Doctrine vs. Theistic Existentialism

There is a movement in the modern church that has been around for many years but has recently (Through the unholy marriage of New Age Teachings and Christianity. . .thank you Oprah) had a surge in popularity called Theistic Existentialism (TE). Now the basis of TE is the same as classical theism (biblical Doctrine) as far as the universe being created by God, and man being created in his image and likeness. but unlike classical theism TE focuses on the subjective, personal human experience. So in short, and I believe that this is a logical conclusion based on the afore mentioned definition and the state of churches today; TE is focusing on experiencing God with little to no regard of knowing him through his word. I hold to this idea; as Christians we must seek to know God first through his word, and then use that knowledge to guide our experience. Why is that important? Because those who do not know God are easily deceived. If you notice Hosea 4:6 does not say "my people are destroyed from lack of experience", it is knowledge that is lacking. There are some that don't even have a remedial knowledge of the person and glory of God, and they can be easily spotted. They are the ones who sin habitually and comfortably and presume that God will overlook their transgression ( Deuter 29:19-21, Heb 10:26-29). We must first Glorify God before we can truly enjoy him.Now how did this happen? In my opinion, firstly with the subduing of the gospel message. We have allowed pop culture and church growth strategies stop us from proclaiming the one message God promised to bless (Rom 1:16) and replace with a soft "seeker-friendly" message. In the words of Paul Washer "If we want to be seeker friendly we should realize that the only seeker is God and if we want to be friendly to someone we should be friendly to him." We have taken the offense of the cross which takes away all boasting and self-reliance in a man and replaced it with "God loves you, and has a wonderful plan for your life" If we are bent on telling people about God's love tell them this "God loves you but because you are steeped in sin you CANNOT love God and for that you will be judged, but God so loved the world he sent his only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. . .see the difference? The Gospel call must always point to Christ Crucified never to man, because men will always look to himself and that is the problem.Because of the change in the Gospel, the offense that would usually drive the sinful non-repentant man away now makes him feel comfortable. He becomes part of the flock, not as a sheep, but as a goat in sheep's clothing (I use he as a general term, I mean women as well). And they ravage the sheep with their libertarian views (oh we are married in the eyes of God, or God will forgive us if we repent) and lead Gods flock Astray. Because they know how to play church and look the part they can fool non-discerning Pastors and ascend to church leadership. Now you have a church full of Goats, and the sheep (Those devoted to God) starve. Why do they starve? because the Pastor is not able to teach about the attribute of God or other deep doctrinal points because they are offensive to Goats The man without the Spirit cannot accept the things that come from the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand it because they are spiritually discerned. (1st cor 2:14) or have you not read the sinful mind is hostile to God's law It does not submit to God's law nor can it do so. Those who are controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. (Rom 8:7-8) Because of this rejection of biblical preaching we now have turned to the experience of God, and many manifestations occur but because people don't know God, they cannot know what spirit is manifesting. There have been manifestations of people acting like animals, or God telling Pastors to kick an old lady in the face so that they may be healed (Todd Bently) and this type of ministry deceives millions.I want all of us that are Christians not to be ignorant of the devils devices we must put the true Gospel back into our churches. This may split churches but in the words of John the apostle "they went out from us because they were not of us.To be fair: I'm not saying that we should totally swing the scale from Existentialism to cold doctrine that would be the other extreme. what I am saying is we must let our doctrine define our experience so that we are not deceived (1st John 4:1) God Bless!