{"id":1367,"date":"2022-10-31T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:37:56","slug":"spiritism-and-the-all-sufficiency-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Spiritism And The All-Sufficiency of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 10\/23\/22 by Pastor Steve Shields.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why is spiritism attractive?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are many reasons people are drawn to spiritism. <\/strong>People are drawn to mystery.  Don&#8217;t know where else to go.  They feel like God has left them down before, or they feel they have left God down.  They are wanting something Christians forgot.  They have a desire to be different.  They need control.  Evil spirits are real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spiritism.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spiritism.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spiritism-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spiritism-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Even with all the things that draw people to spiritism, why would you turn anywhere but to Christ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The God of the Bible is personal. <\/strong> <strong>He is our redeemer, <\/strong>taking our bad and replacing it with good.  <strong>He is protective.<\/strong> <strong>He is all powerful<\/strong> and above all powers.  <strong>He is the Savior who rescues us. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you look to God?  You <strong>ask Him for wisdom.  <\/strong>You <strong>trust Him to do as you asked. <\/strong> You <strong>walk in faith. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3908\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1367-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2022\/20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2022\/20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2022\/20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2022\/20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1367-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2022\/20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20221023SpiritismandtheAllSufficiencyofChrist.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 10\/23\/22 by Pastor Steve Shields. Why is spiritism attractive? There are many reasons people are drawn to spiritism. People are drawn to mystery. Don&#8217;t know where else to go. They feel like God has left them down before, or they feel they have left God down. 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