Are you sure this is what you heard?

Is what a famous pastor say always a guarantee for orthodoxy & scriptural faithfulness? Not necesarily so, regardless of who says or writes. Believers in this age & time have to be careful & examine it against the claims of scripture. If we listen carefully, we may ask ourself"Are you sure this is what you heard?". As such, I found this article Inconsistent Underlying Assumptions the Cause of Unsound Theology which have some very important points, worth noting:

• "There is a tremendous need for cogent thinking among our leaders and teachers in the church today."
• "Theological literature and sermons brim over with unsound and invalid reasoning."
• "be extra discriminating in what we read and who we listen to from the pulpit."

Lewis Sperry Chafer's (Founder, President & Professor/ Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary) 1948 Systematic Theology was used as an example ofto highlight this. In Volume III chapter X under Soteriology, his own writing contradicts itself.

For me, which the article also points out, "God's Word does not contradict itself. "

The article also argues that Particular Redemption (or Limited Atonement. The term "Limited Atonement" makes God's power seems limited.) is logical . To those who opposes TULIP (the five points of Calvinism) as they feel Limited Atonement make God an unloving deity, I would disagree. This helpful short simple refelction of TULIP may be helpful.