Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Jim Crow Museum Blog: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Cites 'Important Contributio...

The Jim Crow Museum Blog: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Cites 'Important Contributio...: Henry Louis Gates Jr. , the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the University’s W.E.B. Du Bois In...

YOGA UNCOILED: From East to West A look into the practice of Yoga in the Church

"Many believe they can practice yoga postures, breathing, and focusing techniques devoid of yoga's spirituality, not realizing that yoga is an inherent part of Hindu philosophy which teaches man and nature are one with divinity. Today, yoga is experiencing a worldwide renaissance and in America has more than 70,000 yoga teachers working in 20,000 locations. Although viewed primarily as fitness instructors, these trainers are in reality the leading missionaries of eastern religion in the west. The twenty-seven billion dollar a year yoga industry is marketed to students, athletes, businessmen, pregnant women and senior citizens promising solutions for stress reduction, concentration problems, and issues of self confidence. Once viewed by Christians as a pagan import from the East, yoga has now become mainstream in the church through "Christ-centered yoga classes" designed to help improve spirituality and experience "the presence of God". But is yoga's mysticism compatible with historic Christianity? Video-journalist Caryl Matrisciana, who was born and raised in India, returns to her native land to search for truth among India's leading experts and examines what Christian Yoga practitioners in the West are saying about their Yoga participation. With critical discernment, this hard-hitting and informative DVD explores the ramifications of dismissing yoga's core spirituality, and blending Biblical terminology and precepts with eastern meditative techniques and practices."

The Secret Seduction by Dave Hunt

"The latest occult scam to capture the imagination of the West is called The Secret . The book by that name, a top New York Times bestseller, has quickly sold more than 6 million copies and the DVD over 2 million copies. Both contain numerous errors, misrepresentations, false premises, and false promises. Who cares? You should. With the following information, you could rescue someone from hell. The numerous misrepresentations begin with the title itself. The Secret is not a secret at all, but recycled Hinduism, shamanism, and New Age folly. One of many huge lies is its claim: "You create your own reality with your mind." This was the serpent's false promise to Eve--the promise of godhood (Gen:3:5). Embracing that delusion cost Eve and her descendants Eden's paradise--and would have barred mankind from heaven had not Christ died for the sins of the world. In the 6,000 years since Eden, the serpent's promise has not been fulfilled in even one person's life... MLA Style Dave Hunt. "Jul 07.jpg." thebereancall.org. 8 March 2012. The Berean Call. 5 December 2012 Modern Language Association, 6th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/ "