[Note: BEFORE EMAILING ME ABOUT THIS ARTICLE OR ABOUT THE GAME, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, PLEASE READ THIS: Too many people are emailing me without reading this article or without getting the […]
Below is an edited version of a word study for Magi done as part of a research paper on Acts 13:4-12 for a Hermeneutics class at Southern Evangelical Seminary. However, the scope […]
Many wonder: Were the Magi in Matthew chapter two who came to see Jesus astrologers? Does this mean astrology is okay? What was the star of Bethlehem? […]
I looked into Madeleine L’Engle years ago after hearing some things she said at a nearby church that I found disturbing. I was also dismayed by her association with and […]
Concerns About the Christian Use of Labyrinths Written August, 2006 First published in Midwest Christian Outreach Journal, Fall, 2006. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Cor. […]
The following is an account of a talk and meditation session led by Rev. Thomas Keating in 2005 (Keating died in 2018). This is based on my notes and observations […]
The Hindu word “karma” is used more and more often with a Western twist in meaning. Often people say it to mean “luck” (good or bad) or even as a […]
[This article was first published in the Christian Research Journal, Vol. 28, No. 02, 2005. For this CANA online version, endnotes were moved into the body of the text to […]
The doctrine of the Trinity has been an essential of the faith throughout church history. Modalism, or Oneness, denies or redefines the Trinity. When T. D. Jakes, a Oneness pastor, was interviewed by two Christian pastors, Jakes cleverly played word games and redefined the Trinity in his own terms, thus fooling the two pastors involved (James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll), as well as others. This article examines how Jakes did this. Jakes has never confessed the Trinity and has continued his association with a group of Oneness churches.
Hypnotists perform on stage and increasingly now, in schools. Many people get hypnotized to stop smoking or some other bad habit. Hypnotherapy is used in counseling sessions. Even if the […]