April 2000

Which Is Better...A Psychiatrist or a Witch Doctor?

Gary: This week’s item focuses on psychology , and is taken from USA Today : Psychologist William Dougherty, director of the marriage and family therapy program at the University of Minnesota says, “Our profession actually comes out of the shamanistic tradition. But to be financially viable to make a living,...Read more

religion in the news

Psychology vs. the Bible-Part One

Tom: Thanks, Gary. The subject for our program this week is “Psychotherapy and Biblical Christianity.” We’ll be exploring the relationship between psychotherapy and the Bible. Are their teachings compatible? Can one be truly integrated with the other? Given the overwhelming impact psychotherapy has had upon Christendom over the last thirty...Read more

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For Whom Did Christ Die?

Tom: The Gospel, as I believe we’ve been demonstrating by discussing it for the past—Dave, it’s been a half-year of programs—is a topic that’s so splendid, so rich in meaning, that we haven't come close to covering it. Yet it’s so simple, so uncontrived, that even a young child can...Read more

understanding the scriptures

Are We for Israel or are We for Palestine?

Gary: Here is this week’s question: “Someone told me that your ministry, The Berean Call, is pro- Israel and anti-Palestinian, even to the point of denying a Palestinian state for the Palestinian people. If that’s true, how can you call yourself a true Christian ministry? Is that what Jesus would...Read more

contending for the faith

The High Crime and Highly Religious United States

Gary: This week’s item is from The Jewish World Review of March 29, 2000, with the headline, “Sin, anyone?” “Americans are the most religious people in the developed world. More than 90 percent tell pollsters that they believe in God, 43 percent say they attend religious services at least once...Read more

religion in the news

A Preview of the Coming World Religion

Tom: Thanks, Gary. Our subject for today is the final chapter in Dave Hunt’s book, Occult Invasion : The Subtle Seduction of the World and Church . The chapter is entitled “The Coming World Religion.” Dave, your book deals with occultism in the world and in the church, but what...Read more

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Question: ...Don’t you think you have expended more time and effort in dealing with the issue of Roman Catholicism than is warranted? Shouldn’t you “lay off” for a while?

April 1, 2000

Question: I hesitate to ask this question because it will put further emphasis upon something I think TBC has given far too much attention. However, don’t you think you have expended more time and effort in dealing with the issue of Roman Catholicism than is warranted? Shouldn’t you “lay off”...Read more

question and answer

Question [composite of several, some quite angry:] Your Q&A of November ’99 (first one) proves you are not willing to be corrected....Instead of receiving correction, you say that John the Baptist “made a mistake” in reproving Herod....

April 1, 2000

Question [composite of several, some quite angry:] Your Q&A of November ’99 (first one) proves you are not willing to be corrected....Instead of receiving correction, you say that John the Baptist “made a mistake” in reproving Herod. I sincerely believe that John the Baptist’s rebuke of Herod wasn’t a mistake...Read more

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Question: ...I am wondering if you have ever considered functioning solely under your own local church elders and as a ministry of whatever local church that is....

April 1, 2000

Question [from a pastor]: Just a quick note to thank you for your newsletter and your sound biblical teaching and to ask one question....It has been my conviction for some time now that the parachurch setup...is an unbiblical foundation for ministry. I am in no way questioning what you are...Read more

question and answer

Quotable

April 1, 2000

There is always the utmost danger when a man or his work becomes remarkable. He may be sure Satan is gaining his objective when attention is shown to anything or anyone but the Lord Jesus Himself. A work may be commenced in the greatest possible simplicity, but through lack of...Read more

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