“What is spiritualism?”……In the last few decades, there has been an increasing fascination with communing with the dead. The hit television shows Ghost Hunters, Beyond, and Crossing Over provide good examples. Through the stories told by the participants on these and other shows, the world is regaled with tales of contact with the spiritual world, […]
“What is the Southern Baptist Convention and what do Southern Baptists believe?”……Answer: The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is an association comprised of over 16 million members in over 42,000 churches in the United States. Individual church membership is typically a matter of accepting Jesus Christ as personal Savior and submitting to believer’s baptism by immersion. […]
“What is Socinianism?”……Answer: Socinianism is an unorthodox form of non-trinitarianism that was developed around the same time as the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) by Italian humanist Lelio Sozzini and later promulgated by his cousin, Fausto Sozzini. In modern times Socinianism has been referred to as psilanthropism, the view that Jesus was merely human (from the Greek […]
“What is the Synoptic Problem?”……Answer: When the first three gospels are compared-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-it is unmistakable that the accounts are very similar to one another in content and expression. As a result, Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the "synoptic gospels." The word "synoptic" basically means "to see together with a common […]
“The spiritual formation movement?”……The spiritual formation movement is very popular today. It is, however, in many ways a move away from the truth of God’s Word to a mystical form of Christianity, and it has infiltrated, to some degree, nearly all evangelical denominations. This idea of spiritual formation is based on the premise that if […]
The Swirling Dervish Posted by: Tabish Bhimani on: September 16, 2007 In: Uncategorized Comment! Note: This is not a scholarly article. It is for one's understanding of the Swirling Dervish and the practice. …"A secret turning in us…Makes the universe turn.…Head unaware of feet,…And feet head. Neither cares.…They keep turning."… – Rumi … Today I […]
“What is Ultra-dispensationalism?”……Answer: In order to understand what ultra-dispensationalism is (also known as hyper-dispensationalism) let's first begin by defining what the word dispensationalism means. The word dispensation means stewardship or administration and dispensationalism is simply a system of biblical interpretation that recognizes a distinction between the Church (i.e. the body of Christ) and Israel. Dispensationalism […]