Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Biblical Doctrine of Salvation/Part 4
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©April 2000 Jehovah’s Witnesses stress they do not teach salvation on the basis of works of righteousness. They do this by maintaining an arbitrary distinction between Mosaic works that cannot save and New Testament works that can save. Further, the Witnesses oppose the biblical doctrine of the atonement.…
Jehovah’s Witness Beliefs
By: Dr. James Bjornstad; ©January 2000 What do the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe? How can you effectively share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with someone who is a member of this organization? Dr. Bjornstad offers answers to these questions. Contents 1 Etiology 1.1 Historical 1.2 Theological 2 Theology 2.1 God 2.2 Creation 2.3 Jesus Christ 2.4…
How Jehovah’s Witnesses Twist the Scriptures
By: Lorri MacGregor; ©March 2000 By now, many people know what the Jehovah’s Witnesses do with John 1:1. But are there other Scripture verses that they twist to suit their theology? Lorri MacGregor, herself a former Witness, points to some examples in this article. Contents 1 Twisting and Distorting the Bible 2 How Reliable is…
How You Can Know the Bible is the Word of God?/Program 6
Editor’s Note: The charts in this transcript were provided by Dr. Geisler, and are used by permission. By: Dr. Norman Geisler; ©2000 The Bible: How should we interpret it We’ve got cults all over the place. We’ve got different denominations. Whose interpretation of the Bible is correct? Contents 1 Introduction Introduction Today on The John…
The Use of occult Sources throughout the Watchtower’s History
By: Lorri MacGregor; ©October 2000 Jehovah’s Witnesses used an occultly derived translation by Johannes Greber to support their translation of John 1 and other passages. How have they responded to criticism about this use? What other occult sources have they used? Lorri MacGregor examines these questions. Some Jehovah’s Witnesses will try to excuse their founder,…
The Jesus Seminar, Jesus, and Higher Criticism-Part 2
By: Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon; ©2000 Can anyone truly believe that Jesus is who He said He was, or that He did the things that He and the Gospel writers said He did? The Jesus Seminar says “No.” Drs. Ankerberg and Weldon explain why you do not have to take that as your…
Exchanging Religion for a Relationship
By: Mike Gendron; ©2000 All religions of the world have one thing in common—they teach salvation is a result of what man does for God rather than what God has done for man. True Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Mike Gendron explains how Catholics can exchange their…
Bahai
By: Dr. John Ankerberg / Dr. John Weldon; ©2000 The Baha’i religion has as its stated purpose “to unite the entire world in one common faith.” Can evangelical Christians embrace the teachings of Baha’i? This is a brief look at what those teachings are. Contents 1 BAHA’I 1.1 INFO AT A GLANCE 1.2 DOCTRINAL…
Armstrongism
By: Dr. John Ankerberg; ©2000 A brief look at the history and doctrines of the Worldwide Church of God founded by Herbert W. Armstrong, including information on a recent positive move toward orthodoxy within the organization. Contents 1 Armstrongism 1.1 INFO AT A GLANCE 1.2 DOCTRINAL SUMMARY 2 NOTES Armstrongism (from the Encyclopedia of Cults…
The Evangelical Knights of Columbus
By: James McCarthy; ©2000 Particularly in countries with large numbers of evangelical Christians, it is not unusual for the Roman Catholic Church to adopt the very wording of its former critics. Take, for example, an advertisement being run by the Knights of Columbus in several newspapers. One would think that the Knights, a conservative Catholic…
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