Are Mormon Chaplains Christian? – Tal Davis

June 22, 2026   |  

Recently the Pentagon faced a controversy when it decided to revise and simplify its classifications of military Chaplains. Everything was fine except that they decided to list the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints separately from the generic classification of “Christian.” That Utah based church is historically known as…
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What’s All The Hubbub About The Mormon “Second Anointing?” – Tal Davis

May 24, 2026   |  

In past articles of this MarketFaith Ministries newsletter and website, we have written extensively on the unusual rituals practiced in the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Note: In this article we use the traditional abbreviation of LDS for the church. Likewise, to specify the church’s…
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What Is Repentance And Is It Necessary for Salvation? – Tal Davis

May 14, 2026   |  

A number of years ago, when I was working at the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, a fellow worker approached me about a project she was considering doing in partnership with a nondenominational evangelical ministry. She said what they were doing was right in line with…
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More “Where Is That In The Bible?” – Tal Davis

April 2, 2026   |  

A couple of years ago I did a two part article series titled “Where Is That In The Bible?” (Read them here: http://www.marketfaith.org/2024/11/where-is-that-in-the-bible-part-1-tal-davis/ and here: http://www.marketfaith.org/2024/12/where-is-that-in-the-bible-part-2-tal-davis/ ) The articles addressed a number of common phrases and ideas that many people often assume are true and come from the Bible. Some…
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Iran in Crisis – Will the Mahdi Still Come? – Tal Davis

March 13, 2026   |  

In June of 2025 the United States and Israel conducted massive air, missile, and drone strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The initial attacks were specifically to destroy all of Iran’s capability of making atomic weapons. Those attacks were considered highly successful. However, in the early months of 2026,…
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What Do We Mean By Biblical Inerrancy? Part 2 – Tal Davis

March 6, 2026   |  

The authority of the Bible for doctrine and ethics has been the cornerstone of the Jewish (Hebrew Scriptures) and Christian (Old and New Testaments) faiths since before the earliest centuries of the First Millennium A.D. The historical events and spiritual truths documented in the 66 canonical books of Bible are…
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