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Sabbath, July 26, 2025
In most bookstores – including this HalfPrice Book store – I’ve noticed that the new-age and occult section is always located very close to the religion/Christianity section. This means that as I head over to religion, my eye is sometimes caught by the new-age material.
Someone – I believe it was C. S. Lewis – once commented that there are only two kinds of religion: ones that teach that you can save yourself, and one that teaches that you can’t.
Notice these two books above. The one on the left insists that you have the power to “attract the love you deserve.” But 1 John 1:9 says that “He [God] first loved us.” The book on the right seems to be not just a book but a deck of cards, and proclaims that “transformative spiritual power [is] in your hands.” Not God’s—yours.
To read some Bible verses that spell out where an improved spiritual life actually comes from, click the link just below: