Bless This Bottled Water
Forget Evian or Vitaminwater. The latest beverage trend: ‘Holy Water.’
By Lisa Miller
NEWSWEEK
Updated: 1:24 PM ET Dec 8, 2007
You need only go back to the first chapter of Genesis to see how elemental water is to the observance of faith: “And the Spirit of God,” the Bible says, “moved upon the face of [...]

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Pope’s exorcist A-teams will wage war on Satan
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ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 20237 • Posted: Saturday December 29, 2007 
The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism.
Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult.
They have introduced courses for priests to combat what [...]

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Weaning Evangelicals Off the Word – Part 3
By T.A. McMahon
Published on thebereancall.org (http://www.thebereancall.org/node/5958)
Created 2007-08-31
The previous two parts of this series (TBC, 2/07 [0] , 3/07 [0] ) made some observations that should be of great concern to those who consider themselves Bible-believing Christians. Paul warned that there would come a time when “sound doctrine” (2 [...]

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For 10 years, Zakir Hussain and his wife consulted gynecologists and even visited clairvoyants to see how they could have children.Now the father of two sons, Hussain shared the secret of their success. “Not medicine, but Mary answered our prayers,” the 35-year-old Muslim told UCA News at the National Marian Shrine at Mariamabad, where he [...]

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Following are T.A. McMahon’s brief notes and comments on “The Purpose-Driven Life” [TPDL] as of 12/10/04.  He is in the process of doing a further review of the book, to which he will add contents periodically.  Check back for updates.
My first introduction to Rick Warren’s book, “The Purpose-Driven Life,” was through input given to me [...]

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In spite of claims of contemporary Catholic propagandists, the Roman Catholic Church worships Mary. She has been exalted as the sinless Mother of God who was bodily assumed into Heaven and crowned Queen of the Universe by Jesus Christ. According to Roman Catholic doctrine, Mary sits on Jesus’ throne and acts as His co-mediatrix. In [...]

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