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The thing that jumped out to me in this video goes far beyond Dolly Parton. It is how easily people fashion a god that agrees with their beliefs rather than bowing before the God who revealed Himself in the Bible. People do that when they say, “My God would never judge that,” or, “God wants us...

This has nothing to do with whether you are a Calvinist or a Jehovah’s Witness. The issue is what you just said: “God doesn’t care what our beliefs are.” That is directly contrary to Scripture. Jesus said: “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned...

Referring to John’s use of “we” as the “royal we” still does not fix the problem. John was not addressing himself as a king speaking ceremoniously about himself. John repeatedly says “we,” referring to himself and his fellow believers in Christ: “That which we have seen and heard declare we...

You can quote Isaac Penington all you want. If what he taught contradicts Scripture, and it does, then he was wrong, and repeating his words does not make this post right. The Scriptures are the word of God, and they are the Christian’s rule. That is not some objection you can brush aside by...

This is exactly where your teaching has to be tested by Scripture. You say, “My authority comes from heaven,” that you were “taught directly by the Holy Spirit,” and that you have been permitted to understand mysteries that few others will know. But your personal experience is not the standard...

@GodsGrace, no. You do not "set the record straight" by decreeing what theological label goes on me. If you believe I have taught Calvinism, quote what I have taught. Then prove from Scripture that what I taught is incorrect. I have been very clear about what I believe. I am not hiding behind a...

The problem with your argument is that you are bringing in Gnosticism, Augustine, Pelagius, George Fox, and church history when John himself tells us what he means. I am going to stay with Scripture. John does not say, “If the Gnostics say they have no sin.” He includes himself and his...

What specifically am I missing? I am not arguing against a label called “Progressive Theology.” I am testing particular claims by Scripture, especially claims concerning justification, the cross, and the gospel. If you believe Progressive Theology explains what is happening here, please...

I was having a discussion with TitusTwoWife about how a Christian forum should deal with persistent false teaching. She answered me herself, and I answered her. I know she is not the owner of this forum. But I was commenting, hoping the owner might take notice. Yes, she is a very gentle and...

I responded to your sentence because that sentence made a specific claim, and I quoted it exactly. If the rest of your message changes what that sentence means, then show how. Calling me deceptive does not answer what you actually wrote. Scripture says, “He that answereth a matter before he...

God sure does know, ScottA, and that is exactly why you better wake up. You are now claiming that what you wrote is “not mine but His who sent me.” That is an extremely serious claim. God warned about men who put His name behind their own words: “Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the...

I agree that you cannot ban everyone who is merely accused of false teaching. That is not what I am arguing. There is a huge difference between disagreement over secondary doctrine and a man repeatedly teaching something that corrupts the gospel after the error has been plainly shown from...

I sure do not want to “understand” a way of handling Scripture that twists what God actually said and then adds meanings He never put there. “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it” (Deuteronomy 4:2). And again, “Add thou not unto his words...

Calling it a lie does not erase your own posts. In post #141, when I said, “If what you are preaching is true then prove it plainly from Scripture in context,” you answered: “That is not the biblical method, but a method also demanded by atheists and an evil generation.” In post #129 you...

TitusTwoWife, this is where I strongly disagree with you. Yes, there comes a point when you stop arguing with the false teacher personally. But Scripture does not say, “Then leave him alone and let him keep teaching everybody else.” Paul says false teachers are “teaching things which they...

Let’s use your own words so there is no confusion. In post #1,904 you said you had walked in holiness in the kingdom realm “without sin for extended periods of time.” In post #1,914 you said, “I don't expect many to understand the higher walk in holiness,” and then complained about people...

Now you have crossed from twisting a word into inventing a doctrine the Bible never teaches. Yes, the Greek word in 1 Thessalonians 5:21, dokimazō, can carry the sense of approving something, but only after testing or examining it. That does not rescue your argument. Paul says, “Prove all...

This is not your private living room. Neither is YouTube nor any other public media. You are publicly teaching doctrine on a Christian forum. When false teaching is put out publicly, believers are not commanded to quietly walk away and leave others exposed to it. Jude says to “earnestly contend...

No, I am not missing the point. But I do think in biblical terms you may be missing the point. I understand your point about knowing when to stop arguing with someone who will not receive correction. Scripture does say, “A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject”...

You keep saying we are not individually saved by Christ’s death, and then you try to separate His blood from His sacrificial death. But Romans 5 says we are “justified by his blood” and then immediately says we were “reconciled to God by the death of his Son” (Romans 5:9-10). Scripture joins the...