…Respond to Harvest House Corporate Statement on Recent Court Ruling,” March 19, 2004, response-to-harvest-house-corporate-statement-031804 [Note: This site has been discontinued. The same information is available on this site at: http://www.contendingforthefaith.org/libel-litigations/harvest-house-et-al/response.html]…
…100. Yet, after many hours of prayer, consideration, and consultation with valued friends, experts, scholars, and academicians, we felt compelled by the Lord to go forward. While it is our…
…one brief comment: Obviously my decision will be rendered in a written form. However, I would like to commend Mr. Morgan and his staff for having presented what I feel…
…to review the case. June 7, 2007 Petition for Writ of Certiorari (May 16, 2007) supported by five amicus briefs: Hank Hanegraaff/Christian Research Institute, Gretchen Passantino/Answers in Action, John Morehead/Neighboring…
…(see below) Hank Hanegraaff/Christian Research Institute on the meanings of “cult” in Christian apologetics (filed 8/7/2006) Gretchen Passantino/Answers in Action on the meanings of “cult” in Christian apologetics (filed 8/18/2006)…
…ePub Download: PDF en PDF zh PDF ko PDF es Select Quotes: Hank Hanegraaff, President, Christian Research Institute: “First, the local churches are not a cult from a theological perspective…….
…Cor. 8:4b; Isa. 45:5a), who is triune—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit (Matt. 28:19), co-existing (Matt. 3:16-17; 2 Cor. 13:14) and coinhering (John 14:10-11) in three persons, or hypostases,…
…image and likeness. John’s Gospel reveals the Triune God in His accomplishment of redemption (especially in John 1:1-2, 14; 7:37-39; chapters 14-17; 20:22). Matthew 28:19 reveals the Triune God in…
…standards our faith demands. For background on this case, including copies of official court documents, go to http://www.contendingforthefaith.org/libel-litigations/harvest-house-et-al/ [now /defense/encyclopedia-of-cults-and-new-religions/. The entire Press Release is available in Adobe format here….
…unto the Shepherd and Bishop” of our souls (1 Pet. 2:25). The Lord said, “There shall be one flock and one Shepherd” (John 10:16). This is the fifth of five…
…and the Christian Research Journal; Christianity Today, the leading evangelical periodical; Gretchen Passantino, co-founder and director of the apologetics ministry Answers in Action (and an early critic of the local…
…(see “A Brief History of the Relationship between the Local Churches and the Christian Research Institute“). The responses to CRI’s criticisms are included here for the historical record, for the…
…him into the kingdom of the Son (Col. 1:13). He has been made a member of that spiritual organism, “the church which is his body” (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:22-23)….
…Christ and churches that were established according to the New Testament principle of one city, one church (Acts 8:1; 13:1; 1 Cor. 1:2; Rev. 1:11). See Living Stream Ministry’s “Witness…
…Eph. 2:4-5, 8) and the Spirit redeems (Rom. 8:4; Titus 3:5); and the Father sanctifies (Eph. 1:3-4; 1 Thess. 5:23) and the Son sanctifies (Eph. 4:15-16; 5:25-27). Bruce Demarest and…
…14th Edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993), p. 885. 7Ibid., p. 49. 8Deposition of Barbara Gordon, November 3, 2003, p. 5. 9“General Principles and Practices for ECPA Members,” http://web.archive.org/web/20031002130749/http://www.ecpa.org/Principlesandpractices.html….
…Training 2. Concerning Translation of the Bible 3. Concerning Bible Interpretation and Idolatry 4. Concerning the Scriptural Meaning of the Triune God 5. Concerning “Divisions,”” “Proselytizing,””…
…program, Hank Hanegraaff, President of the Christian Research Institute, and Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal, discuss the need of apologetics ministries to apply proper research and apologetic…
…the common faith. In our meetings, we are spiritually strengthened, enlightened, equipped, and commissioned by the Lord. In the church meetings the resurrected Christ truly is with us as we…
…also persecuted the Apostles (Acts 6:9; 13:43, 45-46, 50; 14:1-2, 19; 17:1, 5-6, 13) and the churches (Rev. 2:9; 3:9). Likewise today the synagogues resist the gospel and teach people…