Jonathan Mensah-Bonsu

We live in a confused religious world, no doubt. In assessing error, Reinhold Niebuhr, a 19th century theologian and philosopher noted: “All false doctrine originates with only a slight deviation from the truth”. However, the deviation from biblical thinking as it relates to tongues speaking, is almost hopelessly irreparable. Oh, that all men would realize […]

After the Pelagius-Augustine controversy in the 5th century, the doctrine of original sin gained acquiescence in the religious circle. Pelagius argued that all men imitate the disobedience of Adam and Eve and hence are individually responsible for their own spiritual condition. Augustine however took the position that after the fall of our first parents, their progenies inherited a sinful

One of the commonest proverbial sayings during the time of one of the greatest judges of Israel was – Is Saul also among the prophet? 1 Samuel 10:11-12. The issue of prophets and their work has been at forefront discussions in recent times. Religion has received a barrage of criticism from skeptics as religious charlatans

Probably you have read a bumper sticker with this inscription: In case of the rapture, this car will be unoccupied. Seems consistent to say that the popular tenant of dispensational theology is rapture. Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins were labeled ‘the New Prophets of Revelation’ in the May 24, 2004 issue of Newsweek with their book

On the sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “Judge not, that you be not judged” Matthew 7:1. Whenever this passage is quoted, it is often argued that nobody has the right to judge anybody at any time. It seems to the writer that this passage is one of the abused passages if not the most abused

In Acts 16:31, we read these words “So they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” This verse or statement has been for many years the bulwark of the denominational doctrine of sola fide or faith only. The James Buchanan Professor of New Testament Thomas R. Schreiner wrote:

If there is any misconception about the origin and nature of Satan that occupies the minds of people, then Lucifer being the name of Satan before the fall is one. The 17th  century poet, John Milton popularized the idea that Satan is called Lucifer in his epic poem, Paradise Lost. Milton wrote: Know then, that, after

My heart aches oh most lovely Eunice, when I see children born to Christian parents grow into wild, towering kids of insolence and immorality.The rearing of kids today doubtless have become a hectic task for parents. The Lord’s citadel (the church) yearly loses countless young men and women to the allurements of the world. How

In John 3, a discourse between Jesus Christ and a Jewish teacher called Nicodemus, Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3. Whatever the phrase ‘born again’ means, it is unequivocally clear that being born again is an absolute necessity to seeing the

In 1936, the Jesuit priest Josef A. Jungmann popularized the idea of a distinction between the gospel and doctrine when he published his book, The Good News and Our Proclamation of the Faith. Jungmann defended the ‘kerygmatic’ approach to preaching, by drawing a line of distinction between gospel (kerygma) and doctrine (didache). British theologian and