SMB asks: “I don’t understand the difference between an angel and a spirit guide. Aren’t they the same thing?”
Category Archives: New Age
Why We Should Never Try to Perfect Ourselves Without God
This is the time of year when we’re all trying to perfect ourselves by tackling those pesky weaknesses of mind and body; however, attempting to do so through New Age and scientifically bogus means can not only lead to discouragement and failure, it can also be detrimental to our soul.
Children Taught to Use Sigils to Summon Demons
ML writes: “Just before Christmas, everyone was talking about a children’s book that encourages children to summon demons through sigils. What’s a sigil?”
Budokon
VG asks: “Do you have any info on Budokon? A friend of mine does it and she is a Christian. From what I have read, it doesn’t seem compatible.”
Hot Stone Massage: My Spirit Guide Made Me Do It!
ST asks: “A few of my friends have been singing the praises of hot stone massage which they have been receiving at a local spa. From the little I read about it, it sounded awfully New Age. What do you know about it?”
Christmas was Not Founded on a Pagan Feast!
Christmas is supposed to be a time of “peace on earth” and, thankfully, it still is, but this joyful season has its detractors – such as those who promulgate the idea that Christmas was founded on a pagan feast. Is this true?
Karate and the Martial Arts
Charles writes: “I have a question about Karate, is it considered New Age? Many people send their children to Karate for discipline, confidence, and self-esteem and they say it helps them so much! What are your thoughts on this?”
New Age Therapists
GM writes: “My mother’s therapist recommended Women’s Reality by Anne Wilson Schaef and another by Melody Beattie. What I found on Anne Schaef and what I read in the foreword troubled me and I told her this, but she thinks that she’s strong enough in her faith that she can take what she like’s and leave the rest; however, what I found about Beattie was hard for me to decipher one way or the other. What should I tell her?”
Can Christians Trust Alexa?
Someone recently wrote to us expressing concerns about the use of smart-speaker devices such as Amazon’s Echo or Google Home in a Christian home. Is it true that these devices are pre-programmed with a non-Christian worldview that can describe Buddha but not Jesus Christ?
Woman Nearly Tossed off Plane for Wearing “Hail Satan” T-Shirt
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A 49-year-old Florida woman wearing a “Hail Satan” t-shirt featuring an inverted cross was asked by airline crewmembers to either cover up the offensive shirt or get off the plane.
