“If God has any new light to communicate, He will let His chosen and beloved understand it, without their going to have their minds enlightened by hearing those who are in darkness and error.”—Ellen White, Early Writings, 124
In Meet It, Rick Howard shines a clear, urgent light on a growing threat within the church: the emerging church movement. Though advertised as a path to deeper spirituality, its teachings often mask subtle deceptions rooted in Eastern mysticism, Roman Catholic contemplative practices, and ecumenical philosophies that dilute Scripture’s authority.
Why does a movement that sounds Christ-centered create such deep concern?
Because below the surface, its theology and methods mirror the very deceptions Scripture warns will sweep through the world at the end of time.
Drawing from the command of Isaiah 8:20 — “To the law and to the testimony” — Howard exposes what happens when Seventh-day Adventists look to authors, teachers, and spiritual movements that blend truth with error. He reveals how mystical practices bypass the mind, weaken discernment, and invite the very spiritualistic influences God calls His people to avoid.
Picking up where his first book The Omega Rebellion left off, Howard:
• Unpacks the subtle characteristics of the Omega apostasy Ellen White warned about
• Examines The One Project and Alex Bryan’s The Green Cord Dream as case studies
• Shows how mystical spirituality erodes biblical faith and Adventist identity
• Equips readers to recognize and resist last-day deceptions
• Calls God’s people to stay close to the Captain of the ship during end-time storms
If you want an unsinkable faith during Satan’s final delusions, this book will help you stand firm, anchor deeply in God’s Word, and “meet” deception head-on — exactly as God instructed His people to do.
“Meet It … shows exactly how emerging church errors, ecumenical pitfalls, occult techniques, New Age notions, pantheistic philosophy, and Roman Catholic mysticism have ever-so-slyly entered Adventism in the name of Jesus under the guise of promoting a closer ‘experience’ with God.”—Steve Wohlberg
Table of Contents
Chapter One: The Great Controversy Theme
Chapter Two: The Alpha and Omega
Chapter Three: Warnings
Chapter Four: Globalism
Chapter Five: From Alpha to Omega
Chapter Six: The One Project
Chapter Seven: The Green Cord Dream
Chapter Eight: Emergent Plans
ISBN: 978-1-629130-11-8
Pages: 160, paperback
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches