Though obviously not impossible, God's word is really rather difficult to twist. It usually requires the citation of single verses with...

Here's a question that must be asked of any church claiming to be Christian: If I read the Bible and find something that contradicts your...

I'm willing to lay this down as a rule: You have a problem if your church is teaching you that only your church is able to teach you. It...

Jehovah's Witnesses seem to be multiplying like rabbits around my local area. Several street corners, outside hospitals, colleges and...

Church authority is a common talking point when assessing doctrine. Some churches even claim you cannot study scripture independently,...

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain". These famous words from the classic tale "The Wizard of Oz" portray the end of an...

A common feature of cults and false denominations is to attempt to take the Bible out of the hands of the people and claim authority over...

The Bible, of course being inspired by the wisest being who could ever have lived, is a very robust defence against all kinds of heresy....

Throughout history, many Christian groups claimed, and continue to this day to claim, authority from the Apostles. Most famous among...

As Christians, we recognise that the Bible is the sole and sufficient authority in Christianity. If the Bible says something is true, it...

A good test of doctrine is its age. Jude tells us that the Christian faith was "once for all delivered to the saints" in the first...

To the uninformed believer, the claim that the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth can be perplexing. There are three things we...

Debating heretics is frustrating at the best of times, but when they actually attack the Bible, as if God could possibly make an error,...

One peculiarity I find in discussions with heretics is that, sometimes, they try to divert attention away from good theology by focusing...

The modern world brings us a great many blessings, not least of which is fast, free access to the Bible in our own languages. If you are...

"But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from...

The discouragement of private Bible study is not uncommon in certain "Christian" religions. Many Churches claim exclusive authority to...

In Christianity, Scripture is the sole and sufficient authority. Not only is this a clearly taught doctrine within Scripture, it is...

In an effort to defend their authority, many false Churches discourage, and in some cases explicitly forbid any attempt to study the...

A straw man argument is when an opponent of a position misrepresents that position, or an argument in its favor, and proceeds to attack...