Tag: faith

  • Debating Christian Truth: Wes Huff vs. Billy Carson

    There was an online discussion about the veracity of Christianity, it took place approximately 4 weeks ago, that went viral. The debate was between a Christian historian and apologist, Wes Huff, and Billy Carson, according to wikia he is an “entrepreneur, author, music artist, TV host, producer, actor, director, and expert in Ancient Civilizations.” Wes…

  • Are Roman Catholic Beliefs Biblical

    The following are various beliefs of Roman Catholicism, contrasted with the teachings of Scripture.

  • Faith Alone: The Cornerstone of The Reformation

    Justification by faith alone (Sola Fide) is the lynchpin of the Protestant Reformation. It will stand or fall on the basis of this doctrine. The essence of Sola Fide is the teaching that we are not saved by the merits of any of our good works, but rather we are saved on the merits of…

  • One Mediator or Many

    In sacramental churches, such as the Roman Catholic and Orthodox, people pray to God the Father through Jesus (as Christ taught us), but they have other mediators whom they pray to, or through, such as Jesus’ mother Mary and certain “saints” (believers in Christ whom their church declared to have led a very holy life,…

  • Salvation: Monergism vs Synergism

    The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches are semi-Pelagian. Salvation in these churches is synergistic—man cooperating with God. Man is saved, in part, through his own efforts. Man, not God, chooses the time of his salvation. Roman Catholics and Orthodox are Arminian in soteriology. They exalt man’s so-called “free will”, and believe it is essential…

  • Paradise Lost?

    Roman Catholicism teaches that there are two types of sin: venial sins which don’t merit the loss of salvation, and mortal sins which merit the loss of salvation. This distinction is not biblical. The result of this teaching is that a typical Roman Catholic will vacillate between being saved and damned hundreds, or even thousands…

  • Real Presence: Real or Not

    The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches teach that when the priest says the words of consecration, the bread and wine transform into the physical body and blood of Jesus. This is known as the Real Presence of Christ in the communion gifts. The Roman Catholic church dogmatizes this process under the rubric of transubstantiation. It…

  • Roman Catholics Conflate Justification With Sanctification

    LET’S CLARIFY MERITIVE AND SALVING A response to Catholics who say they are saved by faith and that good works are not salvific and meritorious. Your denomination teaches that the practice of good works is necessary for salvation and that the Christian under the influence of grace deserves for himself and others the graces to…

  • The Lord’s Supper: The Real Presence of Christ

    I used to believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (communion). I now believe the Lord is present, but not in a physical way, rather it is spiritual. Communion is spiritual food to nourish our souls. I held to the Roman Catholic view that during consecration the bread and wine become…

  • The Biblical Gospel: Grounded in Justification

    The very essence of the gospel, of Jesus Christ, is justification by faith alone. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone. None of our good works are meritorious. We are totally undeserving of salvation. God did not condition our faith on us accepting Christ in our future (God exists outside of time). No.…