Spiritual Stuff You Don’t Want To Mess Around With with Douglas Groothuis

Happy Wednesday! We have a jam packed episode for you today!  We are pleased to welcome Douglas Groothuis! Doug shares about his faith journey and how he became interested in philosophy and Christian apologetics. He also shares about his personal experiences with suffering and how it fits with the Christian worldview.  He and Janell then start chatting about the New Age. They define and discuss divination, the reality of spiritual things, and the deception of the devil. He also defines New Age and speaks about Richard Rohr’s New Age worldview. They also talk about personal spiritual experiences and testing spiritual experiences. Lastly, they chat about the person of Jesus Christ, the importance of a historical belief in Jesus, and more! We hope you enjoy!    About Douglas Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary since 1993, author of 19 books, Dr. Douglas Groothuis has fire in his bones for the Christian message and many irons in the fire to explain, defend, and apply it. He has been explaining the world to the church and explaining the church to the world for nearly fifty years through his teaching, preaching, writing, mentoring, and general witness. His passion is to take to the streets the truth and significance of the Christian worldview for all of life. To that end, he publishes both academic and popular works, preaches in churches, gives public lectures, engages in debates, and has appeared on hundreds of radio programs and podcasts since 1983. He is known as a knowledgeable, sharp, forceful, but gentle communicator of the Christian message.   ----- We would love to thank our Patrons for all their amazing support! To learn more about supporting Finding Something REAL via Patreon, click here! To learn more about Faithful Counseling and if it is a good fit for you, you can click here! If you would like to receive Janell’s 7 Deep Faith Questions resource click here! FSR October 2023 - Rachel’s Intro FSR October 2023 - with Paul Copan - Douglas’s Website Truth Tribe with Douglas Groothuis Randal Rauser & Doug Groothuis - Is Progressive Christianity a false Gospel? Douglas’ critique of Richard Rohr's book, "The Universal Christ" Christian Apologetics - Doug Groothuis World Religions in 7 Sentences - Douglas Groothuis Unmasking the New Age - Douglas Groothuis Confronting the New Age - Douglas Groothuis - Exorcisms: The World's Leading Psychiatric Authority Speaks Out - Sean McDowell Podcast The Christian Podcaster - The Official Christian Podcaster’s Association podcast I have decided to follow Jesus - Elevation Worship- - Walking with God through Pain & Suffering - Tim Keller Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh & Sean McDowell Encyclopedia of Biblical Difficulties - Gleason Archer Kingdom of the Cults - Walter Martin - Sharon Beekman Here's Why Christians Should Avoid the Teachings of Richard Rohr - Psalm 39 Psalm 88 Matthew 7:13 -14 Matthew 28 John 1:1-18 John 8:31 - 32 John 14:6 Romans 8 2 Corinthians 11:13 - 14 1 Peter 3:15 1 John 1 1 John 4