>> “Today no reputable theology department of any university dares instruct on such vapid nonsense as literalism or born-again stuff.” <<
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Theology is for those that reject the word of God.
The word is for his elect.
Yeshua appointed disciples and apostles, but not so much as one theologian; ever wonder why?
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Oh, the books in the Bible fell from the skies. No need for the early Church Fathers, these theologians and historical scholars that for decades sorted out the fine filaments, word for word, cross checked and fact-checked with the received oral traditions, ritual, and custom, discarded some books and included others, in putting together the Bible. This Petrine authority suddenly vanishes. The Biblical anarchy and chaos from freewheeling and freelancing scriptural interpretation is evident in the mess that can be referred to what Hillaire Belloc’s says in his book “The Great Heresies” that unlike other heresies, Protestantism has spawned a “cluster of heresies.”
Worse, these street preachers like TD Jakes, Billy Graham, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren are all over the place on the issue of gay marriage and homosexuality:
Check this famous piece of “scriptural interpretation” rubbish from Billy Graham that is symptomatic of the Biblical anarchy from those who deny Petrine authority.
“I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don’t think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.” Billy Graham