sword said:
What on that list is unscriptural. We can disagree all day on what methods are or are not effective, but I'm interested in what's not biblically.
That's a fair question. I do want to note, overall, this is a lame confession... whether one agrees with their theology, or not. Defining oneself as AGAINST THIS AND THAT is not helpful. Why not just state, clearly what you are FOR? Or, is defining what they are actually FOR, so controversial that it is safer to just say what they are AGAINST?
With that note... here are the problems:
Notice their beliefs...
*FAITH ALONE FOR SALVATION: They reject the idea of a need to repent of sin and seek forgiveness. Luke 24:45ff is ultra clear that... "Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46 and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
*ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED: This is fine.
*KING JAMES BIBLE ONLY: Of course, for a ton of debate... but I must ask, which King James Bible is without error? They have many differences.
*TRINITY: Wholly lacking explanation. Again, they are more interested in telling us they are against modalism and not writing out, clearly, the functions and essence of the trinity.
*SOUL-WINNING: I am all for it... not their method, but this is fine on its face.
*HARD PREACHING: "Hard??? preaching?" We are not compelled to preach hard. We are commanded to preach the word. Unfortunately, there is a huge lack of expositing of Scripture by Anderson et al. They are more interested in their own pathetic illustrations. Remember the "pisseth on the wall" series?
*ANTI-WORLDLINESS: Their standards are just carry overs from the 1970s, not scripture.
*ANTI-CALVINISM: Wait! They said, above, that they believe in eternal security. That is a Calvinist doctrine. They clearly, and correctly said, "Salvation is a free gift. If you could lose your salvation, then that would mean salvation depends upon you." They also say under the topic of
Soul-Winning, that they are "a movement that has a love for the lost and want as many people to go to heaven as possible." They subscribe to some points of Calvinism, yet say they are anti-Calvinistic.
*ANTI-DISPENSATIONAL: They don't even know what dispensationalism is. Dispensationalists that I have read and been taught by, ALL believe that salvation is by grace through faith.
*ANTI-ZIONISM: Then they are antiSemitic. I don't know why they have to tell everyone they are racist.
*POST-TRIB PRE-WRATH RAPTURE: Well then.