The Art of White Magic
White magic, much like its darker and more commonly-known counterpart ‘black magic’, is a technique intended to bring about changes in the earthly realm as a result of spells or focused energy and concentration. Both forms of magic have been under intense scrutiny by believers and nonbelievers alike.
Living On Eternity’s ThresholdAppreciating the simple things and learning to see and hear are the objects of living on eternity’s threshold. We never know when life will be over. This frames our lives in thankfulness, purpose, and meaning. We make the most of life as a result.
Don’t Let Yourself Neglect Your Private Prayer TimeA vital and powerful prayer life is something that many Christians neglect. In robbing us of the priority and urgency of prayer, Satan knows that we won’t have the ability to be used by God in a mighty way. We can’t do supernatural things if we have no supernatural power, and that comes through prayer and communion with God.
Universalism, 4 – Jesus and Universalism? (2)In over twenty Gospel passages, Jesus is quoted as believing in a place and time of punishment. Sometimes, it is a place of eternal punishment. Put all together, the case against Universalism by the mouth of the Son of God is conclusive. Here are the first three such passages.
Higgs Boson And The Love Of GodThe Higgs boson or ‘God particle’ are common expressions these days. But for me to talk about the love of God in the same breath, might be stretching things! But then, what in the first place has it got to do with physics to call a particle of matter, ‘God’? I am going to suggest that there’s a closer connection than you think.
Did Jesus Really Walk on Water?Then He directed the disciples to get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent away the crowds. 23 And after He had dismissed the multitudes, He went up into the hills by Himself to pray. When it was evening, He was still there alone.
Mormonism Versus Christianity, Is It All the Same? A Brief ContrastWe live in the information age, education is paramount, but why, why is it wrong to evaluate the claims of religious leaders. Is it because we think all religions are irrelevant? Or just wishful thinking? Or perhaps maybe there is one that is right? So what if all religions were not the same as is taught and accepted by the culture today. What if today One Religion could be objective proven as divine rather than human? Today I take a brief look at Mormonism. It’s veracity versus traditional Orthodox Christianity in its ferocity. Drawing on two or three focus points of contrast.
The Creation of a ReligionNew churches are started each day. Religions are started each century. Ethereal is a new religion, not a church. Ethereal frees the soul from guilt and opens all understanding.
Universalism, 3 – Jesus and Universalism? The Sermon on the MountWhat did Jesus have to say about Universalism? Not a word. At least not in the Sermon on the Mount.
Venturing Into Completeness of PersonalityGrappling with non-Christian content in the development of personality is a challenging reality for the committed Christian. However, I have no doubt that God has called me to integrate other models of truth in order to augment the process of discipleship. A guarded openness has wisdom about it. I wonder if the Bible might never more eloquently described ‘the what’, whereas many other sources of literature and collective wisdom can help with ‘the how’ of achieving the completeness of personality – to become more Christlike.
Universalism, 2 – Pernicious, Persistent WeedUniversalism has been around for quite awhile, whether we Christians like it or not. Here is a quick outline of the history of that heretical doctrine.
Big Bang, Evolution, Creationism and SexSecularists ask who created God. Religious people ask where the singularity came from. Similar arguments crop up over the origin of life and the major changes in living things. The explosion of life in the Cambrian era has been called the Big Bang of Animal Evolution. The article uses the evolution of sex to illustrate evolutionary problems. Did God conduct experiments in creation? (He did in religion!)
