Mystical Exercises and the Bible

"The Bible moreover prescribes no mystical exercises or occultists techniques for approaching deity; it proclaims instead the intelligible comprehensibility of divine revelation and approves intelligible verbal prayer to God, as Jesus himself exhorted his followers to address the father." - Carl F.H. Henry

Hirelings Who Desire A Bigger Audience

How many church leaders are like Micah's priest? Hirelings who allow those they serve to be pillaged in order that they may have a larger audience.

"Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or the priest to a tribe and clan in Israel? And the priest's heart was glad." - Judges 18:19-21

Guard your hearts men of God.

Doug

Attacks on the Word Made Flesh

Attacks on the ability of words to communicate truth is an attack not only on the image of God in man, but on the Word made flesh (John 1:14) Himself.

Doug

A Christian without Discernment

A Christian without discernment is like a body without an immune system.

Logical Arguments Against the Existence of Truth

The only logical argument that someone can make against the existence of truth is silence.

Sophisticated Castles of Sand

We should not shrink back from contending for the faith no matter how sophisticated its opponents may appear, because castles of sand have a natural tendency to collapse regardless of their complexity.

The Right to a Secular Government

Atheistic naturalism destroys the possibility of natural rights, which would mean that no person has any inherent rights. The only rights anyone can have are those conferred to them by the people who are in power. Yet proponents of this worldview still argue for a completely secular government void of any reference to God as if it is their right.

Devotion and Inner Promptings

A spiritual life based on feelings and inner promptings that is not based on a firm understanding of the Word of God has injured many. Eventually, most find out that what they were really devoted to was not God, but themselves.

So Much for Free Thought

One of the foundational assertions of atheistic naturalism is that everything has a naturalistic cause, and to think outside of that framework would mean you are not a free thinker. Until, of course, you apply that assertion to their thought-life and beliefs, which would imply determinism. So much for free thought

Dawkins' Fideism

"What I can't understand is why you can't see the extraordinary beauty of the idea that life started from nothing." -Richard Dawkins // Absurdity = Truth and Beauty? Looks like Dawkins drinks deeply from the well of fideism that he so frequently derides.