The Top 50 “Christian” Contemplative Books – A “NOT RECOMMENDED Reading List” and 25 Christian “Bridgers” to Them Ray Yungen and the editors at Lighthouse Trails have put together our Top 50 “Christian” Contemplative Books – A “Not Recommended Reading List.” If your pastor, your professor, your children, or your friends are reading any of these books, then they are being led down a path that will take them toward a mystical, panentheistic spirituality where only deception lies in wait. And keep in mind, if they are reading other books that are pointing to the books and authors below, this may ultimately have the same results. The Top 50 “Christian” Contemplative Books – A “NOT RECOMMENDED Reading List” 1. A World Waiting to Be Born by M. Scott Peck 2. Awakened Heart by Gerald May 3. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster 4. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault 5. Centering Prayer by Basil Pennington 6. Chicken Soup for the Soul books by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen 7. Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton 8. Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli 9. Emergence, the Rebirth of the Sacred by David Spangler 10. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazzero 11. Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr 12. Finding God by Ken Kaisch 13. God’s Joyful Surprise by Sue Monk Kidd 14. Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God’s Transforming Presence by Ruth Haley Barton 15. Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality by Philip St. Romain 16. Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard 17. Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren 18. Open Heart, Open Mind by Thomas Keating 19. Original Blessing by Matthew Fox 20. Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence 21. Reimagining Christianity by Alan Jones 22. Sabbatical Journey by Henri Nouwen 23. Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas 24. Sacred Way, The by Tony Jones 25. Seeds of Peace by William Shannon 26. Setting the Gospel Free by Brian C. Taylor 27. Silence on Fire by William Shannon 28. Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson 29. Spiritual Classics by Richard Foster and Emilie Griffin 30. Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun 31. Spiritual Friend by Tilden Edwards 32. The Big Book of Christian Mysticism by Carl McColman 33. The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous Monk 34. The Coming of the Cosmic Christe by Matthew Fox 35. The Healing Light by Agnes Sanford 36. The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg 37. The Jesus We Never Knew by Marcus Borg 38. The Life You’ve Always Wanted by John Ortberg 39. The Mission of Mysticism by Richard Kirby 40. The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale 41. The Naked Now by Richard Rohr 42. The Other Side of Silence by Morton Kelsey 43. The Papa Prayer: The Prayer You’ve Never Prayed by Larry Crabb 44. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren 45. The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning 46. The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen 47. The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice by Tony Campolo 48. The Soul at Rest by Tricia Rhodes 49. When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd 50. When the Soul Listens by Jan Johnson Top 25 Christian Leaders Who Embrace, Emulate, and/or Promote Contemplative Mystics 1. Ann Voskamp 2. Anne Lamott 3. Beth Moore 4. Bill Hull 5. Bill Hybels 6. Calvin Miller 7. Dallas Willard 8. Dan Kimball 9. David Benner 10. Donald Miller 11. Doug Pagitt 12. Eugene Peterson 13. J.P. Moreland 14. Jim Wallis 15. John Eldredge 16. Ken Boa 17. Keri Wyatt Kent 18. Leonard Sweet 19. Mark Driscoll 20. Mike Bickle 21. Philip Yancey 22. Rob Bell 23. Robert Webber 24. Shane Claiborne 25. Walter Brueggemann
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