THE FALLING AWAY CONTINUES!

I just received in the mail a six page, four-color brochure on a Christian counseling center, that is sponsoring a weekend retreat, which is eaten up with secular psychology and contemporary feel-good language! The brochure uses such expressions as: Self Worth, Surviving Sexual Abuse, Post-Abortive Healing, Healing Path, To Connect With, Your Journey, Healing and Change, Creating Boundaries, Breaking Through Layers of Hurt, Step out of your Comfort Zone, etc. And then the ultimate of promises: "Become the Miracle," "A weekend that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER!" Now the surprise! Christ is mentioned no where in the brochure. God is mentioned only three times, but actually only twice, because He is mentioned two times in the same sentence! Where did the Lord go? How is He involved in this so-called process of "healing" the brochure advertises? Of course, all of the advertising pictures of people in this publication are smiling like crazy! They are receiving instant help and immediate change! The only word in the brochure that may reflect something about the Word of God, is the one use of the term Forgiveness. Otherwise, you would not think this seminar is sponsored by a Christian organization. Secular psychology puts emotional and spiritual issues in the same box along with the same need for physical healing. You really have a spiritual disease! You can be cured by psychological methods and manipulation. The Word of God is secondary to the process of growing up and maturing spiritually. The folks who are behind this organization are more than likely integrationists. One of the "big" seminaries in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area has courses that they claim "integrates" psychological methods and the Bible to bring about "healing." They use the expression of "spoiling the Egyptians." That is, as Moses left Egypt with the riches of the Egyptians, so Christians can use secular psychological principles borrowed or taken from the world. This is a misleading and foolish comparison. God is not telling us to use worldly "spiritual" principles and mix them with the spiritual principles of His Word in order to receive spiritual healing! We are not going to stop such false teaching in our churches. Secular psychology is rampant in our schools, and a new generation just does not understand what the differences are about! There is no hope. We are not going to turn things around. The apostasy just marches forward without any stopping! -- Dr. Mal Couch