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Dennis Prager doesn’t believe pornography is bad — rejects the new covenant!

On July 16, 2023

In Demons in Christians?, Doctrines Demystified, Lust Freedom!, People

It’s the difference between the old and new covenants. The 6th commandment, ‘Thou shall not commit adultery’ meant sex outside of marriage. In the New Testament Jesus says that lusting in one’s heart after women is adultery – Mt. 5:27-29. Prager is Jewish.

The Holy Spirit helps us overcome when we completely submit to God (cold turkey to lusting 100%), resist the Devil and the lust demon flees, even homosexual lust! >>> FREEDOM!!!

“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” (1 Cor. 10:13)

The ‘Bible Code’ Busted!: No! Biblical Hebrew Letters Did Not Represent Pictures and Numbers

On July 5, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?

Is Holiness A Requirement To See The Lord?

On June 22, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Who Goes to Heaven

This is an excerpt from the DOPC episode: Philadelphia: The Church of the Open Door w/David Carrico S5:EP18 • Philadelphia: The…

Repentance is NOT asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intention to sin again

On June 17, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Lust Freedom!, Who Goes to Heaven

Related: Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God? — “There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT”

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“Repentance is NOT asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intention to sin again.”

Many “Christians” act like the Bible is the vine — or their church…

On May 29, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified

Many “Christians” act like the Bible is the vine — or their church.

But Jesus is the Vine:

“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn’t remain in me….”

Ron Hoffman: “‘Equity’ spits in the face of Paul’s ‘if you don’t work neither shall you eat'”

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes

“Equity spits in the face of ‘if you don’t work neither shall you eat.'”

– Ron Hoffman, 5/7/23

Paul:

“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.” – 2 Thess. 3:10-12

Follow the Light in This Darkness

On April 18, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Who Goes to Heaven

Calvary Chapel’s ‘Don’t Talk’ Rule: Even “In a situation where something in the church is so completely wrong that the sheep in the body are in spiritual danger, then say nothing to anybody, resign, and move on”

On April 15, 2023

In Biblically Disqualified Leaders?, Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Real History

Related: Joe Schimmel: The cultlike ‘don’t talk’ rule — protecting unrepentant pastors & false teaching from “gossip”

Excerpt from “The Ministry of an Assisting Pastor” by Larry Taylor (1994), Calvary Chapel’s primer for Assisting Pastors

(Note: Larry Taylor has since repented of the this book and it’s contents and left CC)

7. Never Gossip

Gossip is a sin that most of us feel we are not guilty of, and which most of us are very guilty of. Gossip may be defined as saying anything negative, whether true or not, to anyone about the pastor or about the ministry. If there are things wrong, take it to the Lord in prayer. Tell absolutely no one, including your spouse. Do not repeat anything that would cast aspersion on the ministry in any way. Doing so dishonors Christ and His cause.

But, you say, what do you do if there are real problems? Pray about them and forget them. If that doesn’t work, take your concerns directly and only to the pastor himself, and share with him honestly. If that doesn’t work, resign, and move on. Under no circumstances should you ever say anything negative about the pastor or the ministry to anyone, even after you’ve quit.

In a situation where something in the church is so completely wrong that the sheep in the body are in spiritual danger, then say nothing to anybody, resign, and move on. If the church is a Calvary Chapel affiliate, then take your concerns and share them privately with Pastor Chuck or with Oden Fong, then drop it; leave it alone. Let them handle it. Trust God. He’ll correct the situation. But do not gossip. It is a terrible sin before God.

Joe Schimmel: The cultlike ‘don’t talk’ rule — protecting unrepentant pastors & false teaching from “gossip”

On April 15, 2023

In Biblically Disqualified Leaders?, Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Real History

Related: Calvary Chapel’s ‘Don’t Talk’ Rule: Even “In a situation where something in the church is so completely wrong that the sheep in the body are in spiritual danger, then say nothing to anybody, resign, and move on”

No Talk Rule should automatically start at 57:17:

Tom Cobaugh: God’s moral principles are a castle, not a prison — our protective walls and moat!

On April 15, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, Personal, Photos

God’s moral principles are a castle: strong walls and a moat that protects us from the destructive influences of Satan, the world and our own sin nature — our refuge!

‘Do you see God’s moral principles as a prison that keeps you from doing what you want, or as a castle that protects you from the destructive influences of Satan, the world and your own sin nature?’

One of dozens of Tom Cobaugh’s Sunday classes that I attended.

Tom Cobaugh teaching at ABT, Sunday school 2/13/22

The Narrow Road With Jesus

On March 22, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Who Goes to Heaven

WarningThePeople

Bill Mounce: Does the Present Tense Necessarily Mean “Now but not later”? (1 Tim 2:12)

On March 13, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Men & Women Gifted Differently

Does the Present Tense Necessarily Mean “Now but not later”? (1 Tim 2:12) – Mondays with Mounce

Bill Mounce January 9, 2023

1 Timothy 2:12 is one of the most debated verses today. My point in discussing it is not to enter into the general debate but to deal with an erroneous misunderstanding of the present tense. Most of what follows comes from my commentary on the Pastorals.

Jesus said people will be tormented in hell (not annihilated) in 13 passages

On March 13, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Hell is Real - Forever!

Select Scriptures from my post: Jesus speaks on Hell and Destruction in Forty Six versus in the Bible

Matthew 8:12
¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 13:42
⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:49-50
⁴⁹So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, ⁵⁰and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 18:8
⁸“If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire.

Sermon on the Mount 7 – Lust, Adultery & Victory Over Both – Matthew 5:27-30 – Kerrigan Skelly — “Is a little bit of pleasure you receive from lust worth everything: your life, your soul, your eternity?”

On February 24, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Lust Freedom!, Who Goes to Heaven

What Jesus said: Adultery in the Heart (Matthew 5:27-30)

“You have heard that it was said to those of old [old covenant], ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you [new covenant] that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand [masturbation] causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Kerrigan Skelly explains how Jesus’ lust warning in Matthew 5 is absolutely serious! @ 39:00

“What I think Jesus is trying to communicate right here using hyperbole [overstatement to make a graphic point] is to teach this truth:

Do whatever it takes to get rid of the sin. Do whatever it takes. Why? Because your sin will cost you everything, everything in the end. And it’s better to lose whatever you have to lose than to keep sinning and lose Jesus and salvation. It’s better to get rid of whatever you need to get rid of to stop from going to eternal hell in the end.

Lust also many times involves the use of your hand or your hands. The same principle applies to verse 30 as to verse 29.

The question remains: is a little bit of pleasure you receive from lust worth everything: your life, your soul, your eternity? And if you answer ‘no,’ you need to prove it by your actions.”

False doctrine starts if we conform the Word to our experience – Skelly @ 1:03:35

“Conforming the Word to your experience instead of conforming your experience to the Word is definitely a problem. That’s how false doctrine starts.”

Kerrigan Skelly

‘The Christian and Romans 7’ [1976] by Shem Peachey — ‘Paul still defeated after born-again’ excuse was invented by Augustine, 4th century; adopted by Luther & Calvin, 16th | Difference between chapters 7 & 8 is the same as between Old & New Testaments (Law vs Spirit)

On February 23, 2023

In Calvin Didn't Get It, Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Luther Didn't Get It, Who Goes to Heaven

Related at ONEcanhappen:

(1-min video) Leonard Ravenhill: Romans 7 vs 8 — Life before the Son vs Life in the Son — “Romans 7 is a funeral march, Romans 8 is a wedding march … it’s a Spirit dominated life in chapter 8.”

THE PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION of ROMANS 7:14-25 — The early church did not understand Romans 7:14-25 to teach the necessity of sin in believers

Why Romans 7 is NOT Talking about Christians: Joey Dodson w/ Preston Sprinkle – Theology in the raw #993

Bruce Ware: Christians are wrongly using Romans 7 to justify defeat in their lives!

Paul Furlong: How Romans 7 is unbiblically used to justify sinning

Robert Shank: Erroneous “2 natures of the believer” doctrine — Romans 7 is before Paul’s ‘life in the Son’

Noteworthy texts not mentioned:

Paul was an overcomer:

“..I also practice ALWAYS having a conscience void of offense toward God and men” (Acts 24:16).

We can always overcome temptation by God’s grace:

“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” – 1 Cor. 10:13

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The Christian and Romans 7

by Shem Peachey

[Out of print – 1976]

How would you feel if the Bible taught that you could never rise higher in your spiritual life than the man in Romans 7? Would you shout “Praise the Lord” or would you flounder in the “Slough of Despond”? Let us together be challenged to understand Romans 7 as we believe Paul intended for it to be understood.

Chapter 6 is recognized as the new birth passage of Romans, echoing chapter 5. “How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” (Romans 6:2). Romans 6:1-11 explains the process of the new birth, and 6:12-23 describes the new life. Repeatedly, we are said to have died with Christ and to sin. Four times we are said to be risen with Christ, or to be alive unto God. And three times in Romans 6 we are said to be free from sin.

Why we think Hell is too much punishment

On February 18, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Hell is Real - Forever!

We are often trying to evaluate the properness of the punishments we see in our society and even in the Bible. This, I think, is one area where we our intuitions are generally off base.

Let me add some more thoughts for you to consider as you evaluate this idea. Did you know that most prisoners agree that their prison sentences are too harsh? Did you know that criminals are far more likely to have a low view of law enforcement in general? While we can grant that, in some cases, people are unjustly punished by the law we can also recognize that people who break the law are generally more likely to minimize their offense and think that even a just sentence is unjust. But what if we apply this observation to people’s intuitions about the justness of Hell? It basically means that those who have moral guilt before God are more likely to think that Hell is unjust than they are to think that their sin deserves such a punishment. It seems to be a constant feature of the human condition that we will justify ourselves and even go so far as to demonize God Himself if He is going to truly bring down justice for our sins. I think it’s much more wise to assume that, if I can’t see the justness of Hell, then God is wiser than me and I am suffering from a culture of minimizing sin.

The full answer and context for this video is found HERE – • 20 Questions with…

Mike Winger: All The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11): Women in Ministry part 10

On February 17, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified

0:00 Intro

DIFFERENT WAYS OF INTERPRETING 1 Cor 11
12:05 The Traditional Interpretation
47:36 The Hairstyle View
1:02:32 The Refutation View
1:05:13 The “It Doesn’t Belong in the Bible” View
1:06:25 The “Cloth Covering but not Submission” View
1:17:15 How we are going to make sense of all this (14 questions)

THE 14 QUESTIONS THAT WILL EXPLAIN THIS PASSAGE
1:19:32 #1 Does this passage belong in the Bible?
1:27:11 #2 Is Paul refuting, rather than teaching, much of what we read here?
1:37:02 #3 What does “head” (kephale) mean in this passage?
1:50:41 #4 What were the ongoing cultural customs around head coverings?
3:15:03 #5 What does Paul want men to do?
3:17:39 #6 What does Paul want women to do?
3:21:53 #7 What is Paul’s point about the order and purpose in the creation of man and woman in vs. 8-9?
3:40:44 #8 What does “nature” mean in vs 14?
3:59:50 #9 Is this passage about women and men or husbands and wives?
4:06:15 #10 How is woman the glory of man and man the glory of God? And what about the image language in vs 7?
4:35:02 #11 Does the woman have a “symbol of authority” on her head or does she “have authority over her own head” in vs 10?
5:00:40 #12 What does “because of the angels” man in vs 10?
5:24:26 #13 Is this whole thing really based on the ancient medical idea that women’s hair functioned as a testicle? [Michael Heiser’s view]
6:10:50 #14 How does it apply today?

6:37:00 Conclusion: What 1 Cor 11 means for the Women in Ministry series.

Joe Schimmel: Are Female Pastors Biblical?

On February 17, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Men & Women Gifted Differently

On today’s broadcast we examine 15 reasons from scripture why female pastors are not Biblical according to the word of God.(Timestamps)

00:00 – 00:27 Trailer
00:28 – 08:30 Introduction
08:33 – 11:13 Certain men not to teach false doctrine 1 Timothy 1:3
11:14 – 14:26 1 Timothy 2:8
14:27 – 17:06 Entire submissiveness 1 Timothy 2:11-12
17:06 – 22:45 Creative order 1 Timothy 2:13
22:45 – 26:33 The woman was deceived 1 Timothy 2:14
26:34 – 31:36 Child bearing 1 Timothy 2:15
31:37 – 34:34 He desires 1 Timothy 3:1
34:44 – 37:01 Overseer and a husband 1 Timothy 3:2
37:05 – 41:18 Paul’s purpose for writing 1 Timothy 3:15
41:19 – 44:14 Entrust to men 2 Timothy 2:2
44:17 – 45:14 Man above reproach Titus 1:5
45:15 – 48:40 Women encourage women Titus 2:3
48:40 – 55:05 Divine Romance 1 Timothy 3:16 Ephesians 5:22-33
55:06 – 58:45 Tickling of the ears 2 Timothy 4:1
58:45 – End Email sent in to Goodnight regarding women teaching with cultural relevance

David Pawson: Men For God Part 1 — “Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill”

On February 17, 2023

In David Pawson, Doctrines Demystified, Men & Women Gifted Differently

Related: David Pawson: Male and Female (Men For God Series pt. 2) — “A man can separate his thoughts and his feelings”

David Pawson’s book: Leadership is Male: What Does the Bible Say? [Leadership is male “in the home and in the church”]

“This doesn’t put women down at all. It puts men face to face with their responsibility.”

– David Pawson says about this book in another video

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Part 1:

“We’re living in a funny world, a world in which people don’t want to accept what God has made them. … Most of the [homosexual] men I’ve counseled … are men who wanted to be looked after, rather than the responsibility of looking after anyone else.”

“Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill. But it seems to me that the church follows the world, only 15 years later. … The world accepted homosexuality 20 years ago, the church is just now beginning to accept it. … Christians are just slowly following the world downhill.”

1:08:30 The trend to remove gender from even God in Bibles:
“It is all part of a mood in which the church is accepting the spirit of the age, rather than asking the Holy Spirit to be the leader.”

Notes from biblecover2cover‘s upload that is no more:

Why is it easier to get women converted than men?
What are the differences between men and women?
Is a man’s daily work a necessary evil or is his full-time Christian service?
How can we disciple men today?

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David Pawson: Male and Female (Men For God Series pt. 2) — “A man can separate his thoughts and his feelings”

On February 17, 2023

In David Pawson, Doctrines Demystified, Men & Women Gifted Differently

Related: David Pawson: Men For God Part 1 — “Christian men ought to be leading society uphill, rather than following society downhill”

David Pawson’s book: Leadership is Male: What Does the Bible Say? [Leadership is male “in the home and in the church”]

“This doesn’t put women down at all. It puts men face to face with their responsibility.”

– David Pawson says about this book in another video

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“A man is goal oriented. A woman is need oriented.”

“A man can separate his thoughts and his feelings. A woman can’t. … And this is why you can argue with a man, but not with a woman. If you argue with a man it’s thoughts challenging thoughts.”

“God made us complementary, not just within marriage, but within society generally.”

“The male is responsible, and the female is responsive.”

“A woman can get a sexual message from any part of her skin,” unlike a man.

“The human species is the only species where the female has full breasts when not feeding young. … Now what’s the significance of that? For that, we have to turn to the Song of Solomon…. They’re for comfort and companionship with someone of the other sex within marriage.”

“A man, on the whole, trusts his intellect much more than a woman, where as she will trust her intuition.”

“Language is on the woman’s side of the brain. Linguistics are much easier for a woman than a man.”

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Joe Schimmel: Will ‘Left Behind’ Lead You Astray?

On January 27, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, Pre-Trib Rapture Deception

Related: “12 Reasons NOT To Expect a PRE-Trib Rapture

Don McClain: Why is false doctrine so dangerous? — “A lot of people believe error today because it’s what they want to believe”

On January 21, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, FreedomQuotes, Who Goes to Heaven

“A lot of people believe error today because it’s what they want to believe.” – Don McClain

49:40 Don knows someone who changed his or her view on who goes to heaven because a loved one died, and this person wanted to believe that his or her loved one went to heaven. Don then says: “you can change your views about it. That’s not going to save your friend if it’s not true.”

50:30 “I’ve known preachers who changed their view on marriage-divorce-remarriage because one of their children unscripturally divorced and remarried unscripturally. … People do oftentimes change their views because of what they want to believe.”

54:30 Black mamba snakes can kill humans in just minutes. “We should be afraid of error, because error is much more serious than a black mamba. A black mamba can kill the body, but it can’t kill the soul. False doctrine can.

1:01:50 Christian ‘liberty’ is “liberty from sin, not liberty from the authority of Christ.”

1:03:20 “Do you think Eve wanted to believe error due to her desire?”

1:07:55 Error & Consequences of Calvinism (meme)

David Pawson: How then can we be sure of our salvation since “only believe” & OSAS are not Biblical doctrines?

On January 8, 2023

In Doctrines Demystified, Who Goes to Heaven

Since “once saved always saved” (OSAS) & “only believe” are not Biblical doctrines [refuted by over 80 New Testament verses; were invented by Augustine (4th century) and Luther, Calvin & Beza (16th century)], how then can we be sure of our salvation according to what the Bible really says?

“How can we be sure? ..through the Holy Spirit. When we are led by the Spirit and are walking in the Spirit, we shall enjoy the continuous witness of the Spirit, that intuitive certainty that the Lord is with us. But the New Testament also contains checks even on this, so that we can be quite sure that our intuition is not being misled. These include a clear conscience, a love for our brethren in Christ and a discontinuing of habitual sins (1 John contains a comprehensive list of such ‘proofs’).” – David Pawson, Once Saved Always Saved?: A Study in Perseverance and Inheritance (p. 139; p. 134 Kindle)

Related:

My article that shows what the New Testament really says:

Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God? — “There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT”

Kevin Conner was one of my Bible teachers at Abbott Loop Bible School in 1984. I hand copied this post out of our textbook. Rick used to call Kevin his mentor. Some highlights:

• “OBEDIENCE IS the very law of SECURITY for all created beings. There can be NO SUCH THING as UNCONDITIONAL security.”

• WARNINGS against backsliding SHOW that the security of the believer is conditional upon obedience and faith

• What God has provided in Christ man must receive and apply

• Divine SOVEREIGNTY *and* human RESPONSIBILITY meet together in the great redemptive plan

• Christ is “the author of eternal salvation unto all them that OBEY him” (Hebrews 5:9)

• Upon HEARING and FOLLOWING the Shepherd they receive eternal life and will never perish

• AS HE OBEYS the Word of the Lord his SECURITY against backsliding and apostacy is FULLY GUARANTEED

( ) on the Believer’s CONDITIONAL Security: “ for all created beings. There can be .”

Paul, himself made sure he abided in Christ: “Herein I also practice ALWAYS having a CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENSE toward God and MEN” (Acts 24:16) — which sometimes required reconciliation to be right with men (Mt. 5:23-26 and James 5:16).

Paul feared losing his own salvation – Ran his race to win! — “I beat my body and bring it into submission lest I myself should be rejected”

Joe Schimmel: Who Were the Nephilim?

On December 26, 2022

In Demons in Christians?, Doctrines Demystified

Related: My theory on the Nephilim: When God told the Children of Israel to kill every man, woman and child in Canaan (the giants), there was this Genesis-6, demon-contaminated genetic problem again? Israel did not; and then there was intermarriage. This would explain why so many seem to be predisposed towards evil — and they become our leaders — even of churches?!!

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Who were the Nephilim? Are the “sons of god” mentioned in Genesis 6 merely the decedents of Seth? This topic is not one that we should divide over in the body of Christ, but it is something that we should discuss and ask ourselves, “what does the Bible say concerning this?”

Timestamps
00:00 – 01:25 Intro
01:25 – 04:27 Preface to the topic
04:27 – 10:41 Can angels be given into marriage?
10:41 – 16:51 Are the “sons of god” merely just the sons of Seth?
16:51 – 25:45 What does The New Testament have to say?
25:45 – 27:29 Closing Statements

Good Fight Ministries

Christmas Trees Biblical? What Joe Schimmel puts on the top of his Christmas tree

On December 22, 2022

In Doctrines Demystified

What Joe Schimmel puts on the top of his Christmas tree

Should start at 46:48

Jeremiah 10 is Not About Christmas Trees But Idols

On December 11, 2022

In Doctrines Demystified

When we read Jeremiah 10 in context it is obvious that it is not about Christmas trees or anything like it. When you first read this passage it may seem like the Bible is banning Christmas trees but this is the result of making two big mistakes. First, the mistake of anachronism in acting like they had any concept of Christmas trees or anything like Christmas trees back then. Second, the even bigger mistake of not reading the passage in context. It is clearly about idols, not Christmas trees. Now, Christians don’t NEED to go and get Christmas trees but I really hope that we will stop condemning each other over silly things and stick to the issues of the gospel, good doctrine, walking in love and being a light in the world. Let’s stop flipping out over issues the Bible doesn’t even speak to.

What the Bible REALLY Says About Alcohol

On December 10, 2022

In Doctrines Demystified

Setting aside our own opinions and just looking at the what the Bible actually says we will see that alcohol was intended to be a blessing from God for us to enjoy. We’ll also see how dangerous and wicked drunkenness is. We’ll even see what the Bible says about alcohol as a medicinal product and what the Bible says about alcohol or drugs being used on a hospice patient. This is what the Bible really says about alcohol.

Peter the Egyptian: “As long as one practices any kind of passion he cannot be called servant of God … It is shameful for him to teach before he has been freed from that passion”

On December 10, 2022

In Biblically Disqualified Leaders?, Doctrines Demystified, Lust Freedom!

James Perloff, author of ‘Missing Miracles, Missing Saints, mentioned this quote in a podcast.

Saint Peter the Egyptian (4th-5th century):

Some other time Peter was asked: ‘What is a servant of God?’ His answer was this: ‘As long as one practices any kind of passion he cannot be called servant of God, but he is the servant of that passion which conquers him. As long as he is conquered he cannot teach others who are conquered by the same passions, because it is shameful for him to teach before he has been freed from that passion about which he teaches.’ (source)

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Compare to Paul:

“Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.” – Gal. 5:24

“Paul’s Elders’ qualifications revisited: What does ‘BLAMELESS’ mean? — Most pastors are Biblically disqualified

Mike Winger: My MAIN challenge to Flat Earth Proponents

On December 8, 2022

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?

Where Do Demons Come From? — Why demons can’t be spirits of deceased Nephilim

On November 1, 2022

In Doctrines Demystified

This author, J. Garton challenges the idea that evil spirits came from the Nephilim, which Michael Heiser and others teach.

Besides Garton’s reasons why the spirits of Nephilim can’t be demons, I would add these points:

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