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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…

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

September 6, 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…

Why I Am Not a Mormon: Part 3

July 21, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In 1973, I was confronted by two young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormons). I was still somewhat of a young believer, but had learned a lot of Christian doctrine since my conversion in late 1968. At first, as I listened to the two men,…

Why I Am Not a Mormon: Part 2

July 17, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In part one of this series (See: http://www.marketfaith.org/2019/07/why-i-am-not-a-mormon-part-1), I related how, as young man, I occasionally interacted with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons/LDS) and engaged that church’s missionaries in discussions. As I said, I found much about the LDS and its people that…

Why I Am Not a Mormon: Part 1

July 14, 2019 | Freddy Davis

I have been researching, speaking, and writing about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) for more than forty years. My first encounter with LDS missionaries was when I was just eleven years old. I was home alone one summer day when two of them parked their bicycles…

The Truth About Marianne Williamson

July 5, 2019 | Freddy Davis

On June 26th and 27th of 2019, twenty self-proclaimed Democratic candidates for President of the United States met in Miami to debate and explain why they should be nominated and elected to that high office. Ten aspirants faced off on Wednesday, June 26th, and the other ten on Thursday, June…

Doing the Moral Math: Part 3

June 30, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In this three installment series, we are examining the results of a 2019 poll by the Gallup Corporation regarding the attitudes of American adults on twenty-one specific moral issues. The survey asked the respondents to state if they considered various issues as morally acceptable or morally unacceptable. In parts one…

Doing the Moral Math: Part 2

June 23, 2019 | Freddy Davis

In May of this year (2019) the Gallup Corporation released the results of a survey it took on the question of what American adults think is or is not morally acceptable. They presented twenty-one issues of current interest and asked the respondents simply if they considered a specific issue as…

Doing the Moral Math: Part 1

June 14, 2019 | Freddy Davis

A Moral Climate Survey
Anyone in the United States above the age of 60 is probably aware how the moral climate of this country has changed radically just since the 1960s. Just a casual survey of the popular TV shows and movies of that era compared to now will demonstrate…

Dialog: Why Do We Do What We Do?

May 14, 2019 | Freddy Davis

Recently we received this comment about one of our articles on the Market Ministries website (see the articles at: http://www.marketfaith.org/2018/04/update-on-the-way-international-and-its-offspring). We felt it deserved a thorough answer so we are reprinting his comments and our response in this installment of our newsletter. The Comment:
Whatever happened to “love your enemy”?…

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