At “Jesus and Hyperbole,” the professor writes: Yes, repeatedly throughout history God has condemned and destroyed nations. You owe society nothing beyond responding to evil with good. God’s job is vengeance. Ours is doing good. The fundamental fault with lex talionis is that it tends to assign to us what …
In “Review: Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist not evil”?” I opened the series with a discussion on Sharkly’s take on Jesus’ teaching on violence in the Sermon on the Mount: Sharkly’s post is based in large part on the 21-page paper “A Methodology For Detecting and Mitigating Hyperbole …
We’ve been discussing the occult in the mainstream church. “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 1” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 2” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 3” “The Occult in the Mainstream Church, Part 4“ On this topic, here is an (imperfect) transcript of this …
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how Tim Keller was influenced by occult mystics. In Part 2 of this series, we discussed John Mark Comer and his advocacy for the Enneagram. There we described what the Enneagram is as well as identifying its origins in the occult and Roman …
One of the hallmarks of postmodernism and leftism is redefining words and the use of words. If someone puts pronouns in their bio, they are probably leftist. If the staff of the Bible Project call themselves “Director of People” or “Chief People Officer” they are probably leftist. One of the …
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been discussing the occult in the church. As part of that discussion, I noted how Radix Fidem teaches a false gospel.[1] This got the attention of some of its members (see this thread), who contacted me privately. I immediately stopped writing new articles …
Here is a short supplement to what we have been discussing. A reminder that this is a fulfillment of prophecy.
NOTE: In this post I will be heavily referencing this article by Marcia Montenegro. I strongly recommend reading it at some point, either before or after this one. “Occult mysticism has penetrated to the heart of mainstream American Christianity” Throughout the last few posts, I’ve been discussing the corruption of …
“Occult mysticism has penetrated to the heart of mainstream American Christianity” Until his death, Tim Keller was considered on of the most important Christian pastors in America, pastoring the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City for many years. He preached many sermons and published many books. His influence across …
Reader Malcom Reynolds recently professed his skepticism regarding mystical religious experiences, especially the metaphysical assumptions underlying the so-called “Satanic Panic”: He has yet to confirm whether or not he thinks that mystical experiences are real or completely fraudulent. While his response will be interesting, we can still examine these issues, …