*Note: I don't like to post on controversial subjects, but this is something that's been itching at me for a while. A few weeks ago, we were spending time with my husband's family, and his mother mentioned that she was...

Our Final Cause There is one thing we are each called to: holiness. It can also be termed complete virtue. It is the bulwark of the Catholic faith. It is what Jesus seeks to accomplish in each of us, for to be comple...

I kept my promise and visited our friends' word-of-faith church yesterday and heard exactly what I expected to hear. “Hard times don't last” is the theme of the sermon series the pastor has been doing. Yesterday's sermon...

"Why are you so NEGATIVE?" I have been confronted with the above question, sometimes in almost those exact words, other times more circuitously. Its actually a good question to ask, one that I also have thought about. Okay, here are my...

 I just got invited to another charismatic church. “Oh, well, it's not charismatic. Unless you want that sort of thing. Then there's another meeting for that sort of thing,” they tell me. But it's a “word of faith” ...

Another excellent sermon by Paul Washer on Joel Osteen and Self Esteem. Christ Esteem vs. High Self-Esteem. Listen to this video. Sadly, many modern churches are teaching pop-psychology and high self-esteem, instead of ...

"GOD Elects Everyone!" This is only the second time I heard that astounding comment. The first time it was blurted out by a young speaker at my former church, during a VBS service. I figured he was speaking off the cuff...

Last night I was sitting in the frontroom working on some homework on my laptop.  My roommate was flipping through the DirectTV guide and saw Kirk Cameron's name come up on a Christian channel.  He tuned i...

Xangaite Philosophy of Joel posted a writing on his Xanga on October 12 regarding the Word Of Faith movement. I have posted some comments there regarding it. You can get there by finding his name in my subscriptions li...

Those who know me well would know that while my doctrinal beliefs are classified as Reformed Charismatic, I am against the Word of Faith Movement - an offshoot of the charismatic movement. Also popularly known as the Pro...