The Interaction of Religion and Politics

All my life I have heard that there are two things you don’t talk about in public – religion and politics. But since these two are such an integral part of life, how can a Christian avoid it? Religion relates to the very core beliefs that animate a person’s life.…
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What Do You Know About Studying the Bible? Take This Quiz

In my last article, I challenged you to take a short multiple-choice quiz to see how much you know about how the Bible was produced and translated (see it at: http://www.marketfaith.org/the-christian-worldview). In this installment we will again take a quiz on the Bible, but this time it will deal with…
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What Do You Know About the Bible? Take This Quiz

So you know a lot about the Bible? That’s good. Maybe you have been a Christian for many years and have attended Sunday School and Bible studies nearly all your life. So certainly you should know a lot about the Bible. I don’t mean just the content of what is…
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Religion in Modern Politics

In the early days of the Christian movement, Gnosticism became a problem for the church because Gnostics infiltrated local congregations and attempted to stealthily insert false teachings. In particular, John, in his epistles, pointed out these false Gnostic teachings and taught believers the actual truth of the gospel. This false…
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What is the “Priesthood of the Believer?”

At various times in my ministry I have engaged leaders of religious groups whose adherents call them “priests.” Those groups include the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican (Episcopalian) churches, Eastern Orthodox churches, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormons), and some Lutheran churches. Of course, those groups have very…
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