Luke Wayne has been a writer and researcher for CARM since January of 2016. He served as a missionary to Utah from 2013 to 2023 and spent much of that time as an elder at a Reformed Baptist church. He holds an MA in Theological Studies from Midwestern Baptist College and an MDiv from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Luke has engaged in ministry to Jehovah’s Witnesses for decades and has equipped churches and individuals to do the same through teaching classes and conferences, participating in role plays, leading training seminars, and personally mentoring individuals in this work. He spent years doing street evangelism with Mormons in Salt Lake City and Provo, UT and has also engaged in outreach to Mormons and their offshoot groups in Navou, IL and Independence, MO. He currently lives in Arizona where he leads creation-based tours of the Grand Canyon with Canyon Ministries.
In the rare moments that Luke is not leading tours, writing for CARM, serving with his church, or spending time with his beautiful wife and children at home, he can usually be found fishing, hiking, hunting, or just sitting by a river or waterfall in some obscure corner of the American Southwest.
Articles by Luke Wayne:
Biblical and Historical Matters:
- A Brief History of Bible Translations
- Archaeology, History, and Paul’s Arrest and Trial at Jerusalem and Caesarea
- Archaeology, the Bible, and Jeroboam son of Nebat
- Are the commands of Acts 15:20 still applicable today?
- Can the Bible be the Word of God if Jesus is the Word of God?
- Did Barabbas’ insurrection actually happen?
- Did every New Testament author believe in the deity of Jesus?
- Did Mark confuse Isaiah and Malachi?
- Did Paul deny the virgin birth?
- Did the earliest Christians accept the New Testament as Scripture?
- Do references to camels in Genesis prove the Bible is false?
- Do the Gospels disagree on who discovered the empty tomb?
- Do the words of Jesus have more authority than the rest of Scripture?
- Does Exodus 21:22-25 justify abortion?
- Does Genesis 1:26 imply that there were multiple gods involved in creation?
- Does Genesis contradict itself regarding when human languages divided?
- Does Hebrews 8:9 misquote Jeremiah 31:32?
- Does Hebrews 10:5 misquote Psalm 40:6?
- Does human life begin at our first breath?
- Does Jeremiah 10 forbid Christmas trees?
- Does Jesus’ teaching not to pray with many words contradict Paul’s command to pray without ceasing?
- Does John 9:2 imply reincarnation?
- Does Luke 2:14 say “goodwill toward men” or “among men with whom He is pleased?”
- Does Luke 4:18 misquote Isaiah 61:1?
- Does Mark 16:17-18 teach that all true Christians must speak in tongues?
- Does Matthew 2:6 misquote Micah 5:2-4?
- Does Matthew 5:23-24 imply that Christian churches should have an altar?
- Does Matthew 27:9-10 misquote Jeremiah?
- Does Psalm 22:16 really predict Jesus’ crucifixion?
- Does Roman 9:27-28 misquote Isaiah 10:22-23?
- Does the Bible ever refer to Jesus as God?
- Does the Bible say that money is the root of all evil?
- Does the Lord’s Prayer really say “lead us not into temptation?”
- Does the Old Testament teach to hate your enemies?
- Doesn’t the Christian doctrine of the Trinity contradict monotheism?
- En Gedi and the accuracy of Scripture
- Have archaeologists discovered the tomb of King David?
- How do you identify a false teacher?
- How do you protect your family against false teachers?
- How does Jeremiah 29:11 apply to us today?
- How many books are there in the Bible?
- How many wise men came after Jesus was born?
- If eternal security is true, why did the Holy Spirit depart from Saul?
- If faith alone is needed for salvation, then are demons saved because they believe in God?
- If Jesus sits at God’s right hand, doesn’t that make Him lower than God?
- If Jesus was already God, what does it mean that He was “given” authority and the name above all names?
- Is Acts 2:38 referring to the baptism of the Holy Spirit rather than water Baptism?
- Is Christianity guilty of the sins of Jeroboam?
- Is Isaiah 7:14 really a messianic prophecy?
- Is Jesus the Lord?
- Is Matthew 28:19 a later addition to Matthew’s Gospel?
- Is Psalm 22 a Messianic Prophecy?
- Is the battle of Jericho in Joshua a real historical event?
- Is the Bible necessary for Christianity?
- Is the Book of Enoch Scripture since it was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Is there a difference between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven?
- Is there a geographical error in 2 Chronicles 20:1-2? The problem of “Aram”
- Is there historical evidence of Jesus’ miracles?
- Is there only one biblical definition of marriage?
- John 12:37-41 and the deity of Christ
- New Testament figures attested in other early historical sources
- Nomina Sacra and early Christian manuscripts
- Origen and the New Testament Canon
- Philippians 2 and the deity of Christ
- Romans 8:9-11 and the Trinity
- Should Christians Fast?
- Should the Shepherd of Hermas be considered scripture?
- Should we really fear God or just have reverence for Him?
- The Apostolic Fathers and the Deity of Christ
- The Bible has been translated so many times. Can we still trust it?
- The book of James and the Deity of Christ
- The book of Jude and the Deity of Christ
- The calming of the sea and the Deity of Christ
- The Ebionites and the Reliability of the New Testament Gospels
- The glory of the temple and the deity of Christ
- The historicity of Acts 12 and the death of Herod Agrippa I
- The Trinity before Nicea
- The Trinity in the Book of Hebrews
- Trinitarian formulas in the Bible and the early Church
- Was Barabbas a real person or just a literary device?
- Was David a Prophet?
- Was Luke wrong about the census of Quirinius?
- Was our redemption accomplished on the cross or at the resurrection?
- Was the Messiah expected to raise the dead?
- Were the Magi at the Manger?
- What are the Crusades
- What are the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat?
- What did Jesus me by “you will know them by their fruit?”
- What does Acts 2:44-45 mean when it says that Christians “held all things in common”?
- What does it mean to be a living sacrifice?
- What does “I AM WHO I AM” mean?
- What does Jesus mean by “when two or three are gathered in my name”?
- What does the bible say about racism?
- What does the Reformation mean for the church today?
- What is a born-again Christian?
- What is a proverb?
- What is Fasting?
- What is Heaven?
- What is Jesus’ love?
- What is Lent?
- What is meant by the term “Son of Man”?
- What is the “baptism of fire?”
- What is the Day of Judgment?
- What is the History of the Easter Holiday?
- What is the Inquisition?
- What is the name of God the Father?
- What is the Nazareth Inscription?
- What is the Protestant Reformation
- What is the sermon on the plain?
- What is the significance of the word “abba” in the Bible?
- What language did Jesus speak?
- What verse is Hebrews 1:6 citing and why isn’t it in my Old Testament?
- What was Jesus’ Occupation?
- What was John the Baptist’s diet?
- What was the crucifixion?
- What was the subject of John the Baptist’s preaching?
- When did the ministry of John the Baptist begin?
- Where is the Christmas Story in the Bible?
- Where was Jesus born?
- Who are the Anabaptists?
- Who are the Samaritans?
- Who is the “Ancient of Days” in Daniel 7?
- Who is the Holy Spirit?
- Who Imprisoned John the Baptist
- Who were the three men who appeared to Abraham in Genesis 18?
- Why did Jesus say to anoint your head with oil when you fast?
- Why did John the Baptist live in the desert and eat locusts
- Why did the Holy Spirit descend like a dove during Jesus’ baptism?
- Why did the Jewish leaders ask Jesus if He was “the Christ, the Son of God”?
- Why did the Protestant Reformation begin?
- Why doesn’t the Book of Esther directly mention God?
- Why is Human Sacrifice Okay When it’s Jesus but not when it’s Anyone Else
- Why is Jesus called the Good Shepherd?
- Why is Jesus called the Word?
- Will the second coming of Jesus be a literal, bodily return?
- Would Joseph really have had to travel to Bethlehem for a census?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Are blood transfusions sinful?
- Clement of Alexandria and the Watchtower
- Did Jesus become king in 1914?
- Do Ancient Coptic Manuscripts Vindicate Jehovah’s Witnesses at John 1:1?
- Does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 prove that Jesus is Michael the Archangel?
- Does Genesis 2:7 prove that a “soul” is just a physically living human?
- Does Habakkuk 1:12 prove that Jesus could not be God?
- Does Jesus’ Promise to the Criminal in Luke 23:43 indicate that humans have an enduring soul?
- Does Psalm 110:1 disprove the Trinity?
- Does the Bible identify Jesus as Jehovah?
- Does the doctrine of the Trinity make God the author of confusion?
- Does the Septuagint Vindicate the Watchtower Interpretation of Isaiah 9:6 ?
- Enoch, the Watchtower, and rightly handling Scripture
- God and human suffering in the Watchtower and the Bible
- Hippolytus and the Watchtower
- Ignatius of Antioch and the Watchtower
- Irenaeus and the Watchtower
- Is a Mere Man a Sufficient Sacrifice for all our Sins?
- Is Matthew 24:45-47 a prophecy about the Watchtower Organization?
- Is the Watchtower Organization a Trustworthy Interpreter of Scripture?
- Isaiah 9:6, Jesus the Mighty God
- Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Human Soul
- Jehovah’s Witness, 1 Corinthians 15:50, and future resurrection
- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ecclesiastes 9, and the state of the dead
- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Isaiah, and the state of the dead
- Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Psalms, and the state of the dead
- Origen and the Watchtower
- Proverbs 8:22-31, “Produced me” and “brought me forth”
- Revelation 3:14, the beginning of creation
- The Watchtower and 1975
- The Watchtower and the 1914 Generation
- The Watchtower, Armageddon, and the Twentieth Century
- Tertullian and the Watchtower
- Using the New World Translation to refute the New World Translation: John 1:1
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Does it matter?
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: New Testament Manuscripts
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Old Testament Manuscripts
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Jewish Tradition
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Jesus words and the Father’s name
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: The Consistency Argument
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Names and Abbreviations
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Modern Scholars
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament?: Modern Translators
Mormonism
- Alma 5 and the Book of Mormon’s Plagiarism of the New Testament
- Amos 3:7 and the Mormon prophet
- Could Ezekiel 37:15-20 have a dual fulfillment in the Book of Mormon?
- Did God ever desire the building of multiple temples?
- Did John see God the Father in the Book of Revelation?
- Did Joseph Smith finish his “translation” of the Bible?
- Did Steven see God the Father in Acts 7:55-56?
- Does 1 John 2:13 teach that we pre-existed in heaven before birth?
- Does Ecclesiastes 12:7 prove we pre-existed in heaven
- Does John 9:2 imply that we pre-existed in heaven before birth?
- Does Job 38:7 teach that we pre-existed in heaven before birth?
- Does Matthew 5:48 teach that we can become gods?
- Does Matthew 18:18 support eternal marriage?
- Do we need temples today?
- Galatians 5, the fruit of the Spirit, and the Mormon testimony
- Isaiah 29:11-12, Muhammad, and Joseph Smith
- Is Amos 8:11-12 a prediction of the Great Apostasy?
- Is Marriage Eternal?
- James 1:5 and the Mormon Testimony
- John 10:16, Are the “other sheep” the people of the book of Mormon?
- Luke 24:32, “our hearts burning within us,” and the Mormon testimony
- Mormonism and the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart
- Mormon Scriptures and David’s wives
- Moroni 10:4, Alma 32:27-28, and the Mormon testimony
- Must there always be twelve living apostles in the church?
- Psalm 110:1 and Mormonism
- The Joseph Smith Translation and 2 Samuel 12:13
- The Joseph Smith Translation and Hebrews 6:1
- The Joseph Smith Translation and John 1:1
- The Joseph Smith Translation and Romans 4:5
- The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible and his false claim to prophethood
- Was God the Father seen in Daniel 7:9-14?
- Was there a “great apostasy” of the church after the time of the New Testament?
- Why not pray about the Book of Mormon? Isn’t it always good to pray?
Islam
- Abraham and the fiery furnace? The Quran and late Jewish mythology
- Did Jesus actually say He is God?
- Did Muhammad add to the Quran?
- Did the author of the Quran understand the Trinity?
- Does Matthew 12:38-42 prove that Jesus wasn’t really crucified?
- Does Song of Solomon 5:16 predict the coming of Muhammad?
- Have there been changes to the Quran?
- Isaiah 29:11-12, Muhammad, and Joseph Smith
- Islam and the crucifixion: a theological dilemma
- Is the oldest copy of the Old Testament later than the oldest copy of the New Testament?
- Sources of the Quran
- The Cain and Able account and the Quran’s human origins
- The Early Transmission of the Quran
- “The Gospels don’t preserve Jesus’ words in His original language, therefore we can’t trust them.”
- The Quran, the Crucifixion, and the Gnostics
- The Quran, King Solomon, and late Jewish mythology
- Was Jesus crucified for our sins or did he only appear to be crucified?
Roman Catholicism
- Clement of Alexandria and Transubstantiation
- Did Justin Martyr teach the Eucharist as a propitiatory sacrifice?
- Does 1 Peter 2:5,9 imply that churches should have priests?
- Does Acts 9:40 support praying to dead saints?
- Does the Didache Teach the Eucharist as a Propitiatory Sacrifice?
- Ignatius of Antioch and Transubstantiation
- Is the veneration of images an Apostolic Tradition?
- Is worship in the tabernacle a precedent for the veneration of images?
- Jesus and Sola Fide
- Justin Martyr and Transubstantiation
- Leviticus 7:20, 1 Corinthians 11:27, and transubstantiation
- Purgatory and 2 Maccabees 12:39-45
- Should Christians pray to God through images of Jesus, angels, and saints?
- Tertullian and Transubstantiation
- The Veneration of Images and the Biblical Gospel
- Transubstantiation and 1 Corinthians 10:16
- Transubstantiation and 1 Corinthians 11:27-29
- Transubstantiation and Jesus’ words at the last supper
- Transubstantiation and John 6:51-55
King James Onlyism
- 1 John 3:1 and King James Onlyism
- 1 John 5:7-8 and King James Onlyism
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 and King James Onlyism
- Acts 19:37 and King James Onlyism
- Chronological List of Major English Bible Translations
- Chronological List of Major Greek New Testament Manuscripts
- Computer models and the readability of the KJV
- Cubit unto his stature or hour to his life: how should we translate Matthew 6:27?
- Deuteronomy 32:43, Hebrews 1:6, and the King James Version
- Did the Septuagint Exist Before the New Testament?
- Differences Between the Majority Text and the Textus Receptus
- Do differences in translation mean that only one version can be the word of God?
- Do modern translations undermine the deity of Christ?
- Does “one, perfect, once-for-all” translation even make sense?
- Does the NIV remove the blood of Christ and deny the atonement?
- Easter and the KJV
- Ephesians 3:9 and King James Onlyism
- Glossary of Terms
- How did the New Testament authors approach the use of translations?
- In Psalm 66:3, do God’s enemies “submit to Him” (KJV) or do they merely give “feigned obedience” (NASB)?
- Inspiration and translation methodology
- Is the KJV the most literal translation?
- King James Only and the preservation of Scripture
- King James Only or Textus Receptus Only: What’s the difference?
- King James Onlyism and Majority Text arguments
- King James Onlyism and Romans 8:1
- King James Onlyism and the Gospel
- KJV Only and sacred translationism
- List of archaic words in the KJV and their modern equivalents
- Luke 2:22 and the KJV
- Luke 2:33, the Virgin Birth, and King James Onlyism
- Luke 23:33, Calvary, and King James Onlyism
- Multiple translations and personal study
- Not by bread alone: King James Only numerology
- Omissions in the KJV
- On which New Testament manuscripts did the KJV translators rely?
- Priscillian, the Comma Johanneum, and consistency
- Proverbs 22:28 and KJV Onlyism
- Psalm 118:8 and a particularly silly King James Only argument
- Revelation 14:1 and King James Onlyism
- Should 1 Thessalonians 5:22 say “form” or “appearance”?
- Steven Anderson, blasphemy, and the King James Bible
- The King James anointing and the fat translations: Isaiah 10:27 and King James Onlyism
- The King James Version and the changing use of words
- The KJV and archaic words
- The KJV and the Lord’s Prayer
- The “missing verses” in modern translations: an overview
- Titus 3:10 and King James Onlyism
- Was Mark 6:11 altered in modern Bibles?
- Was Acts 8:37 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Acts 15:34 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Acts 24:7 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Acts 28:29 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was John 5:3 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Luke 17:36 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Luke 23:17 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Mark 7:16 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Mark 11:26 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Mark 15:28 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Matthew 17:21 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Matthew 18:11 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Matthew 23:14 removed from modern Bibles?
- Was Romans 16:24 removed from modern Bibles?
- Were Mark 9:44 and 9:46 removed from modern Bibles?
- What did the King James translators believe about translation?
- What is a textual variant?
- What is King James Onlyism
- What is the Critical Text?
- What is the Majority Text?
- What is the Textus Receptus?
- Why textual criticism is irrelevant to the King James Only debate
- Why Write About King James Onlyism
Evolution
- Beneficial versus constructive mutations
- Do scientific laws point to God?
- Does the Bible really teach that man was literally made from dust?
- Is Darwinian evolution just “change over time”?
- Microevolution versus macroevolution
- Three key components of evolutionary theory
- What are the main arguments for Intelligent Design?
- What is Creationism
- What is Evolution?
- What is Intelligent Design?
- What is irreducible complexity?
Buddhism
- Anatta: The Buddhist Doctrine of “No-self”
- Buddhism and the Problem of Language
- Desire, suffering, and eternity: A contrast between Eastern philosophy and the gospel
- Do Buddhism and Christianity have common ground in ethics?
- Do Buddhists believe in God?
- Does it matter that Buddha came long before Jesus?
- Glossary of Buddhist Terms
- If you are Buddhist, please read this first
- Is Buddhism Compatible with Christianity?
- Is Karma an adequate foundation for morality?
- Morality in Buddhism
- The Arrow Parable and the Search for Truth
- The Eightfold Path: The Buddhist Way of Enlightenment
- The Four Noble Truths: Suffering and Salvation in Buddhism
- The Gospel for Buddhists
- The Historical Reliability of Buddha and Jesus
- What are the branches of Buddhism
- What is Buddhism?
Hinduism
- Do Christians and Hindus really worship the same God?
- Hinduism and morality
- Is God distinct from creation?
- Is God personal?
- Is Karma an adequate foundation for morality?
- Reincarnation, liberation, and the value of the body
- The ethical incoherence of Pantheism
- The practical incoherence of Pantheism
- What is reincarnation?
- Why should I only believe in one God?
World Mission Society Church of God
- Introduction to the World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG)
- Can God the Father give life without a God the Mother?
- Does calling God “Father” imply a divine Mother?
- Does Genesis 1:26-27 teach that there is a God the Mother?
- Does the word Elohim prove there is a Mother God?
- Does the World Mission Society Church of God believe in the Trinity?
- Is Jesus’ coming on the clouds of heaven entirely separate from final judgment?
- Is the “Bride of Christ” in Revelation a mother goddess?
- Must Christians keep the Passover and other feast days to be saved?
- The World Mission Society Church of God and the Passover
- The World Mission Society Church of God and the Second Death of Jesus
- To baptize in the name of Father, Son, and Spirit, do we need to know the Holy Spirit’s name?
Amish
- Introduction to the Amish
- Amish groups and divisions
- The Amish and Salvation
- The Amish and separation from the world
- The Amish and shunning
Abortion
- Aborting what?
- Abortion and the Early Church
- Abortion and the era of the early Church Councils
- Abortion and the Protestant Reformers
- Are unborn babies technically parasites?
- Does Exodus 21:22-25 justify abortion?
- Does God promote abortion and infanticide in the Old Testament?
- Does human life begin at our first breath?
- Does Numbers 5:11-31 proscribe abortion drugs in cases of adultery?
- Examining the mantra “my body, my choice” in the abortion debate
- If you would save a toddler over an embryo in a petri dish, doesn’t that prove the unborn aren’t of equal value?
Homosexuality
- Did modern translators add homosexuals to Paul’s list of sinful people?
- Homosexuality and the early church
- Is there only one biblical definition of marriage?
- When God said all of creation was very good in Genesis 1:31, did that include homosexuality?
- Where does the Bible say that Homosexuality is a sin?
General Apologetics
- Love for the Brethren: The Forgotten Apologetic
- The Christian Life and Biblical Apologetics
- The Moral Argument
- The Ontological Argument
Other Articles
- Amen and woman? The opening prayer at the 117th U.S. Congress
- Are “Easter eggs” biblical?
- Are we all God’s Children?
- A Theology of Thanksgiving
- Christian convert from Islam denied asylum in the U.K. because he said Christianity is peaceful
- Did God create the universe from nothing?
- Do I have to speak in tongues if I receive the Holy Spirit?
- Does God have Expectations?
- How do you know which God is the real God?
- How do you meditate?
- If a Christian is a murderer and repents, will that person by accepted into heaven?
- If God is all powerful, why doesn’t He just destroy Satan?
- If there is only one God, why are there so many different religions?
- Is it okay for Christians to be called religious?
- Is it okay for Christians to be sad?
- Is it okay for Christians to sing happy birthday?
- Is it okay to celebrate extra-biblical Christian holidays?
- Is Thanksgiving Day a Christian Holiday?
- Is the modern concept of “race” real? Scripture and science say no
- Loving Sinners the Way Jesus Loves
- Nation of Islam
- Nehemia Gordon
- Peter Atterton, the New York Times, and the coherence of God
- Philadelphia Church of God
- Rastafari
- Should Christians prioritize bodily exercise?
- Should Christians say Merry Christmas?
- The Hutterites
- Unreached People Groups in the English-Speaking West
- What are the signs of being a true Christian?
- What do the Mennonite teach?
- What is an evangelist?
- What is death?
- What is eternal life?
- What is meditation?
- What is Palm Sunday?
- What is the Catholic Bible?
- What is the catholic church?
- What is the fear of God?
- What is Pentecostal snake handling?
- Where did the idea of Santa Claus come from?
- Who is the Son of God?
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