Billy Graham Versus the Bible

By Johnie Edwards On August 5, 1975 Mr. Donald Holsten, one of Mr. Billy Graham’s counselors, responded to a letter we had written asking about the church and salvation. Here is the answer: Church Membership “In answer to your question, we must first of all emphasize that church membership is not essential to salvation.” Now let …

Descriptive Terms of Christians Pilgrims, Sojourners, Strangers

By Mike Willis “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul” (1 Pet. 2:11). On several occasions, the New Testament uses the words “stranger,” “sojourner,” and “pilgrim” as descriptive names for Christians. For many of us; our acquaintance with the idea of “pilgrim” is largely derived …

Dangers of a “One Man” Translation

By Luther W. Martin The King James Version of the English Scriptures was translated over a period of seven years, being published in the year 1611. Fifty-four scholars were invited to participate in this work, but only forty-seven took part in the actual translating. The English Revised Version was translated over a period of ten and …

Mormonism Mormon Archaeology

By John McCort The Mormons have deceived many people into believing that archaeological finds in Central and South America have verified the Book of Mormon as being the word of God. To the average Christian the claims of the Mormon “elders” about recent archaeological finds are very difficult to deal with since the average Christian has …