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Scripture, Truth, and Knowing
Doctrinal Precision
Loose doctrine eventually becomes loose obedience.
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Half-Truths
A half-truth can be the cleanest doorway for a whole lie.
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Honest Questions
A sincere question bows before truth; a rebellious question hides from it.
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Anti-Intellectualism
Anti-Intellectualism must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Assumptions
Your assumptions may be preaching louder to you than Scripture.
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Authority of Scripture
The question is not whether the Bible fits your life. The question is whether your life will submit to God’s Word.
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Bias
Bias is self-protection dressed up as perception.
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Certainty
The issue is not whether certainty is possible, but what your certainty is standing on.
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Common Sense
Common Sense must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Confusion
Not all confusion needs more options; some confusion needs surrender.
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Conscience
“My conscience is clear” means little if the conscience has been dulled, misinformed, or trained by sin.
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Creeds and Confessions
Creeds and Confessions must bow before God rather than govern the heart.
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Deception
The deceived heart rarely announces itself; it explains itself beautifully.
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Discernment
Being suspicious of everything is not discernment. Neither is swallowing everything that sounds spiritual.
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Doctrinal Triage
Doctrinal Triage must bow before God rather than govern the heart.
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Doubt
Doubt must be pastored carefully, but it must not be crowned as wisdom.
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Emotional Reasoning
Emotional Reasoning must bow before God rather than govern the heart.
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Faith and Reason
Unbelieving reason is not neutral reason. It is the creature’s mind trying to remain judge over God.
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False Teaching
The wolf is most dangerous when it sounds comforting.
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General Revelation
The world is not silent about God; sinners are skilled at suppressing what creation keeps shouting.
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Hermeneutics
Bad interpretation is not harmless when the text being mishandled is the Word of God.
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Illumination
The Spirit opens eyes to Scripture; He does not flatter private imagination as though it were revelation.
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Inerrancy
Inerrancy must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Inspiration
If Scripture is only man’s reflection about God, then man remains judge. If Scripture is God-breathed, man is judged by it.
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Intellectual Pride
Intellectual Pride must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Interpretation
The question is not “What can I make this mean?” but “What has God said, and what must I do?”
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Knowledge
Information can puff up a soul that has not bowed down.
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Opinion
Not every opinion deserves a throne.
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Pragmatism
“It works” is not the same as “it is faithful.”
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Proof Texting
Proof Texting must bow before God rather than govern the heart.
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Reason
A sharp mind in rebellion against God is not enlightened; it is weaponized darkness.
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Relativism
Relativism is not humility; it is the refusal to let God define reality.
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Scripture
The Bible is not on trial before your feelings; your feelings are on trial before the Word of God.
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Sentimentalism
Sentimentalism must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Skepticism
Suspicion is not the same as discernment.
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Special Revelation
Humanity does not climb to saving truth; God speaks, or we remain in darkness with religious opinions.
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Spiritual Discernment
Spiritual Discernment must be judged by Scripture before it is allowed to judge anything else.
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Sufficiency of Scripture
When Scripture is treated as insufficient, some other authority is already waiting to rule.
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Testing the Spirits
Testing the Spirits must bow before God rather than govern the heart.
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Tradition
Every church has tradition; only some traditions know how to kneel before Scripture.
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Traditions of Men
Human tradition becomes wicked when it shields disobedience with pious language.
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Truth
‘My truth’ is often just old rebellion with better public relations.
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Understanding
Cleverness can explain a thing and still fail to understand it before God.
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Wisdom
Wisdom without the fear of God is just polished folly.
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Worldview
Everyone has a worldview. The only question is whether it has been discipled by Scripture or smuggled in from the age.
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Misusing Grace
Grace does not excuse sin; grace dethrones it.
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Testing Claims
Discernment is love refusing to be naïve.
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Truth and Love
Biblical love never asks truth to lie.
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Weaponized Scripture
The devil can quote Scripture; the issue is submission to God.
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“My Truth”
Truth is not private property.