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Watch Out for Fake Churches

April 24, 2026 | Freddy Davis

There are a lot of fake churches out there, and sometimes very sincere people easily get sucked into them if they don’t know what they are looking at. It is a real tragedy that needs to be understood. There are various reasons people get pulled into them. Some people have…

Society’s View of Religion is Just Plain Wrong

October 9, 2025 | Freddy Davis

The Case
Joseph Nussbaumer is a licensed clinical Christian psychologist. He founded Groveland Family & Crisis Counseling back in 1990 and has provided services to hundreds of court-mandated participants in Florida’s Batterers’ Intervention Program since its beginning in 1995. The curriculum he uses is based on a “biblical view of…

What is the World Mission Society Church of God?

July 20, 2025 | Freddy Davis

Most people are familiar with many of the various religions, cults, and philosophies that exist in the world, but there are scores of others that come and go on a regular basis. New ones are popping up all over the world all the time. Not too long ago, I had…

How to Stay out of Cults

March 28, 2024 | Freddy Davis

Bethany Joy Lenz made a name for herself as an actress on the WB TV drama series One Tree Hill (OTH). This was a very popular series and ran for nine seasons. But in spite of her great success as an actress, there was a darker part of her life…

New Light on The Book of Abraham

October 10, 2020 | Tal Davis

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons/LDS) contends that it has four canonized written Scriptures that are authoritative for its doctrine and for the practice of its members. Those sources, referred to by the church as its “Four Standard Works” include The Bible (King James Version); The Book …

Is The Mormon Church Hoarding Billions of Dollars?

December 28, 2019 | Tal Davis

For decades I have been involved informing Evangelical Christians the truth about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Note: That church no longer refers to itself as the Mormon Church or the LDS church or to its members as Mormons. However, for space sake we will continue to…

What’s New with Cults and Sects in America? – Part 4

September 19, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In this four part series we have tried to bring our readers up-to-date on some of the largest cult and sect movements in America. The first installment updated information on two groups: Armstrongism (the legacy or Herbert W. Armstrong’s bizarre interpretations of the Bible) and the Church of Jesus Christ…

What’s New with Cults and Sects in America?: Part 1

September 19, 2019 | Freddy Davis

If you have been a follower of the MarketFaith Ministries website, have read books about cults, or attended a conference on cults and sects, then you are probably pretty informed about those movements in America. Nonetheless, it may have been a while since you paid much attention to what is…

What’s New with Cults and Sects in America? – Part 3

September 14, 2019 | Freddy Davis

This is the third in a four part series of updates on the major cults and sects in America. As we are soon to conclude the second decade of the 21st century, pseudo-Christian cults and sects are still teaching unbiblical doctrines and actively seeking to make converts to their movements.…

What’s New with Cults and Sects in America? – Part 2

September 9, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In Part 1 of this four installment series, we began a review and update on some of the largest and most influential cults and sects in America. Many of these organizations have changed their structures, leaders, and, for a few, even their theology over the past couple of decades. For…

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