What Do Roman Catholics Believe About Salvation?
Catholics and Salvation: What do they believe? In this interview, Dr. Ankerberg interviews Dr. Walter Martin: Dr. John Ankerberg: As I see it – maybe you see it different – there are at least four different kinds of Roman Catholics to start off with in the Roman Catholic Church. I wanted to say that, and…
Read MoreNeuroscience and Bioelectricity
We have described the reality of digital electrical signals by which our central and peripheral nervous systems communicate with each other. All human body cells possess electrical properties. If this were not true, our bodies would not function. The eleven major body systems would be unable to communicate with each other and regulate conditions in…
Read MorePsychics and Mediums—Part 2: Understanding Spiritism, Channeling, and Spirit Guides
In Part 1 of this article, I provided a basic summary of the occult, the paranormal, divination, psychics, trance states, and mediums. In the present article, I will continue along these same lines with a brief assessment of spiritism, channeling, and so-called spirit guides. Spiritism Spiritism affirms the continued existence of human personalities beyond death…
Read MoreWhat Do Other Religions Teach about Salvation?
What Do Other Religions Teach about Salvation? Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. Walter Martin explain in this interview: Dr. John Ankerberg: Mary Baker Eddy says about the atonement of Jesus, “The material blood of Jesus was no more efficacious to cleanse from sin when it was shed upon the accursed tree then when it was…
Read MorePsychics and Mediums—Part 1: Understanding the Occult, the Paranormal, and Psychic-Mediums
The field of occultism is filled with intriguing and mysterious terms such as precognition, paranormal, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, psychometry, and telekinesis. In what follows, I will delve into these enigmatic concepts to help readers better understand ghosts and psychic phenomena. The Occult The term occult comes from the Latin word occultus, which literally means “hidden,”…
Read MoreWhat Do Mormons Teach about Salvation?
What Do Mormons Teach about Salvation? In this interview, we will explain. Dr. John Ankerberg: The Mormons’ Journal of Discourses is a conglomeration, and I am going to summarize here. The Mormon doctrine of salvation involves not only faith in Christ, they admit that, but “baptism by immersion, obedience to the teachings of the Mormon…
Read MoreBody Systems Analysis
Of all eleven human body systems, the nervous system is known as the control and communicating system for all other body systems. The study of biology consists of eleven major systems, integrated to produce a highly functional human body. We list eleven recognized systems: (1) circulatory, (2) digestive, (3) endocrine, (4) integumentary (skin), (5) lymphatic,…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Appeal of Psychics
Why has the paranormal gained traction in Western culture, along with the enduring popularity of psychics and the widespread fascination with contacting the dead? What drives this interest? Examining the appeal of the paranormal is not like looking through a telescope at a single subject. Rather, it is like looking through a kaleidoscope, for there…
Read MoreCan You Be Saved Apart from Jesus?
Can You Be Saved Apart from Jesus? Dr. John Ankerberg: The Barna Research Group did a national survey of Americans, and found out the 75-78% of all Americans thought they were going to heaven. Now, the question is, how can you know for certain that you will go to heaven? People are saying, “I want…
Read MoreWhat do Jehovah’s Witnesses Teach about Salvation?
What do Jehovah’s Witnesses Teach about Salvation? Dr John Ankerberg and Dr Walter Martin break it down in this insightful interview. Dr. John Ankerberg: I would like to come back to the Watchtower Society, the Jehovah’s Witnesses. In terms of the atonement, the Jehovah’s Witnesses says, “The atonement is a ransom paid to Jehovah God…
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