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Abortion and Progressive Evangelicals- What Do They Expect?

March 10, 2021 | Tal Davis

I don’t usually engage political issues in this blog. I prefer to address moral and theological principles. However, this week it was reported that a group of what we might term “progressive evangelical pro-life Christians” expressed their great disappointment with the current administration. An open letter was published Tuesday from…

Russia, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Freedom of Religion

December 22, 2020 | Tal Davis

Anyone who has followed my work here at MarketFaith Ministries, or previously at the North American Mission Board’s Interfaith Evangelism team, knows that I am no fan of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I regard them as a pseudo-Christian cult. Their theology is heretical, especially as regards the full deity of Jesus…

A Day to Mourn (and a Day to Celebrate)

November 21, 2020 | Tal Davis

November, 22^nd, 1963- a date that will live in infamy (along with December 7^th, 1941, and September 11^th, 2001, among others). For any American born since about 1955, that date is forever etched in our memories as the day when President John F. Kennedy…

Worldwide Government Sponsored Religious Persecution at Record Level

November 11, 2020 | Tal Davis

A new survey report issued by the Pew Research Center confirms that government sponsored religious persecution and suppression is at a record level around the world. The report, titled In 2018, Government Restrictions on Religion Reach Highest Level Globally in More Than a Decade, was published online on November…

What’s Missing from the Supreme Court?

September 21, 2020 | Tal Davis

By now everyone knows that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18^th, at age 87. For several years she battled cancer, so her passing was not unexpected. Consequently, her decease now sets up what promises to be another knock-down drag-out fight in the United …

Avoid the Appearance of Evil

August 26, 2020 | Tal Davis

Eighteen years ago, in 2002, well before he ran for Vice-President of the United States, then Congressman Mike Pence made an off-hand remark that it was his personal policy never to be in a room, elevator, automobile, or dine alone, with any woman but his wife. The media, of course,…

New Poll: Religious Slide Continues in USA

November 4, 2015 | Tal Davis

The results of a new poll conducted by the highly respected Pew Research Center for Religion and Public Life (PRCRPL) was released on November 3^rd. For many years the PRCRPL has followed the trends in various aspects of American society, especially concerning the religious identification, practices, and beliefs…

The Passing of Gretchen Passantino Coburn

October 6, 2014 | Tal Davis

I doubt many of you have ever heard of Bob and Gretchen Passantino, but they were two of the most outstanding apologists and cult researchers in the field for more than three decades. Bob died in 2003 and I just learned that Gretchen, who had remarried a few years ago,…

The Fabric of Our Faith

June 12, 2014 | Tal Davis

A number of years ago I worked in the men’s clothing section of a large department store. I was not there long but I did learn a few things about the garment business. One key thing I learned was about the quality of various fabrics. Fabrics are the basic textile…

A P.C. Pope?

September 21, 2013 | Tal Davis

Last week the world’s news media had a field day with a recent interview Pope Francis gave to La Civilta Cattolica (The Catholic Civilization) a Rome based Journal for Jesuit priests. In the interview the Pope seemed to be wavering on some ethical concerns that the Roman Catholic Church has…

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