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Harry Potter: a Christ-figure or Satan's ploy.

In the Christian community, there has been for sometime a debate on whether this series of books can or should be read while it is not my intention to say what others should or should not read; however, it is my duty to warn you all to what these works are putting forth. There is a clear and undeniable danger; and it can be seen in what JK Rowling wants the public to think when reading these books, she says: "it is to be taken in same vein as other Christian works such as the Lord of the rings or the pilgrims progress." The problem with this statement is clear: it is not being taken in that way at all. In fact, in one podcast the participants were speaking of how when they sit down and watch these film; their children will ask about Christian things after watching pilgrim's progress and not so with Harry Potter.  In the letter to the Thessalonians we are told the following statement "but examine everything carefully; holdfast to that which is good; abstain from evil ...

The liberal compromise of the church.

  The liberal compromise of the church Francis Shaeffer,  a man greatly used of God, once said this regarding much of the church today: "for the evangelical accommodation to the world of our age represents the removal of the last barrier against the breakdown of our culture. And with the final removal of this barrier will come the chaos and the rise of authoritarianism in some form to restore social order."  Now we have gone nearly four decades since this statement was spoken and written down; and we have seen the very prophetic reality taken place in the last several years. The once strongly held beliefs of the church (and while still held in some quarters as it must be) have subtly been replace with what can only be described as worldly philosophies and practices. It may sound harsh; but in all cases it is the truth.  How do I substantiate this claim that much of what calls itself Christianity have abandoned the Faith? Well, think of what it is that most people vie...