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The Writings of

Eastmond Buckner

Minister, Author, Speaker

One of the most memorable experiences I have had with my two children were us sitting together watching Disney’s films. One of our favorites in those days was Aladdin, which is the story of an Arabian boy from the slums who finds a magical lamp, which contains a “All-powerful genie.” However, the genie had slave manacles on his wrists. This was because the genie’s power is restricted to the wishes or commands of the one who possesses the lamp. All the possessor of the lamp needed to do was to rub the lamp and the genie comes out and grants their wishes (maximum of 3). In my humble opinion, the attitude and actions of many—not all—Christians and church goers have reduced the sovereign God of the Bible to a cosmic genie. Let me explain.

Just a cursory examination of the popular television ministries and gospel music reveals a common motif . . .

The Cosmic Genie

  Just the other day a young man, in his teens, was walking by my house.  He looked remarkably like someone I knew. However, I could not accept how he could be the person I thought he was.  You see, the person I was thinking of went to grade school with me and should be my age, if he is still alive.  Then, it dawned on me; this may  be his son.  It should not have been a surprise to me.  I have had several adults, my father’s age, stop me while I was working in the yard and say they thought I was James (my father’s first name).  It is an easy mistake to make.  I live in the previous home of my parents,  and I am always working in the yard, as my father did.  When I recently visited my parents, who now live in South Carolina, I attended the Sunday school class of the church my parents now attend.  My father, at the time, was bedridden in the hospital.  Later that afternoon, . . .

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