True Discernment

If you want to understand the roots of why Rick Warren believes the way he does you need to read this book: The New Neutralism II

The book discusses the founding of Fuller Theological Seminary (where Rick Warren graduated) and the ideology of those who founded Fuller: The belief that the Evangelical Church must do away with Biblical Separatism, become a neutral intermediary between Fundamentalists and the Secular world, Emphasise the positive aspects of “christianity,”engage” the secular world by “earning” the wordly “respect” of Secular intellectuals and universities!

But as the author of The New Neutralism II points out, as a Christian you cannot remain neutral, you eventually have to pick a side: With Christ or with the World. Sadly the leaders and teachers at Fuller and Rick Warren chose the world!

But Jesus said:
John 15:19:

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

And the Apostle Paul said:

1 Corinthians 1:20:
Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
 
2 Corinthians 6:14:
 
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

and the Apostle James said:

James 4:4:
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God
 
from Herescope:
 
“[Dr. Mark Hyman] combines his training in conventional medicine with cutting edge genetics and nutrition and tells us why and how we should clean up within and without so that we can really perform as ultra human beings. Mark is a 4 time NYTimes bestselling author and Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine which is a very exciting new field, a real paradigm shift in medicine. He has dedicated his career to identifying and addressing the root causes of chronic illness through a groundbreaking whole systems approach that he calls ‘functional medicine.’ He is also founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Center, he advises Dr. Oz’s Health Corp Group, and he is nominee to President Obama’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health.”
-Chef Liv Wu’s introduction of Dr. Mark Hyman*
 
When Rick Warren launched his year-long Daniel Plan at a Saddleback Health and Fitness Seminar, he introduced three key doctors that would be working on this agenda with him. The fact that these three doctors are easily identifiable as New Age “guru” type doctors is indisputable. Their own public record is very obvious – each man in one way or another has connected himself with various elements of the New Age. One need only “google” their names to find their connections to activities, practices and personnel at high levels in the New Age movement.
 
The question might be asked: Why didn’t Dr. Rick pick medical doctors who were Christians? Not nominal Christians, but sincere evangelical Christians! Surely there are highly esteemed, reputable, well-credentialed Christian physicians at the top of their field in various hospitals, universities or medical research laboratories! But Rick Warren picked the Oprah Winfrey type of New Age guru to be his guides with the Daniel Plan – the Hollywood hype type of doctors.
 
An official “Daniel Plan Pastoral Response” to the question “Why did Saddleback Church choose to use these doctors, who have been linked to other beliefs?” can be viewed HERE. In this classic insipid Warrenesque response it is claimed that these doctors “are in no way advising our church on spiritual matters.” But given the fact that these doctors have specialized in integrating their spirituality with their views on medicine and health, this is not an honest answer. (View Daniel Plan FAQ sheet HERE).
 
Furthermore, these doctors have websites that are hype-driven – one can hardly even gain entry into Dr. Daniel Amen’s website without taking the “Brain Type Test” or jumping through other marketing hoops.
So why the pizzazz? Genuine Christian physicians might be more interested in the spiritual welfare of the sheep, they might be gently prodding about sins such as drunkenness or gluttony in a healthcare model. They might take a stewardship of the body approach. But, rather, the healthcare guru doctors of the Daniel Plan follow the New Age model of healthcare reform. Take Dr. Mark Hyman’s plan as described on a YouTube video presentation . . . .
 
read the full article here.