Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turnedunto fables, and that certainly applies to the charismaticmovement with its gibberish tongues, learnable tongues,spirit slaying, holy laughter, and its blind ecumenicalphilosophy. And it applies to Rome’s fables such as thepapacy, the mass, the saints, and Mary as the Queen ofHeaven.Tomlin is a former staff member of Austin StoneCommunity Church in Texas, which holds the emergingchurch philosophy. It has an extremely weak doctrinalstatement that allows the widest possible ecumenicalrelationships. Its objective is not just to preach the gospel tolost souls but to “redeem” the city of Austin, which isdefinitely not what the apostles sought to do in the RomanEmpire.Tomlin has a close association with Roman Catholicism.Catholic Matt Maher wrote Tomlin’s hit song “Your GraceIs Enough,” and Maher and Tomlin co-wrote “Crown Him(Mastery)” and “Your Grace Is Enough.” Maher’s goal withhis music is to unite “evangelicals” with Roman Catholicism.He says, “e arms of St Peter’s are really big” (“Catholicrocker Matt Maher finds cross-over appeal amongevangelicals,” Religion News Service, May 17, 2013). He saysthat God has called him “to write music with Protestants andbe in ministry with them,” and, “What’s fantastic about it iswe’re all Christians from different denominations and we’relearning to understand each other.”Tomlin invited Roman Catholic Audrey Assad to performon his 2009 Christmas tour and album and sang her song“Winter Snow” as a duet.Tomlin supports the Worship Central training schoolsponsored by Alpha International, the radically ecumenicalcharismatic organization that was birthed from the “laughingrevival” at Holy Trinity Brompton in London. ere is aRoman Catholic arm of Alpha. Tomlin says, “WorshipCentral is an important and much needed training ground367