What Does The Bible Say?

Send us Fan Mail We continue our study of that Church that Jesus built noticing that Paul said He purchased it with His own blood. We continue our discussion by talking about the various descriptions of the Lord's Church as in the body of Christ, the house of God, the church of the Living God, etc. We talk about Jesus being the head of the Church and the Savior of the body. We discuss Paul&ap...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at the passages in the Bible that tell us about the Church that Jesus Built that show that the Lord's Church is not a denomination like the ones we have already looked at. Jesus told Peter He would build His church. We look at that passages. We define some of the words we find there, which is very important to properly understand what He said. There a...

Send us Fan Mail We continue this second episode on the Holiness Churches. They claimed in 1914 to  receive a revelation that said that  there is only one person in the Godhead. Based upon this claim many were rebaptized and claimed they received  baptism of the Holy Spirit while in the water. In the same year a General Council of the Assemblies of God was formed. Because of the claim of a new rev...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we finish our study of Free Masonry  and the Masonic Lodge and begin looking at Holiness Churches. We start by  looking at the Masonic Ritual according to their publication titled King Solomon's Temple. In that ritual the Entered Apprentice in receiving the First Degree, is required to promise and swear a number of things. We note what Jesus said about swearin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will investigate the Masonic Lodge and its auxiliaries as a religion and consequently, a denomination. We note that there are many good fathers and honest, law abiding citizens in this organization. Their Shriner's hospitals for burned and crippled children have done much good. Many great men in American History have been members of the Lodge. Unfortunatel...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our discussion of the Jehovah's Witness Church by first noting that they deny the deity of Jesus Christ. They teach that Jesus is a created being and does not have the same deity as God the Father. We discuss this briefly. We note that they  also deny the deity of the Holy Spirit. We look at passages like Acts 5:3 that clearly teach that the Holy Spirit is deity j...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our study of denominations by looking at the Jehovah's Witness Church which was founded by Charles T. Russell. It had its formal beginnings in the early 20th century. We look at its history beginning with Russell and followed by a number of other men. We talk about these men, those they associated with and the gradual changes these various men made in the organiza...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode on the Mormon Church denomination, we begin by looking at their 13 Articles of Faith. We note that on the surface, they appear quite reasonable. But upon examination, they profess much that is contrary to what the Bible says. We look at what they say they believe, and then dive in to the particulars which are clearly contrary to what is true. We also look at...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we continue our discussion of the organization of the Mormon Church. As was mentioned last week, it is highly organized, much like the Roman Catholic Church. We next take a look at the Mormon scriptures, beginning with the Book of Mormon. We note that there are 15 books in it that record the migration of two groups from the mid-east to North America. We discuss the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we begin by continuing our discussion of the Christian Church denomination. We note that like the Roman Catholic Church, it is difficult to recount its history because it evolved gradually. We do know that the Christian Church developed out of the Restoration Movement that sought to get churches of the day to return to the principles found in the New Testament, not...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Seventh Day Adventist Church denominations doctrines, teachings and views. We begin by noting that they insist on worshipping on the seventh day or Sabbath as was done in the Old Testament. We discuss the fact that Christians in the first century worshipped on the first day of the week and why that was the case. Next we noted thei...

Send us Fan Mail The Seventh Day Adventist Church is a very large, international denomination.  It is among 5 other Adventist denominations who grew out of the efforts of William Miller in 1831 In Massachusetts. In 1833 Miller began preaching that the end of the world was at hand and predicted the second coming of Christ to occur in about 1843 and that His personal thousand year reign would begin...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to discuss some doctrines, teachings and views of the Baptist Church. We look into their belief in eternal security or the impossibility of one falling away once he is saved. We talk about a number of passages that refute this teaching. We move on to note that the Lord's church was not established while John the Baptizer was alive. It was on Pentecost, a number of...

Send us Fan Mail In This episode we begin looking at the Baptist Church denomination which is one of the largest and most influential protestant denominations. Today there are more than twenty Baptist denominations. We talk about when and where John Smyth or Smith first organized a Baptist Church. We note that there were two types of Baptists in the early days of the church's existence. We di...

Send us Fan Mail We continue in this episode by noting that the Methodist Church consists of a complex organization including numerous conferences, powers and duties as set forth in their Discipline. Glenn discusses the simplicity of the Lord's church as outlined in the Bible. We talk about the fact that no member of the Methodist Church may preach without a license, contrary to what the New...

Send us Fan Mail We begin this episode on the Methodist Church denomination by noting that even though John Wesley founded the Methodist church, he lived and died in the Episcopal Church. According to the Methodist Church, it had its origin within the Church of England. It was in 1729 that John and Charles Wesley began to entertain the beliefs that led to the development of the Methodist Church. J...

Send us Fan Mail We continue this episode on the Episcopal Church by noting that for the most part, Episcopal priests, and thus the Episcopal Church itself, are very liberal in their theology. We note what Bishop James A. Pike, who is now deceased, said about the virgin birth and the garden of Eden, in which he disagrees with the Bible account. We next discuss an Anglican clergyman, Ernest Harriso...

Send us Fan Mail We  begin this episode by noting the nature of the Episcopal church and its teachings. It broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, but much of it's organization and teachings are very similar and in some cases identical to those of that Church. They have a clergy-laity distinction which is not found in the NT. We discuss what is found there. Baptism in the Episcopal is done...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we finish our discussion of the Presbyterian Church and begin discussing the Episcopalian Church. Glenn begins by noting that the Presbyterian Church requires its members to make a confession of the Apostles Creed. He notes that there is no such Creed specified in the word of God. The required confession in the New Testament is that Jesus Christ is the Son of God a...

Send us Fan Mail We begin this episode on the Presbyterian Church by noting that there are actually nine Presbyterian denominations in the United States. We note three of the largest ones. We talk about the origins of the Presbyterian Church and note that it grew out of the teachings of John Calvin, even though he never founded a distinct denomination. Nevertheless, many of his teachings have been...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our discussion of the Lutheran Church denomination in this episode. We review their belief and teaching that justification is by faith alone. We note what James says in chapter two where he says that faith without works is dead, along with the full context. We also note several other passages that show this Lutheran belief to be in error. We next look at the Lutheran t...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our study of denominations by next looking at what the Bible says about the Lutheran Church. Of course, the truth is that the Lutheran Church is not mentioned in the Bible. The Lutheran Church was one of the first of the many Protestant churches formed out of the protests against Catholicism during the Reformation Movement. It dates from All Saints Day, October 31, 151...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our discussion of the Roman Catholic Church's various doctrines that are not found in the New Testament. We begin by discussing Extreme Unction which is anointing a person who is about to die. We next discuss the use of instrumental music which was added in 666AD. We note 15 Catholic doctrines and when they were established. We close out this study by noting that...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our discussion of the Roman Catholic Church denomination by looking at it's primary beliefs and doctrines. We begin by noting that the Catholic Church believes and teaches that the Pope, or universal bishop,  is infallible and has authority over the entire church. We note that the New Testament doesn't say nor teach this. In the New Testament each local congr...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our study of denominations by looking at the Roman Catholic Church, it's origin, organization, authority and doctrine. We find it impossible to locate a specific date as the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church or a specific founder of it. We do know that the Roman Catholic Church is the result of a general departure from the divine pattern of organization, doct...