Discourses After Death: From Heartbreaking to Heartburning
A five-year-old boy from Texas was told that the family would visit the Grand Canyon. They described it as much bigger than downtown Dallas. He could hardly wait to see it. When they finally arrived, they asked him how it surpassed his expectations. With a frown upon his face, the boy said, “I thought you…
Discourses After Death: A Catch To Remember
Shortly before I moved to Chattanooga, some friends in the Church took me frog hunting. I will never forget what it was like on the boat that day with 3 Cajuns from the Bayou. We were about 1 ½ from the land in the marsh waiting for it to get completely dark. Around 10, we…
Discourses After Death: A Providential Proposal
In the summer of 2005, I said to Kandi, “could life get any better?” we had great friends, Kandi worked at the seminary, I was in school full time and traveling on the weekend. Then unexpectedly, we left our home for what was a routine storm evacuation, or so we thought. Little did we know,…
Discourses After Death: Igniting A Fire
In 1983, a 50-year-old tradition was quietly dropped by the U.S. House of Representatives. The tradition involved the annual reading of George Washington’s farewell address on the occasion of his birthday. Democratic and Republican leaders decided it was useless to continue to read the lengthy address to a mostly empty chamber. “It’s too bad,” said…
The Occult Potential and Spiritual Dangers of Martial Arts – Part 1
By: Dr. John Ankerberg; ©2012 In this article we will examine three concerns with martial arts: 1) the occult origin of some of the martial arts; 2) the spiritistic potential of the traditional dojo; 3) the ability of martial arts practice to develop psychic powers by “generation” and manipulation of psychic energy (ki, chi, etc.).…
Who Are the Channelers
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 Who are the channelers? Channelers come from all walks of life. They include clerks and scholars, artists and businessmen, truck drivers and PhDs, scientists and grade school dropouts, business executives and housewives. Contents 1 Who Are the Channelers 2 NOTES Who Are the Channelers Who are the…
Dream Work – Research and Goals
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 Psychophysiologist Dr. Stephen LaBerge’s book Lucid Dreaming is one of several which shows how even secular, scientific research into dreams can be used in support of New Age beliefs and goals. Contents 1 Dream Research and New Age Goals 2 NOTES Dream Research and New Age Goals…
Angels to the Rescue
Angels to the Rescue A number of contemporary books recount encouraging and inspiring stories of the holy angels at work in the lives of people throughout history and even today. These angels have saved the lives of Christians, provided encouragement during persecution, and helped in the conversion of non-Christians.[1] In A Rustle of Angels, evangelical…
Angels in Roman Catholicism
Angels in Roman Catholicism Like most religions,[1] Roman Catholicism has a long tradition of accepting angelic visitations. A common Catholic “prayer to your guardian angel,” which all devout Catholics learn, reads as follows: “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom his love commits me here, ever this day (night) be at my side, to…
Angels and the Positive Confession Movement
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 Given that the devil’s sin was pride and self-aggrandizement, it is not surprising that he would find it difficult to relinquish the self-love that produced his notoriety. Unfortunately, people rarely comprehend where a self-love philosophy that mimics the devil’s may lead them. Contents 1 Angels and…
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