Have you noticed all the discussion on these pages about the Holy Spirit, about the person and nature of Christ and even one or two about the Trinity? Somewhere there's a line or two about human eternal destiny too, but what about the incursion of eternity into human experience?
Is there a 'war of spirits' going on within us and around us or is it just Hollywood hype and psychotic mental episodes mistaken for ghostly apparitions?
Psychologists are often employed by TV producers to debunk spiritual experiences, manifestations and even sound Biblical teaching. (Which is why I don't watch the shows any more...) They never mention the psychologists' atheistic predispositions.
Ben Stein, in his documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed provided evidence of the atheistic bias in American academia. Given that this is true, how much intellectual explanation of spiritual activity can we really accept? If our educators and specialists are biased against even a consideration that there is a spiritual influence upon our lives, where can we find authoritative answers and solutions?
The Bible is the obvious answer, but much of it's advice is shrouded in what St. Paul called unbearable meat ( 1Co 3:1&2 ). Many Christian churches barely preach the need for salvation if they do it at all. The most popular messages are situational ethics, the prosperity gospel and personal improvement. Spiritual warfare, healing and the like are subjects relegated to the unhinged and unbalanced. Few address the subject from the pulpit.
What's really going on out there?
Is there a 'war of spirits' going on within us and around us or is it just Hollywood hype and psychotic mental episodes mistaken for ghostly apparitions?
Psychologists are often employed by TV producers to debunk spiritual experiences, manifestations and even sound Biblical teaching. (Which is why I don't watch the shows any more...) They never mention the psychologists' atheistic predispositions.
Ben Stein, in his documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed provided evidence of the atheistic bias in American academia. Given that this is true, how much intellectual explanation of spiritual activity can we really accept? If our educators and specialists are biased against even a consideration that there is a spiritual influence upon our lives, where can we find authoritative answers and solutions?
The Bible is the obvious answer, but much of it's advice is shrouded in what St. Paul called unbearable meat ( 1Co 3:1&2 ). Many Christian churches barely preach the need for salvation if they do it at all. The most popular messages are situational ethics, the prosperity gospel and personal improvement. Spiritual warfare, healing and the like are subjects relegated to the unhinged and unbalanced. Few address the subject from the pulpit.
What's really going on out there?