authority of scripture

The controversy around The Passion Translation raises a much bigger issue than Brian Simmons, Bethel Church, or any one ministry. The real question is whether a translator has the right to put ideas into God's Word that the Hebrew and Greek text does not actually say. There are serious...

This article is part of the Battle for Truth – Holding the Line series. You cannot defend fog. You cannot guard a rumor. And you cannot hold a line you have never clearly drawn. When Paul told Timothy, “Hold fast the form of sound words” ~2 Timothy 1:13, he was not talking about religious...

If someone stood in front of you and said, “God told me,” your first reaction might be reverence. Scripture’s first reaction is testing. Because if God truly spoke, you must obey Him. But if He did not, a man has just borrowed divine authority for his own thoughts. Jeremiah lived in a time...

This article is part of the Battle for Truth – Holding the Line series. Next: What Is Sound Doctrine? We are living in a time when men apologize for believing what God has plainly said. They bow their heads as though conviction were a character flaw. They speak softly about eternal truths as if...

The Battle for Truth – Holding the Line Audio Truth is not waiting to be updated. It is being opposed. Mocking certainty is trendy right now and sound doctrine is labeled toxic. But Scripture is clear, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts...