Hindu appointed to run Christian religion studies

WorldNetDaily.com reports ...

Would the Christian college (or school) of you church's religious studies program take a Hindu who is non-Christian, as the Head? If the answer is YES, then the next logical question - is your church is as 'Christian' as you may want to claim?

Jan Markell, who has been with the Olive Tree Ministries since 1977, has written eight books and hundreds of articles about Christians and their beliefs, at first wondered why she would be listed among ministries hated by a Hindu organization.

Then she remembered a series of articles warning Christians against participating in yoga, a Hindu form of worship.

"I'm big on [opposing yoga for Christians]," she told WND. "I talk about it on the radio, and I write about it. And the irony of it all is, like Hindus, we don't want Christians practicing yoga either.

"Hindus are saying basically, 'Wait, this is our thing, this is not for [Christians],'" Markell told WND. "The Hindus get it more right than the Christians on this issue."

She said her work involves teaching Christians and encouraging their discernment.

"There are [many] different issues that Christians are falling for. They have no excuse except they have no discernment," she said. "[With Christian yoga], they are trying to sanctify divination. There's no such thing."

"When Christians invite [yoga] into their life, they don't seem to know they're inviting in Hinduism," she said. "We alert people to those dangers."