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Willie T., I read the article until it used liberal academic jargon that made me freak out and immediately pray that the author get saved!:eek: No seriously, it is the best scholarly article on Pentecostalism ever posted on this site. As an ex-NT professor, I can assure you that it invokes...

The most articulate spokesman for evolutionary theory since the late Stephen J. Gould is Brown U. professor Kenneth Miller. Dr. Miller has authored widely used high school and college biology text books with chapters on evolution and is the most respected spokesman for court cases on the...

This thread focuses on the question of where the line can be drawn between true 'miracles," acts of divine providence," and mere "coincidence." To discern your own attitude to this important line, watch this mesmerizing video of 5 alleged "miracles" unfolding as they happened and share your...

Duh, do you worship your family photo albums? Christians don't worship the Shroud! Rather, the Shroud, like Holy Communion, is a reminder valve to release affection and worship of the crucified and risen Christ.

Suppose your house burnt down and it seemed that all your possessions were lost. Would it matter if you found that precious family photo albums survived the fire? The heart of the Christian faith is a personal relationship with Christ. Yet we have no accurate artistic portraits of Him, no...

NOTE: On the same YouTube video there is an excellent biopic on KK' life right after the nurse's testimony about the events surrounding her passing. (1) There inexplicable power failure at the moment of KK's passing reminds me of the darkness and earthquake when Jesus died on the cross. (2)...

(11) MY FAVORITE COMMENT FROM MY MOTHER No church in Winnipeg would host Rev. Hart. That forced him to hold his meetings in Lighthouse Mission, a place of worship that homeless men and alcoholics had to attend to get a free meal across the street. At age 16 I preached my first sermon there...

Mike, My paranormal experiences seemed to happen in bunches, so dramatically so that I felt like St. Paul. But then inexplicably long dry spells would ensue, which made me feel like God had put me on the shelf! If the cause was unconfessed sin or a failure to act even more boldly in faith...

Have you ever heard a sermon on Proverbs 27:5 or Matthew 7:6? If not, why do you think this is so? What do you think the practical implications of these 2 verses are for this site and for life in general? (1) "Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine; or...

Our student newsletter at Fuller Seminary was called "Balaam's Ass." They chose that title because of what a donkey supernaturally said to Balaam: "Then the Lord opened the mouth of the ass and it said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have struck me 3 times (Numbers 22:28)?" So I...

Mike, Have you read through my thread (currently 8 threads below yours) entitled "My Journal through the Lens of Spiritual and Paranormal Experiences?" I posted only a fraction of my paranormal experiences as a young Pentecostal, but your post has inspired me to post some of my later...

No, your proposed reversal is logically incoherent and therefore meaningless until you explain: (1) In what sense is Heaven "the final glorious accomplishment" for God? What exactly does Heaven accomplish? (2) God created us for a purpose. So how does Heaven enable God to fulfill His purpose...

Consider this way of getting at the question, "What's it all about, Alfie?" Most Christians view this brief passing breeze called earth life as our spiritual career and treat the afterlife as in effect a static but glorious nursing home or Disney World in which we eternally rest and retire. If...

In my church travels over the decades I have noticed a disturbing pattern: when modern praise choruses are sung, most of the congregation just listen as if to be entertained. Then when an old hymn like "The Old Rugged Cross" is sung as a change of pace, the sound is almost comically...

There is no debate among academic Bible scholars and commentaries about the meaning of "666." For 3 reasons, "Emperor Nero" is the unanimous answer: (1) The answer is determined by gematria, which is often used in this era. In Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, letters also stand for numbers. The...

Dr. Larry Dossey has written a well-researched book on the power of prayer to kill or harm entitled "Be Careful What You Ask for." Tribal shamans effectively use curses to kill. But I think I've recently encountered an effective diabolical curse that destroyed an evangelical spiritual warfare...

Revelation presents this postmortem pattern: first death, first resurrection, 2nd death, second resurrection, but oddly fails to specify the occasion of the 2nd resurrection. "The first resurrection" happens after the millennial reign with Christ, however that be interpreted (20:5). What is...

Base 12, You must learn not to pontificate from ignorance of the nuanced meaning of biblilcal languages. For example, the standard dictionary of biblical Hebrew is the massive volume of Brown-Driver-Briggs. On p. 761 it defines "olam" as "long duration, antiquity." That is NOT eternal as the...

Hobie, Your thread nicely complements David's thread on universalism and most of my replies will be found there. For your thread, I initially want to draw attention to 4 points: (1) God wants Job to ponder the answer to this question: "Shall mortal man be more just than God (Job 4:17--KJV)?"...

David Taylor: "Why do some people think that everyone goes to Heaven in the end?" David. you and I have debated issues on this and on another site. So I want to preface my responses to your thread by saying that recently you have made some excellent points on various topics and, I think, are...