I know, strange word, but it seems to sum up what has happened to Christianity over the many centuries since Jesus went back to heaven.
Remember some of the things Jesus said? He talked about worshiping God in spirit and truth instead of buildings; about how to relate to God (as children to their own father [...]
It is commonly taught, and not just by Calvinism, that sin is some kind of spiritual disease or infection. And as I’ve shown many times before, it’s really more a case of a clash of wills between us and God, due to our having a free will, which is a prerequisite for having the capacity [...]
::sigh::
I really don’t enjoy nitpicking at an otherwise good expose of false teachings, but this is just unacceptable.
Today, in Part 4 of the series at Herescope on Brian McLaren’s “Change” tour, I was very disappointed in this paragraph:
This entire line of reasoning is reminiscent of a geometry proof gone bad. If one begins with an [...]
Today the Christian community celebrates the risen Jesus, the only religious figure to ever have come back from the dead. There are many unique things about Jesus, but this is the main one.
In fact, if Christians would have always been preaching this fact in their evangelism, instead of trying to scare people into heaven, I [...]
In Part 1 I quoted some Eastern Orthodox sources on their theology, focusing primarily on salvation and the eventual state of human beings in eternity. Now I will go through the teachings paragraph by paragraph. It may be helpful to open Part 1 in a separate browser window for reference.
First Quote
We see in the first [...]
One of the hallmarks of false teaching is specialized jargon known only to the insiders of a group, along with a theology which is often very complex and a redefining of many terms. We can think of many religious teachings that fit this description, but today I will focus on one which is very subtle [...]
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