Spiritual Research Network (SRN)

Proclaiming the Gospel and Encouraging Biblical Discernment

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Spiritual Research Network (SRN) is an independent Christian outreach committed first and foremost to the Lord Jesus Christ and the integrity of His Word. Our goal is to proclaim the Gospel and encourage biblical discernment, as well as research, inform and warn about the dangers of cults, spiritual abuse and mystical/occult based spirituality.

“Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try [test] the spirits
whether they are of God:
because many false prophets
are gone out into the world.”
—1 John 4:1

As a Christian outreach, Spiritual Research Network (SRN) places proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ as top priority. The reason that we also consider sound biblical discernment as of utmost importance is because biblical discernment and the clear proclamation of the Gospel go hand-in-hand. Without biblical discernment in the proclamation of Gospel, the message of God’s creation account and the clear fundamental teachings of the Bible become convoluted and distorted. In any Christian church or Christian Missions movement, preaching the Gospel, teaching biblical truth, and warning against the dangers of false doctrine, false teachers and false prophets, is paramount.

Spiritual Research Network has also created a Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire that covers many different areas and types abuse. We have done a great amount of research on the dangers of yoga, meditation dangers, kundalini awakening—symptoms, dangers and emergencies, and spiritual abuse and spiritual emergency in general. Many of these things are crossing over into churches, coupled with over-bearing “authoritarian” church leadership abuses.

We have expressed to many people our great concern over the myriad mystical methods and spiritual dangers that comprise contemplative spirituality, the France based Taizé movement with its ecumenical compromises within the Taizé community and Taizé worship. We have also been warning for many years about Eastern Occult philosophy and meditation and the spiritistic influences and practices of the New Age/New Spirituality, yoga and occult movements.

Finally, for those affected by the many long-standing false teaching movements and newer false revival and “holy laughter” movements in Christian churches around the world, our website and our links pages can be of much help. We have helped and encouraged many thousands of people through the years.

We hope and pray that our materials and those that we recommend will be of great help to you and your family and friends.

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Reading the Bible Amidst World Crisis!

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Spiritually Harmful and Dangerous Practices - Extensive Listing

Methods and practices that could lead to occult dangers... or have proven to be harmful and extremely dangerous. Have your church leaders warned you about them? Yoga, meditation, centering prayer, Reiki, energy work, Therapeutic touch, holy laughter, shaktipat, "the Presence," passive-journaling, praying to saints, Ouija/spirit boards, seances, soaking prayer, kundalini arousal, spiritual emergencies, Christian yoga, channeling, psychics, angel work, Tarot cards, rod and pendulum, Lectio Divina, Eucharistic adoration, ghost hunting, haunted houses, poltergeists... Continue reading

Video - Naming Names of False - Teachers, Prophets, Apostles, and Christs

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Jesus Calling Devotional Series—A Path to Mediumship?

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Is the Jesus Calling Series "Consistent with Biblical Truth"?

Many have pointed out general ways in which Sarah Young’s writing departs from biblical truth. Below are twenty-five specific examples from her devotionals that seem to either misuse or disregard Scripture. The following books are used as sources: Jesus Calling (2004), Dear Jesus (2007), Jesus Lives (2009), Jesus Today (2012), Jesus Calling Devotional Journal (2013), Jesus Today Devotional Journal (2014), Jesus Calling Morning & Evening (2015), Jesus Always (2016)...Continue reading

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Jesus Calling and Sarah Young's New Age/Occult (hidden) Teachings - An Exposé Archive for the Jesus Calling Devotional Series

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The Holy Bible - It's All-Importance

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Major Bible Themes - 49 Free PDF downloads

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Video - Contemplative Spirituality Concerns: The Literature—50 Plus Books that Church Leaders Need to See

PART ONE (Minute 00:01)
Introduction: A biblical warning and brief statement about various genres of mystical and occult oriented Contemplative Spirituality "centering-prayer" literature that are infiltrating churches and Christian communities.

PART TWO (Minute 09:35)
Considering biblical "separation" from false teachers and false teachings (Romans 16, v.17-19), as opposed to gleaning from "Christian mystics" and experiential practices that are virtually identical to the occult training of the Hindus.

PART 3 (Minute 30:33)
Fr Thomas Keating is the Modern Day Pioneer of the international Contemplative Outreach Ltd. "centering-prayer" movement. As such, he seeks to "integrate" Christian spirituality with the occult "Serpent Power" of Hinduism, otherwise known as Kundalini energy. According to Hindu and Buddhist occultists, "Kundalini-shakti" lies coiled at the base of the spine, awaiting arousal via centering prayer/occult meditation.

PART 4 (Minute 48:46)
Contemplative Spirituality's dangerous Christian Mysticism/occult hybrid form of "Centering Prayer" is inextricably tied to Interfaith (Inter-religious) Dialogue, Ecumenism, and the ever-increasing "Global Oneness" New Spirituality/New Gospel of the New Age movement.

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Taizé: A Community and Worship—Ecumenical Reconciliation or an Interfaith Delusion?

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