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Different Spokes for Different Folks

by | Aug 10, 2023 | Culture and Society, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Seminar, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Paganism, Reincarnation, Relativism, September/October 1997, Tolerance, Wicca

(Editor’s note: The first Parliament of the World’s Religions was held in 1893. The next one was 100 years later in Chicago. We attended to see firsthand what they were proposing. We have attended and reported on others, but as we prepare for this one...

Independence Day

by | Jul 6, 2023 | Aliens, Channeling, Church Universal and Triumphant, Cults and Religions, False Prophet, False Teacher, Heaven's Gate, Independence Day, Jehovah's Witnesses, July/August 1997, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, New Age, Occult, Paradise

(This originally appeared in the July/August 1997 MCOI Journal) The aliens are coming! The earth and its inhabitants are about to be destroyed, “spaded under.” Is this the script of a Hollywood science–fiction movie? No, these are the real–life beliefs...

Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Deity of Christ, Gospel, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Jesus Resurrection, Judaism, Kolob, Liberal Theology, Mormon, Mormon History, Mormonism, mysticism, New Age, Resurrection

The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” (John 10:33) Jesus the Messiah has been to many an enigma since he walked this Earth. He is near the center – or at least...

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

by | Jun 9, 2022 | Apologetics, Deceiver, Deception, False Prophet, False Teacher, G.I. Gurdjieff, Mormon, Mormonism, New Age, Occult

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...