Dr.
David Jeremiah, of Turning
Point Ministries, was scheduled to speak at Ken Blanchard's
Lead
Like Jesus Conference in 2005. Because Lighthouse Trails Publishing
made this fact known on a recent radio program when asked if this
were true, Dr. Jeremiah wrote a letter to Deborah Dombrowski, defending
his position regarding Ken Blanchard.
Shortly after Dr. Jeremiah sent the letter to Deborah Dombrowski,
Turning Point began making the letter public. Because we have been
contacted by numerous people regarding this matter, we are obliged
to make this information available to the body of Christ.
Dr.
Jeremiah's letter to Lighthouse Trails Publishing
July 15, 2005
Our
response to Dr. Jeremiah
July 17, 2005
Jeremiah
Drops Crosstalk Radio
Listen
to Lighthouse Trails statements made about David Jeremiah
(22 minute mark and 42 minute mark)
Jeremiah
to Speak at the Very Contemplative
American
Association of Christian Counselors
September 2005
Also Joining Jeremiah will be Larry Crabb,
Bruce Wilkinson,
John Ortberg and Erwin
McManus
David
Jeremiah Quotes New Agers in His Book, Life Wide Open
David Jeremiah's 2003 book, Life
Wide Open, has a subtitle of "Unleashing the Power of a
Passionate Life." In the introduction of the book, Jeremiah tells
readers that "A Small handful among us have discovered what the
rest of us would pay dearly to know:How can we bring real, living
excitement into this life?" Jeremiah goes on to tell readers that
"This book is a map to the life of passion and purpose, the life
wide open..."
Who are these small handful of people who have discovered the secret?
Well according to David Jeremiah's book, his list includes Rick
Warren of the Purpose Driven Life, contemplative, feminine spiritualist
Sue Monk Kidd ( When
the Heart Waits), contemplative Calvin Miller (Into
the Depths of God), Buddhist sympathizer Peter
Senge (The Fifth Discipline), emerging church leader, Erwin
McManus, contemplative-promoting Michael
Card, Brother Lawrence (Practicing
the Presence of God), and mystic Jim Collins.
When we found out a couple months ago that Jeremiah would
be sharing a platform this fall with New Age sympathizer Ken Blanchard,
we thought Jeremiah was completely naive when it came to New Age
and mystical concepts. We tried to warn him. But if his 2003 book,
Life Wide Open, is any indication, Jeremiah has been dabbling
with contemplative spirituality for quite some time. And for this
we are deeply saddened.
Note: On September 15th, we emailed Dr. Jeremiah to ask him to comment
on his book. We never received a response.
