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.
(With a Brief Look at Magic) [This article is primarily for parents wondering about or wrestling with the issue of Harry Potter and a biblical worldview. For further information, please […]
Defenders of the Enneagram and other dubious or false ideas and teachings often state that God can redeem it. But this needs to be thought through carefully. What does God redeem according to Scripture?
Read Part 1 Here Enoch and Metatron Note in this citation that Enoch was supposedly the recipient of secret knowledge from God: Its only complete extant version is an Ethiopic […]
The book of Enoch (technically 1 Enoch) is pseudepigrapha (meaning “false writings), part of a collection of writings that were not written by the person claimed as the author. Furthermore, […]
One of the popular defenses of the Enneagram is to refer to Paul’s discourse on Mars Hill in which he quotes pagan poets in Acts 17 or to Paul’s quotes […]
What do Ian Cron, Suzanne Stabile (co-authors of The Road Back to You), and Christopher Heuertz have in common – aside from being authors of the Enneagram books most used in […]
The Word “Easter” The word ‘Easter” does not come from Ishtar or Astarte! This does not even make linguistic sense since words from those languages do not migrate into English. […]
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has become a bestseller. Although a work of fiction, in the story Brown suggests or speculates that Jesus married Mary of Magdalene and that […]
We can journey from shelter provided by God to rebellion against God to redemption from God through the abundant and magnificant tree imagery in the Bible.