Category: Religions and cults

by Michael Fackerell
March 9, 2007

I understand that paganism is a growing religious force in the world today. Also, there are quite a number of forms of paganism – Druidism, Wicca, Witchcraft  just to name a few. Perhaps you feel that your rituals and other spiritual activities will help to save the Earth from self-destruction. You may distrust Christianity for quite a few reasons. You can’t stand the doctrine of eternal punishment, and you probably feel that most Monotheistic religions, especially Christianity, are a hindrance to spiritual development.

by Hank Hanegraaff
June 12, 2009 

What’s wrong with the “Faith” movement? Its leaders include many of the most popular television evangelists. Its emphases on faith, the authority of the believer, and the absolute veracity of Scripture could appear to be just what today’s church needs. And yet, I am convinced that this movement poses one of the greatest contemporary threats to orthodox Christianity from within. Through it, cultic theology is being increasingly accepted as true Christianity. This article will highlight several serious problems with the Faith movement by providing an overview of its major sources and leaders. Part Two will focus on the movement’s doctrinal deviations as represented by one of its leading proponents.

by Hank Hanegraaff and Erwin M. de Castro
June 12, 2009

Kenneth Copeland stands today as one of the Faith movement’s leading spokesmen. His voluminous material (in print and broadcast media), combined with his crusades and international outreach centers, attest to his vast influence. Copeland is responsible for spreading many of the Faith movement’s unbiblical teachings. He distorts the biblical concepts of faith and covenant. He reduces God to the image of man while elevating man to the status of God. He lowers Jesus to being a product of positive confession who took on a satanic nature at the cross. And he promotes the occult practice of creative visualization.

by Dave Hunt
February 1, 2014

One cannot even begin to “live by faith” while “dead in trespasses and sins”, which is mankind’s natural condition. One must be made “alive from the dead” by receiving God’s forgiveness in Christ. The Christian life of faith is only for those who are “in the faith”. Living “a good Christian life” is not the way to become a Christian. Only those who already are Christians can live that life. Nor is it lived in order to earn heaven, which is impossible, but out of gratitude to Christ for having paid the penalty for sin.

by AlwaysBeReady.com  

Scientology teaches that salvation is attained through increasing one’s spiritual awareness.

by Rabbi David Chernoff

Messianic Judaism is a movement of Jewish people who believe that Yeshua (Jesus’ original name in Hebrew) is the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world.

by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Judaism, the first and oldest of the three great monotheistic faiths, is the religion and way of life of the Jewish people. The basic laws and tenets of Judaism are derived from the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.

by S. Michael Houdmann

Question: “What is Coptic Christianity, and what do Coptic Christians believe?”

By Mary Fairchild

Orthodox Christianity claims to have fully preserved, without any deviation, the traditions and doctrines of the early Christian church established by the apostles. This is why they believe themselves to be the only true and “right believing” Christian faith.

by S. Michael Houdmann

Question: “What is Roman Catholicism?”