What Kind of Doctrine Is Essential

By Dan Walters The New Testament speaks of only two kinds of doctrine: that which is of God and is, therefore, sound doctrine; and that which is of man and, thus, unsound. The doctrine which God has revealed to man is called “sound doctrine” (Titus 1:9; 2:1; 2 Tim. 4:3), “the apostles’ doctrine” (Acts 2:42), “good …

The New Gnosticism: Intellectualism

By Jeffrey Kingry The Gnosticism of the first century, which gave the apostles and teachers so much trouble, was a religion, not a philosophy. It was grounded in Dualism, a view that the state of man was divided; that only spiritual things were good, and anything of matter is essentially evil. Man, they figured, was a …

Philippines: Salvation and Religion (6)

By Wallace H. Little Since this series deals with religion, something needs to be said about salvation and religion, considering the various forms existing in the Philippine Islands. The claim is made by believers in Catholicism and repeated by those who do not bother to check that out, that “The Philippines is a Christian nation” equating …