Should Christians Practice Yoga? A Biblical Examination of Conscience, Culture, and Christ. Walk into almost any gym, wellness studio, or community center, and you will likely find a yoga class. For many, yoga is simply stretching, breathing, and stress relief. For others, it carries spiritual overtones rooted in Eastern religious traditions. That tension is exactly why Christians keep asking the question.

Buddhism and Biblical Christianity: Two Very Different Roads. Buddhism attracts millions with its promise of inner peace and freedom from suffering. At first glance it may appear compatible with Christian ideas of peace and compassion. But beneath the surface, the foundations of Buddhist philosophy and biblical Christianity differ radically—in history, truth-claims, and their understanding of life after death.

The Clear Word Bible: An Adventist Doctrinal Paraphrase. The Clear Word Bible, published in 1994 by Seventh-day Adventist theologian Jack Blanco, is marketed as a “devotional paraphrase.” While it presents itself as a tool to make Scripture easy to understand, it is in reality a theologically biased rewriting of the Bible. Rather than drawing from the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, Blanco reshapes verses to reflect distinctive Adventist doctrines.

The Passion Translation (TPT): A One-Man Paraphrase Masquerading as Scripture. The Passion Translation (TPT), produced by Brian Simmons and first released in 2017, markets itself as a “fresh, Spirit-led translation” of Scripture. In reality, it is not a translation at all. Unlike genuine translations, which are produced by committees of trained scholars working with the original texts, the TPT is a one-man paraphrase shaped by Simmons’ claim of receiving supernatural guidance