I grew up Southern Baptist. It was all I knew. But when I was a junior in high school in 1974 I met some Assembly of God kids and began visiting their church. It was quite a contrast from First Baptist Church. They had a drummer, a bass player, a violinist, a flutist, and a trumpeter in…
A disturbing trend in the Charismatic Movement over the last thirty years has been the use of the title “Doctor” in promoting the ministries of people who have nothing more than an honorary doctorate, or a doctorate from either a diploma mill or a glorified diploma mill offering low-cost, low-standard, low-expectation degrees. In all such…
The noted British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell, an avowed atheist, was once asked, “If you meet God after you die, what will you say to Him to justify your unbelief?” Russell replied, “I will tell Him that He did not give me enough evidence.” Many agnostics and atheists today have a similar attitude. It’s as if they…
When I was young I watched Star Trek a lot. I’m not really a SciFi fan or space travel enthusiast. I just liked the stories. The writers were masters of drama, character development, and dialogue. As an abstract thinker that always intrigued me. One episode in particular that I enjoyed was A Taste of Armageddon,…
When the Apostle Paul went to Athens in Acts 17 he preached a sermon that answers the most profound question ever asked – Why are we here? “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped…
The other day I read about a disruption at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Curch in Houston, Texas. Six young men were arrested for interrupting Osteen’s message, quoting scripture and calling him a liar. The article said that they were members of a revivalist cult called the Church of Wells. I had never heard of them before,…
