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Five years after writing Deceived on Purpose: the New Age Implications of the Purpose Driven Church, former New Age follower Warren Smith continues to reveal how Christian leaders—wittingly or unwittingly—are leading the church into a spiritual trap.

(With Christ in the School of Prayer)

Times change, but God’s principles of prayer are timeless. Andrew Murray reminds us that only when the church gives herself up to the holy calling of intercession—a calling that Christ Himself ever lives to perform—can we expect the power of Christ to be manifested on the church’s behalf.

Bearing much fruit is not a demand, but a promise and result of abiding in Christ. Fruit is not a result of the branch’s effort; it is the responsibility of the vine. That is one reason Christ used the grapevine as a picture of the Christian’s relationship to Him.