A lot of well-known pastors are promoting Lectio Divina, and many churches are taking that to mean that surely, this ancient prayer practice of emptying the mind is A-OK. In his recent research article, Tim Keller promotes Catholic mystic, rejects Genesis 1 as literal truth, John Lanagan notes that Keller has advocated Catholic contemplative prayer practices. Here on […]
Lee Duigon, a contributing editor with the Chalcedon Foundation, gives us a heads up on what the future holds for conservatives and Bible-believing Christians if liberals have their way. Unfortunately they often do these days. It has become clear that liberals, academics and unions are hell bent on destroying the lives of anyone who refuses to adopt their warped belief system. In this piece Duigon […]
Girl Scouts isn’t just for girls anymore. But then again the Feminist Movement has been trying to blur and eliminate gender lines for decades. Now the Girl Scouts of America has changed its policy: Boys dressing as girls can join them for weekly meetings, campouts, changing, sleeping arrangements, and other travel-related activities and any other […]
One of the most pervasive of all the Contemplative, er, Contemptible Prayers, is a little practice called Lectio Divina. It comes to us via the ancients of the Catholic monks, and no longer sneaks in the back door of our churches – it marches down the center aisle and sits in the front pew. On […]
Catalyst, the premiere mega-conference for Emergent Church Leaders, is sending a curious message to potential attendees of its next Atlanta conference Oct. 7-9: We are hardwired for wonder. Just as the wonder of the world points to God, a sight unseen, so too should our acts of creation bridge the gap between what is and […]
Berean Research has been reporting on Pope Francis’ move into socialism with articles such as Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty and Catholic Church Warms to Liberation Theology as Founder Heads to Vatican. Now Cliff Kincaid, Director of Accuracy in Media, offers compelling reasons for why he believes that the Catholic Church has gone […]
ROME — The Vatican said Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to recognize Palestinian statehood, a symbolic but significant step welcomed by Palestinians but upsetting to the Israeli government. Formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the Vatican, which has deep religious interests in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories that include Christian holy sites, lends […]
Lyndon Unger of The Cripplegate tackles the topic of professing Christians living together before marriage. Many Christians feel that there’s no problem with “shacking up” because “everyone else is doing it.” However, they cannot point to the scriptures to show that God approves of “try before you buy.” In Part 1, Unger lays out a biblical framework for […]
According to a new Pew Research Center study, the number of Protestants and Catholics is shrinking in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the numbers are growing among non-Christian faiths, especially among Muslims and Hindus. Berean Research’s view is that the number of true Christians, as opposed to professing Christians, is substantially lower than the study indicates. According to a new […]
What is liberation theology? According to GotQuestions it’s “a movement that attempts to interpret Scripture through the plight of the poor. True followers of Jesus, according to liberation theology, must work toward a just society, bring about social and political change, and align themselves with the working class.” Those who are involved in this movement say they’re […]