Apologia is dedicated to the proclamation and defense of the gospel of Jesus Christ - to "contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). Apologia's mission is primarily educational, to equip the body of Christ for spiritual discernment. An important means of accomplishing this is the Apologia Report, a weekly online research journal, which summarizes and reviews hundreds of magazines, journals, and news publications to identify the most valuable resources to aid Christians as they encounter competing truth claims and seek to wisely respond. Apologia also provides an important forum through its AR-talk, a free-access, moderated Internet e-mail discussion of apologetics resources, particularly those covered in Apologia Report.

This is Dr. James Bjornstad's personal webpage. It contains information "Fact Sheets" and articles on various cults and new religious movements. RealAudio Of Dr. Bjornstad's lectures and presentations on the cults and apologetics.

The North American Mission Board exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, start New Testament congregations, minister to persons in the name of Christ, and assist churches in the United States and Canada in effectively performing these functions. Part of their strategy is to reach those in World religions, the cults and new religious movements through the ministry of the Interfaith Witness Department.

The Institute for Religious Research is a non-denominational, non-profit foundation devoted to the study of religious claims in light of history and the Bible. IRR offers and excellent resource at their Mormons In Transition site which is intended to promote ? in a thoughtful and gracious manner ? the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, as revealed in the Bible. It offers relevant, scholarly resources that examine the foundational claims of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in light of history and the Bible.

Life Assurance Ministries was founded by Dale Ratzlaff to proclaim the good news of the new covenant gospel of grace in Christ and to combat the errors of legalism and false religion. If you have questions about the Sabbath, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ellen G. White, the old and new covenants or desire information about Sabbath in Crisis or The Cultic Doctrine of Seventh-day Adventists: An Evangelical Resource by Dale Ratzlaff, this is the site for you. This link also provides valuable assistance for pastors and teachers looking for sermons and sermon illustrations, Bible studies and other helps. There is also an extensive listing of services, links and products.

Mormonism Research Ministry's mission is two-fold. 1) To educate the Body of Christ about the differences between Mormonism and Christianity, and 2) To conduct outreaches that take the Gospel directly to the LDS people. The MRM Home Page provides a vast amount of articles that addresses such topics as the Mormon Godhead, salvation, the temple, speeches and documents, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, reviews and rebuttals, and personal testimonies from those who have left the LDS movement. Mormonism Research Ministry has been challenging the claims of the LDS Church in a Christ-honoring way since 1979.

The New England Institute of Religious Research is committed to not only providing high quality research on contemporary non-Christian and Christian religious structures, organizations, and individuals, but also to equip the Church to deal pastorally and sensitively with those caught in these systems. This site and ministry is also seeks to minister to those caught in destructive groups, heresies ("cults"), and aberrational Christian groups in New England and the rest of the country.

Founded in 1993, The Tennessee Valley Bible Students Association (TVBSA), is a ministry of discernment dedicated to the proclamation and defense of the historic Christian faith, the restoration and edification of the victims of spiritual deception and the equipping of the Body of Christ to do likewise. Their goal is to offer a balanced Christian perspective on deceptive spirituality and philosophy as it continues to challenge the Christian faith. This site addresses not only cultic deception but also those of anti-Christian philosophies (such as postmodernism, atheism, and the "new spirituality"), as well as an examination of the New Age movement. A unique feature of this site is the "STRANGE FIRES" section that will analyze and respond to the manifold errors of excess within the Pentecostal and Charismatic cultures from entirely Pentecostal perspectives. Links arranged by categories.

WF Online is a comprehensive, award-winning site offering hundreds of Watchman Expositor articles and Profiles discussing cults, new religions, and related apologetics and discernment issues from an evangelical Christian perspective. The entire site is word searchable and contains several helpful indices. One popular feature is Watchman's Index of Cults and Religions, an 1,100 entry database of cults, occult organizations, New Age groups, and world religions with related terms and doctrines. Also provided is a regularly updated religious news section and a Resource Guide offering over 200 books, tapes, videos and tracts.

This site is designed to persuasively articulate, demonstrate and defend the Christian faith unapologetically in the marketplace of ideas -especially the western university world, and to equip family, students, faculty, friends, and associates to do the same and with all the energy that God alone can supply. It includes a vast array of links and search capabilities. It also contains a section dedicated to Apologetics and Ethics.

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