I’ve seen this book by Costi Hinn being passed around in the same circles that oppose Bethel and Pentecostalism in general, and my flights were severely delayed this week so I took to the time to read it at the airport. Needless to say, I was summarily disappointed with the book and here are a […]
Category Archives: Doctrine
Bill Johnson and Kenosis Issues
More from my discussion with the Cultish folks re: Bill Johnson and heresy. Ok, I have listened to this Bill Johnson excerpt a few times (the couple of minutes from where the video starts below (1hr 49m ff)). I’m a bit concerned that people may be reading more into it than necessary. Let me explain. […]
Anachronistic Theological Claims
Unlike paedobaptism, there are explicit examples in the NT of prophetic speech by the church without any Scripture that says such things will stop after the close of the canon. What that means is that the Scriptures provide as much explicit warrant for cessationism as it does for paedobaptism. Given that Reformed Baptists typically believe […]
Social Media and Discernment Ministry: The Curious Case of Lindsay Davis
Facebook Live and YouTube videos are all the rage these days and a lot of ministries and individuals have been using them to promote their work or their particular points of view. Some time ago, Apologia’s Cultish ministry decided to promote Lindsay Davis and her thoughts on Bethel. Lindsay Davis is an 18 year old […]
The nature of theology
Doctrine thus arises and is formulated on the basis of biblical exegesis—the dogmatica or didactica, the doctrina, is the right teaching: an assembling of the parts and meaning of the biblical text. The third approach to theology is the refutation of opponents, though he counsels that controversies should not be sought, and should not be […]