A little girl asked her father, one day, “Daddy, what is God like?” The question caused the girl’s father to stop and ponder, “How do I know what God is like?” There are two ways to decide this issue. First, we can imagine what God is like in our minds. The problem with this is … Continue reading Living With Jesus: Week 3
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What’s Wrong With the Prosperity Gospel? Part 3: The Modern Occult Connection
by Dr. Augustine Thomas, OSB Now we turn our attention to the modern connection between the occult and the Prosperity Gospel. There is a clear tie between these two religious practices, let the reader take note. In his book A Different Gospel D.R. McConnell (himself a charismatic) fully documents the modern origins of the movement … Continue reading What’s Wrong With the Prosperity Gospel? Part 3: The Modern Occult Connection
Living With Jesus: Week 2
In the early days of the Church there arose a heresy that the early Church was united is saying was started by Simon the Sorcerer. You can find his story in Acts 8.9-24. He was very worldly minded and wanted riches and power so people would look up to him. Since he did not get … Continue reading Living With Jesus: Week 2
What’s Wrong With the Prosperity Gospel? Part 2
by Dr. Augustine Thomas, OSB After Simon Magus’s (Sorcerer) death, people further developed his thought into various heresies that the Church spilt its blood to overcome. One of the “children” of Simon’s religion taught that Jesus only appeared to be a man, but wasn’t. He was a spirit. He only appeared to suffer on the … Continue reading What’s Wrong With the Prosperity Gospel? Part 2
Living For Jesus: Week 1
by Dr. Augustine Thomas “Living for Jesus a life that is true, Striving to please Him in all that I do”. So go the words of a famous song. You are taking an exciting journey. You are going to be living with Jesus the rest of your life and where he leads you will be … Continue reading Living For Jesus: Week 1
What’s wrong with the Prosperity Gospel?
Simon the Sorcerer tries to buy the Holy Spirit from St. Peter Part 1: Ancient Roots By Dr. Augustine Thomas, OSB What is wrong with the Prosperity Gospel? Many people love and follow its teachings and believe they are faithful followers of Jesus Christ, but are they? Are they following Christ or another religion that … Continue reading What’s wrong with the Prosperity Gospel?
The Real Santa Claus
By Dr. Augustine Thomas St. Nicholas’ face from forensic reconstruction 2004 St. Nicholas is one of the most revered saints by all Christians. We celebrate his memory on December 6th each year. He was only a bit over five feet (1.52 meters) tall and had his nose broken at some point in his life. His … Continue reading The Real Santa Claus
