Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
Beyond the Tunnel of Light Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ Many years ago I read Tal Brooke's The Other Side of Death: Does Death Seal Your Destiny? The book stayed with me. Published…
Read article →Tal Brooke · Christian investigation · 1979
I recommend The Other Side of Death because it refuses to treat every extraordinary experience as self-authenticating. Brooke places popular claims about death, consciousness, spirit guides, reincarnation, and the afterl…
View recommendation →Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance
…orrows Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance Few experiences are more painful than awakening to the seriousness of our own sin. The excuses fall away, the damage becomes clear, and conscience begins to speak. We may feel guilt, grief, sham…
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
…their ordinary sense of self, and feelings of being absorbed into a greater reality. Such experiences may be beautiful, terrifying, or apparently life-changing. They can feel more real than everyday life. Those who undergo them may be left convinced that they have encountered God…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…mystery of Jew and Gentile united in one body is disclosed (Ephesians 3:3-6); and Israel experiences partial hardening "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in" (Romans 11:25). This present period is not evidence that God has abandoned Israel. Jewish people continue to be s…
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
…nced grief and anguish. In Gethsemane He said: “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.” — Matthew 26:38 Hebrews says that He was made like His brethren, suffered when tempted and became a merciful and faithful high priest (Hebrews 2:17–18). The same epistle says that He…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…ment than the numerical claims. Surah 30 announces: "The Romans have been defeated In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious Within ten years—Allah's is the command in the former case and in the latter—and in that day believers will rejoice" (Surah 30:2–…
Read article →The glory philosophy could not contain
…restored to deity. (See Note 2.) At first glance, this can sound surprisingly Christian. Nearly every landmark is present. There is the Word. There is creation. There is descent. There is flesh. There is a return to divine glory. But the road runs in the opposite direction—and t…
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