Sometimes they tell me nothing happens, at other times the most amazing things come. Each one is urged in the morning to sit down quietly with the mind emptied of every thought, generally with a pencil in hand, waiting for God to say something to them. One is what they call, “Waiting for guidance.” They place a great deal of emphasis on that.
“There are some things about this movement that seem very commendable.If their lives are not changed, theological differences are of very small moment.”” 2 ibid. It does not make any difference to us what they believe theologically as long as their lives are changed. “Some of my friends who have had a more intimate connection with it have said that again and again they have put the question to the advocates of the movement, “What place do you give to the atoning blood of Christ?” They have been answered evasively or, if not evasively, sometimes like this, “Oh, we are not a doctrinal movement, we are not advocating any view of the atonement, we are simply out to change the lives of people.I have gone through book after book, supposedly setting forth the teaching of the Oxford Group Movement, and have not found one reference to the precious blood of Christ in any of them, nor any reference to the fact that the worst sin that anyone can possibly commit is the sin of rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 “First Century Christianity emphasized with tremendous force the precious atoning blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and as we come to examine the few books that have already been put before the public by the advocates of this latter-day movement, we are struck at once by the fact that these great truths are practically absent.Ironside during the 1920s, and a few excerpts from his sermon bring to light what this group actually believed and practiced: A well-known sermon regarding the Oxford Group was preached by Pastor H.
The misunderstanding that AA was originally Christian usually arises from its being influenced by the quasi-Christian Oxford Group. In fact, it originated from occultic practices. However, when those origins and the practices of its founders are examined, it becomes clear that AA has never been a Christian program. There is a very common misconception that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was Christian in origin.
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