This is true, a grain of salt. I immediately think of Thomas Merton, St. Catherine  of  Siena (was she the one who wrote such great mystical treatises and held the head of a recently beheaded prisoner in her lap?), St. Therese of Lisieux, Julian of Norwich, St. Francis.
   It is a very Protestant idea, actually-they are often coming up with a new understanding of Scripture and then letting everyone know on TBN how the church got it wrong until now. However, if he means the ultra-conservative Restorationists then he is right. 
  I find Scripture full of references to the active participation of God in our world and in history. The idea is nothing new. It is the essence of the Judeo-Christian tradition. What is challenging for anyone with some historical and theological background is the Filioque clause in the creed and how that led to the great schism with the Orthodox church which in turn led to the Reformation. Any reformulation that does not take this into account is incomplete.