This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume29, number1 (2006). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Jehovah’s Witnesses are famous for their denial of the Trinity. The Watchtower Society advises them to assert: “What I believe is only what the [...]

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume28, number6 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Part two in this series takes a logical approach to answering the question of what makes a doctrine essential. There are two criteria: First, the doctrine must concern [...]

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 5 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS A historical approach to the topic of the essentials of the faith begins with the earliest creeds embedded in the New Testament and traces creedal development [...]

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number1 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Doctrine is under attack. Your initial response might be, “Of course it is, heretics have been challenging the foundations of the church since its inception!” [...]

This article first appeared in the Practical Apologetics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume22, number3 (2000). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org One of the reasons I love the game of golf is that it puts me in touch with people whose worldviews are radically different [...]

This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume28, number2 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org One controversial issue concerning salvation has been whether water baptism is necessary for the remission of sins. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have [...]

This article first appeared in the Volume 22 / Number 4 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org A woman’s place is in the home — that’s what they used to say. Today, few would say that. So what is a woman’s [...]

This article first appeared in the Volume 21 / Number 4 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SUMMARY The Trinity should be the object of our love, for the doctrine expresses the very heart and soul of Scripture’s message of redemption. [...]

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 26, number 3 (2003). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org In my 33 years of Christian ministry, I have visited hundreds of churches across the denominational and nondenominational spectrums. Rare has been the [...]

I. THERE IS ONE GOD A. One God: explicit statements 1. OT: Deut. 4:35, 39: 32:39; 2 Sam. 22:32; Isa. 37:20; 43:10; 44:6-8; 45:5, 14, 21-22; 46:9 2. NT: John 5:44; Rom. 3:30; 16:27; 1 Cor. 8:4-6; Gal. 3:20; Eph. 4:6; 1 Tim. 1:17; 2:5; James 2:19; Jude 25 B. None like God (in His [...]