Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
I recently led a workshop at my church, Queen Street Baptist Church, on “Sects Education.” We looked at groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christian Science and so on. I recorded the talk and you can listen to them through the links below. If you want more audio resources, make sure to check out … Read More “The Sects Talk” »
“Christian Scientists seem to me to be altogether too simple. Granted that all the evils are illusions, still the existence of that illusion would be a real evil and presumably a real evil permitted by God. That brings us back to exactly the same point as we began from. We have gained nothing by the … Read More “C.S. Lewis on Christian Science” »
It was commented that my use of the category ‘cult’ for Christian Science is not the most helpful for dialogue. I must confess that in the past I have been uncomfortable with that term as well. Therefore, I thought it would be worth looking at the issue of cults. Here are some definitions: 1 a … Read More “What is a Cult?” »
First of all, I want to say that I am not on an anti-Christian Science crusade. People are free to believe whatever they want to believe. But I am enjoying our conversation so I am going to keep going. It is very clear that a central tenet of Christian Science is the illusion of matter. … Read More “Matter Matters” »
My post on Christian Science seemed to gather a lot of interest, so I thought I would dig a little deeper. Since my previous post relied on the writings of an author critical of sectarian groups, in this post I would like to rely on Christian Science texts and the Bible. Their web-site (www.Christianscience.com) has … Read More “Christian Science and Jesus Christ” »
We are very fortunate in our area to have a very high quality Christian radio station called Life 100.3. I enjoy the station but I was shocked this morning. At the end of their news broadcast they always have a good news segment. This morning it was promoting a web-site that testified of people getting … Read More “Christian Science is Not Christian” »
