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Pope Francis recently addressed a group of young leaders from various religions in Singapore, saying “Every religion is a way to arrive at God.” Interesting timing, I thought, as a couple of weeks earlier I’d interviewed Jasvir Basi, author of The Light of the Satguru: Good News for Sikhs.

Basi was raised as a Sikh, the newest major religion, which believes all paths lead to God. His family moved to England when he was six, and one of his teachers was having a hard time pronouncing his name. The instructor asked him to pick a “Christian” name.

Basi pointed out that, “You had religious education in public schools, and you had a full service in the hall in the morning, like hymns, prayers, Bible reading, and you also had classes for two hours a week on religious education.” Basi had recently learned in British school the story of the boy who killed Goliath with a sling, so he picked “David.”

How fitting that he is now taking on the spiritual giants of Sikhism and pluralism.

One of the leaders the pope addressed was Sikh, so I asked Basi to do a followup interview addressing the pope’s statement. You can watch both interviews here:

Basi mentions that pluralism was introduced to America in 1893. This deception has had a long time to establish itself in our culture.

Fortunately, Jesus spoke clearly on the topic of universalism:  … I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me (John 14:6).

Please post a prayer in the comments about the false doctrine of universalism.

Rich Swingle has presented in 42 nations on six continents, mostly with his own one-man plays. He’s performed in about 50 film projects, and his bride Joyce Swingle, another contributing writer for IFA, have 41 screen children. The Swingles live in New York City. www.RichDrama.com. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images.