"With discernment comes division. A person who seeks to be discerning must be willing to suffer the effects of this division. It will divide not only believer from unbeliever, but it may even divide a discerning believer from one who is undiscerning. It will separate the mature from the immature, the naive from the prudent." -- unknown

"...it's taken from Psalm 46:10 -- 'Be still and know that I Am God,' right? It used to be twisted in the New Age. Well, it's just been done by Christians now. So, that's, see right there, there's the stillness; there's the silence; there's the solitude. Those are disciplines, and they'll point at that. But, a simple look at the text is God saying, if I could paraphrase, 'Hey, people who are running around like with your hair on fire, thinking somehow that you can fix your problems. Stop it. Be still and stand there. Let Me do what I do, okay! Be still and know that I Am God. You're not!' It isn't about stillness. It's not about methodology. It's not about meditation." Main focus: It's about His being God; we're not! -- Pastor Chris Quintana, YouTube video titled, "Why 'Contemplative Prayer' is a dangerous New Age mystical practice.