By Rev. Clete Hux It was the intern year of my seminary education when I met Barrack, a Muslim college student studying in the U.S. Some students in our college and career department at church had befriended him and brought him to a social function in a church member’s home. Barrack was very friendly and … Read More
By Clete Hux – Why are there so many different religions? Actually, the answer can be quite simple: because religions are different! Although there are similarities in many, the differences in religions often are the reasons why people choose one religion over another. We live in a day and age of many instead of one. … Read More
Christianity and Politics Should Christians care about political matters? Is politics simply an arena of personal opinion or are there moral principles that should not be ignored? What is the purpose of government in a fallen world? Christian View of Economics Is one school of economic thought better than another? Is it important for Christians … Read More
By Clete Hux You say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked” (Revelation 3:17) The church at Laodicea boasted in their material prosperity. Yet the Lord warned them that their earthly riches were … Read More
By Kenneth Richard Samples Christian theism affirms the existence of an infinite, eternal, unchanging, and Tri-personal spiritual God. This being is the transcendent Creator and immanent Sustainer of the world and is therefore the sovereign Ruler over all things. Historic Christianity therefore affirms a special Trinitarian form of monotheism (Tri-unity: three persons are the one … Read More
By Clete Hux Over the years the public has received a lot of high gloss full color brochures in the mail promoting prophecy conferences that herald the end of the world and portray certain political figures or spiritual leaders (such as the Pope) as part of an anti-Christ worldly system. Billboards are seen on highways … Read More
By William Webster Few doctrines have generated as much controversy as the doctrine of justification. It was the major conflict between Paul and the Judaizers and precipitated the great controversy between the Reformers and the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. The doctrine of justification has been an ongoing source of division between Rome and … Read More
Tal Davis, Associate North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention OFFICIAL NAMES and MEMBERSHIP (estimates):Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God (AOHCG)-13,000;Assemblies of the Lord Jesus, Inc. (ALJI)-50,000; Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc. (Bible Way)-250,000; Church of Our Lord Jesus of the Apostolic Faith (COIJF)-30,000; Pentecostal Assemblies of … Read More
By Clete Hux – Five Percent is a splinter group of the Nation of Islam, “Five Percent” is also known as the “Nation of Gods and Earths.” That phrase refers to one of the basic tenets of the Five Percent movement: blacks are gods and women are earths. The Five Percenters are a splinter group … Read More
By Jerry L. Buckner Effective Evangelism/Witnessing Tips From the Christian Research Journal, issue 20-03, Americas New Love Affair with Gambling. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan called for the Million Man March to take place in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 1995, and black men across America responded. The response was so enthusiastic that not … Read More
By Clete Hux Many people in both North and South America have been visited in their homes by Mormon missionaries. Practically everyone who has a television set has seen the commercials promoting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). The image the church project s is, for the most part, very positive … Read More
By Clete Hux What do you think of when you hear the word “cult”? For many of us, that word conjures up images of Jim Jones and Jonestown, Guiana, where some 900 people in Jones’ People’s Temple followed his instructions and committed suicide by drinking kool-aid laced with cyanide. Or we may think of David … Read More
By Joel R. Beeke As a doctrine, justification by faith alone is much more than the centerpiece of the Protestant Reformation, or a cardinal truth of the Reformed faith. It certainly is those things, but even more importantly, justification by faith alone offers the only way for fallen human beings to find the way back … Read More
By Patrick Zukeran The religion of Judaism laid the foundation for the two largest religions in the world today: Christianity and Islam. The Jewish moral law, in particular the Ten Commandments, has been the basis for moral and legal codes for civilizations throughout history. This article will present a brief overview of the historical development, … Read More
By Winfried Corduan My class in world religions was visiting a Hindu group on a Sunday morning, and we stayed for the communal lunch. I was sitting on one of the large mats next to a gentleman who had been a member of the group for as long as I had been visiting with students, … Read More