“Through practicing and teaching yoga, I thought I was contributing to the overall positive well-being of myself and others. I was in pursuit of calm and peace and tranquility. This was the way, I thought.” (Michal Russo) Most people in … Continue reading
The pastors concede that while “[m]ost initiate yoga practice for exercise and stress relief,” for others, “spirituality becomes their primary reason for maintaining practice.” They point to a study of mindful yoga retreat participants, which found that “longer-term meditators were less likely to … Continue reading
(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) “It’s not easy being green,” crooned Kermit the Frog. “People tend to pass you over…because you’re not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water, or stars in the sky.” It’s not easy being … Continue reading
“…yoga means union instead of separation. It has an intrinsic and inseparable relationship to Hinduism. Again, there is no Hinduism without yoga and no yoga without Hinduism. This becomes more understandable when you think of yoga as the way of … Continue reading
Many Christians have been duped into thinking that yoga is just relaxation and exercise when nothing could be further from the truth. Classical yoga includes stretching, controlled breathing and relaxation to increase one’s physical fitness. It is intended to put … Continue reading
“He could have helped himself up until the point where he said I commend my spirit into your hands, at that point he could do nothing for himself anymore. He had become sin, he was no longer the Son of … Continue reading
Not surprisingly, the pastor who rightly stated that yoga has demonic roots, therefore it shouldn’t be practiced by Christians has been accused of being “ignorant,” “divisive” and inciting “hate speech.” Reporter Alissa Zhu interviewed a “Christian yogi” (an oxymoron if … Continue reading
Read this….and then read Going Against God “Just for Fun” to see what God says about His people playing around in the world of the occult. (Naomi Thomas – CNN) More Americans are turning to forms of complementary medicine such as … Continue reading
“You may perform the moves without consciously seeking the demonic trance they were designed to help you attain, but it would seem you are playing, quite literally, with fire. And then the question is why?” (Leonardo Blair – Christian Today) … Continue reading
In an article I penned in 2010 titled A subtle and dangerous shift in Christianity I expressed my concerns over churches that were offering “Christian yoga”: It seems everyone’s practicing yoga meditation these days. Physicians recommend it to their patients … Continue reading
(Faithwire) A new debate hit the internet today and it put yoga squarely in the crosshairs. It all started with this tweet observation from writer Matt Walsh: It’s kind of amazing to see all of the Christians who think nothing … Continue reading
Black Widow Yoga done with heavy metal music in the background held in a satanic temple? Really? Well, according to Mass Live those who wish to participate in this sort of thing will have their chance: Metal music and yoga … Continue reading
The Guardian reports: A yoga teacher in Russia has been charged with illegal missionary activity under a controversial new law designed to fight terrorism. Computer programmer Dmitry Ugay was detained by police in St Petersburg in October while giving a … Continue reading
Apprising Ministries discusses the issues around this endeavor by Pagitt’s gathering of apostates. Sadly, they’re even going after little children with it.
Courtesy of SRN’s Chris Larson, Apprising Ministries brings you some curious information in this video clip.
The bank branch is dead. Long live the bank branch? …forget the teller windows and solid-wood desks of days gone by. Say hello to everything from banks that feature community rooms for free yoga classes to ones that feature video-conferencing … Continue reading
“The term Wellness has allowed these New Age and occult practices to fly under the radar so that they can enter schools, workplaces, and the church. People do not know that Wellness does not mean health. Rather, it means one … Continue reading
By Marsha West Is it possible for a Christian to know God’s will and not have to agonize over it? Should a believer make a decision without first spending hours in prayer, asking God to reveal His will? Must a … Continue reading
FLASHBACK By Marsha West Christian Research Network – first published in 2007. “For centuries, angels were seen as messengers for a holy God. Today, they seem to be all-forgiving therapists.” –Terry Maddingly ‘Tis the season of angels! At Christmastime angels are … Continue reading
(Protestia) Fourteen years ago, Todd Burpo, an evangelical pastor, wrote the New York Times best-selling book “Heaven is for Real,” which detailed what his three-year-old son Colton saw in heaven after he lost consciousness on a hospital operating table, the result … Continue reading
By Marsha West Some of you may recall that in the late 1990s Evangelicalism was introduced to a movement that was “rethinking Christianity against the backdrop of postmodernism” (skepticism, subjectivism, moral relativism). America’s younger generation of professing Christians who thought … Continue reading
This article was first published May 13, 2021 By Marsha West Dr. David F. Wells lamented that he has watched “with growing disbelief as the evangelical church has cheerfully plunged into astounding theological illiteracy.” How can a believer in Jesus … Continue reading
“Thomas Nelson did not openly correct the theology but tried to conceal the occultic origins and channeling practices from the reader. Why is there a need to omit, for example, her claim that the book God Calling was the major … Continue reading
CRN has compiled a list of professing Christians to keep an eye on. The list contains churches, movements, organizations, groups, pseudo-Christian cults, woke individuals, those who are deconstructing the long held beliefs of historic, orthodox, biblical Christianity and “frauds, phonies … Continue reading
“This is tricky territory. The invisible and the unknown are realms governed by God alone, and these accounts are those on which the occult, the New Age, and false teachings thrive. There is no clear evidence for any out-of-body state … Continue reading