"The Presence" that Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, etc. failed to mention

"The Presence" that Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, etc. failed to mention

Recently, I did a word study of the entire New Testament and there is NOT one verse about "seeking God's Presence" or "feeling God's Presence" or "carrying God's Presence..." (and the word isn't capitalized either, that's a New Age innovation, as Warren Smith explains in the video I posted earlier about the book "Jesus Calling"). 

NOT EVEN ONE VERSE!


So where is this teaching coming from and why is the church all worked up over this mystical and elusive "pixie dust?" This extensive and scholarly series of articles helps explain:

Part One: The Passion of Presence
Here are the other pages.

Steven Kozar started The Messed Up Church; he is an artist (StevenKozar.com is his art website), musician, blogger, and stuff. He makes videos, too, on The Messed Up Church YouTube channel.