[Safrguns]

He really emphasized that the WHOLE COUNSEL OF SCRIPTURE was on both sides. That was interesting. interesting is not the word for this... confusing is more like it. I don't see how he could say this. I can understand someone's interpretation of scripture which puts them on one side or the other, but I don't understand how a man of God can say that the bible supports both ways. For me, it would call into question where this guy stands on the doctrin of inspired scripture. It cannot be both ways. If one side is right, the other must be wrong. Though I wouldn't want you to suffer false hopes! No worries there... i'm not responsible for someone else's error... I'm responsible for my own. My reward comes from following the Holy Spirit's leading. Therefore, If I am wrong, may He correct me immediately in Jesus name.

[Quix]

Oh, he was staunch about Inspiration of Scripture.

He was just a larger person than a lot of people. And, he served a larger God Almighty than most denominational people.

I've learned that God is often MUCH MORE "BOTH/AND" than He is either/or. I don't know how to explain it.

I also doubt that God is going to give out eternal spankings for reasonable people who differ in reasonable ways about Scriptural stuff which He didn't make abundantly and adamantly clear one way or the other.

Certainly the Virgin birth; death; resurrection etc. are NOT such fuzzy things. But many other things are arguable.

God must have had His reasons for setting it up that way. One of the mysteries, I think.