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Sacred Scripture Alone Disproves the Bible Alone theory!Scripture Alone Disproves "Scripture Alone" From Genesis to the book of the Apocalypse, Scripture never says that Scripture is the sole infallible authority for God's Word. Scripture also mandates the use of tradition. This fact alone disproves sola Scriptura. Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15 - those that preached the Gospel to all creation but did not write the Gospel were not less obedient to Jesus, or their teachings less important. Matt. 28:20 - "observe ALL I have commanded," but, as we see in John 20:30; 21:25, not ALL Jesus taught is in Scripture. So...

A Virginia mom who grew up under Chairman Mao’s brutal Communist regime has angrily ripped critical race theory as “the American version of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.” “Critical race theory has its roots in cultural Marxism — it should have no place in our schools,” Xi Van Fleet said to cheers and applause at a Tuesday meeting of the progressive Loudoun County School Board. “You are now teaching, training our children, to be social justice warriors and to loathe our country and our history,” she told the meeting of the district already bitterly divided for pushing the policy that critics...

In this day and age, this essay cannot be written and the words spoken; otherwise, the wrath of the woke crowd is aroused. Too bad. Let’s talk about what the Bible says about depravity. Leviticus 18 is a forbidden chapter by anyone who desires to live according to the gospel of self and not the Word of God. The practices spoken of here are either perverted or ignored. After all, according to the cognoscenti of today, i.e., those who are the smartest and most informed people on the planet, the Bible is either a dead letter that has no relevance...

Question: "Who is the Lady of Guadalupe? Were the apparitions of Mary at Guadalupe real?" Answer: Answer: In Catholicism, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico, pictured as a woman in a blue mantle. Her hands are folded, her eyes are cast downward, and she is surrounded by a radiant glow. She is standing on a crescent moon supported by an angel underneath. This image is based on a series of five supposed appearances of the Virgin Mary in Mexico in the sixteenth century.

Revd Scott McKenna, minister of Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church in Edinburgh, openly denies one of the most accepted teachings of mainstream Christianity and told his congregation that it was "ghastly theology" to believe that Jesus Christ died for sinners. Following the comments, the footage was uploaded online and the current Free Church Moderator Revd David Robertson responded by writing a blog post on the subject, saying such preaching was profoundly anti-Christian. Mr McKenna, who has the potential to be a Church of Scotland Moderator, then contacted Robertson and the men met to discuss theology. A debate has been set for...

Why Not Hebraic Roots? The False Teachings of the Hebraic Roots Movement The burden I feel to write this article comes from a very personal journey that my wife and I have traveled, and actually, are still navigating. Having grown up in the mainstream evangelical church, I was thoroughly indoctrinated in its most common teachings and traditions. My wife, being reared in Roman Catholicism, was taught from a different perspective; but while much of the “works-based” beliefs that had been instilled in her were diametrically opposed to the “works-less” teachings of evangelicalism, there were still several similarities in general understandings...

What is Mariology? Essentially, it's the theology that affords devotion to Mary. Does this mean the Catholics worship Mary? Well, yes and no. Publicly, the Roman Catholic Church does not afford Mary the same status as Jesus. However, their reverence for her goes beyond their admiration for even the saints. The Catholic Encyclopedia details a view of Mary that it admits is not Biblical. Their view of her life and her role originate in Catholic tradition - that is, the writings of the popes and theologians, rather than in the Bible. Biblically, Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Because of her...

OK, I have had it with the ECUSA. It was the church that brought me to Christ, but now I believe it has abandoned Christ. I have moved away from my original parish anyway. I do not wish to be a Catholic or Orthodox Christian. I need to find a church that allows the involvement of women in the priesthood and deaconate, but not practicing homosexuals. One that frowns on divorce and supports the pro-life movement. I like to dance and drink, so Southern Baptist is out. I'm not a pacifist so I cannot be a Quaker. Your advice is...

"And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean." Ezekiel 44:23 DISCERNING FALSEHOODS The Word of God not only provides the warnings and the commands concerning deception, it also provides the way to discerning between what is true and what is false. We can get some immediate ground level insight by looking into Exodus 25. In Exodus 25 we find Moses on Mt. Sinai in the presence of God. God told Moses that he wanted to dwell among His people. He instructed Moses to build...