The question needs to be asked: where does the authority of the true church lie? The choice is very simple. In Catholicism it is the Pope. In Christianity it is the Word of God. The Pope is only a mortal man. Christianity’s authority is eternal. The Word of God is depicted by two representations in … Continue reading BIBLICAL INERRANCY OR PAPAL INFALLIBILITY: PART II
Category: Week 3: Food for Thought – Part III of Two Men who Prayed for Rain
The Virgin Birth – Why Believe It? Part 1
We live in a day of “cafeteria Christianity,” where folks go down the line and say, “I’ll have some of this, but I don’t want any of that. I don’t like it.” They pick and choose what suits their fancy, as if they are free to take whatever they like from the faith and disregard … Continue reading The Virgin Birth – Why Believe It? Part 1
Alpha Waves and Lectio Divina in “Whisper” – Final Week of “Two Men Who Prayed for Rain”
It is not only in the earlier book, Primal, that alpha waves are recommended by Pastor Batterson, but also in one of his more current books, Whisper. Having now dealt with one extra-Biblical technique suggested by Pastor Batterson in Whisper, let’s proceed to the second: Lectio Divina (Latin for sacred reading). The one error leads … Continue reading Alpha Waves and Lectio Divina in “Whisper” – Final Week of “Two Men Who Prayed for Rain”
ADDENDUM: RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH MARK BATTERSON’S TEACHINGS
PRIMAL The Circle Maker is not the first book I have studied by Pastor Batterson; nor is it the last. I have noticed that each book I've studied introduce subtle teachings that are extra-Biblical. Often they sound religious or spiritual, but they are not Biblical because chapter and verse cannot be given for them. At … Continue reading ADDENDUM: RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH MARK BATTERSON’S TEACHINGS