By Johnie Edwards The March 1980 Good Housekeeping reported a study by Mr. J. Gordon Melton as to the number of religious faiths in America. At that time Mr. Melton reported about 1200 religions in America. According to an article in the Saturday, November 26, 1988 Port Arthur News entitled “Research Indicates New Faiths Growing,” Mr. …
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Mormons And Their Alleged Bible Contradictions
By Michael Garrison You may have had a knock at your door, answered it, and found two well-dressed young men wanting to give you their “testimony It about what a “modern day prophet” revealed. They claim to be elders, but the New Testament shows that an elder, bishop, overseer, and pastor is to be “the husband …
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Pernicious Ways And Trivial Pursuit
By P.J. Casebolt We are filled with righteous indignation when we think about the way of truth being evil spoken of because some ungodly church members follow their pernicious ways (2 Pet. 2:1,2). And, while the hypocrite argument is used as a scapegoat, all too often there are times when the charge itself is justified (Rom. …
Roman Catholic Sources On The Introduction Of Instrumental Music Into Worship By Christians
By Luther W. Martin From the Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. X, page 657, we copy as follows: Musical Instruments in Church Services. For almost a thousand years Gregorian chant; without any instrumental or harmonic addition, was the only music used in connexion with the liturgy. The organ, in its primitive and rude form, was the first, and …