by Gary A. Hand The Wider Mercy Doctrine is not particularly new, having been a part of the peripheral, heretical teachings of the Christian church almost since its inception. What makes its appearance unique today, is the fact that it appears to be accepted and given doctrinal status by certain members of the historically orthodox faith. DEFINITION […]

By Sinnergist AUTHORIZED INTERGALACTIC VERSION 1.0 For years there has been a discussion among missiologists and linguists concerning the proper translation of certain biblical passages into various languages in the entire world. Now, with the Fairy Godmother Bible, translation adapts to every culture and time period in the history of the world! This mythological Bible […]

CYBERESCHATOLOGY (sī’bər-ěs’kə-tŏl’ə-jē): (CYBER, [GK kubernetes. the helmsman of a boat, especially big warships]; fig. n. leader, controller, governor; of or pertaining to a systemic feedback mechanism; possibly related to CYBORG—n. 1960, machine-enhanced human being, anthropomorphic robot, metaphysical techno-human, computer-human); (ESCHATOLOGY—n. 1844, from Gk. eskhatos”last, furthest, remote” [from ex”out of”] + -logia “a speaking” [in a […]

  DO MER GENT (də mər’jənt) n. [(DOM, from DOMIONION n. – 1400–50; late Middle English  < Middle French  < Medieval Latin *dominiōn-  (stem of *dominiō ) lordship, property, ownership); (EMERGENT n. 1350–1400; Middle English  (< Middle French ) < Latin ēmergent-  (stem of ēmergēns ) arising out of, present participle of ēmergere  to emerge). […]

Pro-tho-lic (prŏ’-thŏl-ĭc) n. [GK protos (Strongs G4253), foremost, first, Middle English < Latin prō (prep) in favor of, for; Greek pró, Sanskrit pra; GK holos (Strongs G3650), whole, (holic: a combining form extracted from alcoholic, a person who has an addiction to or obsession with some object or activity.) Lit. Proto-holic] 1. A professing Protestant who […]

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By Special Apprising Ministries Correspondent Dustin Segers Pastor, Shepherd’s Fellowship of Greensboro I fully believe that were it not for prayer and a consistent diet of the word, it would be easy to grow cynical of what goes by the name of “evangelicalism” in America.  On the whole, American evangelicalism is very materialistic and individualistic rather […]

Today [circa 1985], in the Christian world, we see a spectre rising in the greatest of all the [non-Christian] cults; it is the doctrine of universalism. Karl Barth taught it; neo-orthodoxy teaches it, it is the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees—and it reaches out—and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale [mentor to Robert Schuller] has become […]

He asks a lot of questions in which, unless they’re rhetorical (meaning he believes the answer to them is obviously “no”), they never get answered.  The first chapter “What About the Flat Tire?” is a chapter full of such questions.  The first three pages contain much of what he said in the video.  He talks […]

Love Wins is my first foray into the writings of Rob Bell…  I’ve always felt that I would have to read one of his books for myself before seriously engaging one of his followers.  Turns out, Love Wins, perhaps his most controversial book to date (based solely upon a promotional video on it), is that book… […]