Pantheism: Belief in and service to multiple gods.  The ancient Romans offer a perfect example of pantheism.  During her reign over much of Europe the mighty Roman Empire conquered many societies, some large, some small.  Following a conquest of a people the Romans would examine the defeated peoples’ gods, beliefs and customs, find those parts […]

Outside of the evening news, I watch very little television.  However, for two weeks every four years I tend to spend a little more time in front of the tube.  I love watching the Olympics, mainly because I know what it takes to get there, and once having gotten there, what it takes to win.  […]

There is a common saying about people who fall from high positions, the person “… can’t handle success.”  Something happens to them that causes them to “push the envelop,” to forget how they got to where they are and to whom they owe gratitude.  Hezekiah was one of those people.  In 2 Kings 18:1-8 we […]

As I have stated several times in the past, to learn what a nation’s future will be like one needs to 1) study the past, 2) draw a line to the present, then 3) follow the line on into the future, remembering that the speed of change picks up speed over time.  This formula has […]

In the series titled God’s Very Elect: Future Caretakers of the Universe I presented Scriptural evidence that mortal man will one day judge angels, judge the world, rule the earth, then have the entire universe as his habitat.  The question is, why?  Why would Jesus allow mere human beings to help Him establish the Kingdom […]

In the focal passage for this series (Rom. 8:12-21) we find the Lord, through the Apostle Paul, presenting three Truths: 1) God’s call to man (the “headline”), 2) how man must answer the call (“the fine print”) and 3) the final result of man’s answering the call (the “payoff”)–man’s inheritance.  Jesus said that “many are […]

According to God’s Word, the whole of mankind will watch the following take place in the near future.  Jesus Christ and His angels will return to the earth’s atmosphere following the blast of a horn, a lightning flash from east to west and the voice of the archangel.  Immediately following their arrival the righteous dead […]

The primary sign that New Age theology has been embraced wholeheartedly by the Institutional Church is the denominational system.  This does not sound reasonable in that each person making up mankind is supposedly a god, and that we all worship and serve the same god.  The key lies in the belief that we worship the […]

To New Agers, Jesus is not THE ONE, rather, He is the cheer leader of billions of ONES who comprise the entirety of mankind, the vast majority of whom do not know that they are gods like Him.  However, upon realizing their innate godness, they will operate on the same level as He does.  According […]

Apotheosis is a word that describes human beings elevating other human beings, including themselves, to God status.   The first instance of apotheosis took place in the Garden of Eden when the Serpent (Satan) convinced Adam and Eve that they could become “as God,” meaning that they would have the power to determine good and evil.  […]