Rick Warren's Daniel Plan Health Program -- major wing of the Apostate Church of the Last Days?

Something to listen to from Jan Markell's Olive Tree Views. This is her Understanding the Times radio program and her guest is the well-known exposer of occultic influences in the culture and the church, Caryl Matrisciana. They are discussing Rick Warren's new health plan with its influences from Eastern religions, such as Reiki and Transcendental Meditation. Get some understanding of what Rick Warren is bringing into the church, and get some historical background on some Eastern religious practices. Scroll down to January 22, 2011 - Hour 1:

January 22, 2011 - Hour 1
Caryl Matrisciana and Jan look into "The Daniel Plan" being kicked off by Saddleback Church and Rick Warren. Jan and Caryl expose the real danger behind this effort featuring three doctors who specialize in all things Eastern. Why is "America's Pastor" featuring a "Daniel Plan" that includes meditation, Reiki, Transcendental Meditation, and more? The health seminar was kicked off January 15, and continues every weekend for the new year. Teachers Dr. Oz, Dr. Hyman, and Dr. Amen come with a lot of baggage but that seems to bother no one because it's a Rick Warren idea. Caryl grew up in India and is in tune with the dangers of Eastern seduction which is on overdrive at Saddleback Church in 2011. www.caryltv.com Caryl's book Out of India can be found here.

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More about Rick Warren: Here's Brannon Howse filling in for Jan Markell at the same site, doing a very complete report on what Rick Warren is really all about: Scroll down to Hour 2, November 20. Although it's necessary to keep saying that perhaps Warren himself is deceived, when you hear these things it's hard to think he doesn't know exactly what he's doing against the church. And besides, all the antichrist forces are deceived, really, that doesn't exonerate them.

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I was very distressed to see that John Piper included Warren as his keynote speaker for one of his conferences last year, but I've been slow about getting information up on these things. The forms of deception that are coming into the church are multiplying at such a rate it's almost impossible to keep up with them. Whether Warren himself is fully cognizant of what he is doing in this direction or not is not as clear as some might think, and the radio discussion above touches on that, but whether he is or not he is certainly promoting deception in the church and that has to be recognized.

But then John Piper, one of the best of the best of our preachers these days, did the unthinkable and treated Warren as an orthodox Christian despite all the information that's come out about his beliefs, and that just about made my stomach drop to the floor. Talk about a sinking feeling. I saw a video of Piper explaining this decision, probably at You Tube, I don't know if it's still there, but all that does is confirm the horrible truth, that he too is deceived by these things.

I just found a blog that has been discussing this confusing lack of discernment by John Piper, and since he posts some helpful links I'm going to add this link to him.

Piper is definitely one of the best preachers out there, but one has to wonder how far one can go into a failure of discernment before one can't come back. Of course we can pray for him. Not everyone would agree with me about some other failures I find in his work, his active endorsement of the modern Bible versions on an occasion I reported somewhere on one of my blogs in the last year (sorry to be so vague but it's there somewhere), and his being publisher of the book in which Thomas Schreiner (apparently also otherwise a strong Reformed preacher of truth) wrote the very muddled false argument on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 that I discuss on the Hidden Glory blog. Few if any in the Reformed camp would agree with me about either of those things as a failure of discernment, but I even wonder if there's a progression involved here. In any case to my mind it's all of a piece with the failure to recognize that Warren is a wolf in sheep's clothing -- I'll even grant that possibly Warren is simply naive, it's possible, but he's functioning as a wolf in sheep's clothing nevertheless, and as Caryl Matrisciana says, he's another we can pray for.

Sigh.

It's only going to get worse, too, folks.

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Here's John MacArthur, another of today's greatest preachers (and another one who also accepts the modern Bible versions, although he has specifically criticized at least one of them, and another one whose views of the head covering of 1 Cor 11:2-16 I discussed on the Hidden Glory blog), on the inadequate gospel in Rick Warren's book, the Purpose-Driven Life:

Surveillance and Control of the Internet Next Phase of Antichrist Government?

This Phase of Antichrist Government getting underway as reported by Jan Markell:

We all know we are heading into a full-blown surveillance society. The U.K. probably heads the world in this effort, but the U.S. is nipping at its heels. The Obama administration is assuring that.

Newsmax online is reporting the fact that Obama is eyeing the Internet to ID all Americans. This was preceded by the Net Neutrality Act which was the first phase of the government monitoring the Internet. White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says, "This is the perfect spot in the U.S. government to centralize efforts toward creating an 'identity ecosystem' for the Internet." Privacy groups are alerting that this is an absolute infringement on Americans' rights. The Department of Homeland Security will also help implement this.

Keep in mind the power of the Internet and computer technology. The Stuxnet computer worm was reportedly more effective in setting back Iran's nuclear plans a couple years than anything else, including an air strike. Stuxnet's complexity has stunned the computer security industry. It was certainly affiliated with a government -- likely Israel, possibly with U.S. help. The worm had Iran's name on it and specifically their nuclear computers. Why have we not heard more about this? It may be the technological story of 2010. But is Stuxnet an argument for a supra-national government body to regulate cyberspace?

The Obama administration has back-up support from a U.N. office in Geneva where officials from 18 countries voted to staff a working group on the future of something called Internet Governance Forum. Since it's the U.N., there is already reason to be concerned. The plan was supported by China and, not without surprise, Iran. So, it has global impact, not just Obama impact.

For good or bad, technology is taking center stage. It has for 25 years or more. Time magazine's man of the year is Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook. This communication tool has taken the world by storm. Zuckerberg is worth about $50 billion as a result of a device that helps people communicate with one another. People are eager to make friends even if some of them could be suspect. It helps them feel connected and not isolated, something essential in our 21st century impersonal world.

Enter Antichrist. Is he waiting in the wings? Perhaps. Technology will drive the final generation. In a sense, it already is. Everything in Revelation 13 depends on technology: The electronic money system, electronic control of the media, electronic control of commerce and even electronic control of the one-world religion. When "Mr. Fix-it" enters the scene, the technology infrastructure must be in place. His empire is limited -- seven years.

If you think you're too smart to be duped by the devil, think again.

So. We've had our eyes on Obama, we've had our eyes on Islam. We've also had our eyes on Catholicism, some of us, and some Christians have had our eyes on certain movements within Christianity as well -- The Emerging Church, Dominionism, The Kansas City Prophets and so on. If we keep up on studies of the cults we are also aware of Mormonism's bizarre teachings and ambitions. I'm one of those who have pondered how the Antichrist Religion of the last days might stack up between Catholicism, Islam and Mormonism, with some version of Hinduism and its New Age offshoots thrown in. Mormonism is usually in the mix but I have to say I had no idea until this Glenn Beck rally over the weekend just how close they might be to fulfilling their crazy notions.

I can only STRONGLY recommend this radio broadcast, titled Are Christians Selling Their Soul For Patriotism? , all two hours of it, for the best reasoning on why Christians must not support Glenn Beck, showing just how deeply Beck's ambitions for America are rooted in his Mormonism. It's a crash course in Mormonism that might cause you to rethink the current political scene or at least convince you that what is happening isn't necessarily what it seems to be. This is a discussion between three experts on Mormonism and a radio hostess named Jan Markell, who is completely new to me, and for me it's an eyeopener.

Part 1 is a good solid introduction to the situation with Glenn Beck and Mormonism in general, but Part 2 opens up possibilities anybody who thinks about the end times HAS to be aware of. Here is the description of the broadcast from the website:

Jan's guests include Brannon Howse, Eric Barger, and Ed Decker. The issue is Glenn Beck. Over two hours, the ultimate question is: are Christians selling their soul for patriotism? Most conservatives love Glenn Beck. He exposes evil and he loves America. He hates what is happening to this nation. But Glenn has another agenda as the panel proves over two hours: The subtle promotion of Mormonism. Listen and learn what is happening, why it is happening, and who are the Christians participating. While many suggest he is a "saved Mormon," the panel says that is not possible. About a dozen sound bytes are played that are revealing. The Mormons want to "save America" because it is the "promised land." God has a covenant with America. Not so. We urge you all to pray for Glenn Beck.

One point that was made on that radio broadcast was that standing with him at the rally or in any religious capacity INVITES GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATION. (Just as Bush's bringing together nonChristian religions in the National Cathedral to pray about 9/11 also did, as I've pointed out). The true God will not give His glory to another.