Who Will You Follow: The Crowd or Christ?
Life is filled with important questions: who should I marry? Where should I live? What job should I take? Which model iPhone should I purchase? What make of car should I buy? Where should we attend church? Etc. Today you will learn what the most important and inescapable question that every human being on the…
Read MoreHow to Lose Friends and Irritate People
In a pre-election newspaper column, a man posed the question, “what do you do when the candidate you support takes a position you don’t like, or when the candidate you oppose takes a stand that you admire?” You would normally switch sides of allegiance. Jesus gets down to business as he thins the crowd of…
Read MoreThe Morning That Stopped The Mourning
The morning of the third day after the death of Jesus didn’t begin as the disciples expected. Mary Magdalene, after visiting the tomb came running to the apostles Peter and John with the announcement that the body of Jesus had disappeared. What a shock that must have been? When an attempt was made in 1876…
Read MoreDiscourses After Death: From Heartbreaking to Heartburning
A five-year-old boy from Texas was told that the family would visit the Grand Canyon. They described it as much bigger than downtown Dallas. He could hardly wait to see it. When they finally arrived, they asked him how it surpassed his expectations. With a frown upon his face, the boy said, “I thought you…
Read MoreDiscourses After Death: A Catch To Remember
Shortly before I moved to Chattanooga, some friends in the Church took me frog hunting. I will never forget what it was like on the boat that day with 3 Cajuns from the Bayou. We were about 1 ½ from the land in the marsh waiting for it to get completely dark. Around 10, we…
Read MoreDiscourses After Death: A Providential Proposal
In the summer of 2005, I said to Kandi, “could life get any better?” we had great friends, Kandi worked at the seminary, I was in school full time and traveling on the weekend. Then unexpectedly, we left our home for what was a routine storm evacuation, or so we thought. Little did we know,…
Read MoreDiscourses After Death: Igniting A Fire
In 1983, a 50-year-old tradition was quietly dropped by the U.S. House of Representatives. The tradition involved the annual reading of George Washington’s farewell address on the occasion of his birthday. Democratic and Republican leaders decided it was useless to continue to read the lengthy address to a mostly empty chamber. “It’s too bad,” said…
Read MoreThe Occult Potential and Spiritual Dangers of Martial Arts – Part 1
By: Dr. John Ankerberg; ©2012 In this article we will examine three concerns with martial arts: 1) the occult origin of some of the martial arts; 2) the spiritistic potential of the traditional dojo; 3) the ability of martial arts practice to develop psychic powers by “generation” and manipulation of psychic energy (ki, chi, etc.).…
Read MoreWho Are the Channelers
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 Who are the channelers? Channelers come from all walks of life. They include clerks and scholars, artists and businessmen, truck drivers and PhDs, scientists and grade school dropouts, business executives and housewives. Contents 1 Who Are the Channelers 2 NOTES Who Are the Channelers Who are the…
Read MoreAngels and the Positive Confession Movement
By: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr.John Weldon; ©2012 Given that the devil’s sin was pride and self-aggrandizement, it is not surprising that he would find it difficult to relinquish the self-love that produced his notoriety. Unfortunately, people rarely comprehend where a self-love philosophy that mimics the devil’s may lead them. Contents 1 Angels and…
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