mysticism, new age, new spirituality, prayer circle, prayer walks, Rick Warren, The Circle Maker, witchcraft
Reposted from Stand Up For The Truth.
The Circle Maker: Heretical Witchcraft
We don’t often use the word heretic in our ministry, and it’s even more rare to see the word “witchcraft”on our site. Today we use both in the same headline, and unapologetically do so, with the heart of warning those we care about.
A few days ago we reported on the latest Rick Warren-Driven high tech ministry tool called “RightNow Media,” featuring a whole lot of emergent and otherwise problematic teachings and teachers. Front and center in that troublesome resource is the No. 1-ranked book in that library: The Circle Maker by Pastor Mark Batterson.
We’ve covered this story before, but now that RightNow is launching its wares to seeker churches, many more are reading The Circle Maker together as an entire church body. So I am reposting an excellent piece we shared by the writers at Beginning and End, who do a wonderful job comparing the book and its teachings to Scripture, as we all should do with every hot new fad.
And one more thing before you dive in. Those who are speaking out against this book are not the ones dividing the church; it is those who continually bring this apostate stuff into their churches that are causing division.
Read the rest of the article here.
The Narrowing Path 
I am not a big Rick Warren fan myself. There are some very strange things that go on at his church. And then there’s the fact that he surrounds himself with new age types.
It is not surprising that he has taken another step into the darkness by promoting a book that includes doctrinal error.
He is one of those who is causing division.
Informative post. Thanks.
God’s blessings…
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I would like to add a quiet but sincere thank you to the friendly pagan who kindly ‘liked’ this post. You helped illustrate the point exactly. If the pagan origins of The Circle Maker appeal to you at all (and I do understand why they would), then they must be rejected by true Christians. Which I am sure you would also understand. 🙂
Hope you drop in again sometime soon. Salvation is a rather time-sensitive issue, so don’t leave it too long.
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Stand up for the truth Links dont work
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Hi, thanks so much for letting me know. I have fixed the link which now takes you to the original article. I think Stand Up For the Truth is run by different people than when I first posted this, so will check any other links too.
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Great, thanks so much for letting me know. I’ve now added a new link to the original article.
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Sorry but I can’t quite work out WordPress on the iPad, so you have now received two replies! 🙂
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