WE LOVE CALVARY CHAPEL . . .
So when the devil infiltrates the midst of our movement we have an obligation to sound the alarm. We cannot say we love you in Christ and look the other way as a new age infiltration occurs in the pulpit of CC-Capo Beach.

We are referring to today’s guest speaker Ron Martoia, a person whose message sounds like something you would hear from the mouth of Shirley MacLaine or Deepak Chopra. On his website, Martoia shows his affinity with the new age movement by welcoming people into his "vortex." Shirley MacLaine explains it this way: "Vortex. The word brings to mind a spiraling energy, such as a tornado or water going down a drain. . . The ancients knew how to work with a vortex to achieve a better understanding of self and of spirit. They also knew that vortex energy held the potential to help heal mind, body and spirit.

Yet "Vortex" is the name today’s guest chose to call his very own website, a place where (for a monthly fee) he invites his devotees into his vortex. And he reveals his new age philosophical framework on his site: "The shelf life on the future is quickly dwindling. ... Change seemed evolutionary; that is the new change coming seemed to be organically connected to the change before it so there seemed to be some sort of clear incremental step to the next stage. But the jury is back. Incremental change has changed, we live in a new age."

And this "new age" is not a Christian one in any sense. It is a false spirituality that is more of a self-centered, success-driven quest for a transformation of the person – not into the image of our Lord Jesus Christ, but into the image of what Martoia calls "geniuses." This enlightenment of godless philosophers has a worldly wisdom, not the wisdom of God as found in the Bible. "When we use the word [new age] it means ‘eclectic, an attitude of spirituality," said religion trend-watcher Carl Raschke (www.pointssouth.net). "A dash of Hinduism, a speck of Buddhism, a bit of meditation and a lot of Zen possibly. Kind of a ‘build your own religion….The ‘New Age’ movement became more pronounced during the late 1980s and 1990s. Now what used to be thought of as ‘New Age,’ such as the Indian practice of yoga, is as common as lifting weights."

So Martoia’s promise of transformation to those who subscribe to his monthly "Vortex Mental Download" messages is a conformity to spirit of the age. Martoia may argue that he uses new age terminology and puts a different meaning on the terms in order to appeal to today's seeker, but is that honest? It is a mark of a cult to use deception in order to do a bait and switch maneuver on an unsuspecting seeker.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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