Actually Ebert has hit a theologically correct note here by describing the prayer event as “horizontal prayer.” Just read what some of the behind the scenes sponsors of the event actually believe about prayer:
“Mike Bickle’s End Time Teaching and the International House of Prayer” by Dr. Andrew Jackson
http://drandrewjackson.com/files/forerunner.pdf
This is not normal Christian prayer, folks. Why Perry is at all involved with with it, I do not know.
>>This is not normal Christian prayer, folks. Why Perry is at all involved with with it, I do not know.
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What made this prayer different? I wan’t there.
Interesting. Seems like a bunch of crackpots. What was Perry’s prayer, specifically?
It is alarming that Perry would ally himself with such weirdos, if reports are accurate.
Do I agree with every theological point of all of the ‘behind the scenes sponsors’? Probably not. Am I gonna stand with ‘the accuser of the brethren’? Deffinitely not.
Thanks for link to the article; I enjoyed reading it. Thoughtful and well-researched and written.
I would say, IMHO, that the behind-the-scenes sponsors (as you put it) are not what would be referred to as mainstream Christian theological orthodoxy, especially in regards to eschatology (but that’s a whole different can of worms).
Of course, Mr. Perry has the Constitutional right to pray with and to whoever he wants. Personally, I suspect a political motivation in this event as much as a spiritual dimension. What better way to align himself with the evangelical base prior to making an announcement that he’s going for the brass ring?
We shall see, but I strongly suspect that this New Apostolic Movement has some connection with Christian Reconstructionism.