Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10059 Universalism is the belief that all people will ultimately be saved, that no one will suffer eternal punishment in hell. In its Christian form, it holds that Christ’s death was so effective that it will eventually result in the salvation of every human being, and perhaps even fallen angels. Whilst this view has…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60026 This is a question many believers wrestle with honestly. Bethel Church (Redding, California), Elevation Church (Charlotte, North Carolina), and Hillsong Church (originating in Sydney, Australia) produce some of the most widely sung worship music in the English-speaking church. Their songs appear in hymnals, on projection screens, and on streaming platforms across every denomination….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60018 The word “cult” is used loosely in popular conversation to describe everything from fringe religious movements to high-control organisations to any group someone personally dislikes. This imprecision is unhelpful. A biblical and theological understanding of what constitutes a cult is important, because cults cause real spiritual damage to real people, and identifying them…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60020 Mormonism presents itself as a restoration of original Christianity, complete with temples, priesthoods, and a living prophet. To millions of people it looks, sounds, and feels Christian. Missionaries in white shirts carry copies of the Bible alongside the Book of Mormon, speak warmly about Jesus, and use familiar evangelical vocabulary. The question every…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60021 Scientology is one of the most recognised new religious movements in the world, known for its celebrity adherents, aggressive legal posture, and carefully controlled public image. Founded in the twentieth century, it presents itself as a path to spiritual freedom and human potential. The question for the Christian is straightforward: does Scientology align…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 60049 The serpent’s temptation in the Garden of Eden established a pattern that has repeated throughout human history. Satan’s approach to Eve—questioning God’s Word, denying God’s judgment, and promising divine status through forbidden knowledge—constitutes what we might call the “primal heresy.” Understanding this original deception helps us recognise its reappearances in contemporary spirituality and…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8038 Deception is not a tactic the enemy employs occasionally or in extreme situations; it is the foundation of his entire operation. Understanding the category of lying and deceiving spirits requires beginning where Jesus Himself begins, with the character of the adversary as the father of lies, and then following the thread through both…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04114 Christian television has produced a particular kind of ministry figure: the faith healer who calls words of knowledge from the platform, lays hands on people who fall backwards, announces dramatic healings, and encourages large financial donations as an act of faith. Millions of people watch these programmes. Some are ill and desperately hopeful….
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60074 The New Apostolic Reformation, Ché Ahn’s Harvest International Ministry, and Bethel Church in Redding, California under Bill Johnson represent three interconnected expressions of what has become one of the most influential and theologically problematic streams in contemporary Christianity. Their reach is significant: Bethel’s music label produces worship songs sung in churches worldwide, HIM’s…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60072 Few movements in modern church history have proved more persistently influential or more theologically problematic than the Latter Rain revival of the late 1940s and the doctrine of the Manifest Sons of God that grew from it. Though the names may be unfamiliar to many Christians today, the ideas continue to circulate widely,…