Gospel plus other religions makes “another” gospel Gospel plus bringing his kingdom on earth makes “another” gospel Gospel plus any required works makes “another” gospel Gospel plus a required church structure makes “another” gospel Gospel plus sentimentalized Luv, ignoring damages, makes “another” gospel Gospel plus required experiences makes “another” gospel
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If you repent….
“God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin….Therefore be assured that you who repent have been forgiven….” Thus announced the pastor in his absolution at the Sunday morning worship service. How dead were we? Mostly dead? Not quite? It’s another gospel-plus distortion of the gospel: The gospel + […]
The contemporary worship bandwagon
From the RealRealityZone: “Seven reasons Lutherans should not jump on the contemporary worship bandwagon.” Read it here. Dawn’s fine reasons apply also to Romantic hymns of the 19th and 20th century such as In the Garden, Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling, and the like. See also Michael Horton’s “Are Your Hymns Too Spiritual?” here. […]
Can the gospel be preached from any pulpit?
What about the Catholic priest, the Baptist pastor, the ELCA pastor? Can they and do they preach salvation by faith alone through Christ alone? Aren’t we all post-denominational now? Aren’t denominations irrelevant in the 21st century? Read more here.
Biblical “proof” photoshopped
Oh, the lengths to which some Christians will go in order to try “to prove” the Bible is “inerrant.” Remember the Old Testament story of how the Israelites were afraid because of the giants (Nephilim) in the land of Canaan: Genesis 6:4: “There were giants on earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came […]