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Cal · 07-27-2019, 10:38 AM

"Christian mystic" can mean more than one thing. The benign meaning is someone like Brother Lawrence, who had 24/7 fellowship with God. I recall A.W. Tozer being called a mystic by one of his posthumous publishers. But no one more respected the Bible, nor was more suspicious of gnostic knowledge, than Tozer.

The term has fallen out of favor in the recent years, I would think, as 24/7 fellowship with God has come to be considered normal, rather than rare.

I never liked the term. It reeks of new ageism and Eastern counterfeits.

07-27-2019, 10:38 AM	#80
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Is One Church One City a bad idea or unBiblical? "Christian mystic" can mean more than one thing. The benign meaning is someone like Brother Lawrence, who had 24/7 fellowship with God. I recall A.W. Tozer being called a mystic by one of his posthumous publishers. But no one more respected the Bible, nor was more suspicious of gnostic knowledge, than Tozer. The term has fallen out of favor in the recent years, I would think, as 24/7 fellowship with God has come to be considered normal, rather than rare. I never liked the term. It reeks of new ageism and Eastern counterfeits.