[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6822503/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Protestantism brought much needed reform to the 16th century church, not least its call to return to the Bible as the primary source of authority. But it wasn’t long before debates raged about the interpretation of the Bible. And rather than resolve their differences,...
Category: unORTHODOX – Heresies the Church Can’t Quit
unORTHODOX, Part 08: Health, Wealth and Happiness, Guaranteed (The Prosperity Gospel)
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6779618/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] While some (distorted!) strains of Christianity seek to escape this age (cf., Gnosticism, Docetism, etc.), others dream of a comfortable life within it. Divine blessing takes the form of safety and secular – from protection against disease to owning luxury jets. This is “the...
unORTHODOX, Part 07: Earning Grace? (Semi-Pelagianism)
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6778783/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] What must I do to be saved (by Jesus)? Is there a prayer that must be said? A doctrine that must be affirmed? A morality that must be adopted? Good deeds that must be done? The classical Protestant answer is: Grace alone! (…Which is...