Deeper Waters Podcast 10/28/2017: Bill Honsberger

[Apologiaphoenix]

How do we reach people involved with Wicca?

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What's coming up? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

I've always been a fan of fantasy. The whole genre fascinates me. I also know that it's fantasy. Unfortunately, I also know that there is real witchcraft out there. The sad thing is, this isn't what you find in the storybooks. This is actually trying to get in touch with real powers that are out there and trying to get some sort of benefit from them.

One such system is one called Wicca. In a recent interview, I was surprised to hear just how popular the movement of Wicca is. It's one that we really don't hear much about. I can't remember the last time I dialogued with someone in Wicca on Facebook or if I ever have. Despite that, it's apparently growing among our young people.

Fortunately, there are people who answer this, and it's a good thing. A brief look on Amazon did not really reveal much aside from people who have already been on my show. Still, when I was told about how bad it is among the young and who to contact, I immediately sought to get him on my show. He's someone who knows a great deal about Wicca and he's going to talk about it with us this Saturday. His name is Bill Honsberger.

So who is he?

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According to his bio:

Bill Honsberger and his wife Terri live in Aurora, CO and have eight children. Bill has been working with and around cults for over twenty-five years. For the past twenty years he has worked for Haven Ministries (under the auspices of the Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society for the first 9 years), a ministry that focuses on evangelizing people in cults, the New Spirituality and other non-Christian religions. Haven Ministries also works on educating the church as to the issues raised by non-Christian religions. Bill has a Bachelors degree from Western Bible College in Pastoral Theology, a Master of Arts Degree in Systematic Theology from Denver Seminary, numerous hours in graduate study in philosophy and history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Colorado-Boulder, and was AbD at the University of Denver. He is now in the process of completing his PhD at The Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at several Christian schools and for a local community college. He speaks at colleges and churches around the country and has had numerous television, radio and newspaper interviews. He is also on the national board for Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR), a network of Counter cult/apologetic ministries from around the country.

Join me this Saturday as we talk about Wicca. What is it? Why is it that young people are being drawn into this movement? How is it that we can reach people in this belief system? What does it really teach?

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In Christ,
Nick Peters

[rogue06]

Back in the 80s a friend and I went on a double date with two girls who shared a house in Atlanta with the younger brother of another friend. The date went pretty well and I could tell that Nancy, the girl I was paired with, was attracted to me. At the end of the evening she offered me some drink that was lime green and smelled of chlorophyll which tasted bad but I didn't want to offend her so I drank about half of it.

The next day I had to leave work early and stopped at my friend's house (the one I double dated with) because I couldn't even make it all the way home. I let myself in and curled up on the living room floor so sick that I seriously wouldn't have cared if I had died. When my friend got home he was going to take me to the hospital but I felt a little better and said I just needed to get some sleep. The next day I was weak as a kitten but didn't feel that bad otherwise.

A couple days later, while talking to Nancy and her friend I found out that they were Wiccans and her friend added that "it's basically the same as being a Christian." I simply responded "um, no." The conversation ended shortly afterwards and I didn't ask Nancy out again.

A week or two later while talking to the friend who was the brother of the other roommate I found out that Nancy had given me a love potion in that green drink. She basically gave me a horrible case of food poisoning.

Is there a point to all this? Probably not. I just wanted to share although I'll never forget the matter-of-fact way the one said that they're basically the same as Christians. Again, um no.

[Apologiaphoenix]

I guess it didn't work then.