It can be very enticing when someone claims to have special power, knowledge, access to secrets. And when that person ties such a “gift” to God or the Bible, even…
It Doesn’t Take a Psychic
Tag: occult
Three Points About the Dark Side
Teens are dangerously enticed by spooky stuff. And it’s all over the place in movies, video games, books. We need to be intentional to not intrigue them further, and to…
Rocks and Rugs
An “anointed stone of David”? A “Rug of Faith” (also called “Prayer Rug”)? You’ve likely run across other so-called sacred/blessed/anointed items (like coins, cloths, holy water) promoted by certain ministries.…
Paws to Worship
In cleaning out files, this piece surfaced—created years before I’d done much writing about sacred objects. I’d totally forgotten about both this Joan of Arc embarrassment and the cat-food recall.…
Burn It Because…
Burning is what the new Christians in Ephesus did with the heaps of occult objects they’d accumulated in their years of paganism. The burning was presumably to completely disavow and…