Why Do Some Churches Promote Non-biblical Beliefs?

June 15, 2023   |  

Over that last several decades, a number of Christian denominations have split in an acrimonious way. The splits have pretty much all been about the same thing. All of these denominations began as traditional Bible believing groups, but within each one there slowly developed a faction that began viewing the…
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Can a Person Be Moral If They Don’t Believe in God?

May 18, 2023   |  

A couple of years ago, some Atheist groups started putting up billboards with the message, “You don’t need to be religious to be a good person.” Now that’s an interesting thought. They never defined what they meant by “good person,” but it does have a certain logical ring to it…
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The Difference Between God’s Creation and God’s Children

December 29, 2022   |  

Father James J. Martin is an American Jesuit priest, writer, and editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America, the national Catholic magazine. In 2017, Pope Francis appointed Martin as a consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications. He is particularly known for his bridge building with the homosexual community. Not too…
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Is the Bible the Literal Word of God?

August 23, 2022   |  

Recently, the Gallup organization did some polling related to how Americans view the Bible. They asked if people believed it is the literal word of God. The last time they asked this question was in 2017. At that time, the percentage who believed the Bible was the literal word of…
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Truth, Love, and the Truth in Love – Part 2 – Tal Davis

September 15, 2021   |  

“All You Need is Love?” – 2 John The Beatles were probably the most famous rock and roll band ever. On June 25, 1967, they made real world history. On that day, for the first time in its history, the world was united in a simultaneous live television broadcast by…
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Truth, Love, and the Truth in Love – Part 1 – Tal Davis

September 8, 2021   |  

“The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth!” – 2 John “And the lonely voice of youth cries, ‘What is truth?’” – Johnny Cash In the Gospel and the three letters ascribed to the Apostle John, the themes of love and truth were prominent. This was also especially…
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What is “Historic Christianity?” Part 3

June 26, 2020   |  

View part one of this series at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/06/what-is-historic-christianity-part-1
View part two of this series at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2020/06/what-is-historic-christianity-part-2 “You need the Holy Ghost!” said James, a dedicated member of the United Pentecostal Church International to his Baptist friend, Dave. “I already have the Holy Spirit,” replied Dave. “No you don’t!” retorted James.…
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What Does a Solar Eclipse Do Besides Obscure the Sun?

August 4, 2017   |  

It was about one o’clock on a cool Saturday afternoon of March 7, 1970. Several teammates and I were standing on the running track in front of Leon High School getting ready to do some extra weekend practice (believe it or not I did the shot-put). The sky was thickly…
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How Involved are You in Your Church?

March 30, 2016   |  

Last year the Pew Research Center published the results of a survey taken in 2014 gauging the levels of involvement of the members of various American church denominations in their congregations. They rated members as involved at high, medium, and low levels. Pew defined the high category as being officially…
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