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    HOME OF ARTICLES D. Jakes says that God eternally exists in three manifestations, not three persons. Greg Boyd says God knows some aspects of the future, but that other future events are outside of his knowledge.    Creflo Dollar says because we are created in the image of God, we are little gods. Mormonism says God revealed new scripture to Joseph Smith that supersedes the Bible. Roman Catholicism says we are justified by faith, but not by faith alone. This world is a murky madness of true and false. For every doctrine we know to be true, there seems to be a hundred pretenders. No wonder, then, that John tells us to “test the spirits” and Paul says, “test everything” (1 John 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:21). It is our sacred responsibility to examine every doctrine to determine if it is true or false. But how can we distinguish sound doctrine from false? How can we distinguish teachers of truth from teachers of error?    In our opening article, I said that p...

       HOME OF ARTICLES  Doctrine is “a set of ideas or beliefs that are taught or believed to be true.”   Biblical doctrine   refers to teachings that align with the revealed Word of God, the Bible.    False doctrine is any idea that adds to, takes away from, contradicts, or nullifies the doctrine given in God’s Word. For example, any teaching about Jesus that denies His   virgin birth   is a false doctrine, because it contradicts the clear teaching of Scripture ( Matthew 1:18 ). As early as the first century AD, false doctrine was already infiltrating the church, and many of the letters in the New Testament were written to address those errors( Galatians 1:6–9 ;  Colossians 2:20–23 ;  Titus 1:10–11 ).     Paul exhorted his protégé Timothy to guard against those who were peddling heresies and confusing the flock: “If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lo...

HOME OF ARTICLES  “ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” (1 Corinthians 6:1-2 NKJV)   The believers in Christ are called to pursue holiness and peace with all people. Hebrews 12:14 – NKJV 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. Psalms 34:14 – NKJV 14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. While you may not always be able to prevent a conflict or disagreement with someone from happening, you can always prevent it from degenerating into malice, bitterness, or resentment by seeking to resolve it quickly. Many breakups we see today in relationships, marriages, and churches are terrible consequences of failure or negligence to diligently pursue peace by seeking to resolve conflicts quickly by following God...

  HOME OF ARTICLES  “ Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. ‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?” (Matthew 18:32-33 NKJV)   When Peter asked,  “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?  He quickly suggested,  “Up to seven times?” Peter thought he was very generous in his willingness to forgive his brother seven times in one day.    But Peter was shocked when the Lord  answered him, saying,  “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” (Matt. 18:22 NKJV).    Having someone wrong or sin against you 490 times in one day would be impossible. Jesus is simply saying there should be no limit to your forgiveness. The Lord Jesus further illustrated His answer with the parable of the unforgiving servant in  Matthew 18:23-25 . The parable...