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It Is False If It Contradicts The Bible It is a well-known fact that Truth does not contradict Truth. That the Bible is Truth, is a fact to which our Mormon friends agree-up to a point. If all of the writings held to be inspired by Mormons are consistent with the Bible, this a point in their favor. On the other hand, if it can be shown that the writings of Mormonism contradict the Bible, this will lead irresistibly to the conclusion that their religious system is false. Let us notice a few instances of how the Mormon writings compare...

Pastor Mac Hammond's congregation at Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park reacted strongly Sunday to his appearance in the wake of a watchdog's group complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that he violated federal tax law and a front-page Star Tribune article examining his financial dealings: Worshipers gave him a prolonged, cheer-laced standing ovation. "Y'all better sit down; I'll get too choked up to minister," drawled Hammond, 63, pastor of the nondenominational megachurch, which has almost 10,000 members. He called questions about his financial dealings "a misunderstanding" of his prosperity-gospel ministry, which holds that following God's word leads to...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Last Days Bible Church has taken a novel step to prepare people for the Rapture: under each seat in the sanctuary is an airline-style safety card giving instructions for what to do when the Rapture takes place. "It's a way of getting people's attention," says pastor Mark Eckers, who preaches often about the end times. "We are concerned about people's Rapture preparedness." Ushers hold up the Rapture Safety cards and give a complete safety demonstration before each service, even pointing out exit routes for people who are not taken by the Rapture. For believers, the cards...

...(GD=The Great Divorce; LM=Letters to Malcolm, M=Miracles, MC=Mere Christianity; PP=the Problem of Pain; RPO=Reflections on the Psalms, SJ=Suprised by Joy, SL= The Screwtape Letters: ...Theology Proper On Creation: Lewis believed that evolution was true to an extent in the past, but that it will be superseded in the future (MC, p.169). "...for we have good reason to believe that animals existed long before men...For long centuries God pefected the animal form which was to become the vehicle of humanity and the image of Himself...[Eventually,] God caused a new kind of consciousness to descend upon this organism" (PP,pp. 137,77). "...Man, the...

  RETURN to Landmark Independent Baptist Church Homepage The Churches of the New Testament Were Taught the Doctrine of Unconditional Election by Wayne Camp The matter can be settled only in the light of the word of God. I call on any reader who doubts that these churches were taught the doctrine of unconditional election to reason with me from the inspired book of God, the inspired book written as holy men of God were born along by the Holy Spirit. That is the final authority.  The church at Thessalonica was taught that this election was from the beginning and...

Mel Gibson’s much anticipated The Passion officially opened in theaters on Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Never in history has any movie so captured the attention and adoration of the Christian community. No movie, no movement, no sermon, no revival, no event – nothing in modern history has created such a moving among the Christian world. The first day The Passion grossed over $25 million dollars. And there appears no slowdown. After 5 days, it has now grossed over $125 million dollars. The Passion generated an unbelievable $10 million in advance sales. Many churches leased complete movie theaters to show...

<p>For the first time in 10 years, Mary Wilkinson went to church one Sunday in January. She sat in a back pew at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn., flipping through a prayer book and listening intently to the priest's sermon.</p>

PETA: Christian designed pig billboardAd features swine with caption, 'He died for your sins' Posted: March 9, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is defending its use of a billboard comparing a pig to Jesus Christ, saying its "Christian vegan campaign director" believed it was important to use the ad. As WorldNetDaily reported, the "faith-based billboard" includes the image of a pig and the caption, "He died for your sins – go vegetarian." PETA links pigs to Jesus in billboard campaign While apologizing to readers who were offended by the billboard, PETA's e-mail...

PETA ad to go up before Easter meant to generate compassion for animals Posted: March 1, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Ron Strom © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is preparing to put up what they call "faith-based billboards" before Easter, one of which features a photo of a pig and the caption, "He died for your sins – go vegetarian." PETA links pigs to Jesus in billboard campaign PETA says the obvious reference to Jesus Christ's crucifixion is meant to generate compassion for the countless animals killed in the meat-eating culture. "We have a number...

Christians try to debunk 'Da Vinci Code' By Mark O'Keefe Newhouse News Service After reading "The Da Vinci Code," Holly Jespersen wondered if Jesus Christ did in fact wed Mary Magdalene and father her child, as the novel claims. "It definitely made me question all that I have been brought up to believe," said Jespersen, a Presbyterian who lives in Chicago. Glen Gracia of Boston, a former practicing Catholic, had a similar reaction, questioning the validity of the Bible if, in fact, it was commissioned and manipulated by the Roman emperor Constantine for political purposes, as the book asserts. "I...

A Protestant appreciation of John Paul II Commentary By Rory Leishman I am a Calvinist and my wife is a Calvinist. We are both descended from a long line of Calvinists. Yet, it is difficult to imagine how our Catholic friends could have been more enthused than we by the witness to hope of Pope John Paul II in Toronto during World Youth Days. Of course, not all Christians share our admiration for this pope. A small minority are reactionaries bent on perpetuating the animosities generated by the religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. Others are theological liberals,...

CONFUSED ABOUT SPURGEON'S PROPHETIC VIEWS? — WELL, NO LONGER!  HERE IS... .CharlesHaddonSpurgeon'sVIEW OF THE MILLENNIUM  Annotated Summary by   MARK A. MCNEIL "I am not now going into millennial theories, or into any speculation as to dates. I do not know anything at all about such things, and I am not sure that I am called to spend my time in such researches. I am rather called to minister the gospel than to open prophecy. Those who are wise in such things doubtless prize their wisdom, but I have not the time to acquire it, nor any inclination to leave...

Calvinist brethren, in my Honors Comp class I am writing an "illustration" (example) paper. It is very short (like a page and a half). All I need to do is have a thesis and three main points, a topic sentence and flushed out example supporting each topic sentence. The topic I am looking at writing about is total depravity/societal restraint on human behavior. I need several angles to approach this at. The first one is that without enough restraining authority to hold back people's potential, chaos results (for example, when enough people get massed together, activities like riots and the...

What is predestination? by R. C. Sproul ------------------------------------------------------------------------     When the Bible speaks of predestination, it speaks of God's sovereign involvement in certain things before they happen. He chooses in advance certain things to take place. For example, he predestined creation. Before God created the world, he decided to do it.     Usually when people think of predestination, they think about whether or not somebody was hit by an automobile on a given day because God had decided ahead of time that that should happen on that day.     Theologically, the principal issue of predestination in the Bible has to...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, marking the anniversary of the attacks on U.S. cities, branded terrorism "ferocious inhumanity" but asked for prayers that God would show mercy and forgiveness for the attackers. The pope also urged the world to change in situations of injustice that spurred the desire for revenge. "We pray for the victims today, may they rest in peace, and may God show mercy and forgiveness for the authors of this horrible terror attack," he said in Polish, according to a translation provided by Vatican Radio. The pope was speaking in unscripted remarks in Polish during...