MASONIC RITES AND WRONGS
An Examination of Freemasonry
by Steven Tsoukalas
P&R Publishers, 241 pages, $12.99

This volume was born out of a challenge to the teachings of Freemasonry heard by the author on a Christian radio program over a decade ago. What he learned caused him great concern. His father was a Freemason, and as he listened to the broadcast he discovered Masonic claims were opposed to Christianity. The book is the product of his nine years of exhaustive research.

Tsoukalas’ work quickly establishes Freemasonry as a religion despite the claims by adherents that it is little more than a fraternal order. The book is divided into two major sections, The Blue Lodge and The Scottish Rite. The former being the most prevalent in membership and which confers the first three degrees of the society. The latter advances the candidate through an additional thirty degrees (the last or 33rd being an honorary degree). The author examines many of these degrees and their accompanying symbols. Biblical response is also furnished in his evaluations.

The book is reader-friendly, clearly defining those terms foreign to people unfamiliar with Freemasonry. More technical information is available but wisely consigned to a wealth of endnotes. A helpful and necessary index is also included.

Masonic Rites and Wrongs, with its compelling documentation and thorough biblical exegesis, is one of the finest single volume works of the subject of Freemasonry available to the Church today.

—MKG

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