Archive for March, 2005

In spite of their eccentric differences, cults have many areas of commonality. The most over-arching, in my opinion, is in the area of authority. The leader/founder is not to be questioned under any circumstances, upon pain of rejection, excommunication, or death. Critics are labeled heretics and are thoroughly defamed. But most of these cults remain [...]

In Genesis 3 God pronounces curses on the serpent and the earth. Nowhere is there any mention of a curse on man’s soul or spirit, but only on the physical world. Certainly if Total Depravity is true we should see it clearly stated in the account of the Fall. Such an important change in man’s [...]