I love books. It is not uncommon to find small stacks of books sitting around my house waiting to be read. I have a bad habit of buying new books that pique my interest, creating a new pile of books with pristine spines and pages yet to see dog eared corners and the trails of highlighter to mark the insight within. The types of books that I purchase and eventually read for personal growth have changed dramatically over the last…
And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. Exodus 30:25 How to anoint your home with oil. That was the article title on a well-known Word of Faith minister’s website. In this article, the author stated that believers are promised protection from calamity in life, based on Psalm 91 and the blood of Jesus. However, this protection is not instant and needs to be appropriated by…
With the release of a few religious films this year comes another horror film called Nefarious. This movie released last month in over one thousand theaters and is currently still showing in some theaters. The appeal of this movie is found in it being compared to a modern-day Screwtape Letters, written by C.S. Lewis. The screen adaptation originated from a book written by Steave Deace, who recently noted that the writing of this book stemmed from a voice he heard…