The How and Why Questions
Not being able to explain exactly how God did something doesn’t mean the belief is untrue.
The Art of Deception: Selling the Narrative
The 2002 musical film, Chicago, set in the 1920s, demonstrates the ease with which the public can be deceived – especially if you know how to manipulate the press into selling your narrative. The basic story line is that of a married woman, Roxie Hart (played by Renée...
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?: How New-Agers Use the Bible
(Originally printed in the January/February 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Introduction No doubt, some in our society today find the doctrine of reincarnation to be strange, at best; and false, at worst. In Christian circles, especially, reincarnation is looked upon...
Independence Day
(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 that cost...
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...
Prayer: Not a Waste of Time
We have sometimes been told that witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and others in cult groups is “just a waste of time.” “They don’t listen.” To be sure, witnessing to people in cults can be quite frustrating. It can be draining. So why do we do it? That is...