Articles by Paul Derengowski, Ph.D.

Born Again? How do you know?

One question that is often asked is how does a person know if he or she—or possibly even a family member, neighbor, acquaintance, or stranger—is born again or not? To pose the question is to assume that an answer is available, even though in some instances there are those who…



Who “Must” Be Born Again?

Since it was impossible for Jesus to lie, then what he told the highly religious Pharisee, Nicodemus, was true, not only about him, but about every human being—with the exception of Jesus—who expects to “rest in peace,” once he meets his appointment with death. “You must be born again!” There…


The Most Important Question About Kobe Bryant

Kobe Byrant, former basketball stud muffin of the Los Angeles Lakers, passed away yesterday in a fiery helicopter crash near Los Angeles. The tragedy included eight others who were onboard the craft, which included Kobe’s 13-year-old daughter, Giana. Before anyone really knew anything about the crash itself, Kobe was being…


Do the Mormons Really Believe in the Bible?

For the past month or so I have spent a considerable amount of time delving into the question of whether or not the Mormons, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (as they now like to “officially” calls themselves), believe in the Bible. Of course, they…


Am I “Anti-Mormon?”

This question was posed, recently, by a Christian on Facebook and frankly, I still don’t quite understand it. But I thought that I would take a stab at it and provide my perspective on what I think it means and how it applies to me. First, “anti” can mean at…


Cult Commonality

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Cultists and Computer Hackers

For the past day-and-a-half I have been experiencing the wonders, glories, and excitement of having someone or something hack into the CAPro website. Whoever or whatever decided to utilized a “pinhole” to place malicious code into a secondary domain name, which caused the CAPro site to crash. Lovely. So, after…


Intolerant Churches

Well, here we go again, in search of the elusive church where the preacher has a fire in his belly and the teachers actually know what they are talking about. Going on nine months now, my wife and I have been in search of a church to attend and become…


Diversity and Inclusion Statements

A sure-fire way these days to know whether a person, institution, or organization is not diverse or inclusive is when any of the aforementioned insists that an applicant for employment submit a diversity and inclusion statement as a part of the hiring process. Why is this so? By its very…