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293 Shotgun: NDEs, Doctrine as Reality, My Shrink Jesus

293 Shotgun: NDEs, Doctrine as Reality, My Shrink Jesus

Uncensored Unprofessor
Christian Worldview, Current Events, Heaven and Hell

Near Death Experiences (NDEs) consistently report a pattern that defies common Christian expectation. What's that pattern? Why does it matter? Then, prompted by my wife, I talk about what doctrine meant to the apostles and what it sh/could mean to us. Finally, I present and assess the new model of Christianity as therapy. Overwhelmed by cultural trends this psychological model is re-shaping Christianity. What dangers does that present? All along the way I'm laughing and thinking, and enjoying being alive in God.

172 The Cult of the Now (12) Marxism in the Land of Icons

172 The Cult of the Now (12) Marxism in the Land of Icons

Uncensored Unprofessor
Cult of the Now

We here in America are witnessing an energetic push for cultural revolution. But it is not new. It's happened before. What lessons can we draw from Russia, a land that had been suffused with Christian values? What did Marxism and its culture change do the Russian church? What was the decided strategy for undoing and replacing the church? What should critically minded believers learn from all that?