The Lost Art of Fathering
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) Over twenty years ago, Joy and I came across a news story about an increase in “rogue elephants.” Okay, what is a “rogue elephant?” It...
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...
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.((The core Faculty of the CAC are Father Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Rev. Dr. Cynthia...
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,...
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....
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...
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