Two reasons no one speaks up about the use of trinity (as well as other teachings):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+Any questions raised about the use of trinity are generally listed as fringe or heretical, like not believing Jesus is God, and are readily dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+Most Christians cannot distinguish between words of man and Words of God, and so they accept both equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Both of the above are inadvertently, or intentionally, meant to intimidate any criticism of what the learned leaders have set in stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is built-in, dangerous pressure to accept what the church says because church fathers said it millennia ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frankly, I’m not impressed anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, there are impressive and comforting things said by Christians, and I add my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for creating foundations for doctrine, we must direct everyone to search their own Bible first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bible must be the source, not the backup, for statements written by people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We fall in danger of communicating that the Bible is not sufficient and needs our help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most theological teaching starts with a doctrinal statement, FOLLOWED by Bible verses, or more commonly just Bible references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What if all our doctrinal statements, our beliefs, our ‘distinctives,’ our creeds, simply quoted Bible verses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Luther said, “No, but I’m as sure as there’s a God in heaven, . . . My warrant is the Word of God . . .” he was responding to a question about feeling forgiven.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How about including all man’s words in “. . . naught else is worth believing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There is plenty of room for discussion and teaching, if we start with the Bible, and if we continue going back to the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following any teaching with loyalty to a person who said it leads to division that Paul spoke against, with names including himself (“. . . I am of Paul, I am of Apollos . . .”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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*Someone asked Luther, “Do you feel that you have been forgiven?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luther answered, “No, but I’m as sure as there’s a God in heaven, for feelings come and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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