The gospel’s most dangerous earthly adversaries are not raving atheists who stand outside the door shouting threats and insults. They are church leaders who cultivate a gentle, friendly, pious demeanor but hack away at the foundations of faith under the guise of keeping in step with a changing world.-[SOURCE]
No Christian should imagine that heresy is always conspicuous or that every purveyor of theological mischief will lay out his agenda in plain and honest terms. The enemy prefers to sow tares secretly, for obvious reasons. Thus Scripture expressly warns us to be on guard against false teachers who creep into the church unnoticed (Jude 4), wolves who sneak into the flock wearing sheep’s clothing (Matt 7:15), and servants of Satan who disguise themselves as angels of light (2 Cor. 11:13-15).
Theological liberalism is particularly dependent on the stealth offensive…
2.24.2010
Deception is a Subtle Thing
Have I posted this before? It looks familiar. Nevertheless, at the risk of repeating myself...here's a gem:
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2 comments:
Thank you for this.
I thought the article by Phil Johnson was so good that I posted it on our blog with a hat-tip to you.
Awesome! Thanks Stuart. It is a good one.
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