Basics of Christianity Archive

Roman Catholicism – Apostolic or Apostate?

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 30, 1999

By: Mike Gendron; ©1999 The Roman Catholic Church declares that the apostles appointed bishops to replace them as their successors. This was to insure the mission of the apostles would…

Is the Roman Catholic Church Polytheistic?

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: Greg Durel; ©1999 Greg Durel explains what he calls the “attribute test” and then applies it to documented Roman Catholic literature to ask if Roman Catholicism actually worships more…

Merit and the General Judgment

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: James McCarthy; ©1999 The Roman Catholic Church teaches that Catholics in a state of grace can and must merit eternal life. In this article Jim McCarthy explains how this…

Witnessing Effectively to Roman Catholics

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: Mike Gendron; ©1999 Totally foreign to most Catholics are three promises Jesus offers to repentant sinners who trust Him as their Lord and Savior. They are: 1) the complete…

The Veil Menders

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: Greg Durel; ©1999 Picture the Jewish priests sitting in the temple frantically trying to sew up the veil in the temple after it was torn (following Jesus’ death on…

Are You Calling Me a Pharisee?

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: James McCarthy; ©1999 Meet Mrs. Murphy in Jim McCarthy’s latest article. Typical of a great number of Catholics, she’s a hard-working mother living a simple life. She views herself…

Only One Cure for Sin

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 27, 1999

By: Mike Gendron; ©1999 When anyone compares the dreaded disease of cancer with the sin disease they will find several similarities. Both often go undetected, both are deadly and both…

Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood

By The John Ankerberg Show / September 25, 1999

By: Mike Gendron; ©1999 Roman Catholics teach the doctrine of transubstantiation—that the bread and wine are miraculously turned into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus. Mike Gendron explains why…

Mary—Fully Human, or Nearly Divine?

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 1999

By: Dr. Norman Geisler; ©1999 Dr. Geisler examines some of the passages used by those who think Mary deserves special honor and worship. Is their position biblical? (excerpted from When…

Sola Scriptura

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 13, 1999

By: James McCarthy; ©1999 Today, even as in the time of the Reformation, thousands of Catholics worldwide are leaving Roman Catholicism for biblical Christianity. And once again, the rallying cry…

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