New Age Church

There is a strange crossover into new age icons going on in the church, particularly in charismatic churches. Tails-men. Icons. Symbols. Jesus is being obscured by these things.. I will now tell you what they are, some people will unfriend me for truth, but I am compelled. Crucifixes as a power icon against evil, gems, healing stones, holy water, water from the Jordon (don't drink it), Amethysts, blessed prayer cloths (I believe in this but not as merchandise), Daily or even weekly communion to get your sins forgiven (the point is not that), OIL... lots of it (I believe that setting aside oil for anointing (makes Holy) is a good thing but not the selling of). We have made a house of prayer into a house of merchandise. IF you GIVE someone any of these things freely, I have no objection. IF you SELL these things or as a thank you gift for an offering (same difference) you are merchandising. There are lots of other things that have become iconography. They have caused people to think that unless they have this or that... they can't worship God right. It's deception. EVEN the selling of the BIBLE can become such. The BIBLE can become an icon... and that wasn't the purpose.