When Cultists Ask
Overview
When Cultists Ask proceeds through the Bible, book by book, showing how cults have used prominent texts for their own purposes. The authors then give the orthodox interpretation of the passage in question, and illustrate how the text has been isolated by one or more of the groups to support their own doctrine.
In the Logos edition, all Scripture passages in When Cultists Ask are tagged and appear on mouse-over, and all Scripture passages link to your favorite Bible translation in your library. With Logos’ advanced features, you can perform powerful searches by topic or Scripture reference—finding, for example, every mention of “cult” or “doctrine.”
Key Features
- Introduction on understanding the cults
- Bibliographical references and indexes
Product Details
- Title: When Cultists Ask
- Authors: Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 1997
- Pages: 313
About Norman L. Geisler
Norman L. Geisler has taught at university and graduate levels for nearly 50 years and has spoken, traveled, or debated in all 50 states and in 26 countries. He holds a BA and MA from Wheaton College, a ThB from William Tyndale College, and a PhD in philosophy from Loyola University.
After his studies at Wheaton, he became the graduate assistant in the Bible-philosophy department at the college. He has since taught Bible, apologetics and philosophy at Detroit Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Dallas Theological Seminary, and was the dean of Liberty Center for research and scholarship in Lynchburg, VA. In 1992, he cofounded and served as the president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, until 2006. Currently, he is a professor of theology and apologetics at SES.
Top Highlights
“Actually, there are three different dimensions of a cult—doctrinal, sociological, and moral.” (source)
“Among other things, the cults are multiplying because of the growth of relativism, selfism, subjectivism, and mysticism. Further, moral rebellion and the breakdown of families have contributed to the increase in cults worldwide.” (source)
“Cults, however, carry proselytizing activities to an extreme. Often their excessive proselytizing is an attempt to gain God’s approval. They work for grace rather than from grace as the Bible teaches (2 Cor. 5:14). Sometimes their efforts are exerted in satisfaction of their own egos. Many times their overzealous proselytizing involves impersonal evangelism or buttonholing people.” (source)
“Legalism. Setting down a rigid set of rules by which the devotees must live is common to many cults. These standards are usually extrabiblical.” (source)
“Authoritarianism. Authoritarianism involves the acceptance of an authority figure who often uses mind–control techniques on group members.” (source)
- Title: When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations
- Authors: Norman Geisler, Ron Rhodes
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2002
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Cults › Controversial literature--Handbooks, manuals, etc; Sects › Controversial literature--Handbooks, manuals, etc; Apologetics › Handbooks, manuals, etc; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- ISBNs: 0801011493, 9780801011498
- Resource ID: LLS:42.20.25
- Resource Type: text.monograph.handbook
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:20:40Z