In this video, I offer a critical response to Tim Challies’ video “7 Marks of a False Teacher” by demonstrating that he conflates two (or three) different groups and proposes empty and self-defeating marks of false teaching. In short, it’s not helpful advice.
heresy hunting
Hucksters, Heretics, Hypocrites … and Tim Challies
Hamfisted Heresy Hunters
Calvinist blogger Steve Hays has a long list of people he needs to monitor on a regular basis and I’m apparently on that list. Every few weeks, he seems to make a point of commenting on one of my articles or tweets. I wrote a reply to him last week and of course, he needed […]
If you can’t define “being biblical,” don’t accuse others of failing to be biblical
Yesterday I posted the following tweet: Nobody should be allowed to say "that's not biblical" unless they can give a succinct, coherent, and orthodox statement regarding what it means to be biblical. — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) January 27, 2018 Some fellow with the Twitter handle @noah_nonsense replied by asking what was wrong with saying “That’s not biblical” without […]
Who is Eric Schneider and why is he defaming Bruxy Cavey?
Yesterday I became aware of a nasty article by a fellow named “Eric Schneider” who has a blog devoted to destroying the reputation and ministry of Bruxy Cavey. The article was poorly argued and evinced little by way of analytic skills, biblical or theological knowledge, or a modicum of charity. So who is Eric Schneider? […]
Heresy hunting and the Church
First off, what is heresy hunting? I define it as follows: heresy hunting: the practice of searching for indictable theological offenses in written or spoken text. Now let me add immediately that “indictable theological offense” is not a proper definition of heresy. But that’s because the heresy hunter is not really after heresies at all. […]
