On Wednesday, June 23, I continued my four-week series titled “The Problems of Evil” at my home church, Central Assembly of God, in Springfield, Missouri. In the video below, I talk about the biblical problem of evil, which is basically … Continue reading The Problems of Evil, Part 3: The Biblical Problem of Evil
According to the International Labour Organization of the United Nations, approximately 40 million people around the world are victims of modern slavery. Nearly 5 million are victims of forced sexual exploitation. Women and girls are disproportionally affected by this exploitation, accounting for 99 percent of victims in the commercial sex industry. How should Pentecostals respond to this particular evil? More broadly, how should they speak out prophetically against social injustice? That’s the question I’m exploring with Dr. Beth Grant in Episode 171 of the Influence Podcast. Dr. Grant is coufounder, with her husband David, of Project Rescue, whose mission is “to … Continue reading Pentecostals and Social Injustice | Influence Podcast
Father Dwight Longenecker raises the possibility, and explains the deeper meaning, of possession by Evil: What makes a mild mannered, promising young scientist decide to arm himself to the teeth, walk into a suburban movie theater and start killing innocent people at random? Did he have a bad childhood experience? Doesn’t seem that way. Everybody says he was a nice, very smart, shy kid. Maybe a bit of a geek, but there are millions of geeks who don’t go on killing sprees. Was he insane? There weren’t any warning signs that he was crazy. Was he politically or religiously motivated? … Continue reading The Aurora Murders and Demonic Possession: Demonic infestation is a rare, strange and terrible psycho-spiritual affliction. It’s also real. Was James Holmes possessed?
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