This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 24, number 1 (2002). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Disgruntled church members have charged the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), which prides itself on accepting people no matter what their beliefs, of [...]

The Newsletter staff is pleased to introduce this new column, based on questions and answers excerpted from “The Bible Answer Man.” CRIs live call-in radio broadcast. In this issue of the Newsletter, Craig Hawkins answers questions on death and the afterlife. What happens to Christians after they die? Do they “go to sleep” until the [...]

This article first appeared in the Volume 23 / Number 3 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The Weigh Down Workshop (WDW) has been an extremely popular program among Christians — as of early September there were 30–35,000 workshops, mostly in [...]

Summary Since the early 1990s, the national media has devoted countless stories to the increase of antigovernment militias throughout America. Many onlookers wholeheartedly endorse these paramilitary units as constitutionally protected expressions of freedom. Others see them as illegally formed private armies. In reality, the militias are far more complex. They represent the militant arm of [...]

Summary Biblical diagnosis of the complex, intersecting worlds of psychology, counseling, and the church is elusive and also only a small step toward approaching a productive individual, congregational, and Christian commitment toward helping hurting people. Although a well-rounded, biblically based program of personal change and growth with the help of a committed, mature Christian is [...]

Summary In setting forth his views on spiritual and mental health, Dr. M. Scott Peck has captivated the attention of Christians and non-Christians alike. The best-selling author of The Road Less Traveled and other books on spirituality and psychotherapy claims that true salvation or mental health comes to persons — whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, [...]

SummaryMoral government theology (MGT), rooted in the philosophical definition of freedom as the “power of contrary choice,” denies the fundamental Christian doctrines of God’s perfection in knowledge, goodness, and power; original sin; human moral inability; the substitutionary satisfaction of God’s justice in Christ’s atoning death; redemption; and justification by the crediting of Christ’s righteousness to [...]

Daniel Tocchini’s Mashiyach1 Ministries, best known for its Momentus Training Seminars, has launched into the general trade book market with the publication of Killing the Victim before the Victim Kills You, authored by Tocchini and his two close associates, Derek Watson and Larry Pinci. Additionally, the organization has estab­lished a strong presence on the Internet [...]

Charismatic leader Bob Weiner’s plans are still unclear almost a year after his announcement that the doors were closing at the international offices of the Maranatha Christian Churches in Gainesville, Florida. In a move that took many off guard, Maranatha’s senior leaders held a board meeting in Florida in November of last year and decided [...]

A conservative news mag­azine is under fire across the U.S. due to its links with controversial religious leader Roy Masters. The monthly magazine, New Dimensions, is also increasingly finding its way into the hands of politically conservative evangel­ical Christians, as its publishers have been giving away free ads to conservative groups, according to the January [...]