In this issue of Theology for Life Magazine, we’ve been considering false teaching. We understand that we haven’t covered everything on this topic, but it is our prayer that readers of this issue will grow in their understanding of it so they can stand fast on the Word of God. If you’ve found this issue helpful and […]
False teachings are everywhere. Like unwanted ads popping up on your computer monitor, false teachers seem to creep out from behind every tree and rock in view. Turn on the radio and you will find false teaching. Sit in front of the TV and you will find more false teaching. And, of course, social media
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God’s Word warns that wolves will enter the Church (Acts 20:28-31). Further, it declares that “the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).[i] There will be false gospels that will enter the Church and deceive many (2 Peter 2:1). If those warnings, indeed promises, are not clear enough,
I threw that “Christian” sermon CD in the trash! Maybe I should explain myself. Let me start from the beginning. I have been a youth pastor and in youth ministry for nearly all of my professional career. A little less than 20 years ago my wife and I picked up our lives and moved to
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“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord”
A tree has a root structure that supports the base and the weight of the tree. Inerrancy is the root structure and base on which the doctrine of Scripture is built. God has given special revelation of Himself via Scripture and inspired His servants to record it. Christians want assurance that the Bible is a
False prophets were a constant problem in the Old Testament, and those who falsely claimed to be prophets of God were to be stoned. The people rarely had the will to deal with them, so they multiplied, causing disaster to the spiritual life of God’s people. In the same way Peter says, “There will be false teachers
