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Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents – Part 2

In part 1 we looked at Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents. Syncretism has been and continues to be a major danger that arises any time the Gospel penetrates a cultural context. The merging, at times imperceptible merging, or syncretizing of false beliefs with the Gospel is nearly as ancient as the […]

Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents – Part 1

I am not sure when I first thought of the idea for making the two documentaries that I produced and directed. I am aware that it was either before or during 2012. But I do remember the catalyst. My good friend Mujuru, a Shona from Zimbabwe, visited us in the northern part of the South […]

Progressives and the Cost of Anti-Semitism

Some have been shocked at what seems like a sudden explosion of anti-Semitism on university campuses. It is shocking, but perhaps we should not be all that astonished. Why should we be so surprised? William F. Buckley Jr. raised the alert in his 1951 book, God and Man at Yale. Buckley’s premise was simple: But […]

If Jesus is the Word, Does That Mean the Bible Isn’t?

About 20 years ago, I was on a phone call with a man that seemed to be going fairly well until I made the “mistake” of referring to the Bible as the word of God. “Oh no, brother. The Bible is not the word of God. Only Jesus is the Word of God!” This naturally […]

Freedom vs Coercion – Will the True Cult Stand Up?

In the 1930s, Roman Catholic priest and radio commentator Fr. Charles Coughlin discovered a very effective way of discrediting people he considered political threats. He would appeal to the anti-Semitism and isolationism shared by much of his audience by denouncing various individuals as “atheistic Jews” or “imported radicals.” It mattered little to Coughlin that the […]

Progressive Christianity: Trading Sola Scriptura for Prima Scriptura

During the sixteenth-century battle between the reformers and the Roman Catholic church, the reformers developed the Five Solas which demonstrated their core beliefs in contrast to the Catholic Church from whom they were separating. The first of the five was Sola Scriptura — Scripture alone. Over the preceding centuries, Rome had developed a tradition that […]

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Succumbing to evil is most often a gradual process. This is true for an individual, a group, a nation, and even a culture. Often, transformation is imperceptible to those being transformed – until the rot in their soul is too advanced to be easily reversed. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the play’s namesake is the […]

Mission to Paganistan

The start of Paganicon, was three weeks ago, tomorrow. Pagonican is a large gathering of Witches, Wiccans, Druids, and an assortment of others – including Hoodoo practitioners – in the heart of Paganistan, as it is affectionately referred to by the local Pagans in the Twin Cities region. Now, this wasn’t my first kick-at-the-can; I’ve […]

Lamentation before Easter

In the months leading up to this Easter our church had several deaths. Not that unusual. Our church has a strange sort of age gap—either the members are young couples or 70+ couples. Both groups suffered losses of close friends or families. Others were facing anniversaries of deaths. I had one younger member confide that […]

RINO: Resurrection in Name Only

Most of us will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord in a little over two weeks. For many, the significance of the celebration gets lost in the now predominant popular “add-ons,” such as Easter eggs, bunny rabbits, and the like. The awe and wonder of the historical event and its centrality to the gospel has […]