(please read these Reformation articles in numbered order)
Theological merry-go-round vocabulary is invented for control and job security.
People join and get on the merry-go-round because it’s different, unique, makes them feel special.
Everyone on the merry-go-round gets to speak the same special language.
They understand each other, even if they don’t really understand what they’re talking about.
A few people in charge of inventing the theological vocabulary may have once understood their meaning, and those later in charge of teaching such vocabulary understand how well it works to maintain control of the people who sign up for their brand of church.
And as long as the merry-go-round keeps spinning, the leaders have job security.
What gets lost is the plain, simple teaching that the “members” are supposed to get directly from the Bible for themselves.
No theological language is worth a dime if it can’t communicate to the person who doesn’t know Jesus.
Words from the Bible are true and trustworthy—words invented by man are suspect.
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