Folks, test all doctrine against Scripture, but remember to see if it's logically consistent too.

[Jabre]

(I should add, there are middle grounds with many things of course, this is just about ideas that actually contradict, and people combine into doctrine, using mental gymnastics and spiritualization to justify.)

 

[Bob Estey]

(I should add, there are middle grounds with many things of course, this is just about ideas that actually contradict, and people combine into doctrine, using mental gymnastics and spiritualization to justify.)

I like to focus on things Jesus and God are directly quoted as saying. If a doctrine contradicts anything God or Jesus said, then it's out.

 

[Jabre]

I like to focus on things Jesus and God are directly quoted as saying. If a doctrine contradicts anything God or Jesus said, then it's out.

My point still stands. God isn't the author of confusion after all.

 

[Bob Estey]

My point still stands. God isn't the author of confusion after all.

I have to suspect that we are the authors of confusion.

 

[Jabre]

I have to suspect that we are the authors of confusion.

What you mean

 

[Bob Estey]

What you mean

By our failure to do the Lord's will, we create confusion.