Well if God can use a Donkey or a devil possesed preacher like Judas. I guess he could use a demon possesed author. ( of course as Scott says it was a good evil spirit!)
Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TT'rs,
Could it be possible that Scott Peck and his writings have a purpose in
the world outside of bringing people to Christ?
In the early 80's I was reading Peck's "The Road Less Traveled". It was
instrumental in my growth as an individual, and helped to place me on a path
of peace, tolerance, understanding, and others awareness. At that time I was
not a Christian, but a seeker.
10 years later I became a Christian and, if it was not for the changes
made in my life that I underwent in the early 80's, at least in part
assisted by Scott peck's book, I might not have ever found Christ (or, maybe
I would not have ever let Him find me!)
Would I have sought Christ without Scott peck's help? Would I have let
Him seek me without Scott Peck's help? Only God truly knows. But, I do know
that Peck's book was instrumental in turning me from an inward position,
focused on self, to an outward position, focused on others. Without this
turn, I may never have been able to recognize the movement of the Spirit
within me.
Perry
>From: Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [TruthTalk] M Scott Peck a Christian LOL
>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:49:18 -0500
>
>Now how could anyone in their right mind take what this man writes
>seriously? He is obviously confused and most definitely does not know
>the Lord.
>
>Claims to have been a Christian for 13yrs - with a nun as spiritual
>adviser?
>Says he was accosted by an evil spirit but identifies it as a "good evil
>spirit"
>Yeah right! "Hath God said?" This guy could sell snow cones in Alaska...
>reminds me of witches who claim there is black magic and white magic.
>
>"A doubleminded man is unstable in all his ways [....] let not that man
>think
>that he shall receive anything of the Lord" Peck has no idea what sin is
>or
>what Christianity is for that matter so what spiritual insight of his
>could be
>ov value? It's all from the wrong kingdom.
>
>From: Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
>inwardly they are ravening wolves," (Matthew 7:15)..
>The following is a interview with M Scott Peck:
>"Door: It is interesting that you describe your writing as a calling. Is
>this a calling from God?
>"Peck: I hesitate using the word `God' in that simplistic kind of way. My
>books are not `channeled' materials....
>"Door: There are a number of writers and others who are convinced that
>you are part of the New Age Movement.
>"Peck: Really? Well, we can come back to that subject if you'd like....
>My spiritual director, who is a nun, says that God never calls you to do
>something that doesn't feel right in your heart. Jesus went to the cross,
>which wasn't something He felt like doing, but the cross felt much better
>than the only alternative which was to retire on His pension plan....
>"Door: When we interviewed you last, you had become a Christian three
>years previously. Now that it has been 10 years, could you comment on how
>your own personal faith has changed over the decade?
>"Peck: I don't like the term `became a Christian.' ...I hope to God that
>I'm going to continue to be converted until I die and perhaps well after
>that, which is what I think purgatory is all about....
>"Door: Why do we have this feeling of impending doom?
>"Peck: God knows when I'll ever write about this, so you might as well
>write about it.
>"Door: Uh - thanks.
>"Peck: I have had some dealings with evil spirits, but I have never given
>any thought to possibility of good spirits. One night while I was in the
>midst of my depression, my Dark Night of the Senses, I went to bed. I had
>not fallen asleep and this was not a dream. I was accosted by a spirit.
>"Door: A spirit?
>"Peck: ...Almost as instantly, I asked what kind of spirit this was and I
>immediately knew it was a good spirit rather than a bad spirit. But I
>also knew I could either confront this spirit or shake it off. I wondered
>what kind of good spirit it was. The answer came to me immediately. It
>was a spirit of mirth.
>"Door: A spirit of mirth?
>"Peck: That was when the battle began. Just because this seemed to be a
>spirit of mirth, how did I know for sure? If I let it in -
>"Door: - You mean like a possession or something?
>"Peck: Yes.... So I gave in to this spirit and I giggled myself to sleep.
>"Door: Since we are talking about the bizarre, we hear a lot of people -
>who act like they know what they're talking about - claiming that you are
>`New Age.' What are your feelings about the New Age Movement?
>"Peck: I am and I am not New Age. ...there are some things about the New
>Age Movement that are very godly, and some things that are potentially
>evil.
>"Door: What is it that you like about the New Age Movement?
>"Peck: I wouldn't use the word `like.' The New Age Movement is a reaction
>to the sins of the Christian Church, the sins of technology, and the
>excesses of science.
>"Door: What sins?
>"Peck: ...Computers.
>"Door: Computers?
>"Peck: ...These sins are very real. I think there is something
>potentially holy about the New Age movement because of their openness to
>new ideas.... The New Age Movement, in reaction to the sins of the
>Christian Church, moved to the East - to Oriental philosophy and theology
>- and attempted to throw all of Christian theology out,"
>(Interview, May/June 1990, pp. 5-15).
>
>
>ShieldsFamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>Bill, In later books Peck makes it clear that when he wrote The Road
>Less Traveled he was just about to come to know the Lord. He wasnt
>quite there yet, but very close. (Amazing how much wisdom he wrote at
>that point, before knowing Christ personally). I was just wondering if
>Pecks unconscious is the same as your spiritual instinct.. Izzy
>
>
>
>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wm. Taylor
>Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:50 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] God in our unconscious
>
>"Then he goes on to explain that this is what we term the presence of the
>Holy Spirit."
>
>Izzy, I am not familiar enough with Peck to have much more than an
>elementary appreciation for what he is saying. If he goes on to nuance
>his words and attach them to a biblical-language type indwelling of the
>Holy Spirit, I would be able to say, Oh I get it. Right on. As they
>appear in this short quote, if I were being brutally honest and
>forthcoming, I would have to say that his words move me closer to a
>feeling of pantheism than I am happy going. Again, though, before I
>should want to conclude that this is indeed what he is doing or saying, I
>would want to know how he nuances this language with Scripture. Is that
>okay?
>
>Bill
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ShieldsFamily
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 6:53 AM
>Subject: [TruthTalk] God in our unconscious
>
>Bill,
>
>The picture you drew about Gods beauty brought tears to my eyesso true!
>What do you think of M. Scott Pecks words in The Road Less
>Traveled?---
>
>If you want to know the closest place to look for grace, it is within
>yourself. If you desire wisdom greater than your own, you can find it
>inside you. What this suggests is that the interface between God and man
>is at least in part the interface between our unconscious and our
>conscious. To put it plainly, our unconscious is God. God within us. We
>were part of God all the time. God has been with us all along is now, and
>always will be. Then he goes on to explain that this is what we term
>the presence of the Holy Spirit.
>
>Izzy
>
>
>
>
>
>Think with me for a moment about instinct, things that we know but cannot
>explain. How does a baby know to suck upon her mother's breast? How do we
>know to close our eyes when something is hurled at us? How do we know
>when we've seenthe beauty of a sunset or a rose or a bably calf running
>in the springtime with its head down and its tail straight up behind it,
>that God is wonderful, that God is beautiful, that God is good, that God
>is love? How do we know that a thought is placed in our mind by God and
>did not originate from within us? These instinctive-type disclosers are
>relational, I believe, because we are created in the image of a
>relational God, a Triune God who is One by way of relationship between
>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
>
>When I think about defining "relationship" with the Lord, I want to leave
>room in my explanation for these theological instincts, awarenesses of
>God in the presence of which I can only marvel. I also want tobe humble
>enough to remember that I know more than I can say. Relationship is
>fellowship with the Father through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. It is
>participation in the Truth, the Creator of reality -- Existence himself.
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