This site is dedicated to preserving Christian truths, expounding them, and defending them against false doctrines affecting the churches today.

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Tim 4:2-4 (KJV)

For the time will come…When Paul wrote this, he prophesied about the future of the church, but now as we look back after 2 thousand years, we should recognize we live in the end of the church age where false teaching is prevalent and many churches do not endure sound doctrine anymore.  This time of the prevalence of falsehoods in the churches is a type of spiritual captivity. Romans 6:16 says:

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Along these lines 2 Peter 2:19 also says:

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

These scriptures illustrates a wider truth.  You put yourself under the influence of spirits to whom you submit.  If you submit to a church leader that has a spirit of error in him, that same spirit of error will be passed down on to you.  This is a judgment from God on those who trust in leaders in the church more than they trust in God!   A Greater Than Babylon Is Here  describes this spiritual darkness of our times.  Most of the falsehoods energized by “seducing spirits” employ two types of rationalizations:

  • sophisticated falsehoods, or
  • simplistic or generalized falsehoods

Since we are in this time where churches tolerate doctrines that deviate from Scripture, we should carefully and prayerfully consider whether we are blindly following a church that contains some serious doctrinal errors.  This site contains a section, Christian Fallacies, that sheds light on some of these doctrinal errors. Identifying errors helps us to understand the Truth better.  As it is written:

1 Corinthians 11:19 KJV For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

Also, how can we untangle ourselves from any unhealthy doctrine if we first do not recognize that we need to be untangled! Like Jesus said,

NLT Matthew 6:23 And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!

May the Holy Spirit convict us of the way our own minds and hearts may have been deceived by these false doctrines, so that we can repent and come back to sound Christian doctrine.

Most of the misleading sayings exist in Christian churches by reason of fallacious arguments with respect to Biblical Truth. Here is an interesting article that describes the logic of “logical fallacies”: Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate

A common method used by demonic forces to undermine Christian Truth is to generalize of simplify concepts, aka “broad-brushing“, to the point where they deviate from the Holy Scriptures. These sweeping generalizations (Dicto simpliciter) are used quite often to mislead and deceive. Repeating these simplistic words over and over again (Argumentum ad nauseam) is another logical fallacy associated with simplistic generalizations. Consider the following 2 simplistic statements repeated often in Christian circles:
• God’s Love Is Unconditional
• Once Saved, Always Saved

To combat these insidious, yet effective, satanic attacks, ask yourself the following simple question as the first recourse in refuting or challenging any moral assumption:

Is the saying recorded anywhere in the Bible? If not, be wary of it.

More specifically:

Every major doctrine embraced by the Church should be expressly stated in the Bible.

Demonic attacks can also use the opposite of simplistic reasoning: complex rationalizations. Here the deception lies in requiring the hearer to grasp so many underlying details that the hearer loses track of some of the connecting dots of the argument and ends up accepting the rationalization in spite of not understanding it completely. Complex rationalizations occur often with unexplained mysteries in the Bible. Consider the “Mystery of Godliness” spoken by Paul in 1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Fortunately, we are not asked to explain in detail this “mystery of godliness“, where we could inadvertently cause our own selves to stumble at a stumble-block of our own making! Suffice it to say that Christ came from eternity into our history and then went back to eternity.  Adding more to it than that can be dangerous and some have undertaken this forbidden journey of explaining The God Head, resulting in their own condemnation.  You can see that in the complexity of the details in the man-made doctrine of the Holy Trinity which goes way beyond just believing in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as God. See my blog on the Holy Trinity  for details on the details!

Consider the complexity involved in the 5 doctrines of Calvanism (TULIP). In these cases consider this as a rule of thumb:

The major doctrines of Christ are straightforward and easy to understand. Conversely, avoid hard-to-understand doctrines that usually deviate from spiritual truth.

Another common logical fallacy employed by false teachers is to take one scripture out of context. For instance, in Hebrews 13:5 it says, “… I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” By itself, this scripture implies an unconditionality. If you look at the context of it and the original reference of it in Deuteronomy 31:6, it was meant to apply to God’s faithful people, not to people in general, or as John 10:27 implies: not to just any sheep, but to the sheep that “hear My Voice and follow Me“.  For without John 10:27, John 10:28 would also imply an unconditionality. During the time of the judges in the Old Testament, history shows that God forsook Israel many times when they turned away from God to idols. Obviously then, history shows there is no unconditionality implied by these scriptures.

Furthermore, while the whole Bible is inspired by God, focusing on truths only from the Old Testament can lead to spiritual error. They are called the Old and the New for a good reason. One covenant is gone and another has arrived to replace it. The New Testament should be the primary source for spiritual truth, and the Old Testament should be ignored when it conflicts with the New Testament. Combining commands and laws given to the Israelites and applying them to the Church has always caused great confusion and division in the churches. Isn’t this be what Jesus meant and saw in advance when He said in Matthew 9:16-17:

 “No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.”

The blog, Christians Should Tithe, speaks to this very reasoning of combining the Old and New Testaments in a bad way.

If some of the careless, simple statements being made today that are not found in the Bible really do reflect Christian doctrine, then, logically, one or more of the following statements must be true about the writers of the Holy Scriptures:

1. They did not have a clear grasp of God’s Truth.
2. They didn’t elaborate on important Truths in God’s Word.
3. They had a lesser understanding of God’s Truth than we do today.

If you say any of the above 3 statements are true, then there is no reason to continue reading further, since this message is not intended for you, but only for those who regard the Holy Scriptures as the final authority of Truth (“sola scriptura“).  Avoid these “super” teachers today that think they know more than the very apostles and prophets from whom they quote!

See Doctrinal Deviations for diving into some of the things that separate us Christians.

There is no reference to the most obvious heresies on these pages, since they are dedicated to those who are in the Faith and might have been mislead by half-truths or clever deceits. Thus, the heresies related to the denial of the resurrection of Christ, the reality of Heaven and Hell, the Final Judgment, and other heresies of this magnitude are not addressed here.