It’s Christmas! “Harry Potter” Visits “The Shack”
Idolatry in the Wizarding World of Myth Making By Pastor Larry DeBruyn Looks like the concept of “god” in the book and movie The Shack is spreading.[1] Fiction and fantasy have merged. J.K. Rowling, author of the occult Harry Potter series of books, popular reading among even many Christians, has announced that like The Shack, she believes “God is a […]
The Prince of Peace
The Hurt of War amidst the Hope for Peace A Christmas meditation by Pastor Larry DeBruyn For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. […]
Un-Sacred Spaces
Theology to Justify Abortion “In almost every message to our staff, I talk about our doing sacred work,” Dr. Laura Meyers, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, told the news outlet. “This confirms the sacredness of the work we do.” Later, she said pro-lifers “tried to separate those of us working on […]
On Meditation: What it is. . .
NOTE TO READERS: In light of the contemplative spiritual movement’s influence over evangelicalism among its publishers, educational institutions, churches and pastors, this writing by Dr. Griffith-Thomas is reproduced. From Scripture he informs seekers about what meditation is. In discussion about contemplative spirituality many of us have warned, and justifiably so, about the dangers of meditation […]
$$$Selling Out the Blessed Hope
CA$HING IN ON FAKE PROPHECY “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus […]
Oprah Magazine: God’s “in” Abortions?
“Sacred Oneness”—a Deadly Counternarrative! By Pastor Larry DeBruyn and Sarah H. Leslie* Humane theology was the foundation of Dr. George Tiller’s practice. It dictates that alleviating suffering is a Christian’s sacred responsibility. If God is in everything, and in everyone, then God is as much in the woman making a decision to terminate a pregnancy […]
UNIVERSALISM: The Emerging Evangelical Metanarrative
Truths We Believe About God, Part 13 Conclusion: Part 3 A Biblical & Theological Rejection of Wm. Paul Young’s book, Lies We Believe About God By Pastor Larry DeBruyn “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses […]
NATURALISM: Undercurrent in Evangelicalism
Truths We Believe About God, Part 12 Conclusion: Part 2 A Biblical & Theological Rejection of Wm. Paul Young’s book Lies We Believe About God By Pastor Larry DeBruyn “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world [i.e., naturalism, ed.], and […]
Evangelical Anarchy & Chaos
Truths We Believe About God, Part 11 Conclusion: Part 1 A Biblical & Theological Rejection of Wm. Paul Young’s book Lies We Believe About God* By Pastor Larry DeBruyn “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak […]
Discernment, Devotion and Division
INTERLUDE [Ed. Note: This post was requested by Pastor Larry DeBruyn to be included at this point in the sequence of his multi-part series (see previous post) reviewing the Universalism inherent in Wm. Paul Young’s recent book Lies We Believe About God. Pastor Larry felt that this word of exhortation, just before his final conclusion, […]