Why Doctrine Must Be Tested Discernment, Apostolic Warning, and the Duty to Examine What Is Taught Doctrine must be tested because not everything taught in the name of Christ comes from Christ. That statement may sound severe, but it is one of the clearest assumptions of the New Testament. Jesus warned about false prophets. The…
Scripture Over System Why the Biblical Text Must Govern Every Theological Framework A theological system can be useful when it serves the biblical text. It can help organize doctrine, clarify categories, expose contradictions, and show how different passages relate to one another. No serious student of Scripture reads the Bible without forming some kind of…
The Faith Once Delivered Apostolic Doctrine, Covenant Faithfulness, and the Church’s Responsibility to Guard the Deposit The Christian faith was delivered. It was not invented by later theologians. It was not created by councils. It was not formed by denominational systems. It was not discovered through academic reconstruction. It was not given to be endlessly…
Calvinism and the Reordering of Salvation When a System Moves Regeneration Before the Apostolic Response Calvinism does not merely interpret individual verses differently. It orders salvation differently. That order matters because once a system establishes a fixed sequence, biblical passages are often forced to fit it. Texts that connect faith, repentance, baptism, forgiveness, Spirit, washing,…
The Sign Shift: Zwingli and Baptism How Baptism Was Reclassified from Apostolic Washing to Outward Sign The question is not whether baptism signifies. Baptism clearly signifies. It visibly marks cleansing, death, burial, resurrection, allegiance to Christ, and entrance into the covenant people of God. The problem is not calling baptism a sign. The problem is…
