March 2025 | thebereancall.org

March 2025

He was mistaken. What he readily accepted due to his lack of faith in the Bible is not “demonstrable fact” at all. It is tragic that through faulty evidence and reasoning he was convinced that the Bible was untrustworthy and became an agnostic and, finally, an atheist. Rejection of the...Read more
TBC Today
What do Mormon women and Prozac have in common? Quite a bit, because research has shown that “Utah residents currently use more antidepressant drugs, notably Prozac, than the residents of any other US state.”* Since over 70% of Utahns are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...Read more
TBC Today
The devil presents counterfeits of all of God’s blessings to pull us away from faith in God, and, as a result, it shouldn’t be surprising that demonic signs and wonders exist—or that there are people who get some information from demonic sources. The whole world (the unsaved) lies under the...Read more
Apples of Gold
Pragmatism in church growth (including being geared to psychological counseling, felt needs, entertainment, etc.) can lead to problems. One of the inherent risks is that a pastor or leader could be distracted from the prime focus of God’s own leading for him in his particular situation and mesmerized by another...Read more
Apples of Gold
This rejection of the Genesis record is a recurring theme throughout Templeton’s autobiography, Farewell to God . Charles Templeton was one of the original organizers of Youth For Christ. In 1946, he was listed by the National Association of Evangelicals as among those “best used by God.” Yet his doubts...Read more
TBC Today
The bottom line is to know the Scriptures thoroughly, to remain open to the leading of the Holy Spirit, and to intercede as you await the opportunities the Lord can give you—remembering, too, that the church without spot or wrinkle for whom the Lord Jesus Christ will return is not...Read more
Apples of Gold
The Scriptures clearly teach that if one does not have the Holy Spirit, one is not saved and therefore, one is not a Christian. There is no intermediate state of belief. To state otherwise is once again to add words that obscure both plain meaning and context. As Acts is...Read more
Apples of Gold
The abandonment of a literal interpretation of the Bible, and especially of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, has turned many professing Christians into atheists. Charles Templeton, pastor for seven years of a successful and growing church in Toronto, Canada, and at one time close friend and co-evangelist with Billy...Read more
TBC Today
The abandonment of a literal interpretation of the Bible, and especially of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, has turned many professing Christians into atheists. Charles Templeton, pastor for seven years of a successful and growing church in Toronto, Canada, and at one time close friend and co-evangelist with Billy...Read more
TBC Today
In his 1923 book Christianity & Liberalism , J. Gresham Machen asserts that liberalism is another religion unto itself, far removed from the biblical Christianity from which it came. We think he makes some good points. In Chapter Two of his book, he takes the liberalism (of his day) to...Read more
TBC Today

Pages