I reposted yesterday a previous write-up I did on what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe and got good response so I decided to repost the sequel post today, written around a year ago, on what Mormons believe. I think this is important stuff to know as we see Mormons do more ad campaigns and get more in […]
What To Do When Jehovah’s Witnesses Knock At Your Door?
A friend recently asked me about what to do when Jehovah’s Witness knock at your door. I was reminded of a visit I received a year ago or so and a blog post I wrote about it (back when I wrote loooong blog posts!). If they were in my friend’s neighborhood this week, maybe they […]
Why Don’t Protestants Believe in Purgatory, Penance & the Apocrypha?
(Source: Historical Theology by Dr. Gregg R. Allison, Chapter 2 “The Canon of Scripture”) 435 B.C. – the final books (i.e. Nehemiah, Ezra, Esther) of the Hebrew Bible (our Old Testament) were written 250 B.C. – this Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek (called the Septuagint) as Greek was becoming the dominant language The problem […]
Jonah and the Whale: Fact, or Fictional Fish Story?
I recently posted on the question, “Am I going to hell if I don’t believe Jonah was eaten by a fish?” Our response to questions like these are very important because the credibility of the entire Bible is at stake. It is not good enough to pick and choose the parts of the Bible you […]
Problems with the Protestant Reformation
This is a follow-up post to a question I asked last week, Is the Bible like Candy? The Protestant Reformation is the historical event that Protestants look back on with celebration and where we draw many of our theological distinctives from. One of the biggest achievements of the Reformation which caused a huge shift within […]
What is Religious Cheese?
The religious cheese I refer to is not the woman in the first 10 seconds of this incredible “Nu Thang” video: While in some ways she is the epitome of how we could define “religious cheese”, my goal with this blog is not to pretend that I am cool and others, like our hip MC […]