The passionate, sometimes rhythmic, language-like patter that pours forth from religious people who “speak in tongues” reflects a state of mental possession, many of them say. Now they have some neuroscience to back them up.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania took brain images of five women while they spoke in tongues and found that their frontal lobes — the thinking, willful part of the brain through which people control what they do — were relatively quiet, as were the language centers. The regions involved in maintaining self-consciousness were active. The women were not in blind trances, and it was unclear which region was driving the behavior. read more →

Jesus Christ, the Reason for this Season, was born KING (MATTHEW 2:2)

Approximately 2 years after Jesus had been born, in a manger, in the town of Bethlehem of Judea, wise men finally arrived asking, "Where is He who has been born King." Please notice, not 'born Prince' not 'born Heir to a throne' but "Born KING."

This Christmas season, we and those we love and lead, will be wise and do well to embrace this revelation, historical fact and reality. Jesus Christ, from the womb of Mary, entered this earth and world and immediately assumed the Throne of the Kingdom of His Father, (the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel) as LORD of Lords and The KING of all Kings. read more →