IO 86: Your “Spiritual-but-not-Religious” Neighbor
When I came to the States in 1964, the great…
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On the Origins of Yoga
In order to understand the spiritual times in which we live, we must have a solid grounding in our understanding of the cosmology of universal One-ism, which ultimately denies the value of the individual and leads to a kind of annihilation beyond the mind, and biblical Two-ism, which affirms the distinction between God and creation and affirms the infinite worth and value of individuals created in the image of God and of their minds, which are gloriously renewed and transformed through the growing knowledge of His Word. Let’s be spiritually alert and discerning so we can graciously and effectively engage the culture with the beauty of biblical Two-ism’s salvation message of Christ’s blood atonement for sinners and let us pray in genuine concern and love for those caught in the web of One-ism.
IO 84: Only Two Religions? That Can’t Be True!
In Romans 1:25, Paul sums up in 25 Greek words the bedrock nature of spiritual conflict, be it in the Garden, in his own time, or, by implication, in ours. In this verse he lays out an irreducible age-old conflict between two opposing world views: the worship and service of creation, or, the worship and service of the Creator. These two options sum up the whole of reality.
IO 83: Witch Way?
On KBRT, a Los Angeles area Christian radio station, listeners may be caught unawares by very un-Christian teaching being broadcast on weekends. Dr. Jones takes a look at the spiritual roots of some of these broadcasts and their hosts, revealing the One-ism hidden beneath the surface.
“The Muggle’s Protest” By Steve Baarendse
Many Christians downplay the pervasive wiccan spiritism in "Harry Potter," arguing that the series is no more than an edgier Grimm’s fairy tale and that its sorcery is a benign metaphor for flights of fancy. But is it?
IO 82: Something-ism
Many "Millennial Christians," taught to embrace multicultural diversity, believe that being a follower of Jesus Christ is "not about defending some statement from a church creed or theology; it is about testifying to our relationship with Christ through a life of sacrificial love for all people." Faith in experience and social action becomes the "new" Christianity. But the New Testament is full of creeds, statements of truth based on which Christians are called to belief and action. What are Christians to trust, and which belief is a One-ist lie instead of steeped in the truth of the Two-ist Gospel?