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False Doctrine Refuted

55 focused Scripture-based answers in 10 subjects, plus 5,757 preserved archive entries. These are separate inventories, not a count of distinct false doctrines or an exhaustive directory. Select a focused subject or browse the archive below.

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Additional publisher study: Browse The Interactive Bible’s false doctrine index ↗, its Calvinism studies ↗, denominational statements of faith ↗, premillennialism studies ↗, and its A.D. 70 doctrine response ↗. These outside articles remain with their publisher; compare each claim with Scripture.
More Bible.ca topics: Jehovah’s Witnesses ↗ · Sabbath-keeping ↗ · Modern tongues ↗. These are publisher-hosted studies, not reproduced articles.
Apologetics Press: Doctrinal Matters directory ↗. Browse the publisher’s subject categories for written studies. These articles remain on AP’s website; compare their arguments and translations with Scripture.
GBN video studies: Answering the Error series ↗ · GBN on-demand video library ↗ · GBN tract library ↗. These resources remain with Gospel Broadcasting Network; examine each teaching in the light of Scripture.
Additional written studies: Gospel Way on false teaching ↗ · World religions and denominations ↗ · Seek The Old Paths issue archive ↗. These articles stay on their publishers’ sites.
Ethan Longhenry and Christian Library: further written studies

Read these resources at their original publishers. Scripture quotations on external sites may use other translations.

Questions about churches of Christ: 101 Questions for Campbellites, Answered — Chuck Northrop, Seek The Old Paths ↗. Read the response on its publisher’s site and examine its Scripture references in context.
Worship and instrumental music: Instrumental Music in Worship — Gospel Way ↗. Read the publisher’s study and compare its arguments with New Testament passages.
Original sin and infant baptism: Read Gospel Way’s studies of inherited depravity ↗ and infant baptism ↗. These articles stay on their publisher’s site; compare each claim with Scripture.
Further written studies: Scripture and religious authority

These links open Gospel Way’s articles. Compare the arguments with Scripture in context.

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Does faith alone save without obedient response?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does a sinner’s prayer replace the gospel response?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Is repentance unnecessary for salvation?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Is baptism unnecessary for remission of sins?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Is baptism merely an outward symbol with no connection to salvation?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does the New Testament place salvation before baptism?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does Ezekiel 36:25 establish sprinkling as New Testament baptism?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does the New Testament teach infant baptism as a conversion practice?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Is every baptism called Christian automatically the baptism taught by the apostles?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Did Spirit baptism make water baptism obsolete?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does the thief on the cross set aside the apostolic call to baptism?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Will moral goodness by itself save a person?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Can a saved believer never fall away?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Are infants personally guilty of Adam’s sin at birth?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Are church of Christ teachings contrary to the gospel?
Focused · Church organization and worship
Can a sinner never respond to the gospel until an irresistible regeneration?
Focused · Calvinism
Does election make faith and obedience irrelevant?
Focused · Calvinism
Did Christ die only for a preselected few?
Focused · Calvinism
Can God’s gracious call never be resisted?
Focused · Calvinism
Must Christians keep the weekly Sabbath as a covenant obligation?
Focused · Covenants and the Sabbath
Are the Ten Commandments the covenant that governs Christians?
Focused · Covenants and the Sabbath
Is Jesus a created being rather than divine?
Focused · God, Christ and the Holy Spirit
Does Scripture restrict the Christian inheritance to only 144,000 people?
Focused · God, Christ and the Holy Spirit
Is the Holy Spirit merely an impersonal force?
Focused · God, Christ and the Holy Spirit
Must one human organization be accepted as God’s exclusive interpreter?
Focused · Religious authority
Can later religious books change the apostolic gospel?
Focused · Mormon claims
Does apostasy authorize a new gospel or a new inspired headquarters?
Focused · Mormon claims
Does Scripture command baptism on behalf of people who have died?
Focused · Mormon claims
Did Christ appoint a universal earthly head over His church?
Focused · Catholic claims
Can a human religious office make an untested teaching infallible?
Focused · Catholic claims
Can religious tradition override God’s revealed commands?
Focused · Catholic claims
Should Christians address prayers to Mary or departed saints?
Focused · Catholic claims
Does Scripture teach purgatory as a necessary cleansing after death?
Focused · Catholic claims
Can someone today claim the same apostolic office as Christ’s original witnesses?
Focused · Miracles, tongues and apostles
Does any unintelligible religious speech establish the biblical gift of tongues?
Focused · Miracles, tongues and apostles
Does a claimed miracle prove that a teacher’s doctrine is true?
Focused · Miracles, tongues and apostles
Does First Thessalonians 4 describe a secret, silent return of Christ?
Focused · Prophecy, resurrection and judgment
Is Christ’s kingdom wholly absent until a future earthly millennium?
Focused · Prophecy, resurrection and judgment
Did Christ fail to establish His kingdom at His first coming?
Focused · Prophecy, resurrection and judgment
May Christians announce a calculated date for Christ’s return?
Focused · Prophecy, resurrection and judgment
Were all resurrection and final judgment promises completely exhausted in A.D. 70?
Focused · Prophecy, resurrection and judgment
Are the Father, Son and Holy Spirit simply one person using three names?
Focused · God, Christ and the Holy Spirit
Is the promised resurrection merely a metaphor with no resurrection of the dead?
Focused · God, Christ and the Holy Spirit
Does doctrine cease to matter when people sincerely love God?
Focused · Religious authority
Can a religious feeling establish truth against Scripture?
Focused · Religious authority
May angels or human servants receive religious worship?
Focused · Church organization and worship
Can good works earn forgiveness independently of Christ’s grace?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Will everyone be saved regardless of repentance and obedience?
Focused · Salvation and faithful living
Does Scripture describe God as a mortal man who became God?
Focused · Mormon claims
Can a human creed become binding law for Christ’s church?
Focused · Religious authority