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Testing the Spirits: Reflections from My Forty-Six Years of Counter-Cult Apologetics and Spiritual Discernment

When I learned that my church would be giving a preaching series in John’s First Epistle, I asked to preach on 1 John 4:1-6, which speaks of “testing the spirits” in light of the truth of Christ. These truths have been of enormous importance to me over many years of life and ministry. Let us […]

Richard Rohr’s Muddy Waters: Learning Rohr’s Language

Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, is “the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School” in Albuquerque, NM.1The core Faculty of the CAC are Father Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, and Dr. James Finley Rohr may not be a household name among […]

Speak to Us Smooth Things, Prophesy Illusions

It is troubling to find so many Christians embracing false beliefs and teachings. But it is less surprising when we discover with George Barna’s most recent research that only “Only 37 Percent of U.S. Pastors Hold a Biblical Worldview.” That is astounding. Of course, that means 63 percent of U.S. Pastors do not have a […]

Scientism: A New Religious Movement?

When human beings turn from the worship of the Creator, it rarely means they worship nothing at all. Last week in “Send in the Clowns?” we noted how the Apostle Paul outlined the process of humanity’s turning from worshipping the Creator to worshipping the creation. (Romans 1:22-23) He stressed how mankind would even worship things […]

Send in the Clowns?

It is painful to watch what seems to be the collapse of Western culture, including the serious degradation of our own country’s ideals and the descent into what can only be described as lawlessness. It’s just so foreign to people who have lived long enough to remember when our nation cherished its ideals of freedom […]

Do Humans Have Rights That Can Be Violated?

(Editor’s Note: This is something we published in 2010 which seems still up to date.) “The government of Vietnam’s desire to reap the benefits of the global economy must be matched by efforts to respect comprehensive human rights,” a bipartisan group of 19 members of Congress wrote to Clinton on July 15. This was an […]

Unwinding False Teaching

As we help those who are former cult members, it is nearly always necessary to show them how to read the Bible in its historical and grammatical context. Bringing new clarity to a person’s understanding of Scripture is a process we refer to as “unwinding.” Plenty of false teaching results from lifting passages from their […]

Is it Really All About Sex?

Aldous Huxley died Nov 22, 1963, the same day JFK died. In addition to sharing the date of their departure from this life, both shared the humanist sexual appetite. Prolific atheistic author Isaac Asimov said, “emotionally, I am an atheist.” That is a convenient way to live an unfettered life. If there is no god, […]

The Road Well Traveled

In Ecclesiastes 1:9-11, Solomon wrote: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. There is no […]

Resurrection Truth

The great weapon with which the disciples of Jesus set out to conquer the world was not a mere comprehension of eternal principles; it was an historical message, an account of something that had recently happened, it was the message, “He is risen.” But the message of the resurrection was not isolated. It was connected […]