Articles Published In 2017

Recently I was engaged in a conversation with a friend about the Bible. She asked me a question about how we got the English Bible we now have, how we know it is reliable, and how we interpret and apply it correctly for today’s world. She was concerned that so…

I received an e-mail from a Christian Scientist after she read an article I had written about Christian Science: http://www.marketfaith.org/non-christian-worldviews/the-gospel-according-to-marilyn-monroe-christian-science. Christian Science (CS) is a religion that claims to be Christian, but which interprets the Bible using the filter of the writings of a woman named Mary Baker Eddy (MBE).…

The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the Word:
From heav’n He came and sought her
To be His holy Bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
(Usually sung to the tune AURELIA…

When you hear someone say, “So and so is IN THE MINISTRY, how do you interpret that? The common understanding of that phrase is that the person you are speaking of is doing Christian work on a professional basis; they serve as a pastor, church staff member, missionary, or the…

What words come to mind when hear word “CHURCH?” People usually have different ideas of what that word means. Obviously it has many definitions. Webster’s Dictionary defines in the following ways: (1) a building for public worship, (2) an organization of believers, (3) a public divine worship, and (4) the…