by Jonathan Miles | Oct 5, 2017 | Bible study, context, Evangelical Left, False Teacher, Heresy, Hermeneutics, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Marxism, Political Correctness, Postmodernism, Theological liberalism
Needless to say, I was away from home on a Sunday. We decided to go to a friend’s church we had attended before. I won’t name the church and details have been altered to stave off embarrassment. But I bet you can guess the denomination. The first thing I...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 28, 2017 | context, Discernment, Ellen G. White, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Heresy, Sabbath, Seventh-Day Adventist
The internet and “Christian TV” today have become a great marketplace of religious ideas of all stripes, and people often do not know exactly who to trust. Just about every denomination and sect of Christendom is represented, plus, of course, every type of cult and...
by Ron Henzel | Nov 24, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, context, False Teacher, Grace, Legalism
When debating Gothardites on the topic of grace, often the first text they cite is James 4:6b: “‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble,’” (ESV). It is also usually the one text they keep coming back to in support of their assertion that grace is not...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 8, 2016 | Apologetics, context, Deity of Christ, Discernment, Gay Marriage, Hebrew Roots Movement, Homosexuality, Jehovah's Witnesses, Liberal Left, Progressives, Reliability of the Bible, Trinity
Those who have read our blog and/or Journal, or watched our YouTube Channel, know that we like satire. Satire done well is refreshing because it pokes fun at the absurd. The Babylon Bee is an online source of regularly produced satirical news stories with titles like,...
by Jonathan Miles | Jul 21, 2016 | Christian Life, Christian living, context, Culture and Society, Hermeneutics
Those of us who have gone to seminary will tell you there nothing like graduating from seminary to ruin your church going experience. This goes double for taking classes in biblical interpretation. Having had the mantra “context, context, context” drilled...
