We live in an age of increasing pseudo-spirituality. As atheism leads eventually to nihilism, many in the postmodern West have opted to cling to a sort of spirituality. However, this pop spirituality is not biblical spirituality. Following is a brief compare and contrast of pop spirituality and biblical spirituality. Spirituality itself must be defined. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, spirituality is “the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.”
Read MorePaul the Apostle makes an interesting statement regarding biological Israel, his brothers according the flesh. This statement also raises an interesting, although very hypothetical, ethical dilemma. While discussing divine election, God’s will, and the future of biological Israel, Paul says regarding his unbelieving kinsmen: “I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh…”
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