Unidentified

So the other day some friends of mine suggested I watch a Christian movie which tackles the subject of UFO's and alien abduction. They had a lot of good things to say about it and since I'm always interested to see how a Christian movie will treat occult topics I thought I'd give it a [...]

The Paranormal Has Never Been So Popular

Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters International Ghost Hunters Academy Ghost Cops Ghost Lab Ghost Adventures Ghost Trackers Paranormal State Etc, etc, etc. Anyone else seeing the trend here? Paranormal programming has been around for awhile. As early as 1975, through shows such as "In Search Of…", as well as movies and books like The Exorcist or [...]

Mediums and Spiritists Who Whisper and Mutter

My husband saved an article from a newspaper for me announcing a "renowned medium" would be conducting readings at the major performance hall in Grand Rapids about a week ago. He tends to save these things for me because he assumes I'll be interested to know but honestly what it does is make me sad. [...]

A Lonely Voice Crying Against The Wind

You know, some times when I see yet another major news network offering a profile of a psychic medium or catch a commercial for any of the paranormal investigative television programs I want to throw my hands into the air and say "fine".   Some times I honestly want to understand why God has put [...]

Don’t Go Looking for “Spoilers”

I have been asked a time or two by people who honestly don't understand "What draws people into exploring the occult"?  Why is there an interest in things like ghosts, fortune-telling, witchcraft, etc?   While there are any number of answers but I think one part of the curiosity is an insatiable desire to know [...]

What is Paranormal Activity?

A lot of people seem to be asking the question "what is paranormal activity"? Christians also seem to be curious about the topic and what their position on it should be.  Whether found in movies, television programs, magazine articles, or reports on the news…curiosity about paranormal activity (and this time I'm not referencing the movie) [...]

Addicted to Psychics

I ran across an add for a new television program the other day that was about people who go to psychics for everything.  Every decision they make or simply to know what's going to happen in their future.  Some people spend literally thousands of dollars a month paying people to "look into their future". Thousands! [...]

Can Christians Be Psychic?

  There was a question I was asked recently:  Can a Christian be psychic?  Perhaps the question truly should be…SHOULD a Christian be a psychic, pursue psychic ability (into which I include be a medium or consult the dead, communicate with spirits, etc) I should think the answer to this question should be fairly obvious [...]

Psychics and Mediums

Fortune tellers, spiritists, diviners, psychics, and mediums have been in our world for centuries.  What exactly is a psychic ability?  According to Wikipedia it is“a claimed ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception…” A person who claims to have this ability is called a “psychic”.  There is a belief that [...]

Dear Church ~ You Can No Longer Afford to Ignore the Occult

There is a particular phenomenon which has astounded me for some time. Churches choosing to ignore certain topics of discussion because the topics can be "sticky" or "uncomfortable."  There are any number of social issues to which this pertains, but that's not the point of this blog.  My focus is entirely different so here we [...]

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