EP. 96 - EXPOSED - "Breath Prayer", "Centering", "Alignment": The Secret Language of Deception

In Episode 96 of Discerning the Drift, Addie K. Miller begins examining D Is for Deception: The Language of the "New" Christianity from Lighthouse Trails Research. This episode explores how common Christian words and phrases have been redefined within the emergent church movement, contemplative spirituality, and the broader "New Spirituality".

The discussion explains how familiar terms such as meditation, missions, awakening, alignment, Christ follower, breath prayer, centering prayer, and be still are interpreted differently in modern spiritual movements than in historic biblical Christianity. Addie argues that many of these expressions have been borrowed from Eastern mysticism, occult philosophy, and New Age spirituality while continuing to use Christian terminology, making the changes difficult for many believers to recognize. It "sounds Christian", but is far from it...

The episode also examines concepts including altered states of consciousness, contemplative prayer, automatic writing, Christ consciousness, Christian yoga, chakras, co-creation, the Aquarian Age, "as above, so below," and the idea that humanity possesses an inner divinity. Throughout the program, Addie contrasts these concepts with the historic Christian understanding of Scripture, salvation, prayer, and the unchanging power of Jesus Christ.

Listeners are encouraged to carefully evaluate modern Christian language, recognize when biblical terms have been redefined, and compare every teaching with Scripture before accepting new theological trends. The episode serves as the opening installment in a series focused on identifying the vocabulary and concepts that are reshaping Christianity from within. 

Dive deep into scripture with Addie as current events, teachings in the modern church, testimonies, trends, important biblical teachings, and the sweeping drift away from the basic truths in the Bible across the modern-day Church are all brought to light to be tested only against the infallible, un-changing, Word of God on Discerning the Drift.

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